Ben Jonson I. Background The poet‚ essayist‚ and playwright Ben Jonson was born in 1572 in London‚ England. His father‚ a minister‚ died shortly before his birth and his mother remarried a bricklayer. Jonson was raised in Westminster and attended St. Martin’s parish school and Westminster School‚ where he came under the influence of the classical scholar William Camden. He left the Westminster school in 1589‚ worked briefly in his stepfather’s trade as a bricklayer‚ then served
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What is your favorite word‚ and why? My favorite word is callipygian. It is a Greek word‚ originally derived in the 1640’s or 50’s to describe a statute of Aphrodite. It is an adjective. It means having a well-shaped buttocks. It’s essentially a more sophisticated way of saying “DAMN‚ look at that ba-donk-a-donk!” After reading that‚ you may think I am a perverted animal. Please‚ let me explain. It started when I was a junior in high school. My friend came rushing down the halls laughing‚ his
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intense pain in your stomach! That’s how the animals on Manor Farm live every day‚ while Jones is there. Old Major‚ a stout old pig‚ in the novel Animal Farm‚ has a dream and wants to tell all the animals about it. Old Major has a secret meeting in the barn. Old Major’s dream was about rebelling against Mr. Jones‚ a human leader‚ on Manor Farm. After the rebellion was planned‚ Old Major soon died‚ leaving it up to the other animals to have a successful rebellion. All the animals worked together
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Cheryl Campbell Sunday October 3‚ 2010 English 151-28 My favorite song When asked to write an essay about my favorite song‚ I thought this would be easy. After several days of contemplation‚ I decided this was not going to be as easy as I thought. However‚ I did manage and decided that “Sky’s The Limit” from The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1997 album titled “Life After Death”‚ had to be my favorite. It features vocals from the band 112 and somber production from Clark Kent. It contains a sample from the
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Rules below it. Write a paragraph discussing the similarities and differences of the Special Olympics sport you chose compared to the traditional rules of the sport. Then think of another favorite sport and develop your own strategies for including people of diverse backgrounds and abilities. Your entire essay should be comprised of three or more paragraphs. The sport of my choice was bowling. While reading the rules for the Special Olympics sport and the traditional way‚ I noticed that equipment
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as kissing our boyfriend or girlfriend. Don’t ask me why I am so confident/ so sure about that‚ just because my sweetheart teaches me day by day‚ or may be second by second. In general‚ you should follow four steps below to eat spaghetti; don’t worry excessively‚ breathe in‚ breathe out‚ 1-2-3 go: 1. Hold your fork correctly‚ scoop up a small amount of noodles on your fork and raise it about 12 inches above your plate. Don’t take too much spaghetti or you will end up with too big a bite. 2. Put
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Obesity is in our school. It is also everywhere else in America. But‚ it is the wrong message to assume that it is all the schools fault. It is not. School comprises about seven or eight hours of a child’s day when it is open. It is only open about nine months out of the year. The remainder of the time the children are home or out and about with their friends. So then why are people blaming the schools? They may eat food out of a well stocked refrigerator filled with nutritional choices or they might
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Advance Composition October 16‚ 2014 Testing On Animals: Helpful or Harmful? Testing on animals can be dated all the way back to time when the Romans and Greeks were still alive. Scientist would only dissect on animals to find out information on disease‚ what caused it and how could they find a cure for it. Because it is dated so far back into time and we still are testing on animals and aren’t finding many cures many people believe that testing on animals is unnecessary because the results are very
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Tell me about your Lunar New Year In Chinese and many other Asian countries‚ people celebrate the Lunar New Year. With me‚ the Lunar new year is the most important holiday of the year when all of the family’s member gather together after a hard-working year. It’s 11.59 PM on December 30th in the Lunar Calendar. In just a minute‚ New Year’s Day began with a bang. Fireworks are displayed‚ all of my family drank champagne‚ kissed and hugged together. We all yelled “Happy New Year “-a word to say
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My favorite season is winter. And snow indicates the coming of winter. I always wonder how magic and delicate the shape of snow is. It seems like being carved by artist. No doubt‚ snow is the most wonderful creation of the nature. I have had special feeling toward snow since I was a little girl. I like watching snow falling down from the sky especially at nights with the light of moon that it is great. Some people dislike winter because they think that there is no fun in winter‚ everything is covered
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