 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pągines
...Mercury, to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part : — For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 256 pągines
...Mercury to charm I Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As since she will voucbsafe no other wit: * Though the versification of this Poem is, in general, Fiiff and uncouth;... | |
 | Octavius Gilchrist - 1808 - 74 pągines
...Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; A little nearer Spenser; to make room But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pągines
...line: Nature herself was proud of bis designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines; \\1iich were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...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 pągines
...1600. Malone. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines; Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...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 pągines
...to charm '. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Capel Lofft - 1812 - 544 pągines
...his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his tines ; Which were «o richly spun, and woven «o fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit : The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, N«at Terence, witty PJautus, now not please ; * This U an allusion to the following lines in a cornraendator... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 480 pągines
...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 pągines
...Mercury to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...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 - 1826 - 548 pągines
...Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As since,...lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must 1 not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter... | |
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And joy'd 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... 
