| 1762 - 414 páginas
...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... | |
| Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1835 - 744 páginas
...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,... | |
| 1842 - 542 páginas
...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... | |
| 1842 - 344 páginas
...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... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1855 - 280 páginas
...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,... | |
| Henry Pitman - 1856 - 1048 páginas
...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,... | |
| 1857 - 448 páginas
...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... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 páginas
...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... | |
| Fifty celebrated men - 1862 - 354 páginas
...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... | |
| 1863 - 348 páginas
...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... | |
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