 I remember the players have often mentioned it 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.  Letters to 'The Times', 1884-1922 - Pagina 279door Thomas Case - 1927 - 284 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson - 1879 - 844 pagina’s
...passage concerning Shakespeare in the Di* coverifs, is tno interesting to bo omitted. '* I remembiT, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever lie penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand. Which... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1881 - 572 pagina’s
...Preface to Fresnoy's Art of Painting. 4 Alluding to the well-known saying of Ben Jonson : " I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to...Shakespeare, that, in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he Ev'n copious Dryden wanted, or forgot, The last and greatest art, the art to blot' Some doubt if equal... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1881 - 456 pagina’s
...Met. Is there no voice more worthy than my own, &c.] "I remember," says Ben Jonson in his Discoveries, "the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in hia writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted... | |
 | 1899 - 514 pagina’s
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 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 972 pagina’s
...from Jonson, which must not be omitted. It is from hia Discoveries, written in 1640 : " I remember, the players 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 been, Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1883 - 596 pagina’s
...from Jonson, which must not be omitted. It is from his Discoveries, written in 1640 : " I remember, the players 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 been, Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they... | |
 | George F. Crook - 1885 - 106 pagina’s
...stopped." What do Rare Ben's following remarks imply? "I remember the playecs have often mentioned, as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted a line." We cull the following: "William Shakespeare was born at Stratford.on.Avon in this county,... | |
 | Caroline Wells Healey Dall - 1885 - 232 pagina’s
...Bacon without a supreme sense of the ridiculous : — " I remember the players have often mentioned, as an honour to Shakespeare, that, in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted a line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand, which they thought a malevolent speech.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1887 - 596 pagina’s
...from Jonson, which must not be omitted. It is from, his Discoveries, written in 1640 : " I remember, the players 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 been, Would he had blotted a thousand ! which they... | |
 | James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps - 1889 - 430 pagina’s
...current belief amongst his theatrical contemporaries. " The players," observes Ben Jonson, " have of fen mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that, in...writing, whatsoever he penned he never blotted out line." There is, moreover, ample internal evidence that many of his plays were written in haste, and... | |
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