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  • Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?

    The first part of King Henry the Fourth 2004

  • Hal jests in his role, castigating his interlocutor - which is to say his other self, the friend who is now impersonating Hal - for his association with a 'devil' that haunts Hal in the likeness of an old man, a 'bolting-hutch of beastliness', a 'stuffed cloak-bag of guts', a 'father ruffian' and 'vanity in years', and much more.

    Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002

  • Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swoln parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?

    Act II. Scene IV. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 1914

  • Then he raised the central revolving disc which was in connection with the millstone, hung in the hook of the millstone an iron chain which was wound round the beam and this done, laid the sack and its contents on the bolting-hutch.

    The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

  • As now the revolving disc or platform began to move, the machinery stood still, yet the millstone together with the bolting-hutch began slowly to sink downwards together with those sitting upon it, and after some moments, disappeared entirely into a dark gulf, the chain unwinding and rattling after it.

    The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

  • "What do you know about it?" answered the old man, adjusting himself on the bolting-hutch.

    The Poor Plutocrats M��r J��kai 1864

  • Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swoln parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuft cloak-bag of guts, that roasted

    Characters of Shakespeare's Plays William Hazlitt 1804

  • Why dost thou converse with that trunk of humours, that bolting-hutch of beastliness, that swollen parcel of dropsies, that huge bombard of sack, that stuffed cloak-bag of guts, that roasted Manningtree ox with the pudding in his belly, that reverend vice, that grey iniquity, that father ruffian, that vanity in years?

    The First Part of King Henry IV 1596

  • “That obscene trunk of humors, that swol’n parcel of dropsies, that bolting-hutch of beastliness” — go on.

    Burmese Days 2002

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