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Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at.

Philip Massinger

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Philip Massinger
Age: 57 †
Born: 1583
Born: January 1
Died: 1640
Died: January 1
Dramatist
Playwright
Writer
Salisbury
England
Philip Massinger
Practice
Entertained
Would
Gladly
Natures
Pleasures
Private
Worse
Shun
Sports
Stew
Pleasure
Blush

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