The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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page 74 of 111 (66%)
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_Swan Tavern_ in _Cornhil_. [_Exeunt_.
Mrs. _Lov_. Now will I be Spitchcockt, if she han't an Inclination for the _Collonel_, to coquet, and flirt and fleer, and plague half Mankind, only because they like her, may be what you call a fine Lady, but in my mind she has more fantastical Airs than a Kettle-Drummer. [_Exit._ SCENE, _a Room in the_ Rose-Tavern. _The Bell rings_. [_Bar-keeper without_.] Where a Pox are you all; must Company wait an Hour for a Room? [_A noise of Drawers_.] Coming, coming, coming, Sir. _Enter a Drawer with Lights_, Shrimp, Knapsack, and Master _Totty_. _Draw_. Please to be here, Gentlemen? _Shr_. What's become of your Beau-Drawer, that wore a long _Spanish_ Wig, lac'd Linnen, silk Stockings, and a Patch? _Draw_. He happen'd, Sir, to make bold with a silver _Monteth,_ and is gone for a Soldier--What Wine are you for Gentlemen? _Shr._ [_Aside to the Drawer_.] D'you know Sir _Harry Sprightly,_ Friend? |
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