“ To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose ”
William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost (1598). copy citation
Author | William Shakespeare |
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Source | Love's Labour's Lost |
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Date | 1598 |
Language | English |
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Note | Written between 1595 and 1596 |
Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1109/pg1109-images.html |
Context
“Until the goose came out of door, Staying the odds by adding four. MOTH. A good l'envoy, ending in the goose; would you desire more? COSTARD. The boy hath sold him a bargain, a goose, that's flat. Sir, your pennyworth is good, an your goose be fat. To sell a bargain well is as cunning as fast and loose; Let me see: a fat l'envoy; ay, that's a fat goose. ARMADO. Come hither, come hither. How did this argument begin? MOTH. By saying that a costard was broken in a shin. Then call'd you for the l'envoy.”
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