...who have spoken of him from personal knowledge or recent tradition. " I loved the man," says Jonson, "and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature*." Neither was it the melancholy destiny of the...

...was to be final and eternal. Ben Jonson, his contemporary, thus characterizes him. ' I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, and of an open and tree nature : had an excellent fancy, brave notions and...

...friendship, can excite no surprise. ' I loved the man,' says Jonson, with a noble burst of enthusiasm, ' and do honor his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.' ' My gentle Shakspeare ' is the language of...

...of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, of an open and free nature; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle...

...friendship, can excite no surprise. ' I loved the man,' says Jonson, with a noble burst of enthusiasm, ' and do honor his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.' ' My gentle Shakspeare ' is the language of...

...gentle Shakspere," as he fondly called him. " I loved the man," says he, in the fulness of his heart, " and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest and of an open nature." He adds, " his exceeding candor and good nature must certainly...

...gentle Shakspere," as he fondly called him. " I loved the man," says he, in the fulness of his heart, " and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was indeed honest and of an open nature." He adds, " his exceeding candor and good nature must certainly...

...friendship, can excite no surprise. ' I loved the man," says Jonson, with a noble burst of enthusiasm, ' and do honor his memory on this side idolatry as much as any. He was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature.' ' My gentle Shakspeare ' is the language of...

...commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candor; for I loved the man and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.1 Still more in point are Boccaccio's excellent words with regard to Dante himself. Assuredly I...

...of a similar nature might be adduced. " I loved," he says in his ' Discoveries,' " I loved the man, and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was, indeed, honest, of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fancy, brave notions, and gentle...