Paradise Lost and Volpone: Quotes by character

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SATAN
‘Better to reign in hell than to serve in Heaven’
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VOLPONE
‘Hail to the world’s soul, and mine.’
2 of 11
MOSCA
‘I shall begin to grow in love with my dear self’
3 of 11
CELIA
‘Whither, whither is shame fled human breasts?’
4 of 11
CORVINO
‘Will you disgrace me thus?’
5 of 11
CORBACCIO
‘I shall sure outlast him!’
6 of 11
BONARIO
‘Heaven could not long let such gross crimes be hid’
7 of 11
VOLTORE
'only conscience, my good sires, That makes me now tell truth.'
8 of 11
ADAM
'I warned thee, I admonished thee'
9 of 11
EVE
'why didst not thou, the Head, / Command me absolutely not to go'
10 of 11
ADVOCATORI
'these vices thus rewarded'
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Card 2

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‘Hail to the world’s soul, and mine.’

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VOLPONE

Card 3

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‘I shall begin to grow in love with my dear self’

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Card 4

Front

‘Whither, whither is shame fled human breasts?’

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Card 5

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‘Will you disgrace me thus?’

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