The Duchess of Malfi Quotes 0.0 / 5 ? English LiteratureThe Duchess of MalfiA2/A-levelOCR Created by: iizzzzyyCreated on: 24-02-17 18:50 "Here comes... ...Bosola, the only court-gall." - Antonio 1 of 31 "But if't chance some cursed... ...example poison't near the head, death and diseases through the whole land spread." - Antonio 2 of 31 "Miserable age... ...where only the reward of doing well is the doing of it." - Bosola 3 of 31 "You may thank me, lady: I have taken you off... ...of your melancholy perch, bore you on my fist, and showed you game, and let you fly at it." - Cardinal 4 of 31 "Here's the cursed day to prompt my memory... ...and here it shall stick till of her bleeding heart I make a sponge to wipe it out." - Ferdinand 5 of 31 "He and his brother... ...are plum trees grown crooked o'er standing pools." - Bosola 6 of 31 "Sit down:... ...take a pen and ink and write." - Duchess 7 of 31 "Could I be one... ...of their flatt'ring panders, I would hang on their ears like a horse-leech till I were full, and then drop off." - Bosola 8 of 31 "Then the law to him... ...is like a foul black web to a spider, he makes it his dwelling, and a prison to entangle those shall feed him." - Delio 9 of 31 "She's a young widow,... ...I would not have her marry again." - Ferdinand 10 of 31 "Do not you ask the reason... ...but be satisfied, I say I would not." - Ferdinand 11 of 31 "What cannot a neat knave... ...with a smooth tale make a woman believe? Farewell, lusty widow." - Ferdinand 12 of 31 "If all my royal kindred... ...lay in my way unto this marriage, I'd make them my low footsteps." - Duchess 13 of 31 "Let old wives report... ...that I winked and chose a husband." - Duchess 14 of 31 "Raise yourself... ...or if you please, my hand to help you." - Duchess 15 of 31 "Ambition... ...madam, is a great man's madness." - Antonio 16 of 31 "We are forced to woo... ...because none dare woo us." - Duchess 17 of 31 "Some of you give entertainment... ...for pure love, but more, for more precious reward." - Bosola 18 of 31 "Why, my lord, I told him... ...I came to visit an old anchorite here, for devotion." - Julia 19 of 31 "We had need to borrow that fantastic glass... ...to view another spacious world in'th'moon and look to find a constant woman there." Cardinal 20 of 31 "Methinks you that are courtiers... ...might be my touchwood, take fire when I give fire, laugh when I laugh." - Ferdinand 21 of 31 "The marriage night... ...is the entrance into some prison." - Cardinal 22 of 31 "And women like that... ...part which, like the lamprey, hath ne'er a bone in't." - Ferdinand 23 of 31 "This was father's poniard: do you see?... ...I'd loath to see't look rusty, 'cause 'twas his." - Ferdinand 24 of 31 "Diamonds are of most value, they say... ...that have passed through most jewellers' hands." - Duchess 25 of 31 "This foul... ...melancholy will poison all his goodness." - Antonio 26 of 31 "Who took... ...the ring oft'nest?" - Ferdinand 27 of 31 "A most perverse... and turbulent nature; what appears in him mirth is merely outside." - Antonio 28 of 31 "She stains... ...the time past, lights the time to come." - Antonio 29 of 31 "Yes. I can be angry... ...without this rupture." - Cardinal 30 of 31 "Or else to boil their *******... ...to a cullis and give't his lecherous father to renew the sin of his back." - Ferdinand 31 of 31
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