 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pagine
...Shakspcre, that in writing (what" soever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My " answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand! " which they thought...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, " who chose that circumstance to commend their friend " by, wherein he most faulted : and to justify mine... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pagine
...Shakspeare, 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...speech. " I had not told posterity this, but for their igno" ranee, who chose that circumstance to commend " their friend by, wherein he most faulted: and... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pagine
...(whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been ( adds he) Would he had blotted out a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech....told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804 - 476 pagine
..., that in wri„ ting (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted „ out a line. My answer hath been. Would he ,,had blotted a. thousand! which they thought...told posterity ,,this, but for their ignorance, who- chose fh«r „ circumstance to commend their friend by, whe,,rciii he most faulted: and to justify... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pagine
...penned — he never blotted out a line. " My answer hath been, Would lie had blotted a thou" sand! which they thought a malevolent speech. " I had not told posterity this, but for their igno" ranee, who chose that circumstance to commend " their friend by, wherein he most faulted : and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pagine
...that in writing (what" soever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My " answer hath been, JVoultl he had blotted a thousand ! " which they thought a...told posterity this, but for their ignorance^ who " chose that circumstance to commend their friend " by, wherein he most faulted : and to justify mine... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 578 pagine
...in writing (whatsoever he penned) lie never blotted out a line. My answer " hath been, Would he hud blotted a thousand! which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that " circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted : and to jus" tify mine... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 424 pagine
...(whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been (adds he) Would he bad blotted out a thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech....not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pagine
...VI, were in fact two old plays writen before the time of Shakspeare, and entitled The First Part " blotted a thousand.' which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose " that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most " faulted: and to justify mine... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pagine
...VI, were in fact two old plays written before the time of Shakspeare, and entitled The First Part " blotted a thousand. ' which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose " that circumstance to commend the ir friend by, wherein he most "faulted: and to justify mine... | |
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I remember 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. 
