Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to st… - Ben Jonson

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Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.

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Benjamin Jonson (11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor, most famous for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, his lyrics, his influence on Jacobean and Caroline poets, his theory of humours, his contentious personality, and his friendship and rivalry with William Shakespeare.

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Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes. - Ben Jonson

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