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" Sufflaminandus erat, as Augustus said of Haterius. His wit was in his own power, would the rule of it had been so too. Many times he fell into those things, could not escape laughter : as when he said in the person of Caesar, one speaking to him,  "
Timber: Or, Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter - Page 23
by Ben Jonson - 1892 - 166 pages
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...necessary he should be stopped. His wit was in iiis own power, would the rule of it had been so too. But he redeemed his vices with his virtues ; there was ever more in him to be praised than nardoncd.' Shakspeare seems to have been totally unconscious of his own powers....
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Complete Works: With Dr. Johnson's Preface, a Glossary, and an Account of ...

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 1130 pages
...in the person of Csesar, one speaking to him, ' Catsar, thou dost me wrong.' ' He replied : ' Citsar e ; Two: Why, then 'tis time to do't: Hell is murky! — Fye, my lord, fye ! to be praised than to be pardoned. '§ But Shakspeare was not only an author but an actor. In this...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1839 - 550 pages
...not escape laughter; as when he said m the person of " Cassar, one speaking to him, / \ *. " Csesar did never wrong, but with just cause ;* '../ " and...vices with his virtues: there was ever more in him j " tp be praised than ID bepajdicmed." As for the passage whicn he mentions out of Shakespeare, there...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare: Printed from the Text ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1844 - 532 pages
...necessary he should be stopped. His wit was in his own power, would the use of it had been so tool But he redeemed his vices with his virtues : there was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." Excepting from mere tradition, we hear not a syllable regarding...
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The Works of William Shakespeare: The Text Formed from an Entirely ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1844 - 600 pages
...Ccesar," upon which we have remarked in vol. vii. p. 45. Ben Joiison then adds in conclusion : — " But he redeemed his vices with his virtues: there was ever more in him to be praised, than to be pardoned." Consistently with what Bt-n Jonson tells us above the players...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: First period, from the earliest times to 1400

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1847 - 712 pages
...said, in the person of Cesar, one speaking to him, " Cœsar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, " Cœsar to-day, to be put back to-morrow ; To feed on hope, to pine with fear to be praised than to be pardoned.' The first edition of Shakspeare was published, as already stated,...
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Shakespeare's Plays: With His Life, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1847 - 736 pages
...Ciesar, thou doit me wrong ;'— he replied — 'Caasar did never «wrong, but with just came :' — s pu - to be praised than to be pardoned." As for the passage which he mentions out of SHAKK SPEARE, there...
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Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A Selection of the Choicest ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...not escape laughter, as when he said, in the person of Ciesar, one speaking to him, " Cœsar, tliou at fairer seems, the less ye see her may ; Lo, see...bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad displa to be praised than to be pardoned.' The first edition of Shakspeare was published, as already stated,...
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Cooper's Journal: Or, Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth ...

Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 pages
...the person of Cassar, one speaking to him, " Csesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, " Саззаг did never wrong but with just cause," and such like...vices with his virtues — there was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned. — Gi 'ford's Edition of Jonson's Works, Vol. ix. page 1Ï5. WORKS...
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Cooper's Journal: Or, Unfettered Thinker and Plain Speaker for Truth ...

Thomas Cooper - Chartism - 1850 - 492 pages
...said in the person of Cassar, one speaking to him, " Ciesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, " Cœsar did never wrong but with just cause," and such like...vices with his virtues — "there was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned. — Gifford's Edition of Jonson's Works, Vol. ix. page 175. WOKKS...
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