 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
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 584 pages
...great poet earned his laurel, in the opinion of his contemporaries, by the most diligent industry. *' Yet must I not give Nature all ; thy art, My gentle...matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion : and that he Who oasts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are,) and strike the second heat... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 570 pages
...with Drummond, offers the most direct evidence against such a construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, My gentle...enjoy a part For though the poet's matter Nature be, 1 1 is art doth give the fashion : and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat (Such as... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 pages
...against such a construction of his expression : — " Yet must I not give Nature all : thy art, 11 Y gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though...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... | |
 | 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 give the fashion. And, that he, Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the second heat... | |
 | Class-book - 1869 - 344 pages
...Greek comic writer, born 444 BC ^Terence, born 195 BC, and Platuus, born 254 BC, Roman comic poe!s. 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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1875 - 656 pages
...1'lautiis, now not please, lint antiquated anil deserted lie, As they were not of 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 the fashion ; and that he Who casts to... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 668 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1871 - 996 pages
...antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet must I not give Nature till: thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part:...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... | |
 | Book - 1872 - 326 pages
...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... | |
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