...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...and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brare notions, and gentle expressions, wherein heflowed with that facility, that sometimes...

...forward as his own rival, says of him with honourable gratitude, " I loved the man. I do hononr to his memory on this side idolatry, as much as any....free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes it was necessary he should...

...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....was, indeed, honest; and of an open and free nature;' and Rowe, repeating the uncontradicted rumor of times past, has told us, —' that every one, who had...

...Shakespeare, and what he hath left us," or in that touching passage of his " Discoveries," where he says, " I LOVED THE MAN, AND DO HONOUR HIS MEMORY, ON THIS SIDE IDOLATRY, AS MUCH AS ANY." SIGNET LIBRARY, EDINBURGH. DAVID LAING. BEN JONSON'S CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN....

...man, as well as a sterling writer) declares, ' I do love the man and honor his memory, on this side of idolatry, as much as any : he was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ;' and the editors of the folio edition of the plays, say that they have collected them ' to keep the...

...man, as well as a sterling writer) declares, ' I do love the man and honor his memory, on this side of idolatry, as much as any : he was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ;' and the editors of the folio edition of the plays, say that they have collected them ' to keep the...

...openness to dialectical play. cc That Reason Wonder May Diminish": The Androgyne and the Theater Wars He was (indeed) honest, and of an open, and free nature: had an excellent fantasy; brave notions, and gentle expressions: wherein he flow'd with that facility, that sometime...

...penn'd) hee never blotted out a line. My answer hath beene, would he had blotted a thousand. . . . Hee was (indeed) honest, and of an open, and free nature: had an excellent Phantsie; brave notions, and gentle expressions: wherein hee flow'd with that facility, that sometime...

...their friend by wherein he most faulted; And to justify mine owne candor, for I hov'd the man, and doe honour his memory, on this side Idolatry, as much...honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent Phantsie, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flow'd with that facility that sometime...

...playwright Ben Jonson — though not an uncritical admirer — described him in his Discoveries as being ‘honest, and of an open and free nature; had an...excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions'. It seems, though, that Shakespeare was not a great ‘company keeper', which is hardly to be wondered...