Suns, that set, may rise again:
But if, once, we lose this light,
'Tis with us perpetual night.

Ben Jonson

Volpone

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Topic

Finality of death Death

Speaker

Volpone

Author

Ben Jonson

Source

Volpone

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1606 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Jonson, Ben. Volpone. King's Men. Spring 1606, Globe Theatre, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Jonson, Ben. "Volpone." Ben Jonson: Five Plays, edited by G. A. Wilkes. Oxford University Press, 2009, act 3.

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Death in itself is nothing, but we fear
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John Dryden

Aurenge-Zebe

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Topic
Fear of death Mystery of death Death
Speaker
Aureng-zebe

Author

John Dryden
Source
Aurenge-Zebe
Medium
Play
Genre
Drama (play)
Language
English
Time
1675 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Dryden, John. Aureng-Zebe. King's Company, 1675, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, England, UK, act 4, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Dryden, John. "Aureng-Zebe." The Works of John Dryden, edited by Vinton A. Dearing. Vol. 12, University of California Press, 1995, act 4, sc. 1.

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Frailty, thy name is woman!

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Topic
Women
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Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
Tragedy (play)
Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 2.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 2.