...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....

...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, on this side idolatry, as much as any." dred and forty-six lines, took from his life eleven months to write it, and three years to revise it...

...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, on this side idolatry, as much as any." dred and forty-six lines, took from his life eleven months to write it, and three years to revise it...

...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...

...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." DAVID LAING. SIGNET LIBRARY, EDINBURGH. BEN JONSON'S CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN....

...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." DAVID LAING. SIGNET LIBRARY, EDINBURGH. BEN JONSON'S CONVERSATIONS WITH WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHOKNDEN....

...believe that some deep remembrance of unusual kindness induced him to write of Shakspere, " I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature ?" We have no hesitation in abiding by the common sense of Gifford, who treated with ineffable scorn...

...as well as a sterling writer) declares, " I do love the man and honour 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...

...to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted ; and to justify mine own candour, for 1 loved the man, and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry)...and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...