1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News, Act V, Scene 2, in The Works of Ben Jonson, London: G. & W. Nicol, Volume v, p. 305, Fitton. Pox o’ these true jests, I say! Madrigal. He’ll turn the better jeerer.
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1631, Ben Jonson, The Staple of News, Act V, Scene 2, in The Works of Ben Jonson, London: G. & W. Nicol, Volume v, p. 305, Fitton. Pox o’ these true jests, I say! Madrigal. He’ll turn the better jeerer.
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[…] what good will my vanities do, when death says he will have no nay? What good will all my companions, fellow-jesters, jeerers, liars, drunkards, and all my wantons do me? Will they help to ease the pains of hell?
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“Victory over such unkind jeerers would be sweet,” said Lady Caroline.
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On either side of the narrow way were massed laughers and jeerers.
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