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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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Usque adeo quod tangit idem est.-

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637
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r. Seward will lay before the reader what internal evidence he thinks he has discoveredof a distinction of their hands; but in general Beaumont's accuracy, and Fletcher's wit, are soundistinguishable, that were we not sure, to a demonstration, that tlie Masque was theformer's, and the Shepherdess the latter's sole production, they might each have {>asscd for theconcurrent lal>ouT of both, or have changed nands, and the last been taken for Beaumont'sand they^rmer for Fletcher's. And where is the wonder, that Fletcher's Works, which he wrote singly after Beaumont'sdeath, should carry the same strength, wit, manner, and spirit in them, so as not to be dis-cerned from what both wrote in conjunction, when as Sir J . Berkenliead tells w, ** Beaumont died ; yet left in legacyHis rules and standard wit (iMetcher) to tliee;Still the same planet, tho' not fill'd so soon,A two-hom'd crescent then, now one full-moon.Joint JjOvt before, now Honour doth provoke;So th' old twin siants forcing a huge oak,One slipp'd his footing, th' other sees him fall,Grasp'u the whoU tree and single held up all.*'
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