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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... "
The Poems and Masque of Thomas Carew...: With an Introductory Memoir, an ... - Page iv
by Thomas Carew - 1893 - 287 pages
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Poetaster, Issues 27-28

Ben Jonson - Poets, Latin - 1616 - 418 pages
...Horace, Poetaster, 4. 3. 112 ff.] ; 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 which raigne in him, a bragger of some good that he wanteth; thinketh nothing...
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The Dramatick Writings of Will. Shakspere: With the Notes of All ..., Volume 2

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 ;...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 5

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...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking...
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The Dramatic Works of Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher ..., Volume 1

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...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts that reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he -wanted, thinking...
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The General Biographical Dictionary:: Containing an Historical and Critical ...

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...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking...
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The General Biographical Dictionary, Volume 19

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...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted, thinking...
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The Works of Ben Jonson, Volume 1

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,...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived : a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted ; thinketh...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 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...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 2

Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 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...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 218

England - 1925 - 948 pages
...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 than a jest,...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 more...
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