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 278 Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, (Such as thine are) and strike the... The Quarterly Review - Page 94edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
| William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...witty Flautus, now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. on my shoulders; But not pan: For though the poet's matter nature be, His art doth give the fashion; and that he Who casts to... | |
| Jonathan Bate - Drama - 1998 - 420 pages
...give Namre all; thy Art, My gende Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the poet's matter namre be, His art doth give the fashion; and that he Who casts to write a living line must sweat Such as thiiK. are - and strike me second heat Upon the muses' anvil, mm me same, And himself with it that... | |
| Stephen Orgel, Sean Keilen - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 356 pages
...as it were, to spare Shakespeare the implication that his greatness could proceed from Nature alone: Yet must I not give Nature all: Thy Art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the Poets matter, Nature be, His Art doth give the fashion. And, that he, Who casts to write a living line,... | |
| Margreta de Grazia, Stanley Wells - Drama - 2001 - 352 pages
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...witty Plautus, now not please; But antiauated, and deserted lie As they were not ofnature'sfamily. Yet must I not give nature all: thy art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy apart. For though the poet's matter, naturebe, His art doth give the fashion. And, that he, Who casts... | |
| Peter Dawkins - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 159 pages
...witty Plautus, now not please; But antiquated, and deserted lye 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 Poets matter, Nature be, His Art doth give the fashion. And that he Who calls to write a living line,... | |
| G. M. Pinciss - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 214 pages
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| Freeman Dyson - Science - 2006 - 396 pages
...Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines — 'Yet I must not give Nature all: thy art, My gentle Shakespeare,...part, For though the poet's matter nature be, His art does give the fashion; and, that he Who casts to write a living line, must sweat, . . . For a good... | |
| András Horn - 2008 - 210 pages
...witty Plautus, now notplease, But antiquated and 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. [...] Und das vielzitierte Fazit: He was not of an age, but for all time! (Ben Jonson: The Complete... | |
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