Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter,
Sermons and soda-water the day after.

Lord Byron

Don Juan

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Topic

Wine Alcohol Parties

Author

Lord Byron

Source

Don Juan

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1819 1810s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Lord Byron. Don Juan. London: John Murray, 1819, canto 2, st. 178.

Current Citation

Lord Byron. "Don Juan." Lord Byron: The Major Works, edited by Jerome J. McGann. Oxford University Press, 2008, canto 2, st. 178.

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You have deeply ventured;
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Authentication Score 2
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Lord Byron. Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice. London: John Murray, 1821, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

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Statement Type
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Time
1819 1810s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
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Von Goethe, Johann Wolfgang. "Individual Points." Ueber Kunst und Altersthum [On Art and Antiquity]. 1826, vol. 5, issue 3.

Current Citation

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To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

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Speaker
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Actor
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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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