...Shakspere have had Ben Jonson for a friend, and joyfully to take his testimony, brief as that is, — " 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." Though springing from an excellent feeling,...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour ; for £ His help to crave, and my dear hap to tell. [Exit. SCENE Ш. — Friar Lauren He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions,...

..."Civil arts the martial must precede." (Prince Henry' t Barriers. A Masque. Vol. vii, p. 167, etc.) * " I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side of idolatry. He had brave notions, wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes it wat necessary...

...descriptive. There is a cordial warmth in the words that goes to the heart as we read them : he says : — " He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle...

...pages much more of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his " Discoveries," " I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry as much us any. He was, indeed, honest, of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions,...

...full of wise saws, rather looking for some pitiful blemish than dwelling on his genius and virtues. " I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side of idolatry, as much as any." In those days, as in our own, there were some who regarded Shakespeare...

...circumstance to commend their friend by wherein ho 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. Ho was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent fantasy, bravo notions and gentle...

...eireumstanee to eommend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own eandour ; for I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as mueh as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature ; had an exeellent phantasy, brave...

...disposition magnanimous and gentle ; his manner open and unassuming. " I loved the man," says Ben Joiison, " and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any : he was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature." Other contemporaries speak of his "uprightness...

...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 ; hud an excellent phantasy, brave notions,...