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" 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... "
The Oxford Book of English Prose - Page 163
by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1092 pages
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The dramatic works of William Shakspere, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 996 pages
...they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose ; fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...
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William Shakespeare Not an Impostor

George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...Discoveries," collected at a late period in Ben Jonson's life. It is introduced after the following : — " I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an...and of an open, and free nature; had an excellent Phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions : wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...
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William Shakespeare not an imposter, by an English critic [G.H. Townsend].

George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...Discoveries," collected at a late period in Ben Jonson's life. It is introduced after the following :— " I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an...and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry) as muck as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open, and free nature; had an excellent Phantasy, brave...
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Bacon and Shakespeare: An Inquiry Touching Players, Playhouses, and Play ...

William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 pages
...who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted, and to justify my own candour; for I loved the man, and do honour his...and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes...
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English and Scottish Sketches

Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 pages
...wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candor, — for I loved the man, and do honor to his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any....honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...
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The Plays & Poems of Shakespeare: Life of Shakespeare. Dr. Johnson's preface ...

William Shakespeare - 1857 - 354 pages
...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 the same great man, in his poem to the memory of our bard...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 pages
...lints characterizes him : — " I loved the man, and do honor to his memory, on this side iilulatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature: had an excellent fancy, brave notions, anil gentle expressions; wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes...
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The Plays of Shakespeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 836 pages
...they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions ; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...
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National Review, Volume 6

1858 - 516 pages
...thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose to justify that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein...and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...
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Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies, and Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 762 pages
...they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chuse that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein...and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...
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