 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 542 pages
...more of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," ho says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved tho ↄB iB һ3 ! MDj++ v[P$ UMK WCKv 4B {: p_ 5 0P tT1 Β A } 5g Z of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions and gentle expressions," &c. &c.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pages
...excite no surprise. ' I loved the man,' says Jonson, with a noble burst of enthusiasm, ' and do honor his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.' ' My gentle Shakspeare ' is the language of the same great man, in his poem to the memory of our bard... | |
 | John Genest - 1832 - 720 pages
...honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing he " never blotted out a line — my answer hath been, " would he had blotted a thousand — which they " thought a malevolent speech— I had not told pos" terity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that " circumstance to commend their friend by,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...shewing that they were not the vain effects of a blind and ridiculous partiality. Jonson writes, ' I love the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.' And it is from his Elegy, To the Memory of his beloved Master William Shakspeare, that we have derived... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...that in writing (whatsoever he " penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath " been, Would he had blotted a thousand! which they thought " a...for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to com" mend their friend by, wherein he most faulted: and to " justify mine own candour, for I loved... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 pages
...in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, " Would that he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent...who chose that circumstance to commend their friend, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour ; for I loved the man, and do honour his... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 pages
...in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, " Would that he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent...who chose that circumstance to commend their friend, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour; for I loved the man, and do honour his memory,... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 714 pages
...in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, " Would that he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent...for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to cammend their friend, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour ; for I loved the man,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pages
...excite no surprise. ' I loved the man,' says Jonson, with a noble burst of enthusiasm, ' and do honor his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.' ' My gentle Shakspeare ' is the language of the same great man, in his poem to the memory of our bard... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Drummond - 1842 - 96 pages
...Shakespeare, and what he hath left us," or in that touching passage of his " Discoveries," where he says, " I LOVED THE MAN, AND DO HONOUR HIS MEMORY, ON THIS SIDE IDOLATRY, AS MUCH AS ANY." DAVID LAING. SIGNET LIBRARY, EDINBURGH. BEN JONSON'S CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHOKNDEN.... | |
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the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand ! Which they thought a malevolent speech. 
