And joyed 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, As... The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and Illustrations ... - Page 350by William Shakespeare - 1809Full view - About this book
| Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Leipzig. Philologisch-Historische Klasse - History - 1888 - 762 pages
...of his designes, And ioy'd to weare the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and wouen 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... | |
| Brittany (France) - 1900 - 738 pages
...charm ! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joy'd to wear thé dressing of his lines ! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vonchsafe no other wit. The merry Greek, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please... | |
| Poetry - 460 pages
...of his designs, him ofCordoha dead: ie. Seneca. And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...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.... | |
| Margaret Bridges - Combination (Linguistics) - 1990 - 244 pages
...sting: Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. That last line of the quotation lurches suddenly into the impoverished present; more than the conventional... | |
| James G. McManaway - 1990 - 442 pages
...weare the dressing of his lines! . . . Yet must I not giue Nature all : Thy Art, My gentle Shakespeare, must enjoy a part. For though the Poet's matter, Nature be, His Art doth giue the fashion. . . . For a good Poet's made, as well as borne. And such wert thou.8 Notes on Act... | |
| Jennifer Brady, Wyman H. Herendeen - 1991 - 236 pages
...imagines the British champion confronting and overcoming the classical dramatists. The merry Greeke, tart Aristophanes, Neat Terence, witty Plautus, now not please; But antiquated, and deserted lye As they were not of Natures family. (51-54) The latter-born son acquires his place in the literary... | |
| American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...of his designes, And ioy'd to weare the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and wouen 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 Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 1290 pages
...to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyM to wear the dressing of his lines; Which money; Or I shall break that merry sconce of yours,...undisposed: Where is the thousand marks thou hadst Flautus, now not please; But antiquated and deserted lie, As they were not of Nature's family. Yet... | |
| Michael Hattaway - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 800 pages
...begins: Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines! Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit. (1l. 47-50) We underread these lines if we see in them only an example of the familiar neoclassical... | |
| Carol Dommermuth-Costa - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 120 pages
...charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun, and woven so fit, As, since,...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.... | |
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