| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...gentle Shakspere," as he fondly called him. " I loved the man," says he, in the fulness of his heart, " and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest and of an open nature." He adds, " his exceeding candor and good nature must certainly have inclined all the gentler... | |
| American periodicals - 1873 - 866 pages
...the 1623 folio, he speaks of "The gentle Shakspeare." In his Timber," he writes — "I loved the man, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open ree nature," &c. That Chaucer inspired a similar affection and love appears from the warmhearted language... | |
| Robert Folkestone Williams - 1844 - 936 pages
...duty, not to show my wit. SHA I lored the man. and do honour his memory on this side idolatry u ouch as any. He was indeed* honest, and of an open and free Mime. EIN JONSOX. IN THREE vOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: COLBURN, PUBLISHER, GREAT MARLEOROUGH STREET.... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1847 - 712 pages
...friend by wherein he most faulted, and to justify mine own candour ; for I loved the man, and do honour ` ك 0 p w w _ ; hail an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 456 pages
...ardently loved by all his friends and acquaintance. " I loved the man," says Jonson, " and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any :...was, indeed, honest, and of an open and free nature." And another writer declares, " that every one who had a true taste of merit, and could distinguish... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 618 pages
...pages much more of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this...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.... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - Dramatists, English - 1848 - 386 pages
...dramatic palm, says of him, with noble simplicity, after his death, " I loved the man, and do honour 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." Besides,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1849 - 574 pages
...remembrance of unusual kiudness induced him to write of Shakspere, " 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 ?" We have no hesitation in, abiding by the common sense of Grfford, who treated with ineffable scorn... | |
| Robert Chambers - English literature - 1850 - 710 pages
...friend by wherein he most faulted, and to justify mine own candour ; for I loved the man, and do honour hem once, shame whips them au excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility,... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1850 - 614 pages
...whose pages much more of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his { Discoveries/ " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this...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.... | |
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