 | Samuel Neil - 1861 - 140 стор.
...considering the art of engraving then, of the likeness, by these lines, placed opposite it :— "To the reader:— This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle SHAKESPEARE out; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to out-doo the life. 0, could he but... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1863 - 374 стор.
...nature and art. Thus Ben Jonson, on the portrait of Shakespeare, prefixed to the folio of 1623 : ' Wherein the graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the life.' 3 In a wide sea of wax ; referring to the ancient mode of writing on waxen tablets with the stylus,... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1864 - 394 стор.
...(Fronting the Portrait of Shakespeare.) THIS Figure that thou here eeest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife "With Nature, to outdo the life: Oh, could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he hath hit His face; the print would then... | |
 | Jacques-Charles Brunet - 1864 - 918 стор.
...vis-à-vis ce titre un feuillet contenant les vers suivants de Ben Johnson, imprimés ainsi : To the Reader, This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; AVherein the Grauer liad a strife with Nature, to out-doo the life: O, could he but... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1865 - 592 стор.
...the pen of Ben Jonson : — " This figure, that tliou here seeit put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the life : O, could he but hare drawn his wit Ai well In brail, as he had hit Hii face, the print would then surpass All that... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 стор.
...collected works, 1623. TO THE READER. This figure which thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut : Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life : Oh ! could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he has hit His face, the print would then... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1865 - 436 стор.
...printed under it, beginning, — " This figure Hint; thou here see'st put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to outdo the life." There is a good deal of resemblance between this engraving and the bust, — a fact which corroborates... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 стор.
...collected works, 1623. TO THE READER. This figure which thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakspeare cut : Wherein the graver had a strife With nature to outdo the life : Oh ! could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass as he has hit His face, the print would then... | |
 | 1905 - 484 стор.
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To THE READER. This Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut ; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature, to outdo the life. 
