 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 4811818Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 318 pages
...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 - English poetry - 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 - Anecdotes - 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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 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...reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking nothing well done, but what either he himself or some of his friends have said or done. He... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 728 pages
...Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest...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 - English drama - 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... | |
 | Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest...reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking nothing well done, but what either he himself or some of his friends have said or done; He... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...Ben Jonson, continues Drummond, " was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest...reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking nothing well done, but what either he himself or some of his friends have said or done. He... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 546 pages
...water. " — For he says, Ben Johnson was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest,...reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted ; thinketh nothing well done but what either he himself or some of his friends have said or done. He... | |
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