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,... The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently Discovered ...von William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1886 - 680 Seiten
...Our eares, or like a Mercury to charme ' Nature herself was proud of his designes, And joy'd to weare the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun,...since, she will vouchsafe no other Wit. The merry Greeke, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please ; But antiquated and deserted... | |
| Robert Waters - 1888 - 362 Seiten
...forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines; Which were so richly...deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear ; And make those flights... | |
| James Appleton Morgan - 1888 - 360 Seiten
...Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines I Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since...Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, how not please, But antiquated and deserted lie As they were not of nature's family. Yet must I not... | |
| 1888 - 244 Seiten
...forth, or since did from their ashes come. " Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to weave the dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun,...so fit, As since she will vouchsafe no other wit." Shakespeare, certainly, has never been praised with more justice and capacity, with keener, closer... | |
| Alexander Schmidt - 1889 - 436 Seiten
...to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury ' to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly...deserted lie, As they were n'ot of nature's family. But must, I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's... | |
| James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1889 - 444 Seiten
...Nature herselfe was proud of his desigues, = And joy'd to weare the dressing of his lines, =\Yhich were so richly spun and woven so fit, = As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. = The merry Greeke, tart Aristophanes, = Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please, = But antiquated and deserted... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1891 - 580 Seiten
...dramatists, although we differ from him in that we deny any decadence in the fame of Aristophanes : ' The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence,...deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family.' We We shall attempt, as we proceed, to show that the opinion referred to in the last line is a mistaken... | |
| James Baldwin - 1892 - 316 Seiten
...forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly...merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus,8 now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet... | |
| 1924 - 574 Seiten
...eares, or like a Mercury to channel Xature her selfe was proud of his designes, And joy'd to weare the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun,...so fit. As, since, she will vouchsafe no other Wit. Ben foresaw Shakespeare on an eminence of fame, alone. At least five of his dramas have come to rank... | |
| Albert Harris Tolman - 1925 - 292 Seiten
...Muses still were in their prime, When like Apollo he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear the dressing of his lines. Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part: — For though... | |
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