The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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page 76 of 111 (68%)
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_Shr._ Ah! you're an arch Wag. _Tott._ But, pray, Mr. _Shrimp_, where may a body buy a little Wit, my Grand-mother charg'd me to get some; and, she says, bought Wit's best; 'tis a mighty scarce Commodity i'the Country; we have above two hundred Gentlemen near us that never heard on't. Our Chaplain has a little, but they say 'tis n't the right sort. _Shr._ Mr. _Knapsack_ can furnish you with five or ten Pounds worth when you please. _Knap._ Mr. _Shrimp_, Master, has a much better Stock, but that you may n't think I engross it to my self, as they say _Bull_ does Coffee, what I have is at your Service. _Tott._ Sir, my Service t'you again, [_drinks_] This is much better than _Lincoln_ Ale, fegs. _Knap._ What think you now, Master, of a pretty Wench to towze a little? _Tott_. He, he, he, [_grins_] I don't know what you mean, Sir. _Knap_. Had you never any pleasant Thoughts o'the Fair Sex. _Tott_. I never lay with any Body but my Grand-mother; when she was in a good humour, she'd tickle a Body sometimes, but if she never meddl'd mith me, I never meddl'd with her. _Knap_. A sapless old Hen, you might as well have lain with a |
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