Jonson

Famous quotes containing the word jonson:

    “Tonight, grave sir, both my poore house, and I
    Doe equally desire your companie:
    Not that we thinke us worthy such a ghest,
    But that your worth will dignifie our feast,”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “With pictures full, of wax and of wool,
    Their livers I stick with needles quick;
    There lacks but the blood to make up the flood.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks,
    Or make the sun forget his motion!”
    —Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)