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Give me a look, give me a face, That makes simplicity a grace Robes loosely flowing, hair as free Such sweet neglect more taketh me Than all the adulteries of art: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.

Ben Jonson

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Ben Jonson
Age: 65 †
Born: 1572
Born: June 21
Died: 1637
Died: August 6
Actor
Literary Critic
Playwright
Poet
Writer
City of Westminster
Benjamin Jonson
Makes
Sweet
Adultery
Art
Hair
Flowing
Give
Grace
Strike
Look
Eyes
Neglect
Looks
Face
Strikes
Giving
Faces
Simplicity
Heart
Free
Mines
Loosely
Eye
Mine
Robes

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