...circumftance to commend their friend by, wherein he moll faulted ; and to juftify my own character (ror I loved the man, and do honour to his memory, on this fide idolatry, as -much as any). He was indeed honeft, and of an open free nature, had an excellent...

...characteristic to mark what Ben Jonson says : " I loved the man," is his first fervent expression. " I do honour to his memory on this side idolatry as much as any," is a nobler tribute, educed, however, by a counter reproach. He turns again, too, it will be noticed,...

...wonderful applicability of so many passages in Virgil to every conceivable turn of human fortune. done honour to his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any." I venture to think that if Coleridge had studied Virgil as he studied Shakspere, his verdict would...

...wonderful applicability of so many postages in Virgil to every conceivable turn of human fortune. done honour to his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any." I venture to think that if Coleridge had studied Virgil as he studied Shakspere, his verdict would...

...Condell, who tell us that he wrote without a blot in his papers.and by Ben Jonson, who says of him, ' I loved the man, and do honour to his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantsie, brave notions,...

...praiser of himself, and full of scorn when speaking about the works of others, says of Shakspere — " I loved the man, and do honour to his memory on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, of a free and open nature, had excellent fancy, brave notions, excellent expressions,...

...with all his faults. There was ever more in him to praise than pardon. I loved the man, and do honor to his memory on this side idolatry as much as any....— I consider Shakespeare to have been the greatest genius the world ever saw. He wrote with such readiness that it became a fault with him. The stream...

...Thought, and Deed!» (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I now propose the toast with Ben Jonson's words, " I love the man, and do honour to his memory, on this side Idolatry." With all the honours, " Shakspeare." — The toast was drunk with applause. Band—" Where the bee...

...good company, and of a very ready and pleasant and smooth wit." Ben Johnson says, " I loved the man. I do honour to his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, gentle...

...good company, and of a very ready and pleasant and smooth wit." Ben Jonson says, " I loved the man, I do honour to his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, gentle...