...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...

...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...

...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,...

...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,...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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;...

...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...

...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;...