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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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noun

A person whose profession is acting on the stage, in films, or on television.

“The lead actor delivered a powerful performance that moved the entire audience to tears.”

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Its too-luxuriant growing mightiness.

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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ill as that tree which scorns to be kept down. Thou grew'st to govern the whole stage alone." I beUeve this extremely injurious to Beaumont; but as the opinion, orsomething like it, has lived for ages, and is frequent at this day, it is timeat length to restore Beaumont to the full rank of fellowship which he Eossessed when living, and to fix the standard of their respective merits,efore we shew the degree in which their united fame ought to be placedon the British theatre. Mr. Cartwright and Mr. Harris wrote thirty years after Beaumont'sdeath, and twenty after Fletcher's ; and none of the numerous contein-porary poems, published with theirs before the firs»t folio edition of ourauthors, degrade Beaumont so very low as these. Sir John Bcrkenheadallows him a full moieti/ of the fame, but seems to think his genius moreturned to git^ve sublimity than to sprightliness of imgination. *' Fletcher's keen treble, and deep Beaumont's base*
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