The Works of Ben Jonson/Volume 1
BEN JONSON.
Published July 9, 1816, by R. H. Evans. Pall Mall, London.
THE
WORKS
OF
IN NINE VOLUMES.
WITH NOTES CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY,
AND A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR,
By W. GIFFORD, Esq.
The Muses' fairest light in no dark time;
The wonder of a learned age; the line
Which none can pass; the most proportion'd wit,
To nature, the best judge of what was fit;
The deepest, plainest, highest, clearest pen;
The voice most echo'd by consenting men;
The soul which answer'd best to all well said
By others, and which most requital made.
VOLUME THE FIRST.
CONTAINING
MEMOIRS OF JONSON, &c.
EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOUR.
LONDON:
AND DAVIES; LONGMAN AND CO.; LACKINGTON AND CO.;
R. H. EVANS; J. MURRAY; J. MAWMAN; J. CUTHELL; J. BLACK;
BALDWIN AND CO.; RODWELL AND MARTIN; AND R. SAUNDERS;
By W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-row, St. James's.
1816.
TO
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
GEORGE CANNING,
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL FOR INDIA, &c. &c.
THIS EDITION
OF THE
WORKS OF BEN JONSON,
IN TESTIMONY
OF THE SINCEREST ADMIRATION OF HIS TRANSCENDENT TALENTS,
OF THE
HIGHEST RESPECT FOR HIS PUBLIC PRINCIPLES AND PRIVATE VIRTUES,
AND IN
GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF THE FRIENDSHIP WITH WHICH, FOR A LONG SERIES OF YEARS, HE HAS HONOURED THE EDITOR, IS, WITH PRIDE AND PLEASURE
MOST AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED.
July 3d, 1816.
Contents (not listed in original)
- Memoirs of Ben Jonson
- Proofs of Ben Jonson's Malignity, from the Commentators on Shakspeare
- Characters of Jonson
- Ancient Commendatory Verses on Jonson
- Portraits of Jonson
- Autograph of Jonson
- Errata
- Every Man in His Humour
This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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