 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 Edinburgh Magazine - Page 4871818Full view - About this book
 | 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 ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 860 pages
...rather to lofe a friend than a jeft ; jealous of every word and action of thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a diflembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of fome good that he wanted : thinketh nothing... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 912 pages
...rather to lofe a friend than a jcft, jealous of every word and action of thofe abrct him, efpecially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a diffembler of the pin •which reign in him, a bragger of fome good that he wanted, thinketh nothing... | |
 | William Seward - 1799 - 376 pages
...to lofe a friend than a jeft ;, tc jealous of every word and action of thofe " about him, efpecially after drink,- which is" one of the elements in which he lived- ; a, *' diflembler of the parts which reign in him ; " a bragger of fome good that he wanted, " thinketh... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 pages
...been his own." Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend...dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some1 good that he wanted, thinking nothing well done, but what either he himself or some of his friends... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1925 - 948 pages
...his own. " He is a great lover and praiser of himself," thus wrote Drummond of Jonson, " a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth), and dissembler of all parts which reign in him, a bragger of some good that he wanteth," with... | |
 | 1817 - 522 pages
...Hawthornden, whom Jonson visited. He is there spoken of as " 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 about him, especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived; interprets best... | |
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