...by a passage of Ben Jonson's, written long after the Poet's death, and not published till 1640 : " I loved the man and do honour his memory, on this side...and of an open and free nature ; had an excellent fantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions." And we have similar testimony from John Heminge and...

...showing that Shakespeare was loyal, amiable, and good-natured when Jonson says, in his Discoveries, " I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side...was indeed honest, and of an open and free nature." Here " honest " means much more than merely truthful and trustworthy. It does mean loyal, ingenuous,...

...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. He...was, indeed, honest and of an open and free nature. . . ." He proceeds to applaud Shakespeare's ideas, "wherein he flowed with that facility that sometimes"...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted, and to justify mine own candour, for I loved the man, and do honour his memory (on this side...and of an open, and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometime...

...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,...honest, and of an open and free nature, had an excellent fantasy, brave notions and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometime...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candour: for I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side...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 he...

...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...honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent fantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility that sometime...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted. And to justify mine own candour (for I loved the man, and do honour his memory - on this...any), he was indeed honest, and of an open and free namre, had an excellence Fancy, brave notions and gende expressions, wherein he flowed with that facility...

...a collection of commentary and reflections on literary and other matters, Jonson declares, "I lov'd the man, and do honour his memory (on this side Idolatry)...(indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature." Jonson frequently separates the personal from the poetic, and the crucial phrase in this passage is...

...circumstance to commend their friend by, wherein he most faulted; and to justify mine own candour: for I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side...honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions; wherein he flowed with that facility, that sometimes...