The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster
page 63 of 172 (36%)
page 63 of 172 (36%)
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BOSOLA. I have. FERDINAND. As I would wish. BOSOLA. What do you intend to do? FERDINAND. Can you guess? BOSOLA. No. FERDINAND. Do not ask, then: He that can compass me, and know my drifts, May say he hath put a girdle 'bout the world, And sounded all her quick-sands. BOSOLA. I do not Think so. FERDINAND. What do you think, then, pray? BOSOLA. That you Are your own chronicle too much, and grossly Flatter yourself. FERDINAND. Give me thy hand; I thank thee: I never gave pension but to flatterers, Till I entertained thee. Farewell. That friend a great man's ruin strongly checks, Who rails into his belief all his defects. |
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