The Works of Sir George Etheredge [sic]

📖 The Scoop

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ... Gat. Twere pity to baulk 'em, sister. Aria. Indeed, methinks they look as if they never had been slipped before. re& Yes, faith, we have had many a fair course in this paddock, have been very well fleshed, andjare boldly fasten. They kiss their hands with a little force. Aria. Well, I am not the first unfortunate woman that has been forced to give her hand where she never- intends to bestow her heart. Gat. Now, do you think 'tis a bargain already? Court. Faith, would there were some lusty earnest given, for fear we should unluckily break off again. Free. Are you so wild that you must be hooded thus? "' Court. Fie, fie! put off these scandals to all good faces. Gat. For your reputation's sake we shall keep 'em on...jslife, we should be taken for your relations if we durst show our faces with you thus publicly Aria. And what a shame that would be to a couple of young gallants! Methinks, you should blush to think on't. Court. These were pretty toys, invented first merely for the good of us poor lovers to deceive the jealous and to blind the malicious; but the proper use is so wickedly perverted, that it makes all honest men hate the fashion mortally. Free. A good face is as seldom covered with a vizard-mask as a good hat with an oiled case. And yet, on my conscience, you are both handsome. Court. Do but remove 'em a little, to satisfy a foolish scruple. / Aria. This is a just punishment you have brought upon yourselves by that unpardonable sin of talking. Gat. You can only brag now of your acquaintance with a Farendon1 gown and a piece of black velvet. Court. The truth is, there are some vain fellows whose loose behaviour of late has given great discouragement to the honourable proceedings of all V virtuous ladies. Free. But I hope...

Genre: Drama / General (fancy, right?)