| 1868 - 1038 páginas
...themselves to believe the rough and cross-grained old poet, when he says after his old associate's death : ' I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indcecl honest, and of an open and free nature.' In person, Ben Jonson was not prepossessing. He is... | |
| Charles Knight - 1868 - 578 páginas
...surely nothing can be nobler than the hearty tribute which he pays to the memory of Shakspere : — " I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any." Unquestionably this is language which shows that the memory of Shakspere was cherished by others even... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1904 - 672 páginas
...circumstance to commend their 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.' * Still more in point ai-e Boccaccio's excellent words •with regard to Dante himself. 'Assuredly... | |
| William Andrews - 1893 - 304 páginas
...Even rough "rare Ben Jonson" gives his brother dramatist the highest praise in his famous words, " I loved the man and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any." The gentleness and tenderness of Shakespeare's personal character are strongly shown by the specially... | |
| 1909 - 1118 páginas
...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 páginas
...circumstance to commend their 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 nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions,... | |
| Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - 1988 - 704 páginas
...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candour: for I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this...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... | |
| Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 páginas
...circumstance to commend their 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. He was indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions, wherein... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 páginas
...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... | |
| George Eliot - 1996 - 576 páginas
...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... | |
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