Ben Jonson


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VII. — ON THE NEW HOT-HOUSE.  

Where lately harbor'd many a famous whore,
A purging bill, now fix'd upon the door,
Tells you it is a hot-house ; so it may,
And still be a whore-house : they're synonyma.


 
Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 785.
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