 And why on me ? why should the envious world Throw all their scandalous malice upon me ? 'Cause I am poor, deform'd, and ignorant, And like a bow buckled and bent together By some more strong in mischiefs than myself; Must I for that be made a common...  Dramatic Works of John Ford ... - Page 468by John Ford - 1827Full view - About this book
 | Peter Elmer - History - 2000 - 454 pages
...scandalous malice upon me? 'Cause I am poor, deformed and ignorant, And like a bow buckled and bent together By some more strong in mischiefs than myself, Must...and rubbish of men's tongues To fall and run into? (2.1.1-8) Goodcole, as we have seen, underlined Sawyer's ignorance and suggested through his interrogation... | |
 | Keith Whitlock - History - 2000 - 388 pages
...inflicted on her. Because of her ugliness she has been made an outcast, the subject of malicious gossip and 'a common sink / For all the filth and rubbish of men's tongues / To fall and run into' (II. i. 6—8). Because her neighbours treat her as a witch, Elizabeth Sawyer responds by becoming... | |
 | Dennis Kezar Assistant Professor of English Vanderbilt University - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 282 pages
...ignorant? And like a Bow buckl'd and bent together, By some more strong in mischiefs then my self? Must I for that be made a common sink, For all the...run into? Some call me Witch; And being ignorant of my self, they go About to teach me how to be one: urging, That my bad tongue (by their bad usage made... | |
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