 I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (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.  Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter - Page 13by Ben Jonson - 1892 - 166 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...of Shakespeare's plays: "I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never...blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he hath blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but... | |
 | Edward Le Comte - Literary Criticism - 1991 - 168 pages
...craftsman, reminisced, "I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never...answer hath been, "Would he had blotted a thousand!'" This is the slow writer envying the fast one. Milton, Jonson's heir as a classicist, also considered... | |
 | James Shapiro - English drama - 1991 - 234 pages
...remarks in his Discoveries: I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never...blotted out a line. My answer hath been, would he have blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this, but... | |
 | Michael J. Sidnell - Drama - 1991 - 332 pages
...players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing fwhatsoever he pennedl he never blotted out a line, My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand', which they took for a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who choose that... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - English drama - 1996 - 340 pages
...mentioned as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out line. My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a...thousand'; which they thought a malevolent speech. . . . [He] had an excellent fantasy, brave notions, and gentle expression; wherein he flowed with that... | |
 | George Eliot - Literary Criticism - 1996 - 576 pages
...mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted a line. My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand!' ... I loved the man & do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest,... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...Poems, ed. George Parfitt (1975). 4 The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never...answer hath been, "Would he had blotted a thousand." BEN JONSON, (c. 1572-1637) British dramatist, poet. Timber, or Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter,... | |
 | James Ogden, Arthur Hawley Scouten - Drama - 1997 - 316 pages
...mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing (whatsoever he penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My answer hath been would he had blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech." 10 Discussions of revision have sometimes been greeted with malevolence, and nowhere has this been... | |
 | Jonathan Bate - Drama - 1998 - 420 pages
...in his literar/ notebook: I remember the Players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted. And to justify mine own... | |
 | Connie Robertson - Humor - 1998 - 404 pages
...Discoveries made upon Men and Matter The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never...answer hath been 'Would he had blotted a thousand'. 2195 Volpone Our drink shall be prepared gold and amber; Which we will take, until my roof whirl around... | |
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