 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 Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Life, etc. Comedy of errors. Two ... - Page 69by William Shakespeare - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pages
...tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; A little nearer Spenser; to make room But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not...Yet must I not give Nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy 'a part:—. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...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...Yet must I not give Nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part:* — For, though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...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...deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Vet must I not give Nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part:*— For, though the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...spun, and woven so fit, As since, she will vouchsafe DO other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But...Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pages
...Thought more nigh To learned Cliaucer; and Tare Beaumont fie A h'tlf nearer Speosf r ; to make ronni But antiquated and deserted lie, ', .'.-•» As they...Nature all; 'thy art. My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy apart:— - , ..- . Fer though the Poet's matter Nature be, His Art doth give the fashion : and that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pages
...the folio of 1623, he puts this point just as, we may be sure, he had himself seen it to be true : " Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part : For a good poet 's made, as well as born ; And such wert thou." As to the question how far his genius went... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pages
...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...Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare,* must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 668 pages
...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...Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part': — Marlowe's having trod the stage. He was stabbed in the street,... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 708 pages
...19,20 — 32. 39. 43. 47. ESS AY S. " Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part : — For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion." Bzx JONSON. KING JOHN. 1596.' IN the composition of his English historical plays, Shakspeare usually... | |
 | Augustine Skottowe - 1824 - 402 pages
...19,30 — 38. 39. 43. 47. ESSAYS. " Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part : — For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion." BEX JONSON. KING JOHN. 1596.* IN the composition of his English historical plays, Shakspeare usually... | |
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