The Double-Dealer, a comedy by William Congreve
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couplets.
LORD FROTH. Couplets. SIR PAUL. Oh, here they come. SCENE XXI. [To them] LADY FROTH, BRISK. BRISK. My lord, your humble servant; Sir Paul, yours,--the finest night! LADY FROTH. My dear, Mr. Brisk and I have been star-gazing, I don't know how long. SIR PAUL. Does it not tire your ladyship? Are not you weary with looking up? LADY FROTH. Oh, no, I love it violently. My dear, you're melancholy. LORD FROTH. No, my dear; I'm but just awake. LADY FROTH. Snuff some of my spirit of hartshorn. LORD FROTH. I've some of my own, thank you, dear. |
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