 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 nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes...  -III - Page xlviby William Shakespeare - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Early English newspapers - 1871 - 796 pages
...tribute to his honour, where he says — -" 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." In stating my opinion that Jonson's lyrics are to be ranked among the finest in the language, I do... | |
 | American literature - 1879 - 592 pages
...was. Yet it was none other than this same Shakespeare of whom Ben Jonson says : " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry as...was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature; he had excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions." How strange that this keen-eyed... | |
 | Stanley Wells - Dramatists, English - 1995 - 424 pages
...selection of Jonson's notebooks partly prepared for publication, he writes: 'I loved the man, and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry) as much as any....was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent fantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - Biography & Autobiography - 1987 - 420 pages
...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....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,... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...friend by, wherein he most faulted. And to justify mine own candour, for I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory, on this side Idolatry, as much as any....was indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility,... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...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 open and full nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he... | |
 | Jonathan Bate - Drama - 1998 - 420 pages
...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 namre, had an excellence Fancy, brave notions and gende expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility... | |
 | Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - Drama - 2000 - 238 pages
...commentary and reflections on literary and other matters, Jonson declares, "I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory (on this side Idolatry) as much as any....(indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature." Jonson frequently separates the personal from the poetic, and the crucial phrase in this passage is... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2001 - 496 pages
...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....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,... | |
 | H. N. Gibson - Art - 2005 - 344 pages
...to justify mine own candour, (for I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory (on this side idolatory) as much as any.) He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent Phantsie; brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he flow'd with that facility,... | |
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