He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth... Blackwood's Magazine - Page 6801925Full view - About this book
| Ben Jonson - 1616 - 418 pages
...Horace, Poetaster, 4. 3. 112 ff.] ; jealous of every word and action of those about him, (especiallie after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth;) a dissembler of ill parts which raigne in him, a bragger of some good that he wanteth; thinketh nothing... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...is, not that the Jonson (says that writer), waa a great lover and praiser of himself; a coritemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest ; jealous of every word and aftion of those about him, especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ;... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...Feasting had been his own." Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some1 good that he wanted, thinking... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a con tanner and scoruer of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking... | |
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 pages
...Scotch poet, says of him, " that he was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and despiser of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts that reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he -wanted, thinking... | |
| 1815 - 544 pages
...lines, were all forced." Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 pages
...lines, were all forced." Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 pages
...— is weaker than water. " — For he says, Ben Johnson was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived : a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted ; thinketh... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others ; choosing rather to ' lose his friend, than his jest ;' jealous of every word and action of those about him, especially after drink, which was one of the elements in which he lived;* a dissembler of the parts which reigned in him, a bragger... | |
| Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 624 pages
...praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others ; choosing rather to ' lose his friend, than his jest;' jealous of every word and action of those about him, especially after drink, which was one of the elements in which he lived;* a dissembler of the parts which reigned in him, a bragger... | |
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