 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1902 - 868 pages
...candid friend's character of Ben himself : 'He is a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth ; a dissembler of ill parts which reign in him ; a brajger of some good that he wanteth ; thinketh... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 468 pages
...caustic sketch of his burly guest himself: "He is a great lover and praiser of himself ; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend than a jest ; ... he is passionately kind and angry ; careless either to gain or keep ; vindictive, but, if he... | |
 | Richard Garnett - English literature - 1903 - 466 pages
...caustic sketch of his burly guest himself: "He is a great lover and praiser of himself ; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend than a jest ; ... he is passionately kind and angry ; careless either to gain or keep ; vindictive, but, if he... | |
 | John Hawley Stotsenburg - 1904 - 556 pages
...Drummond gave to the world when he said that Jonson was "a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others; given rather to lose a friend...drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived and a dissembler of the parts which reigned in him." If what I have written will help to throw light... | |
 | Charles Whibley - Literature - 1904 - 340 pages
...inflamed him to anger. 'Jonson,' he complained, 'is a great ' lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner ' of others ; given rather to lose a friend...drink, which is one of the elements ' in which he liveth ; a dissembler of ill parts, which ' reign in him, a bragger of some good that he ' wanteth,... | |
 | Elizabeth Godfrey - Great Britain - 1904 - 350 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... | |
 | Francis Steegmuller - Authors, English - 1927 - 180 pages
...true opinion of England's greatest poet. ^/ " He is a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others; given rather to lose a friend...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... | |
 | James Phinney Baxter - Computers - 1915 - 790 pages
...Jonson's literary genius. January 19, 1619. He is a great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others; given rather to lose a friend...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 he wanteth; thinketh... | |
 | R. B. Parker, Sheldon P. Zitner - English drama - 1996 - 340 pages
...Hawthornden and is heading back to London. He is a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and Scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend, than a fest, jealous of every word and action of those about him (especiallie after drink which is one of... | |
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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... 
