...him, from a social point of view : " A great lover and praiser of himself; a contemner and scorner of others ; given rather to lose a friend than a jest...of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of ill parts, which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted ; thinketh nothing well done...

...about him, especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he lived ; a dissembler of ill parts, which reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he wanted ; thinketh nothing well done but what either he himself or some of his friends hath said or done. He...

...impressions of his guest : ' He is a greaj lover and praiser of M himself; a contemner and scoruer 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 that he wanteth ; thinketh...

...died in 1649. 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...