The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
page 43 of 372 (11%)
page 43 of 372 (11%)
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FACE. Hang thee, collier,
And all thy pots, and pans, in picture, I will, Since thou hast moved me -- DOL. O, this will o'erthrow all. FACE. Write thee up bawd in Paul's, have all thy tricks Of cozening with a hollow cole, dust, scrapings, Searching for things lost, with a sieve and sheers, Erecting figures in your rows of houses, And taking in of shadows with a glass, Told in red letters; and a face cut for thee, Worse than Gamaliel Ratsey's. DOL. Are you sound? Have you your senses, masters? FACE. I will have A book, but barely reckoning thy impostures, Shall prove a true philosopher's stone to printers. SUB. Away, you trencher-rascal! FACE. Out, you dog-leech! The vomit of all prisons -- DOL. Will you be Your own destructions, gentlemen? FACE. Still spew'd out |
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