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John Webster (c.1580 – c.1634) was an English Jacobean dramatist best known for his tragedies The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi, which are often regarded as masterpieces of the early 17th-century English stage. He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare.. English Jacobean dramatist

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The Evolution of English Literature

Shakespeare's Contemporaries and Successors in the Drama

A History of English Literature

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Quote Left Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.
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Quote Left Cowardly dogs bark loudest.
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Quote Left With such a pity men preserve alive Pheasants and quails, when they are no fat enough to be eaten.
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Quote Left Let guilty men remember, their black deeds Do lean on crutches made of slender reeds.
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Quote Left There's nothing sooner dry than women's tears.
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