The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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these Fellows are to share it with her.
_Tot_. She pick my Pocket! why she had a Furbelow-Scarf on. Sir _Har_. Come, come, I'll reimburse you, and send you back into the Country; you are not sharp enough for the Profession design'd you; where you may boast among your ignorant Acquaintance, that you have a perfect Knowledge o' the Town, for you have met with two very great Rogues, got drunk at a Tavern, been at a common Brothel, and have had your Pocket pickt of a Hundred Pounds. [_To_ Knapsack.] For you, Friend, the _Collonel_ will take care of you; [_To_ Shrimp.] and for you, Rascal---- _Bram_. I profess, Sir _Harry_, a Couple of promising Youths; a Boy shou'd n't be trusted with so much Money; these Persons have seen the World, and know how to employ it----Gentlemen, if your Masters discard you, I'll entertain you. [_Aside_.] I find by their Phis'nomies they'll be rising Men; and tho' they came sneaking into the World, like other People, and paid a Tax for their Births, they'll go out of it a more sublime way, and cheat the Church of their Burials. _Col_. Punish'd they shall be, but 'tis now unseasonable; this Day I'd wish an universal _Jubilee_----What say you to a Dance, good People, my Lady's Servants are all musical. _A DANCE._ Col. _The Wav'ring Nymph, with Pride and Envy sir'd, Ranges the World, to be by all admir'd; Thro' distant Courts, and Climes, she bears her way, And like the Sun, wou'd course 'em in a Day; |
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