• The players often mentioned it as an honour 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.

  Source: The Works of Ben Jonson, Second Folio

  Ben Jonson
  British Dramatist, Poet 1573-1637
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1. shakespeare
2. whatsoever
3. thousand
4. answer
5. would

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The players often mentioned it as an honour 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. by : Ben Jonson

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