 | Gerard Langbaine - 1691 - 626 pagina’s
...return to the Trade o£ 'his Father-in-law; where he aflifted in the New Building of Lincoln* fnn, with a Trowel in his Hand, and a Book in his Pocket. But this Enghjh J/«ro,was not long before he found a M<ecenas and a Parus, to manumit him from an... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1756 - 526 pagina’s
...maintenance, he returned to his father in a few weeks, and was employed in the new ftructure of Lincoln'sInn, with a trowel in his hand, and a book in his pocket. Mr. Wood tells us, that when he worked with his father, he was pitied by fome generous gentlemen, and... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1786 - 516 pagina’s
...celebrated CAMEDEN; and Langbaine fays, he wrought with his father-in-law, on the fcene above-mentioned, " with a trowel in his hand, and a book in his pocket." Old.yj Oldys fpeaks of a picture of him, in the drefs and accoutrements of a bricklayer. It appears,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, John Fletcher, Francis Beaumont - 1811 - 780 pagina’s
...maintenance, he returned to his father in a few weeks, and was employed in the new structure of Lincohvs-Inn, with a trowel in his hand, and a book in his pocket. Mr. Wood tells us, that when he vtorked with his father, he was pitied by some generous gentlemen,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1831 - 400 pagina’s
...profession for him. Though Ben, according to Dr. Fuller, wrought at the building of Lincoln's Inn, with a trowel in his hand, and a book in his pocket, he did not hesitate to satirize Jones himself for having touched the hand-saw and the plane. It may... | |
 | 1858 - 516 pagina’s
...School, was destined to his stepfather's craft. It is told he worked in the building of Lincoln's Inn, with a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket. But he was of those men who shoulder their way through the world as a giant does through a crowd. He... | |
 | 1858 - 516 pagina’s
...School, was destined to his stepfather's craft. It is told he worked in the building of Lincoln's Inn, with a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket. But he was of those men who shoulder their way through the world as a giant does through a crowd. He... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1859 - 368 pagina’s
...poet. Masons and bricklayers can boast of Ben Jonson, who worked at the building of Lincoln's Inn, with a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket, Edwards and Telford the engineers, Hugh Miller the geologist, and Allan Cunningham the writer and sculptor;... | |
 | 1860 - 836 pagina’s
...fireman. Masons and bricklayers can boast of Ben Jonson, who worked at the building of Lincoln's Inn with a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket, Edwards and Telford the engineers, Hugh Miller the geologist, and Allan Cunningbam the writer and sculptor;... | |
 | 1860 - 632 pagina’s
...the bricks now imbedded in the walls of Lincoln's Inn were laid by Benjamin Jonson; that he wrought with a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket; that his biting wit kept his fellow-workmen in awe ; and that in this ungenial employment he was discovered... | |
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Masons and bricklayers can boast of Ben Jonson, who worked at the building of Lincoln's Inn, with a trowel in his hand and a book in his pocket... 
