The Poetaster by Ben Jonson
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Hor. Yes, sir. Apollo, Hermes, Jupiter, Look down upon me. [Aside. Cris. Rich was thy hap; sweet dainty cap, There to be placed; Where thy smooth black, sleek white may smack, And both be graced. White is there usurp'd for her brow; her forehead: and then sleek, as the parallel to smooth, that went before. A kind of paranomasie, or agnomination: do you conceive, sir? Hor. Excellent. Troth, sir, I must be abrupt, and leave you. Cris. Why, what haste hast thou? prithee, stay a little; thou shalt not go yet, by Phoebus. Hor. I shall not! what remedy? fie, how I sweat with suffering! Cris. And then Hor. Pray, sir, give me leave to wipe my face a little. Cris. Yes, do, good Horace. Hor. Thank you, sir. |
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