| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...of his contemporaries, Ben Jonson, thus characterizes him : — " I loved the man, and do honor to his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any....was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature : had an excellent .. fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he flowed with that lability... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1865 - 436 pages
...and gentle ; his manner open and unassuming. " I loved the man," says Ben Joiison, " and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any :...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature." Other contemporaries speak of his "uprightness of dealing," his " generosity of mind and mood," his... | |
| 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... | |
| George Eliot - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 576 pages
...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... | |
| 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,... | |
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