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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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Samuel Johnson·1709–1784
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1631. Nov. 18. Johannes Denham, Essex. filius J. Denham de Horsley-parvain com. praedict. militis, annos natus 16. MALONE".] [Footnote 23: In the ninth and tenth chapters of the Mémoires deGrammont, in Andrew Marvell's works, and in Aubrey's letters, ii. 319,many scandalous anecdotes respecting Denham, are reported. ED.] [Footnote 24: It is remarkable that Johnson should not have recollected,that this image is to be found in Bacon. Aristoteles, more otthomannorum,regnare se haud tuto posse putabat, nisi fratres suos omnescontrucidasset. De Augment. Scient. lib. 3.] [Footnote 25: By Garth, in his poem on Claremont: and by Pope, in hisWindsor Forest.]
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