Ben Jonson

Type: Person

Name: Ben Jonson

First reported 11 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 2 reports

Shakespeare -Is he "Wellingtons Lieutenant?"

Among the many twists and turns of history, few can be more contrived than that which led to the establishment of Shakespeare’s tongue as a second or link language in a little island thousands of miles from England, where Englishmen have scarcely set ... [Published Sri Lanka Island - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Ben Jonson, Matthew Arnold, Bernard Shaw

First reported May 06 2013 - Updated May 06 2013 - 1 reports

Albion College

A Midsummer Night's Dream is next up for MCP

_ Since the first time writers were able to pick up a pen (or a similar implement of the day), plays have been analyzed and criticized. A Midsummer Night's Dream is no exception.Shakespeare's frequently-performed comedy had fallen from favor by the middle ... [Published Battle Creek Enquirer - May 06 2013]

Entities: Titania A/S, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Samuel Pepys, Albion College

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Binge drink (16th century) Britain! How the Tudors were worried by alcohol-related violence because most people drank beer for breakfast

Elizabeth I warned against dangers of super-strength 'double double beer'Average Briton drank 17 pints per week because beer was safer than waterDraconian punishments for drunkards included being sent to the stocksBy Hugo Gye Drunken scenes on the streets ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: 16th century, United Kingdom, Thomas Wolsey, Tudor Period, Ben Jonson

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

GOOD MORNING JUDGE: One for DPWH

We have it on good sources that the DPWH have it on its planning board the widening of the portion of the Maharlika highway from Pili to Naga City so as to make it a four-way lane highway. While the planned widening would appear to be laudable, it would ... [Published Bicol Mail - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Eminent Domain, Ben Jonson, Boston (Massachusetts, United States), Bombing, DUE PROCESS

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Did You See This? All of Tyrion’s One-Liners

Follow all Blog articles.Follow the Brow Beat blog.Follow stories by David Haglund.MySlate is a new tool that lets you track your favorite parts of Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.HBO's ... [Published Slate Magazine - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones, Tony Way

First reported Apr 14 2013 - Updated Apr 14 2013 - 1 reports

How different is science and magic?

In that essay I wrote about Galileo I compared him to John Dee, the famous English magician, alchemist and astrologer, who was one of his contemporaries who was also a consultant to Queen Elizabeth I, and who read everything there was to read in his time ... [Published BBC - Apr 14 2013]

Entities: John Dee, Ben Jonson, Copernicus, Isaac Newton, Queen Elizabeth I

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Jdjdiend

An essay has been defined in a variety of ways. One definition is a "prose composition with a focused subject of discussion" or a "long, systematic discourse".[1] It is difficult to define the genre into which essays fall. Aldous Huxley, a leading essayist, ... [Published LUUUX - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Aldous Huxley, Jacques Amyot, Ben Jonson, Michel de Montaigne

First reported Mar 01 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

Robert Cushman: In defence of pastiche

The headline on last Saturday’s letters page in the National Post was: “Why pay $100 to watch the pastiche of a masterpiece?” Leaving aside the matter of the price-tag — which I agree is steep — the answer has to be “Because there’s no alternative.” ... [Published National Post | Full Comment » Full Comment - Mar 01 2013]

Entities: COC, Robert Cushman, Ben Jonson, Sex

Quotes

...Tudor publicans had to wrestle with an early version of the smoking ban following the introduction of tobacco, which playwright Ben Jonson said was "good for nothing but to choke a man" . The reputation of the English for drinking vast amounts of beer was legendary - an army commander leading his troops through France noted with astonishment...

Binge drink (16th century) Britain! How the Tudors were worried by alcohol-related violence becau ... [Published Mail Online UK - Apr 30 2013]

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Robert Cushman: In defence of pastiche [Published National Post \| Full Comment » Full Comment - Mar 01 2013] The headline on last Saturday’s letters page in the National Post was: “Why pay $100 to watch the pastiche of a masterpiece?” Leaving aside the matter of the price-tag — which I agree is steep — the answer has to be “Because there’s no alternative.” ...