Jonson

[ jon-suhn ]

noun

1. Ben, 1573?–1637, English dramatist and poet.

Jonson

/ ˈdʒɒnsən /

noun

1. JonsonBen15721637MEnglishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: poet Ben. 1572–1637, English dramatist and poet, who developed the "comedy of humours", in which each character is used to satirize one particular humour or temperament. His plays include Volpone (1606), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and he also wrote court masques

Other Words From

• Jon·so·ni·an [jon-, soh, -nee-, uh, n], adjective

Example Sentences

“We started doing this because we want to save lives,” Jonson says.

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Every chapter is headed with a brief quote from a Jacobean revenge tragedy by the likes of Webster, Kyd, or Jonson.

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In short measures,” as Ben Jonson would say, “life may perfect be.

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Former devotees, including Jonson, describe a mental conditioning.

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“I never felt like I was advancing and, the way the teachings worked, the blame was always put on us,” Jonson says.

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But Decker's and Ben Jonson's works abound in allusions to tobacco, its uses and abuses.

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Ben Jonson loved the 'durne weed,' and describes its every accident with the gusto of a connoisseur.

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But that gross way of two comparatives was then ordinary; and, therefore, more pardonable in Jonson.

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The persecution under which Jonson suffered was due to the steady growth of Puritan principles.

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And nearly all the poets of that time spoke in the same strain, with the exception of Ben Jonson and the two Fletchers.

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