Every Man out of his Humour
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Every Man out of his Humour, a comedy by
Jonson, acted by the Lord Chamberlain's Men at the newly built Globe theatre 1599, printed 1600.
The play parades a variety of characters dominated by particular ‘humours’, or obsessive quirks of disposition; Macilente, a venomous malcontent; Carlo Buffone, a cynical jester; the uxorious Deliro and his domineering wife Fallace; Fastidious Brisk, an affected courtier devoted to fashion; Sordido, a miserly farmer, and his son Fungoso, who longs to be a courtier; Sogliardo, ‘an essential clown, enamoured of the name of a gentleman’; and Puntarvolo, a fantastic, vainglorious knight, who wagers that he, his dog, and his cat can travel to Constantinople and back. By means of various episodes, each character is eventually driven ‘out of his humour’. Two judicious onlookers, Mitis and Cordatus, provide a moral commentary.
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Amariah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Shecaniah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Shecaniah or Shechaniah , in the Bible. 1, 2 Two chief priests. 3 Father-in-law of Tobiah. 4 See Shebaniah 3. Additional mention of this name is in the books of Chronicles, Ezra, and Nehemiah.
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Hilkiah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hilkiah , in the Bible. 1 High priest under King Josiah and a leader in his revival of religion. 2 Father of Jeremiah. 3 Father of Eliakim 2. 4 Merarite Levites. 5 Father of Gemariah 2. 6 Companion of Ezra. 7 Levite who returned with Zerubbabel.
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Urijah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Urijah , in the Bible. 1 High priest under King Ahaz. An alternate form is Uriah. 2 Prophet killed by King Jehoiakim. 3 Ancestor of a priestly family. An alternte form is Uriah. 4 Companion of Ezra.
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