Ben Jonson: Volpone; or, The fox. Epicœne; or, The silent woman. The alchemistT.F. Unwin, 1894 |
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... , That bring me presents , send me plate , coin , jewels , With hope that when I die ( which they expect Each greedy minute ) it shall then return Tenfold upon them ; whilst some , covetous Above the ΙΟ [ ACT 1 . VOLPONE ; OR , THE FOX .
... , That bring me presents , send me plate , coin , jewels , With hope that when I die ( which they expect Each greedy minute ) it shall then return Tenfold upon them ; whilst some , covetous Above the ΙΟ [ ACT 1 . VOLPONE ; OR , THE FOX .
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... hope to see you lord of . Volp . Thanks , kind Mosca . Mos . And that , when I am lost in blended dust , And hundreds such as I am , in succession- Volp . Nay , that were too much , Mosca . Mos . You shall live Still to delude these ...
... hope to see you lord of . Volp . Thanks , kind Mosca . Mos . And that , when I am lost in blended dust , And hundreds such as I am , in succession- Volp . Nay , that were too much , Mosca . Mos . You shall live Still to delude these ...
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... hope Is such a bait , it covers any hook . Volp . O , but thy working , and thy placing it ! I cannot hold ; good rascal , let me kiss thee : I never knew thee in so rare a humour . Mos . Alas , sir , I but do as I am taught ; Follow ...
... hope Is such a bait , it covers any hook . Volp . O , but thy working , and thy placing it ! I cannot hold ; good rascal , let me kiss thee : I never knew thee in so rare a humour . Mos . Alas , sir , I but do as I am taught ; Follow ...
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... to learn the language , and so forth-- I hope you travel , sir , with licence ? Per . Yes . Sir P. I dare the safelier converse -- How long , sir , Since you left England ? Jon . III . 33 D Per . Seven weeks . Sir P. So lately !
... to learn the language , and so forth-- I hope you travel , sir , with licence ? Per . Yes . Sir P. I dare the safelier converse -- How long , sir , Since you left England ? Jon . III . 33 D Per . Seven weeks . Sir P. So lately !
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... hope You thought him not immortal ? -O , this knight , Were he well known , would be a precious thing To fit our English stage : he that should write But such a fellow , should be thought to feign Extremely , if not maliciously . Sir P ...
... hope You thought him not immortal ? -O , this knight , Were he well known , would be a precious thing To fit our English stage : he that should write But such a fellow , should be thought to feign Extremely , if not maliciously . Sir P ...
Términos y frases comunes
afore Ananias Avoc BEN JONSON captain CELIA Centaure Cler Clerimont Corb CORBACCIO Corv Corvino costive court cozened Cutbeard Daup door doth Drug Drugger Enter Exeunt Exit faith fatherhoods fear fellow fool fortune friends gentlemen give gold grace grave fathers hast hath hear heaven heir hope Is't kiss knave knight La-F LA-FOOLE lady look madam Mammon Marry master doctor Master Truewit Mavis means Mistress Otter Morose Mosca NANO never on't pray Re-enter FACE SCENE Scoto scurvy servant Signior Silent Woman Sir Amorous Sir Dauphine Sir John Daw Spanish speak strange SUBTLE Surly talk tell thee There's thing thou art thou shalt Tis true told Tom Otter troth twas twill unto Venice Volp VOLPONE Volt VOLTORE wife woman worship
Pasajes populares
Página 30 - Puh! nor your diamond. What a needless care Is this afflicts you? Is not all here yours? Am not I here, whom you have made your creature? That owe my being to you?
Página 75 - That the curious shall not know How to tell them as they flow; And the envious, when they find What their number is, be pined.
Página 138 - Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast ; Still to be powdered, still perfumed : Lady, it is to be presumed, Though art's hid causes are not found, All is not sweet, all is not sound.
Página 73 - Come, my Celia, let us prove While we can, the sports of love, •Time will not be ours for ever, He, at length, our good will sever ; Spend not then his gifts in vain : Suns that set may rise again ; But if once we lose this light, 'Tis with us perpetual night. Why should we defer our joys ? Fame and rumour are but toys.
Página 334 - Yes. Mam. Why, you are like it. You were created, lady, for the light. Here, you shall wear it ; take it, the first pledge Of what I speak, to bind you to believe me. Dol. In chains of adamant ? Mam.
Página 45 - You all know, honourable gentlemen, I never valued this ampulla, or vial, at less than eight crowns ; but for this time, I am content to be deprived of it for six: six crowns is the price, and less in courtesy I know you cannot offer me ; take it or leave it, howsoever, both it and I am at your service. I ask you not as the value of the thing, for then I should demand of you a thousand crowns, so the cardinals...
Página 285 - Has worn his knees bare, and his slippers bald, With prayer and fasting for it : and, sir, let him Do it alone, for me, still.
Página 292 - And hath more dryness, it becomes a stone : Where it retains more of the humid fatness, It turns to sulphur, or to quicksilver, Who are the parents of all other metals. Nor can this remote matter suddenly Progress so from extreme unto extreme, As to grow gold, and leap o'er all the means. Nature doth first beget the imperfect, then Proceeds she to the perfect.
Página 134 - The poet prays you then, with better thought To sit ; and when his cates are all in brought, Though there be none far-fet...
Página 277 - O, I did look for him With the sun's rising: 'marvel he could sleep! This is the day I am to perfect for him...