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Middleton

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Mid·dle·ton  (mdl-tn), Thomas 1580-1627.
English playwright whose comedies, written between 1604 and 1611, include A Trick to Catch the Old One and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside.
Middleton [ˈmɪdəltən]
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(Placename) a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, Greater Manchester. Pop.: 45 621 (1991)
Middleton2
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(Biographies / Middleton, Thomas (?1570-1627) M, English, THEATRE: dramatist) Thomas. ?1570-1627, English dramatist. His plays include the tragedies Women beware Women (1621) and, in collaboration with William Rowley (?1585-?1642), The Changeling (1622) and the political satire
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Noun1.MiddletonMiddleton - English playwright and pamphleteer (1570-1627)
Thomas Middleton


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She instantly wrote Sir John Middleton her acknowledgment of his kindness, and her acceptance of his proposal; and then hastened to shew both letters to her daughters, that she might be secure of their approbation before her answer were sent.
Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context
Thomas Middleton, also a very prolific writer, often deals, like Jonson and Heywood, with sordid material.
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Why this is a commission creating Duncan Uncas Middleton a captain of artillery
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