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— Stephen Crane

I stood upon a high place,

And saw, below, many devils

Running, leaping,

And carousing in sin.

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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CRITIQUE. Ivii With Brain-worm and his transformations, I mustown, I am not highly charmed ; he is busy in the plot,but not ornamental to it, nor always within the vergeof probability. Downright is a well-drawn character, uniformlyin nature, and consistent. No great pains are bestowedupon the women, and if the poet had not given Mrs.Kitdy some share of spirit, and a proper degree ofdisposition to recriminate, how would Justice Cle-ment have been warranted to say to her, “You willbe a woman, Mrs. Kitely 1 will detain the reader no longer from the pleasurethat await9 him, convinced as 1 am, that if wit, hu-mour, and good-writing can give him gratification, hewill receive it from the perusal of the followingscenes.
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