 | William Shakespeare - 1913 - 502 pągines
...and praiser of himself; a contemner and scomer of others; given rather to losse a friend than a jest; jealous of every word and action of those about him...which is one of the elements in which he liveth).'— ed. Laing, p. 40, Sh. Soc. Papers. — Even had the line been as Jonson quotes it his words would have... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1913 - 514 pągines
...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...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth).'—ed. Laing, p. 40, Sh. Soc. Papers.—Even had the line been as Jonson quotes it his words... | |
 | Charles Sumner Olcott - 1914 - 426 pągines
...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) ; a dissembler of ill parts which reign in him, a bragger of some good that he wanteth ; thinketh nothing well but what either he himself... | |
 | Charles Mills Gayley - 1914 - 502 pągines
...thee, Beaumont, and thy Muse " ; this is Ben as Drummond saw him in 1619 — Ben talking "especially after drink which is one of the elements in which he liveth." That Beaumont's affection and geniality of intercourse were reciprocated not only by Jonson, but by... | |
 | Dodgson Hamilton Madden - 1916 - 262 pągines
...praiser of himself ; a contemnor 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 * Dict. Nat. Biography. 115 elements in which he liveth) ; a dissembler of ill parts which raigne in... | |
 | Dodgson Hamilton Madden - 1916 - 264 pągines
...action of those about him (especiallie after drink, which is one of the * Dict. Nat. Biography. IIS elements in which he liveth) ; a dissembler of ill parts which raigne in him, a braglger of some good that he wanteth; thinketh nothing well but what either he himself or some of... | |
 | 1919 - 868 pągines
...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) ; ... he is passionately kynde and angry; careless either to gain or keep; vindictive, but, if he be... | |
 | William Hall Chapman - 1920 - 470 pągines
...(Ben Jonson) is a great lover and praiser of himself, a condemner and scorner of others, especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth." The conversation noted by Drummond took place when Jonson visited him at Hawthornden in 1618-19 and... | |
 | Frank James Mathew - 1922 - 462 pągines
...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." And Ben Jonson described himself in the person of Horace in Poetaster, when he made Captain Tucca say... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1641 - 146 pągines
...of himself, a contemner and Scorner of others, given rather to losse a friend, than aj est, j ealous of every word and action \ ^ ( . of those about him...of some good that he wanteth, thinketh nothing well hot what either he himself, or some of his friends and Countrymen hath said or done- he is passionately... | |
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Jonson) 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... 
