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" Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it : his mind and hand went together ; and what he thought, he uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers. "
The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the ... - Page 216
by William Shakespeare - 1813
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and illustr ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 390 pages
...he never blotted out a line.] This is not true. They only say in their preface to his plays, that " his mind and hand went together, and what he thought,...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers." On this Mr. Pope observes, that "there never was a more groundless report, or to the contrary of which...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare ...: With the Corrections and ..., Volume 1

William Shakespeare - 1809 - 394 pages
...he never blotted out a line."] This is not true. They only say in their preface to his plays, that " his mind and hand went together, and what he thought,...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers." On this Mr. Pope observes, that " there never was a more groundless report, or to the contrarv of which...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 74

1853 - 816 pages
...1623 is contradicted by the distinct announcement of its editors, who say of their great master that " his mind and hand went together, and what he thought...with that easiness that we have scarce received from Mm a blot in fiitpapert." This declaration, that the materials from which they worked were derived...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 740 pages
...Latinisms, in this single passage, which I have no doubt was their own composition, they say — " and what he thought he uttered with that easiness,...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers," using the familiar English word (easiness) which would naturally occur to those unacquainted with Latin...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 464 pages
...edition of the plays, speaking of the author, say, " Who, as he was a happy imitator of nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers." It is a common but very ill-founded prejudice, to imagine that any thing like regularity or diligence...
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The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1830 - 452 pages
...edition of the plays, speaking of the author, say, " Who, as he was a happy imitator of nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers." It is a common, but a very ill-founded prejudice, to imagine that anything like regularity or diligence...
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The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].

George Lillie Craik - 1834 - 450 pages
...author, say, " Who, as he was a happy imitator of nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. II is mind and hand went together ; and what he thought,...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers." It is a common, but a very ill-founded prejudice, to imagine that anything like regularity or diligence...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 131

1871 - 608 pages
...nature, was a most gentle cxpresser of it. His mind and hand went together; and what he thought ho uttered with that easiness, that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers.' { Now these expressions certainly imply that Shakspeare had the right, common with others, of being...
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The Gentleman's Magazine

1840 - 740 pages
...vindication of whose integrity we have those prior editions, besides their own express declaration " that we have scarce received from him a blot in his papers ; " for the veracity of which declaration we have the remarkable words of Jonson, that " he wished...
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Bibliotheca Sacra and Theological Review, Volume 13

1856 - 924 pages
...applies to the early English writers generally : " As he was a happy imitator of nature, so he was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand went...have scarce received from him a blot in his papers." These characteristics in the mode of thought and expression, arose from the singular sincerity and...
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