| Agriculture - 1842 - 1036 pages
...lines in what Polizenes says to Perdita — " Nature is made by no mean ; Bat nature makes that mcun : so o'er that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes." ( Cheers'). He thought they were all of on* opinion as to the advantage of these societies, and therefore... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in art - 1837 - 400 pages
...care not To get slips of them. POLIXENES. Wherefore, gentle maiden, Do you neglect them ? PKRDITA. For I have heard it said, There is an art, which in...their piedness, shares With great creating nature. POLIXENES. Say there be ; Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes that mean ; so o'er... | |
| Edward Jerningham Wakefield, John Ward - Great Britain - 1837 - 476 pages
...whom her conversation is addressed, inquires, Wherefore gentle maiden Do you neglect them? Perdita. For I have heard it said, There is an art which, in...their piedness, shares With great creating Nature. Polixenes. Say there be, Yet nature is made better by no mean. But nature makes that mean ; so, o'er... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1837 - 516 pages
...care not To get slips of them. Peí. Wherefore, gentle maiden, Do you neglect them? Prr. For1 1 hare heard it said, There is an art, which, in their piedness, shares With great creating nature. <1 ) Far-fetched. \У\ Peí. Say, there be ; Yet nature it made better by no mean, But nature make«... | |
| 1842 - 574 pages
...heard it said, There is an art which in their piedness sluires With great creating Nature. ' Polixenes. Say there be ; Yet Nature is made better by no mean,...art, Which, you say, adds to Nature, is an art That Nalure makes.' — (Act iv., sc. 3.) This is the philosophical view of the matter, and Mr. Wordsworth's... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 790 pages
...garden's barren; and I care not To get slips of them. Pol. Wherefore, gentle maiden, Do you neglect them ? The mind, which has feasted on Ihc luxurious wonders of fiction, has no taste o W7ith great creating nature. Pol. Say, there be ; Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature... | |
| Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...Council when he was insulted, he afterwards signed the treaties of commerce and alliance. * Perdita. For I have heard it said, There is an art, which in...better by no mean, But nature makes that mean ; So over that art, which you say adds to nature, Is an art that nature makes; you see, sweet maid, We marry... | |
| Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1839 - 374 pages
...Council when he was insulted, he afterwards signed the treaties of commerce and alliance. * Perdita. For I have heard it said, There is an art, which in...better by no mean, But nature makes that mean; So over that art, which you say adds to nature, Is an art that nature makes ; you see, sweet maid, We... | |
| Francis Douce - Clowns in literature - 1839 - 678 pages
...ban-en ; and I care not To get slips of them. POL. Wherefore, gentle maiden, Do you neglect them ? PER. For I have heard it said, There is an art which...their piedness, shares With great creating nature. The solution of the riddle in these lines that has embarrassed Mr. Steevens is probably this : the... | |
| August Wilhelm von Schlegel - 1840 - 434 pages
...quoted, taken with the context, will not bear the construction of the author. The whole runs thus : — Yet nature is made better by no mean, But nature makes...that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makea. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock ; And make conceive... | |
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