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THE
L
I F E
O F
BEN JOHNSON.
BEN JOHNSON was defcended from a Scots fami¬
ly, his grandfather, who was a gentleman, being
originally of Annandale in that kingdom, whence he re¬
moved to Carlifle, and afterwards was employed in the
fervice of King Henry VIII. His father loft his eftate
under Queen Mary, in whofe reign he fuffered imprifon-
ment, and at laft entered into holy orders, and died a-
bout a month before our poet’s birth, who was born at
Weftminfter, fays Wood, in the year 1^74. He was
£rft educated at a private fchool in the church of St
Martin’s in the Fields, afterwards removed to Weftmin¬
fter fchool, where the famous Camden was mafter. His
mother, who married a bricklayer to her fecond hulband,
took him from fchool, and obliged him to work at his
father-in-law’s trade; but being extremely averfe to that
employment, he went into the Low Countries, where he
diftinguilhed himfelf by his bravery, having, in the view
of the army, killed an enemy, and taken the opima fpo*
lia from him.
Upon his return to England, he applied himfelf again
to his former ftudies, and Wood fays he was admitted
into St John’s College in the Univerfity of Cambridge,
though his continuance there feems to have been but
. fhort. He had fome time after this the misfortune to
fight a duel, and kill his adverfary, who only (lightly
wounded him in the arm; for this he was imprifoned,
and being caft for his life, was near execution ; his an-
a 2 tagonift,
L
I F E
O F
BEN JOHNSON.
BEN JOHNSON was defcended from a Scots fami¬
ly, his grandfather, who was a gentleman, being
originally of Annandale in that kingdom, whence he re¬
moved to Carlifle, and afterwards was employed in the
fervice of King Henry VIII. His father loft his eftate
under Queen Mary, in whofe reign he fuffered imprifon-
ment, and at laft entered into holy orders, and died a-
bout a month before our poet’s birth, who was born at
Weftminfter, fays Wood, in the year 1^74. He was
£rft educated at a private fchool in the church of St
Martin’s in the Fields, afterwards removed to Weftmin¬
fter fchool, where the famous Camden was mafter. His
mother, who married a bricklayer to her fecond hulband,
took him from fchool, and obliged him to work at his
father-in-law’s trade; but being extremely averfe to that
employment, he went into the Low Countries, where he
diftinguilhed himfelf by his bravery, having, in the view
of the army, killed an enemy, and taken the opima fpo*
lia from him.
Upon his return to England, he applied himfelf again
to his former ftudies, and Wood fays he was admitted
into St John’s College in the Univerfity of Cambridge,
though his continuance there feems to have been but
. fhort. He had fome time after this the misfortune to
fight a duel, and kill his adverfary, who only (lightly
wounded him in the arm; for this he was imprifoned,
and being caft for his life, was near execution ; his an-
a 2 tagonift,
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| Description | A comedy. By Ben Johnson. With alterations and additions by D. Garrick. To which is prefixed, the life of the author. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.76.323(2) |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.76.323(1)-(4) |
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| Description | The 4 plays in each volume have separate title pages, pagination and register. Each has an engraved frontispiece. The titlepage in each volume is engraved; each volume also has an additional letterpress title page, the first seven entitled 'The comic theatre' and the last seven 'The tragic theatre'. The individual plays bear the imprint date 1774. Contents: Vol. 1. The beaux stratagem; Every man in his humour; The old bachelor; The suspicious husband -- Vol. 2. The conscious lovers; Rule a wife, and have a wife; The recruiting officer; The careless husband -- Vol. 3. The beggars opera; The busy body; The twin rivals; Love for love -- Vol. 4. She wou'd, and she wou'd not; The man of mode; The gentle shepherd; The funeral -- Vol. 5. The provok'd husband or, a journey to London; The double dealer; The constant couple or, a trip to the jubilee; The miser -- Vol. 6. Love makes a man or, the fop's fortune; The rehearsal; A bold stroke for a wife; The alchemist -- Vol. 7. The wonder, a woman keeps a secret; The plain dealer; The way of the world; The provok'd wife -- Vol. 8. The mourning bride; The siege of Damascus; Theodisius or, the force of love; Cato -- Vol. 9. All for love or, the world well lost; Oroonoko; The fair penitent; Oedipus. Vol. 10. Mahomet; Phaedra and Hippolitus; Tamerlane; Isabella or, the fatal marriage -- Vol. 11. Mustapha; Jane Shore; The revenge; The orphan -- Vol. 12. Barbarossa; Lady Jane Gray; Mariamne; Zara; Vol. 13. Tancred and Sigismunda; Venice preserv'd; The distress'd mother; The brothers -- Vol. 14. The London merchant or, The history of George Barnwell; The royal convert; The spanish friar; Douglas. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.76.323-336 |
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