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2 unusual facts about Devotions upon Emergent Occasions


Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

Clara Lander, writing in Studies in English Literature 1500–1900, suggests that the typhus may have exacerbated the enteritis Donne had suffered from since childhood.

Mine Own Executioner

The title is derived from a quotation of John Donne's " Devotions", which serves as the motto for the original book.


For Whom the Beat Tolls

For Whom the Beat Tolls (a play on the Ernest Hemingway novel 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', which itself is drawn from "Meditation XVII" of Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, a series of essays by metaphysical poet John Donne) is the eighth studio album by rapper Canibus, released through Mic Club Music on May 29, 2007 in the United States and June 5 worldwide.


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