| Lucy Aikin - 1822 - 434 pagine
...who have spoken of him from personal knowledge or recent tradition. " I loved the man," says Jonson, "and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature*." Neither was it the melancholy destiny of the... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pagine
...his allotment was to be final and eternal. Ben Jonson, his contemporary, thus characterizes him. ' I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and tree nature : had an excellent fancy, brave notions and... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1832 - 364 pagine
...friendship, can 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1839 - 608 pagine
...pages much more of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, of an open and free nature; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1841 - 316 pagine
...friendship, can 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... | |
| 1904 - 926 pagine
...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candor; for I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.1 Still more in point are Boccaccio's excellent words with regard to Dante himself. Assuredly I... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 pagine
...friendship, can 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... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pagine
...gentle 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... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pagine
...gentle 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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 618 pagine
...pages much more of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle... | |
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