It comes equally to us all, and makes us all equal.

John Donne

On death.

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Topic

Death The human condition

Speaker

John Donne

Medium

Sermon

Genre

Religious literature

Language

English

Time

1621 1620s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Donne, John. A sermon preached at Whitehall. 8 Mar. 1622, Whitehall, Westminster, Central London, England, UK.

Current Citation

Donne, John. "From a sermon preached at Whitehall (8 March 1622)." John Donne: The Major Works: Including Songs and Sonnets and Sermons, edited by John Carey. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Language
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Time
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Barrie, James M. Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. Performed by Gerald du Maurier, Nina Boucicault, Joan Burnett, Christine Silver, A.W. Baskcomb, and Alice DuBarry. 27 Dec. 1904, Duke of York's Theatre, Westminster, London, England, UK, act 3.

Current Citation

Barrie, James M. Peter Pan. Reader's Library Classics, 2022, ch. 8.

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What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable; in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals-And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

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William Shakespeare
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 2.

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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 2.