| Robert Shiells, Theophilus Cibber - Poets, English - 1753 - 366 pages
...ch'ufing to lofe a friend " than a jeft; jealous of every word and aftion of " thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which " was one of the elements in which he lived I " a diifcmbler of the parts which reigned in him ; a bragger of fome good that lie wanted : he thought... | |
| British - 1762 - 414 pages
...to lofe his friend than his jeft ; jealous of every word and action of thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which was one of the elements in which he lived ; a diftembler of the parts which reigned in him ; a bragger of ibme good that he wanted ; be thought nothing... | |
| Great Britain - 1791 - 340 pages
...to lofe his friend than his jeft ; jealous of every word and action of thofe about him, efpecially after drink, which was one of the elements in which he lived ; a diflembler of the parts which reigned in him ; a bragger of fome good that he wanted ; he thought nothing... | |
| Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1800 - 440 pages
...to lofe a friend, than a jeft ; jca" lous of every word and action of thofe about " him, efpecially after drink, which was one of " the elements in which he lived ; a diffembler " of the parts which reigned in him; a brag" ger of fome good that he wanted: he thought... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 746 pages
...lover and praiser of himself, a con tanner and scoruer 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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger... | |
| Ben Jonson - 1811 - 790 pages
...lover and praiser of himself, a contemner and despiser 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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts that reign in him ; a bragger... | |
| Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - English drama - 1811 - 780 pages
...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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts that reign in him ; a bragger of some good that he -wanted, thinking nothing well done, but what either... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1815 - 548 pages
...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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger... | |
| Biography - 1815 - 544 pages
...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 lived ; a dissembler of the parts which reign in him ; a bragger... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...lover and 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...either himself or some of his friends had said or done, f He was passionately kind and angry ; care * Hard drinking, as D'Israeli observes, had been imported,... | |
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