 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 1001889Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Sidney Beisly - 1864 - 200 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. Mr. Grainger, in his ' Biographical History of England,' vol. ii. page 6, speaking of the portraits... | |
 | Stephen Watson Fullom - 1864 - 394 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.—BJ To THE MEMORY of the deceased Author, MB. "W. SHAKESPEARE. SHAKESPEARE, at length thy pious... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1864 - 184 pages
...PHOTOGRAPHED BY C UNDALL, DOWNES fc C9I68.NEW BOND STREET. 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 his Bookc. BJ The manner of thus dealing with titles and frontispieces,... | |
 | Jacques-Charles Brunet - 1864 - 924 pages
...Mherein thé (îraucr had a slrife with Nature, to out-doo the life: О, could he hut haue ilrawne his wit As well in brasse, as he hath hit His face; ihe Print would then surpasse All, that was euer writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 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 ! B. Jonson. 40 (B. x. ep. 8.) Me would the widow wed ; she's old, say I, But if she older were,... | |
 | John Booth - 1865 - 400 pages
...well in brass as he has hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was evei' writ in brass. But since he cannot, Reader, look, Not on his picture, but his book ! /'. jur^oH. 40 (B. x. ep. 8.) Me would the widow wed ; she's old, say I, But if she older were,... | |
 | Deutsche Shakespeare-Gesellschaft - 1869 - 416 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. Dies Lob klingt ohne Frage übertrieben. Hat es Ben Jonson vielleicht geschrieben, ehe er den... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 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. ©corgc tUttl)cr. CHRISTMAS. OO now is come our joyful'st feast ; ^ Let every man be jolly; Each... | |
 | Walter F. Tiffin - 1866 - 244 pages
...well in hrass, 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. BJ" These lines by Ben Jonson recall those no. less celebrated, said to be by him, and printed... | |
 | Porte - 1866 - 142 pages
...Wherein the Graver^had a strife With nature, to out.do the life. O could he but have drown ae hifl wit A\ well in brasse, as he hath hit His face ; The print would tl:<Jli Eurpaii All that was ever writ in brasso ; But since he cannot, Reader looke Not on"nis"plcjture,... | |
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