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...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. He...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.' ' My gentle Shakspeare ' is the language of the same great man, in his poem to the memory of our bard...

...turns again, too, it will be noticed, instantly after, to the more personal attributes of Shakspcarc. " He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he ßowfd with that facility tftat sometimes...

...shewing that they were not the vain effects of a blind and ridiculous partiality. Jonson writes, ' I love the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.' And it is from his Elegy, To the Memory of his beloved Master William Shakspeare, that we have derived...

...(whatsoever he " penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath " been, Would he had blotted a thousand! which they thought " a malevolent speech. I had not...for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to com" mend their friend by, wherein he most faulted: and to " justify mine own candour, for I loved...

...contemporary, Ben Jonson, writing of him after his death, says, that "he loved the man, and honoured his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest; of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions." Thus much...

...nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, of an open and free nature; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions," &c. &c....

...penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, " Would that he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not...who chose that circumstance to commend their friend, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour; for I loved the man, and do honour his memory,...

...penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, " Would that he had blotted a thousand," which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not...who chose that circumstance to commend their friend, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour ; for I loved the man, and do honour his...