| Cunningham Geikie - 1868 - 280 pages
...think of Shakspeare as the ideal of spontaneous Genius, but notice Ben Jonson's lines about him : — For though the Poet's matter, Nature be, His Art doth...anvil ; turn the same, (And himself with it) that he thinks to frame ; Or, for the laurel, he may gain a scorn — For a Good Poet's made, as well as... | |
| Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, 11 Y gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter Nature...thine are), and strike the second heat . • Upon the Muses' anvil : turn the same (And kimsclf with it) that he thinks to frame ; Or, for the laurel, he... | |
| Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakspere, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter Nature...sweat (Such as thine are), and strike the second heat * • The Pocbuter," Act T. Sc. I. t Book viii. ch. ip 369. Upon the Muses' anvil : turn the same (And... | |
| Class-book - Literature - 1869 - 344 pages
...other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes,0 35 Neat Terence,10 witty Plautus,10 now not please ; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not...thy art, My gentle Shakspeare, must enjoy a part. 4O 1 John Lyly, born about 1554, wrote masques and plays for court entertainments. He was the originator... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1875 - 656 pages
...Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part: K >r, though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give...as thine are,) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same, (And himself with it,) that he thinks to frame; Or, for the laurel, he... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 pages
...they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature...as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same, And himself with it, that he thinks to frame ; Or for the laurel, he... | |
| William Shakespeare - English drama - 1872 - 92 pages
...they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part : For, though the poet's matter...as thine are,) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same, (And himself with it,) that he thinks to frame ; Or, for the laurel,... | |
| Book - Birthdays - 1872 - 326 pages
...As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all; thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part ; For though the poet's matter nature...as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses' anvil ; turn the same, And himself with it, that he thinks to frame ; Or for the laurel he may... | |
| Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...vouchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please, But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not...as thine are), and strike the second heat Upon the Muses' anvil : turn the same, And himself with it, that he thinks to frame : Or, for the laurel, he... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - English drama - 1875 - 510 pages
...they were not of nature's family. Yet must I not give nature all ; thy art, My gentle Shakspeare,10 must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter nature...as thine are) and strike the second heat Upon the Muses anvil ; turn the same, And himself with it, that he thinks to frame ; Or for the laurel, he may... | |
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