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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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With no false niceness this performance view.

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Ben Jonson·1572–1637

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or damn for low, what e'er is just and true: Sure to those scenes some honour shou'd le paid,Which Cambden patroniz'd, and Shakspeare play' aNature was Nature then, and still survives; The garb may alter, but the substance lives.

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