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This would seem to indicate that Jonson ' s servant was not absolutely a menial ,
but was either a man of some education or of such intelligence that Jonson might
educate him . A parallel case is that of Nathaniel Field , the boy - actor ...
This would seem to indicate that Jonson ' s servant was not absolutely a menial ,
but was either a man of some education or of such intelligence that Jonson might
educate him . A parallel case is that of Nathaniel Field , the boy - actor ...
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... It seems he is a peece of a scholar . ' What because he hath read a little
Scriveners Latine , hee never proceeded farther in his Accidence than to Mentire
non est meum ; and that was such a hard lesson to learn that he stuck at mentire ;
and ...
... It seems he is a peece of a scholar . ' What because he hath read a little
Scriveners Latine , hee never proceeded farther in his Accidence than to Mentire
non est meum ; and that was such a hard lesson to learn that he stuck at mentire ;
and ...
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By the date of this play Brome seems to have become a professional playwright ,
and to have severed his intimate connection with his former master . In fact , the
relations between the two seem , at least for a time , to have been somewhat ...
By the date of this play Brome seems to have become a professional playwright ,
and to have severed his intimate connection with his former master . In fact , the
relations between the two seem , at least for a time , to have been somewhat ...
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Gifford ' s explanation of the difference in the versions is : * There seems to have
existed a wish among the poet ' s friends to embroil him with his old servant ,
Richard Brome : it was , however , without effect , for the envious Ben continued
to ...
Gifford ' s explanation of the difference in the versions is : * There seems to have
existed a wish among the poet ' s friends to embroil him with his old servant ,
Richard Brome : it was , however , without effect , for the envious Ben continued
to ...
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... was such a great success , was produced only three weeks after the failure of
the New Inn . And , finally , most of the replies to the ode seem to indicate that the
authors saw in MS . the copy that contained the reading , ' Broomes sweepings .
... was such a great success , was produced only three weeks after the failure of
the New Inn . And , finally , most of the replies to the ode seem to indicate that the
authors saw in MS . the copy that contained the reading , ' Broomes sweepings .
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