单词 | tribe of ben |
释义 | > as lemmastribe of Ben b. tribe of Ben, a name applied to themselves by literary associates and disciples of Ben Jonson in his later life. (‘Sealed’ appears to refer to Revelation vii. 3–8.) ΚΠ a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods xlvii. (title) in Wks. (1640) III An Epistle answering to one that asked to be Sealed of the Tribe of Ben. a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxv. 78 in Wks. (1640) III Now stand, and then Sir, you are Sealed of the Tribe of Ben. 1911 Sir A. W. Ward in Encycl. Brit. XV. 505/1 At the festive meetings where he ruled the roast among the younger authors whose pride it was to be ‘sealed of the tribe of Ben’. < as lemmas |
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