ear-form'd

Updated: May 16, 2025

Ay! mark the matron well and laugh not, Harry, At her old steeple-hat and velvet guard I've call'd her like the ear of Dionysius; I mean that ear-form'd vault, built o'er his dungeon, To catch the groans and discontented murmurs Of his poor bondsmen Even so doth Martha Drink up, for her own purpose, all that passes, Or is supposed to pass, in this wide city She can retail it too, if that her profit Shall call on her to do so; and retail it For your advantage, so that you can make Your profit jump with hers.

Sir Walter Scott - The Fortunes of Nigel