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Spread yourself upon his bosom publicly, whose heart you would eat in private.

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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
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Hypocrisy
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Whose
Upon
Heart
Bosom
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Bosoms

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