Massinger, Philip, 1583-1640 -- Criticism and interpretation
MARIANA. O that I could reach you,
The little one you scorn so.
177:
GRACCHO. Forty ducats
Upon the little hen.
181:
MARCELIA. Where are you,
You modicum, you dwarf?
MARIANA. Here, giantess, here.
188:
MARIANA. Or right me on this monster (she’s three foot
Too high for a woman).
_Bondman_, I., 2, 3: Cleon, speaking to Corisca:
Beauty invites temptations, and short heels
Are soon tripp’d up.
(This passage may have another interpretation.)
_Renegado_, I., 2, 9: Manto, speaking of Paulina:
And though low of stature,
Her well-proportion’d limbs invite affection.
II., 5, 159: Asambeg, of Paulina:
Such a spirit,
In such a small proportion, I ne’er read of.
V., 2, 62: Carazie, of Paulina:
I would he had sent me
To the gallies or the gallows, when he gave me
To this proud little devil.
V., 3, 174: Mustapha, of Paulina:
A terrible little tyranness!
_Parliament of Love_, V., 1, 86: Perigot, of Leonora:
A confident little pleader.
_Roman Actor_, IV., 1, 15: Domitilla, referring to Domitia:
Who no sooner absent.
But she calls Dwarf! (so in her scorn she styles me)
Put on my pantofles, fetch pen and paper.
V., 2, 5: Domitilla speaks:
Could I make my approaches, though my stature
Does promise little, I have a spirit as daring
As hers that can reach higher.
_Picture_, I., 1, 96: Corisca speaks:
Your hand, or if you please
To have me fight so high, I’ll not be coy,
But stand a-tiptoe for’t.
III., 2, 27: Ricardo to Corisca:
Pretty one, I descend
To take the height of your lip.
II., 2, 197: And Pallas, bound up in a little volume.
_Emperor of the East_, II., 1, 388: Theodosius to Athenais:
By thyself,
The magazine of felicity, in thy lowness
Our eastern queens, at their full height, bow to thee.
_Maid of Honour_, I., 2, 46: Sylli to Camiola:
Nor I, your little ladyship, till you have
Perform’d the covenants.
II., 2, 117: Fulgentio to Camiola:
Of a little thing
You are a pretty peat, indifferent fair too.
_Maid of Honour_, IV., 3, 83:
BERTOLDO. Since she alone, in the abstract of herself,
That small but ravishing substance, comprehends
Whatever is, or can be wish’d, in the
Idea of a woman!
_The Bashful Lover_, I., 1, 116:
HORTENSIO. My little friend, good morrow.
(_Cf._ III., 1, 28, where “Ascanio” has to be carried.)
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