>(and Jonson was probably referring to the Satyres, and anyway was pissed
out of his skull on Drummond's usquebeg)<
Probably right on both counts. I'll locate my Jonson tomorrow, he's at the
bottom of a murky pile, which probably suits the old rogue, while I've been
out this evening, *and* spent this morning with needles stuck in my shoulder
having electric current passed through them, which I bet yow dain't :) *after
*having to fast (nothing but water) for twelve hours (so there!)
On 26 March 2010 21:29, Robin Hamilton <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> I can't remember anything specific (tho I do remember there are similar
>> moments), and can't locate my Jonson for the nonce, but I'd bet there's
>> stuff in the Fleet Ditch.
>>
>
> Hey, you and the Birk both, Mark.
>
> But I still want *lines quoted*, that intersect with syntax to the degree
> that, "if I but see / Twice", "but am more / Angry", and "sleepe / May, with
> some right" all do (and three times in the space of six lines, at that).
>
> Robin
>
>
> So he that flaggeth much, becomes to me
>> A _Choerilus_, in whom if I but see
>> Twice, or thrice good, I wonder: but am more
>> Angry. Sometimes, I heare good _Homer_ snore.
>> But, I confesse, that, in a long worke, sleepe
>> May, with some right, upon an Author creepe.
>>
>
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