The Monthly Mirror: Reflecting Men and Manners : with Strictures on Their Epitome, the Stage, Volume 241807 |
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... poet before he entered into con- troversy with Decker , and the dispute between them was con- ducted with more wit ... poets ' ears were in danger of the pillory , and their noses of being se- vered by the hangman : a pardon was ...
... poet before he entered into con- troversy with Decker , and the dispute between them was con- ducted with more wit ... poets ' ears were in danger of the pillory , and their noses of being se- vered by the hangman : a pardon was ...
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... poet . We hear nothing important of him from this time till the year 1630 . He appears to have subsisted chiefly by the writing of plays for the theatres , and the composition of his beautiful masques on the marriages of distinguished ...
... poet . We hear nothing important of him from this time till the year 1630 . He appears to have subsisted chiefly by the writing of plays for the theatres , and the composition of his beautiful masques on the marriages of distinguished ...
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... poet , and his finical and affected manners have formed a strong σε contrast to the blunt uncourtly honesty of " Old Ben . " The tale of Ben's existence is told . In the decline of his life he was seized with the palsy , from which . it ...
... poet , and his finical and affected manners have formed a strong σε contrast to the blunt uncourtly honesty of " Old Ben . " The tale of Ben's existence is told . In the decline of his life he was seized with the palsy , from which . it ...
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... poet adds that wine is an excellent remedy for every care ; and Amphis thinks we owe that which distinguishes us from brutes to the grape . There seems , says he , to be a reason in wine , for some who drink water are fools . If you ...
... poet adds that wine is an excellent remedy for every care ; and Amphis thinks we owe that which distinguishes us from brutes to the grape . There seems , says he , to be a reason in wine , for some who drink water are fools . If you ...
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... poet , who was devoted to good living , being invited to sup with Dionysius , observed that a large mullet was placed before the latter , and a small one be- fore himself . Not well pleased with this distinction , he took it up and put ...
... poet , who was devoted to good living , being invited to sup with Dionysius , observed that a large mullet was placed before the latter , and a small one be- fore himself . Not well pleased with this distinction , he took it up and put ...
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