...old Ben did not die unrepentant, and the big generosity of an honest heart broke out at the end : ' I loved the man, and do honour his memory on this side idolatry as much as any ' ; and no greater tribute of personal admiration for a friend has ever fallen from human lips. But...

...speech. I had not told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who choose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted, and to justify...side idolatry) as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open, and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions,...

...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...idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of open and full nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein...

...speech. I had not 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 candour, for I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory, on this side Idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed, honest,...

...essayist Shakespeare is the sexiest great writer in the language. AL Rowse (b. 1903) British academic For I loved the man and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. Ben Jonson (1573-1637) English dramatist, poet I am more easily bored with Shakespeare and have suffered...

...who choose that circumstance to commend their friend by wherein he most faulted, And to lustify my own candour, for I loved the man, and do honour his memory fon this side idolatryl as much 2 Timber: or Discoveries: Made upon Men and Matter as theg have Flowed...

...passage which Klein quotes is Timber, or Discoveries (c. 1630) by Ben Jonson (1572-1637): 'for I loVd the man and do honour his memory (on this side idolatry) as much as any.' regisseur: (Fr.) 'theatre manager' Eyes ... not: 'Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding;...

...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, & of an open & free nature; had an excellent fantasy, brave notions & gentle expressions; wherein he...

...and matter, apparently a selection of Jonson's notebooks partly prepared for publication, he writes: '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; had an excellent fantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein...

...Matter, "De Shakespeare Nostrali," (1641), ed. Felix E. Schelling (1892). Nonetheless, )onson wrote, "I loved the man and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any." Shame A blot in thy scutcheon to all futurity. MIGUEL DE CERVANTES, (1547-1616) Spanish author. Merlin's...