Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Insults, Shakespeare syle.

From the Shakespeare's Insults calendar:

Why, this is an arran counterfeit
rascal! I remember him
now-a bawd, a cutpurse.
(The Life of King Henry the Fifth 3.6.60-61)

Gower, a captain, of Pistol, a commoner who has joined Henry's forces.


A pox o' your throat, you
bawling, blasphemous, incharitable
dog!
(The Tempest 1.1.38-39)

Sebastian, Prince of Naples, to the boatswain, who is convinced their ship is going down in a storm and they will all die.

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