 THIS Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life: O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face; the Print would then surpasse All,...  Frank Leslie's Sunday Magazine - Page 1001889Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...have drawn his wit " As well in brassc, as he hath hit " His face, the print would then surpasje " All that was ever writ in brasse ; " But, since he cannot, reader, looke " Not on his picture, but his booke." BEN JONSON. " This print gives us a truer representation... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 606 pages
...well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass ; But since he cannot, reader look, Not on his picture, but his book/ — — ' Soul of the age, The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage, My Shakespeare rise!... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
..." Wherein the graver hail a strife " With Nature, to outdoo the life: " O, could he but have drawne his wit " As well in brasse, as he hath hit " His face ;* the print would then surpasse " All that was ever writ in brasse. " But, since he cannot, Header, looke " Not on his picture,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...Wherein the graver had a strife '.' With Nature, to outdoo the life : " O, could he but have drawne his wit " As well in brasse, as he hath hit " His face ;* the print would then surpasse " All that was ever writ in brasse. " But, since he cannot, Reader, looke " Not on his picture,... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass ; But since he cannot, reader look, Not on his picture, but his book.' B. f . 3Co tfje £l?t mor;> of MT BELOVED, THE AUTHOR, MR, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE*, And -what he... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 532 pages
...cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdoo the lile : ... O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpasse All, that was ever writ on brasse. But, since be cannot. Reader, looke Not on his Picture,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdoo the liie : , O, could he but have drawne his wit Ai well in brasse, as he hath hit His face; the print would then aurpaase . • All, that was ever writ on brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke Not on his Picture,... | |
 | John Walker - 1814 - 566 pages
...in brass as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was- ever writ in brass. • But since he cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book. BJ as be has clone his face, the performance would have been preferable to every thing of the... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass : But since he cannot, reader, look Not on his picture, but his book.' * I have thought it best to interrupt the arrangement of the old folio, in this place, for tha... | |
 | John Evans - England - 1818 - 564 pages
...cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O ! could he hut have drawn his wit, As well in brasse as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpasse All that was ever writ in brasse ! But since he cannot, reader looke Not on his picture but... | |
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