...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most " faulted: and to justify mine own candour, for I loved the man, " and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much " as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free na' ture, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and...

...circumstance to commend the ir friend by, wherein he most "faulted: and to justify mine own candour, for I loved the man, "and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much " as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free na" ture, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted : and to justify mine " own candour, for I loved the man, and do honour " his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. " He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free na« ture, had an excellent fancy, brave notions,...

...artifice of invidious extenuation. Many years after Shakespeare's death Ben with warmth exclaimed, ' I loved the man .and' do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. lie was indeed honest and of an open and free nature, had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and...

...circumstance to commend their friend " by, wherein he most faulted : and to justify mine " own candour, for I loved the man, and do honour " his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. " He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free na« ture, had an excellent fancy, brave notions,...

...Honest Bon had been charged with malevolence towards him, and he repelled the charge thus : "I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour : for I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. lie was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions,...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candour, for I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any : He was indeed honest, and of an open free nature; had an excellent phantasie, brave notions and gentle...

...malevolent speech. Jonson easily rebutted the charge of malevolence. " He lov'd the man," said be, " and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry) as much as any." 1925.] Ben Jonson, the Man. [Nov. And then there follows a piece of criticism, which none but the idolater...

...Jonson, and that Jonson loved and admired Shakspeare." — " I loved the man," says Ben himself, " and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any." A more specious ground for imputing malignity to Jonson is discovered in the " Heads of Conversations,"...