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— William Blake

Does the Eagle know what is in the pit?

Or wilt thou go ask the Mole:

Can Wisdom be put in a silver rod?

Or Love in a golden bowl?

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One who, or that which, accelerates.

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DRAMATIS PERSONAE

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John Dryden·1631–1700
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LDO, _an honest, good-natured, free-hearted old gentleman of thetown._WOODALL, _his son, under a false name; bred abroad, and now returnedfrom travel._LIMBERHAM, _a tame, foolish keeper, persuaded by what is last saidto him, and changing next word._BRAINSICK, _a husband, who, being well conceited of himself,despises his wife: vehement and eloquent, as he thinks;but indeed a talker of nonsense._GERVASE, WOODALL'S _man: formal, and apt to give good counsel._GILES, WOODALL'S _cast servant._ MRS SAINTLY, _an hypocritical fanatic, landlady of theboarding-house._MRS TRICKSY, _a termagant kept mistress._MRS PLEASANCE, _supposed daughter to_ MRS SAINTLY: _Spiteful andsatirical; but secretly in love with_ WOODALL.MRS BRAINSICK.JUDITH, _a maid of the house._ SCENE--_A Boarding-house in Town._ LIMBERHAM;
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