 | West (U.S.) - 1886 - 696 pages
...too much." Of Shakspere's wit, Ben writes under one of the portraits : "Oh, could he i the engraver] but have drawn his wit, As well in brass as he hath hit His face, the print would then surpass All that was ever writ in brass." rrom the encomium written by Jonson and... | |
 | English literature - 1865 - 600 pages
...105), as translated from them : — * This recalls Ben Jonson on ' Shakspeare's Portrait:' — 1 0 could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he has hit His face, the print •would then surpass All that was ever writ iu brass.' ' Leporom venator... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - Biography & Autobiography - 1987 - 420 pages
...Shakespeare, identify the sitter: This figure, that thou there seest put It was for Shakespear's Consort cut Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature to outdo the Life O had he Her Complexion shewn As plain as He's the outline Drawn The plate, believe me, woud surpass... | |
 | Poetry - 460 pages
...it and you again. TO THE READER This figure that them here sccst put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut, Wherein the graver had a strife With nature,...wit As 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... | |
 | James Shapiro - English drama - 1991 - 234 pages
...following ten-line poem, by Ben Jonson: This figure, that thou seest 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... | |
 | Ian Wilson - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 564 pages
...title page [see pi. 52], he assured of the engraver's fidelity to truth: O could he [the engraver] but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face . . . Again how one wishes that assurance might be trusted a little more, for it is only from that... | |
 | Helen Ostovich, Mary V. Silcox, Graham Roebuck - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 340 pages
...judge a book by its cover, or at least by its title page illustration: O, could he but have drawne his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face, the Print would then surpasse AH, that was ever writ in brasse. But, since he cannot, Reader, looke Not... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1989 - 1286 pages
...HERE SEEST PUT, IT WAS FOR GENTLE SHAKESPEARE CUT; WHEREIN THE GRAVER HAD A STRIFE WITH NATURE, то Incorporated PRINT WOULD THEN SURPASS ALL, THAT WAS EVER WRIT IN BRASS. BUT, SINCE HE CANNOT, READER, LOOK, NOT... | |
 | Ilʹi︠a︡ Gililov, Ilya Gililov - Electronic books - 2003 - 1002 pages
...depicting a real person but a "mask." Wherein the graver had a strife With nature, to undo the life: 0, could he but have drawn his wit As 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... | |
 | Stephanie Nolen - Art - 2004 - 466 pages
...page facing Droeshout's portrait: The Figure, that thou here seest put, It was for gentle Shakespeare cut; Wherein the Graver had a strife With Nature,...wit As 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... | |
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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-do the life : O could he but have drawn his wit As well in brass, as he hath hit His face ; the print would then surpass All that... 
