 | Marguerite Wilkinson - Poetry - 1925 - 346 pages
...mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, (whatsoever he penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My answer hath beene, would he had blotted a...thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech. I have not told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their... | |
 | Jacob Zeitlin - Civilization, Modern - 1926 - 408 pages
...(whatsoCf. QUINTILIAN, II, 12, § 1-3. ever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, "Would he had blotted a thousand," which they thought...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted, and to justify mine own... | |
 | Jean Jules Jusserand - English literature - 1926 - 666 pages
...have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penn'd, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath beene, '...thousand ! ' which they thought a malevolent speech " ; but it was they I wanted to blame " for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend... | |
 | Felix Emmanuel Schelling - English literature - 1927 - 242 pages
...answer hath been, ' Would he had blotted a thousand,' * Discoveries, ed. Schelling, 1892, p. 30. 39 which they thought a malevolent speech. I had not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own... | |
 | Arthur Edwin Krows - Drama - 1928 - 592 pages
...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...not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own... | |
 | Rolfe Arnold Scott-James - Criticism - 1928 - 406 pages
...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...not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted. . . . He was, indeed, honest,... | |
 | 1911 - 858 pages
...Shakespeare, that, In his writing, whatever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand! which they thought a malevolent speech." "Halte lu," as Mr. Greenwood says. He, and others, credit Ben with the authorship of the preface to... | |
 | Thomas Fairman Ordish - Theater - 1894 - 344 pages
...manly and touching tribute which occurs among his obiter dicta many years later : My answer hath bcene, would he had blotted a thousand. Which they thought...told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted. And to justifie mine ownc... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - Fiction - 1988 - 704 pages
...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...not told posterity this but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own... | |
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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. 
