 | Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842 - 104 pàgines
...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 HAWTHORNDEN.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1843 - 566 pàgines
...we not believe that some deep remembrance of unusual kindness induced him to write of Shakspere, " I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ?" We have no hesitation in abiding by the common sense of Gifford, who treated with ineffable scorn... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 658 pàgines
...as well as a sterling writer) declares, " I do love the man and honour his memory, on this side of idolatry, as much as any : he was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature;" and the editors of the folio edition of the plays, say that they have collected them " to keep the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pàgines
...blotted a thousand! which they thought a malerolent speech. I had not told posterity this, but Гиг their ignorance who chose that circumstance to commend...man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry ns much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pàgines
...Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out line. My answer hath been , Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance , who chuse that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own... | |
 | 1904 - 926 pàgines
...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...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pàgines
...Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chuse that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pàgines
...Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chuse that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pàgines
...Shakspere," as he fondly called him. " I loved the man," says he, in the fulness of his heart, " and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest and of an open nature." He adds, " his exceeding candor and good nature must certainly have inclined all the gentler... | |
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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. 
