 | Clement Mansfield Ingleby - 1874 - 402 Seiten
...BEN JONSON, 1625 circa. REMEMBER, the Players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakefpeare, that in his writing, (whatsoever he penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My anfwer hath beene, would i 0 "" 5 he had blotted a thoufand. Which they thought a malevolent fpeech.... | |
 | Samuel Schoenbaum - 1987 - 420 Seiten
...artistic conscience, about Shakespeare's fluency. These after all pertain to the craft, not the craftsman. I remember, the players have often mentioned it as...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... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 Seiten
...Jonson in his Discoveries remembered the Warwickshire man but was not afraid to be frank about him. I remember the players have often mentioned it as...Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penn'd) he never blotted out line. My answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand which they thought... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - 1988 - 704 Seiten
...allusion is to what Brandes called the "noble eulogy prefixed to the First Folio" of Shakespeare's plays: "I remember the players have often mentioned it as...to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he hath blotted a thousand. Which they... | |
 | Michael J. Sidnell - 1991 - 332 Seiten
...opened the gates and made the way, that went before us: but as guides, not commanders . . . .4 647 I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that in his writing fwhatsoever he pennedl he never blotted out a line, My answer hath been, 'Would he had blotted a thousand',... | |
 | George Eliot - 1996 - 576 Seiten
...the country.' [1, 74] Venus & Adonis 1 593. Lucrece 1 594 [I, 76-7] Ben Jonson in his Discoveries: 'I remember the players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted a line. My answer hath been,... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - 1996 - 340 Seiten
...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. . . . [He] had an excellent fantasy, brave notions, and gentle expression; wherein he flowed with that... | |
 | James Ogden, Arthur Hawley Scouten - 1997 - 316 Seiten
...Jonson, the first critic of the Folio editors' claim of having received unblotted papers, recalled, "The Players have often mentioned it as an honour...penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My answer hath been would he had blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech." 10 Discussions of revision... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 666 Seiten
...Folio ed. of Shakespeare's plays (1623). Repr. in The Complete Poems, ed. George Parfitt (1975). 4 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." BEN... | |
 | Jonathan Bate - 1998 - 420 Seiten
...from Heminges and Condell's praise in a passage 'conceming our Shakespeare' in his literar/ notebook: I remember the Players have often mentioned it as...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... | |
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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. 
