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" 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, "Caesar, thou dost me wrong,"... "
The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and a ... - Page 176
by Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816
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The Life and Beauties of Shakespeare: Comprising Careful Selections from ...

William Shakespeare - 1851 - 408 pages
...Ca;sar, one speaking to him, * Cfesar, thou dost me wrong,' "He replied: \ ' Cffisar did never wrong, but with just cause/ "and such like, which were ridiculous....But he redeemed his vices with his virtues ; there were ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." . But Shakspeare was not only an author but...
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The Works of Shakespeare: The Text Regulated by the Recently ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare, John Payne Collier - 1853 - 442 pages
...Hence he proceeds to instance a passage in "Julius Caesar." Ben Jonson then adds in conclusion : — " But he redeemed his vices with his virtues : there...ever more in him to be praised, than to be pardoned." Consistently with what Ben Jonson tells us above tha players had '' often mentioned,'' we find the...
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The Lives of the Poets-laureate: With an Introductory Essay on the Title and ...

Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - 1853 - 654 pages
...of Csesar, one speaking to him, ' Caesar, thou dost me wrong.' He replied, ' Csesar did never wrong, but with just cause ;' and such like, which were ridiculous....he redeemed his vices with his virtues. There was even more in him to be praised, than to be pardoned." This criticism, full as it is of candour, has...
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - 1856 - 494 pages
...of Caesar, one speaking to him, ' Caesar, thou dost me wrong,' he replied, ' Caesar did never wrong but with just cause,' and such like ; which were ridiculous....ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." — Ben Jonson's " J)iscomries." It is sheer nonsense, with these and other such passages accessible...
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - 1856 - 528 pages
...of Caesar, one speaking to him, ' Caesar, thou dost me wrong," he replied, ' Caesar did never wrong but with just cause,' and such like ; which were ridiculous....ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." — Ben Jomon't " Ditcovenes." x< It is sheer nonsense, with these and other such passages accessible...
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The dramatic works of William Shakspere, from the text of Johnson, Stevens ...

William Shakespeare - 1856 - 998 pages
...necessary he should be stopped. His wit was in his own power; would the rule of it had been so too. j k l m n p ] ^ _ ` a b c d e pardoned." Besides his plays in this edition, there are two or three ascribed to him by Mr. Langbaine,...
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Bacon and Shakespeare: An Inquiry Touching Players, Playhouses, and Play ...

William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 pages
...of Caesar, one speaking to him, 'Csesar, thou dost me wrong,' he replied, ' Caesar did never wrong but with just cause ;' and such like, which were ridiculous....ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." The edition of Jonson's works, published in 1616, — a rare folio — does not contain the Discoveries...
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English and Scottish Sketches

Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 386 pages
...Scene 1. The latter line, however, is thus left defective. however, very properly adds : " But lie redeemed his vices with his virtues; there was ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." It curiously disturbs our exalted notions of Shakspeare, to think that he was lame. Yet such is stated...
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The Plays of Shakespeare with the Poems, Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1858 - 830 pages
...of Cajsar, one speaking to him, ' Csesar, thou dost me wrong,' he replied, ' Caesar did never wrong finds means to kill your joys with love ! And I,...all are punish'd. CAP. O, brother Montague ! give — Discoveries, — Jonjton's Works, ix. 175, Gifford's ed. uo See page xxxii. '* See page xxix. had...
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The National Review, Volume 6

1858 - 516 pages
...Caesar, thou dost me wrong.' He replied : ' Caesar did never wrong but with just cause,' and such-like; which were ridiculous. But he redeemed his vices with...ever more in him to be praised than to be pardoned." Jonson was sudden and fierce in his resentments, both with hand and pen. Jn early life he killed an...
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