 | William Shakespeare - 1797 - 600 pages
...Jonfon has made a fuit of an eflay towards it in his Difcarveriei, I will give it in hi* words : *• I remember the players have often mentioned it as an " honour to Shakfpeare, that in writing (whatfoevr he " penned) he never blotted out a line. My anfwer hath '*... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1798 - 478 pages
...BOOKSELLERS. Jonfon has made a fort of an eflay towards it in his Difcoveries, I will give it in his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakefpeare, that in writing (whatfoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My anfwer hath been,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1800 - 332 pages
...Jonfon has made a fort of an effay towards it in his Di/'coverics, I will give it in his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakfpeare, that in writing (whatfoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My anfwer hath been,... | |
 | British essayists - 1803 - 300 pages
...borrow their complexion from the times in which they originate. Ben Jonson says, ' that the players often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that...his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been ( adds he) Would he had blotted out a thousand ! which they thought... | |
 | 1856 - 634 pages
...admiration for the greatest of poets : and he frequently read aloud from Ben Jonson's ' Discoveries ' : — 'I remember the players have often ' mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writings, ' whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out a line. My ' answer hath been, " Would he had... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...Ben Jonson has made a sort of an essay towards it in his Discoveries, I will give it in his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned " it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in writing " (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a " line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1804
...it as ail honour to Shakipcare , that in wri„ ting (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 told posterity ,,this, but for their ignorance,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...Ben Jonson has made a sort of an essay towards it in his Discoveries, I will give it in his words : "I remember the players have often mentioned it " as an honour to Shakespeare, that in writing— what " soever. he penned — he never blotted out a line. " My answer... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1806 - 394 pages
...Ben Jonson has made a sort of an essay towards it in his Discoveries, I will give it in his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned it " as an honour to Shakspeare, that in writing (what" soever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My " answer hath been, JVoultl he had... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1807 - 424 pages
...complexion from the times in which they originate. Ben Jonson says, ' that the players often mentioned itas an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been (adds he) Would he bad blotted out a thousand ! which they thought... | |
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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. 
