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One woman reads another's character Without the tedious trouble of deciphering

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
Character
Women
Without
Deciphering
Tedious
Reads
Trouble
Woman
Another

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