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The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs ... - Page 161
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 1

Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - 1753 - 366 pages
...ch'ufing to lofe a friend " than a jeft; jealous of every word and aftion of " thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which " was one of the elements in which he lived I " a diifcmbler of the parts which reigned in him ; a bragger of fome good that lie wanted : he thought...
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The British Plutarch, Or Biographical Entertainer: Being a Select Collection ...

1762 - 414 pages
...to lofe his friend than his jeft ; jealous of every word and action of thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which was one of the elements in which he lived ; a diftembler of the parts which reigned in him ; a bragger of ibme good that he wanted ; be thought nothing...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 3

1791 - 340 pages
...to lofe his friend than his jeft ; jealous of every word and action of thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which was one of the elements in which he lived ; a diflembler of the parts which reigned in him ; a bragger of fome good that he wanted ; he thought nothing...
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Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum: Containing the Names and Characters of All ...

Edward Phillips - 1800 - 440 pages
...to lofe a friend, than a jeft ; jca" lous of every word and action of thofe about " him, efpecially after drink, which was one of " the elements in which he lived ; a diffembler " of the parts which reigned in him; a brag" ger of fome good that he wanted: he thought...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 pages
...lover and praiser of himself, a con tanner and scoruer 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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher: The ..., Volume 1

Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and despiser 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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts that reign in him ; a bragger...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher ..., Volume 1

Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 pages
...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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts that reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he -wanted, thinking nothing well done, but what either...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

1815 - 544 pages
...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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1815 - 548 pages
...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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 616 pages
...says, that he was " a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others ; choosing rather to ' lose his friend, than his jest ;' jealous...either himself or some of his friends had said or done, f He was passionately kind and angry ; care *' Hard drinking, as D'Israeli observes, had been imported,...
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