 | Ben Jonson - Poets, Latin - 1616 - 418 pages
...Shakspeer wanted arte.' Then recall that other saying, not to be found fault with, in the Discoveries : 'I remember, the players have often mentioned it as...his writing (Whatsoever he penned) he never blotted a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand.' We are not criticising these judgments... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 494 pages
...his words : " I remember the players have often mentioned " it as an honour to Shakspeare, that in writing " (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted...speech. " I had not told posterity this, but for their igno" ranee, who chose that circumstance to commend " their friend by, wherein he most faulted: and... | |
 | 1830 - 566 pages
...have often mentioned it, as an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing, (whatsoever he penned) lie never blotted out a line. My answer hath been —...thousand ! which they thought a malevolent speech. I had uot told posterity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that circumstance to recommend their friend... | |
 | John Genest - Theater - 1832 - 720 pages
...I " remember, the players have often mentioned it as " an honour to Shakspeare, that in his writing he " never blotted out a line — my answer hath been,...they " thought a malevolent speech— I had not told pos" terity this, but for their ignorance, who chose that " circumstance to commend their friend by,... | |
 | 1904 - 926 pages
...Shakespeare may well be recalled here. I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honor to Shakespeare, that in his writing (whatsoever he...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 598 pages
...old *%i>, when, as he tells us, his memory began to fail, and printed with the date of 1641 : — " I remember the players have often mentioned it as...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
..."Discoveries," written in old age, when as he tells us, his memory began to fail , and printed in 1641 : — "I remember the players have often mentioned it as...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...in old ago, when, as he tells us, his memory began to fail, and printed with the date of 1641:— " I remember the players have often mentioned it as...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...old age, when, as he tells us, his memory began to fail, and printed with the date of 1641:— " 1 remember the players have often mentioned it as an...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.... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...Shakespeare, that in writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would ho peare whi chose that circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein her most faulted ; and to justify mine... | |
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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. 
