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Faustus

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Faustus: see Faust Faust , Faustus , or Johann Faust , fl. 16th cent., learned German doctor who traveled widely, performed magical feats, and died under mysterious circumstances.
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Plain man, as you see me, I find myself getting quite the reputation of a Doctor Faustus in the popular mind.
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But finest of all is the description of beauty by its effects which Marlowe puts into the mouth of Faustus at the sight of Helen of Troy:
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He wants you partickler; and no one else 'll do, as the devil's private secretary said ven he fetched avay Doctor Faustus,' replied Mr.
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