| Carl Kalisch - 1890 - 264 sider
...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... | |
| Abby Sage Richardson - 1892 - 452 sider
...take leave of him : — " Ben Jonson was a great lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest;...every word and action of those about him, especially when in drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived; a dissembler of the parts that reign... | |
| Thomas Carew - 1893 - 362 sider
...Conversations,' of January l6J| : — 'He is a great lover and praiser of himself : a contemner and scornsr of others ; given rather to lose a friend than a jest...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth) ; ' etc., with much bitterness. § V.— His DEATH. In the Jonsonus Virbius poem, written by... | |
| James Thomson - 1896 - 692 sider
...something like an accurate likeness. " 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 (especiallie after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth) ; a dissembler of ill parts... | |
| James Thomson - 1896 - 502 sider
...something like an accurate likeness. " 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 (especiallie after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth); a dissembler of ill parts... | |
| Thomas Longueville - 1897 - 242 sider
...hypocrite," J says that Jonson " was a great lover and praiser of himself, and a contemner and scorner of others, given rather to lose a friend than a jest,...of those about him, especially after drink, which was one of the elements he lived in." Drummond also says that when he deserted the Catholic Church... | |
| John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 610 sider
...characterization of the laureate : " He is a great lover and praiser of himself ; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend than a jest...word and action of those about him, especially after a drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth ; a dissembler of ill parts which reign within... | |
| 1899 - 1120 sider
...anger. " Jonson," he complained, "is 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 liveth ; a dissembler of ill parts, which reign in him ; a bragger of some good than he wanteth ; thinketh... | |
| Robert Menzies Fergusson - 1899 - 574 sider
...Scottish poet's plain and unvarnished criticism of his huge and rather gruff guest—a man who was " given rather to lose a friend than a jest; jealous...after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth) ; a dissemblar of ill parts which reign in him, a bragger of some good that he wanteth." Doubtless... | |
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