THE

WORKS

OF

BEN JONSON.

:

THE

WORKS

OF

BEN JONSON,

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.

CLEVELAND.

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