had little real admiration for the greatest of poets: and he frequently read aloud from Ben Jonson's ' Discoveries:'— ' I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writings, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted... Selected Essays - 118. oldalszerző: Abraham Hayward - 1878Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Alexander Chalmers - 1803 - 306 oldal
...Jonson says, ' that the players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (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. 1 had not told... | |
| British essayists - 1803 - 300 oldal
...Jonson says, ' that the players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (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. I had not told... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 oldal
...Thomas Nash, Esq. and afterwards to Sir John Bernard of Abbington, but died likewise without issue 1 . " I remember the players have often mentioned it " as an honour to Shakespeare, that in writing—what " soever.he penned—he never blotted out a line. " My answer haih... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 oldal
...Ben Jonson has made a sort of an essay towards it in his Discoveries, I will give it in his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned it " as an honour to Shakspeare, that in writing (what" soever lie penned) he never blotted out a line. My " answer hath been, Would he had... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 666 oldal
...Ben Jonson says,' thatthe players often mentioned itas an honourto Shakspeare, that In his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been (adds he) Would he had blotted outa thousand! which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1810 - 444 oldal
...Ben Jonson has made a sort of an essay towards it in his Discoveries, I will give it in his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned it ' as an honour to Shakspcare, that in writing (whatso1 ever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My ' answer hath... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 oldal
...differ in clothes, not in judgment or understanding. De Shakspeare nostrat.—Augustus in Hal.—I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (whatsoever lie penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1817 - 350 oldal
...Ben Jonson has made a sort of an essay towards it in his Discoveries, I will give it m his words: <; I remember the players have often mentioned it as " an honour to Shakespeare, that in writing (whatsoever he " penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath "... | |
| 1821 - 730 oldal
...hit ' malignant wish' with respect to the Dramatist's emendations; but let us hear his own words: " I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he pennM) bee never blotted out [a] line. My answer bath beene, would be bad blotted... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1821 - 676 oldal
...living art but page to serve his wit. " Obiit An 0 . Dni. 1616. act. 53, die 23 Apri." STEEVENS. " I remember the players have often mentioned it as an " honour to Shakspeare, that in writing (whatsoever he " penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath " been, Would he had blotted... | |
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