 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1849 - 708 pages
...following character of Ben himself : — ' lit1 is a great lover and praiwr of himself ; a contemner the Faery Queen, there are no poems of the reign...productions to which the great dramatist affixed his liveth ; a dissembler of ill parts which reign in him ; a braggcr of some good that he wanteth ; t... | |
 | Literature - 1867 - 746 pages
...true : "He was a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scoffer of others ; rather given to lose a friend than a jest ; jealous of every word...of those about him, especially after drink, which was one of the elements in which heltsed; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him, a bragger of... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - Biography - 1853 - 542 pages
...praiser of himself ; a coutemner 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... | |
 | 1853 - 298 pages
...[Jonsori] is a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others; given rather to losse a friend than a jest; 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1853 - 372 pages
...overcharged. 4 Ben Jonson,' says he, ' was a great lover and pniiser of himself, a coiitemncr and sconier of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest; jealous of ever}' word and action of those about him, especially after drink, which is one of the elements in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Scotland - 1854 - 364 pages
...at all overcharged. ' Ben Jonson,' says he, * was a great lover and praiser of himself, a conleniner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest; jealous of every "u nl and action of those about him, especially after drink, which is one of tho elements in which... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 604 pages
...intercourse at Ilawthornden : — " He (Jonson) is a great lover and praiser of himself ; a contcmner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he iiveth ;) a dissembler of ill parts which reign in him, and a bragger of some good that he wanteth... | |
 | 1856 - 508 pages
...expect in a man so ill at ease in his conscience. " A great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend...elements in which he lived, — a dissembler of the parts whiqh reign in him, a bragger of some good that he wanted ; thinketh nothing well done but what either... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...is a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to losse a friend than a jest; 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... | |
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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... 
