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"What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtile flame As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest, And resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life."
Francis Beaumont / Letter to Ben Jonson.

Letter to Ben Jonson.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"Here are sands, ignoble things, Dropt from the ruined sides of kings."
Francis Beaumont / On the Tombs of Westminster Abbey.

On the Tombs of Westminster Abbey.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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"It is always good When a man has two irons in the fire."
Francis Beaumont / The Faithful Friends. Act i. Sc. 2.

The Faithful Friends. Act i. Sc. 2.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain

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