The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 02 by John Dryden
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_Lov_. Against next quarter, landlord? _Bib_. Of an hour, sir. _Lov_. That's short warning, Will. _Bib_. By this hand you shall up into the garret, where the little bed is; I'll let my best room to a better pay-master: you know the garret, sir? _Franc_. Aye, he knows it, by a good token, husband. _Lov_. I sweat to think of that garret, Will; thou art not so unconscionable to put me there? Why, 'tis a kind of little ease[B], to cramp thy rebellious prentices in; I have seen an usurer's iron chest would hold two on't: A penny looking-glass cannot stand upright in the window, that and the brush tills it: the hat-case must be disposed under the bed, and the comb-case will hang down, from the ceiling to the floor. If I chance to dine in my chamber, I must stay till I am empty before I can get out: and if I chance to spill the chamber-pot, it will overflow it from top to bottom. [Footnote B: A kind of dungeon, so called from its construction.] _Bib_. Well, for the description of the garret, I'll bate you something of the bill. _Lov_. All, all, good Will; or, to stay thy fury till my rents come up, I will describe thy little face. |
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