Both Uses of
penury
in
As You Like It
- What prodigal portion have I spent that I should come to such penury?
Scene 1.1 *penury = a state of extreme poverty or destitution
- With a priest that lacks Latin and a rich man that hath not the gout: for the one sleeps easily because he cannot study, and the other lives merrily because he feels no pain; the one lacking the burden of lean and wasteful learning, the other knowing no burden of heavy tedious penury.†
Scene 3.2
Definition:
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(penury) a state of extreme poverty or destitution