Jonson


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English dramatist and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (1572-1637)

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"You look at the likes of McNulty and Doyle, and they've just taken on Jonson Clarke-Harris, who scored for them at Brighton, who I signed in my time back at Rotherham, they are full of good players all around the pitch," said Evans.
Spectacular altar scenes much like the one in Sejanus became a staple of theatrical productions put on by the King's Men, the repertory company for whom Jonson wrote the play, in the early seventeenth century.
Jonson's deep interest in classical literature is evident in the didactic appeal of his plays.
EAC got to within 60-55 on a three-pointer by Sydney Onwubre with 2:48 remaining but Jonson scored a rare four-point play before Grey scored seven straight points to put CSB up for good, 71-61, with 43 seconds to play.
me lectori credere mallem: Quam spectatoris fastidia ferre superbd This contentious phrasing proclaims the superiority of readers to spectators, asserting that while the original spectators (aided by the poor work of the players) failed to judge Jonson's play fairly, its print readers are fully equipped to do so.
Buchanan said: "Since I have been matched with Jonson I have had a look at one of his bouts on YouTube and he is an impressive fighter.
On the other hand, the fact that Jonson is a difficult writer has saved him from much of the lunatic fringe and given him the benefit of mainly intelligent scholarly attention.
IN HIS OWN TIME "Rare Ben Jonson"--sometime bricklayer, soldier, actor, dramatist, poet, critic, self-publicist, and personality--became a celebrity.
If anyone invented the author, it was Ben Jonson. His remorseless self-promotion marked him out as the first literary celebrity.
The novel opens with Swain, a one-armed juggler, watching from the wings of a theater as Jonson and his boy dance atop wooden barrels.
Richard Dutton's new book on Ben Jonson's Volpone instantly becomes one of the very first volumes that any serious student of the play must immediately consult.
Jonas Jonson, Ekumenik pa varldens villkor: Kyrkornas varldsrdad i den ekumeniska rorelsen efter Uppsala 1968 [Ecumenism on the world's terms: the Worm Council of Churches in the ecumenical movement after Uppsala 1968], Stockholm, Verbum, 2008, pp.224, Swedish Kroner 199.00.