 | 1909 - 1118 pagine
...old Ben did not die unrepentant, and the big generosity of an honest heart broke out at the end : ' I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any ' ; and no greater tribute of personal admiration for a friend has ever fallen from human lips. But... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - 1987 - 420 pagine
...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 choose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted, and to justify mine own... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 pagine
...in his writing (whatsoever he penn'd) 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 choose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted. And to justify mine own... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pagine
...essayist Shakespeare is the sexiest great writer in the language. AL Rowse (b. 1903) British academic For I loved the man and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. Ben Jonson (1573-1637) English dramatist, poet I am more easily bored with Shakespeare and have suffered... | |
 | James Shapiro - 1991 - 234 pagine
...his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he have blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their friends by, wherein he most faulted. And to justify my own... | |
 | Michael J. Sidnell - 1991 - 332 pagine
...never blotted out a line, My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand', which they took for a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted, And to lustify my own... | |
 | Abraham Moses Klein - 1994 - 304 pagine
...passage which Klein quotes is Timber, or Discoveries (c. 1630) by Ben Jonson (1572-1637): 'for I loVd the man and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry) as much as any.' regisseur: (Fr.) 'theatre manager' Eyes ... not: 'Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding;... | |
 | George Eliot - 1996 - 576 pagine
...never blotted a line. My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand!' ... I loved the man & do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, & of an open & free nature; had an excellent fantasy, brave notions & gentle expressions; wherein he... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 pagine
...Matter, "De Shakespeare Nostrali," (1641), ed. Felix E. Schelling (1892). Nonetheless, )onson wrote, "I loved the man and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any." Shame A blot in thy scutcheon to all futurity. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, (1547-1616) Spanish author. Merlin's... | |
 | Jonathan Bate - 1998 - 420 pagine
...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... | |
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... 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 nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes... 
