 Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part; For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, Such as thine are, and strike the second...  Notes and Queries - Page 71893Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1872 - 92 lehte
...witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle...matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion ; and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat, (Such as thine are,) and strike the second heat... | |
 | 1879 - 592 lehte
...construed either way." Right here a critic remarks, " This is absurd," and quotes Ben Jonson's lines : 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 — which are supposed important enough to require... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1872 - 488 lehte
...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... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1872 - 274 lehte
...thought Ben Jonson,—himself a thoroughly artistic poet,—who, speaking of Shakespeare, says that " Though the poet's matter Nature be, . His art doth give the fashion." He also gives warning against the neglect of the poetical art, saying that if the poet trust too much... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 lehte
...As they were not of Nature's family. 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 ; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat (Such as thine are), and strike the second heat... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 lehte
...witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle...matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and that he1 Who casts to write a living line must sweat Such as thine are, and strike the second heat... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 460 lehte
...and deserted lie, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; As they were not of Nature's family.. Yet must I not give Nature all: thy art, My gentle...matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and that he 1 Who casts to write a living line must sweat Such as thine are, and strike the second heat... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 lehte
...As they were not of nature's family. Vet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, e can ; Let the world's riches, which dispersed lie, Contract into a span.' So strength first m that he \Vho casts to write a living line, mast sweat — Such as thine are — and strike the second... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 lehte
...As they were not of nature's family. 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: and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - 1878 - 576 lehte
...As they were not of nature's family. 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 : and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat... | |
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