The Alchemist by Ben Jonson
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page 98 of 372 (26%)
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To fetch a vial.
SUR. Be not gull'd, sir Mammon. MAM. Wherein? pray ye, be patient. SUR. Yes, as you are, And trust confederate knaves and bawds and whores. MAM. You are too foul, believe it. -- Come here, Ulen, One word. FACE. I dare not, in good faith. [GOING.] MAM. Stay, knave. FACE. He is extreme angry that you saw her, sir. MAM. Drink that. [GIVES HIM MONEY.] What is she when she's out of her fit? FACE. O, the most affablest creature, sir! so merry! So pleasant! she'll mount you up, like quicksilver, Over the helm; and circulate like oil, A very vegetal: discourse of state, Of mathematics, bawdry, any thing -- MAM. Is she no way accessible? no means, |
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