...scarse receiued from him a blot in his papers. Ben Jonson, in his Discoveries, repeats this claim: / remember, the Players have often mentioned it as an...to Shakespeare, that in his writing, (whatsoever he penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My answer hath beene, would he had blotted a thousand. . . .[hee]...

...the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare (1632) Exhibit B: The players have often mentioned it as an honor 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 Jonson, Timber; or Discoveries...

...that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers'? Likewise of whom Ben Jonson would note: 'I remember, the players have often mentioned it as an honour to (bl [d] W in Fio AIT 13 six turviving Shakespeare signatures: [a] from the Belott-Mountjoie deposition,...

...in his commonplace book, Discoveries, about the nature of Shakespeare's genius and shortcomings. / remember, the Players have often mentioned it as an...to Shakespeare, that in his writing, (whatsoever he penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My answer hath beene, Would he had blotted a thousand. Which they...

...art', he told William Drummond in 1619, and in retrospect he tried to sum up his friend's chief defect. 'I remember, the Players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare', noted Jonson, 'that in his writing, (whatsoever he penn'd), hee never blotted out line. My answer hath...

...temper their praise in his memoir, Timber: or Discoveries, which was posthumously published in 1640: I remember, the players have often mentioned it as...answer hath been, would he had blotted a thousand . . . He was (indeed) honest, and of an open, and free nature: had an excellent fancy; brave notions,...

...his Discoveries first printed in the Folio of 1641: 'De Shakspeare nostrat. — Augustus in Hat. — I remember, the players have often mentioned it as...writing (whatsoever he penned) he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been, Would he had blotted a thousand. Which they thought a malevolent speech....

...scarce received from him a blot in his papers.' Perhaps they had said the same to Ben jonson who wrote 'I remember the players have often mentioned it as...answer hath been "Would he had blotted a thousand".' And defending himself against the accusation that this was 'a malevolent speech', Jonson went on to...

...who need never erase a word or a line he has written. Most of you might recall Ben Jonson's remark: 'I remember the players have often mentioned it as...writing (whatsoever he penned) , he never blotted a line. My answer would have been "Would he had blotted a thousand."' 278 ART OF WRITING and quotations...

...Jonson's papers after his death in 1637 and printed in Discoveries in 1641, is the following comment: I remember, the Players have often mentioned it as...to Shakespeare, that in his writing, (whatsoever he penn'd) hee never blotted out line. My answer hath beene, Would he had blotted a thousand. Which they...