The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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page 80 of 111 (72%)
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_Bett_. Thee, Child, Lord starve thee, a Foot Soldier! one o'the Infantry,
a Lady that's Fool enough to pay for her Pleasures, may provide her self better out o' the Guards.--Come, gi'me t'other Bumper, nothing's to be got here, I find, and I must run. _Shr_. Why in such hast, _Betty_? _Bett_. Haste, Creature, why the Fourth Act is just done, and t'other bold Beast will run away with all the Money. _Knap_. Hark'e, _Bess_, don't stroddle over Peoples Backs so as you us'd to do. _Bett_. Why, how now, Mr. Impudence, I think we do 'em too great an Honour, and whoever affronts me for it I'll have him kick'd as soon as the Play's over. [_Exit._ _Shr_. Come, my dear Boy, let's tope it about briskly; what think you of this Lass? is she not frank and free? If you had her in a Corner, she'd show you the way to _Lyme-house._ _Tott_. Are all your _London_ Women like her? Our Country Wenches are as Cross with treading upon Nettles; there's _Margery_ our Dairy-Maid, I only offer'd to feel her Bubbies, and she hit me a dowse o'the Jaws enough to beat down a Stack o' Chimneys. _Shr_. We'll carry you to a Lady, Master, that shall stifle you with Kindness, as pretty a piece of Wild-fowl as paddles about _Covent Garden_; but you'll tip her a Guinea, her Lodgings are extremely fine; and you must know a first Floor comes very dear. |
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