 And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As...  The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... - Page 350by William Shakespeare - 1809Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - Registers of births, etc - 1858 - 832 pages
...were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other Wit. The merry Greeke, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lye, As they were not of Natures family. Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy Art, My gentle Shakespeare,... | |
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - English periodicals - 1894 - 608 pages
...Jonson remarks that the influence of Shakespeare wrought a change of taste in his day, so that-i " The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence,...deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Two centuries later we find the young poets were again objecting that their elders were not of "Nature's... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1855 - 264 pages
...his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven to fit, As since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. The...Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please j But antiquated and deserted lie, Incompetent to judge poetic fury, As butchers are forbid to b' of... | |
 | Samuel Neil - Dramatists, English - 1861 - 140 pages
...! Nature her-selfe was proud of his designes, And joy'd to weare the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other Wit. The merry Greeke, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please; Thy unmolested peace, nnshartd... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - England - 1862 - 310 pages
...charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part. — For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 964 pages
...channe ! Nature her-selfe was proud of his designes, And jo/d to weare the dressing of his lines ! Which Ko ? U'& ; @w / ۻ _ =P )ZtSf R 5k * |+Z Cl V G N { G F Greeke, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted... | |
 | Robert E. Hunter - 1864 - 296 pages
...charm. Natnre herself Was proud of his designs, And joy"d to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plantus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - Dramatists, English - 1864 - 394 pages
...charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Flantus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of nature's family. Yet... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion... | |
 | Ebenezer Forsyth - 1867 - 148 pages
...! Nature her-selfe was proud of his designes, And joy'd to weare the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other Wit. The merry Greeke, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted... | |
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