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" 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... "
Remarks on the life and writings of William Shakspeare
by John Britton - 1814 - 80 pages
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An Examination of the Charges Maintained by Messrs. Malone, Chalmers, and ...

Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...page of his plays in folio, 1623, has the following lines addressed to the reader, by Ben Jonson:— This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...cut; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, *; he hath hit His face, the...
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“The” Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 486 pages
...life. " &C. ÖTEEVESS. And lien Jonson, on the head of Shakipeare by Droeshout : " This figure which thou here seest put, "It was for gentle Shakspeare..." Wherein the graver had a strife "With nature, to out-doe the life." HEWT.EY. P. 5, 1. fi. Happy men!] Mr. Theobald reads — happy man; and certainly...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 15

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 470 pages
...of life." &c. Steevens. And Ben Jonson, on the head of Shakspeare hy Droeshout: " This figure which thou here seest put, " It was for gentle Shakspeare...Wherein the graver had a strife « With nature, to out-aoo the life." Henley. That artificial strife means, as Dr. Johnson has explained it. the contest...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1814 - 470 pages
...This volume was edited by John Hcmynge and Heury Condell, and was dedicated to '' the most mcomparable pair of brethren" William, Earl of Pembroke, and Philip,...This figure that thou here sees't put. It was for gcutlc Shakspeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdoo the liie : , O, could...
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 8

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...penury or sloth, Who makes the one, so it be first, makes both. XI.* ON THE PORTRAIT OF SHAKSPEARE. To THE READER. This figure that thou here seest put,...cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life : O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face ; the...
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Shakespeare and His Times: Including the Biography of the Poet ..., Volume 2

Nathan Drake - Dramatists, English - 1817 - 708 pages
...lr. Mann-. 1>ntefihoni. VitV the *r,ijjwm:: -^twution of its vcT^s:Tr.r;itn^c fron-. the « TO TIJE READER. " THIS figure that thou here seest put, It...cut; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O, could he but have drawn his wit, As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 740 pages
...Droeshout. On this print the following lines, addressed to the reader, were written by Ben Jonson : "This figure that thou here seest put, " It was for...Wherein the graver had a strife " With nature, to out-do the life. " O, could he but have drawn his wit " As well in brass, as he hath hit " His face,...
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The life of Shakspeare; enquiries into the originality of his dramatic plots ...

Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...Shakspeare's works, its exact resemblance to the immortal dramatist ought to be considered as established. " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. O, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the...
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The Dramatic Works of Shakespeare

William Shakespeare - 1826 - 216 pages
...Shakspeare's works, its exact resemblance to the immortal dramatist ought to be considered as established. " This figure that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...cut; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to out-do the life. 0 , could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass , as he hath hit His face , the...
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The Universal review; or, Chronicle of the literature of all nations, Volume 1

1824 - 762 pages
...unanswerable evidence, we should conceive, for at least the general likeness. " TO THE READEB. • ' Tbis figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle...cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life, O could he but have drawne the wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; the...
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