The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 02 by John Dryden
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cousin may send to enquire about it: come, this shall not serve your
turn; tell us any town that's near it. _Lov_. 'Twill be somewhat too far to send; it lies in the very north of Scotland. _Isa_. In good time, a paradise in the Highlands; is't not so, sir? _Const_. It seems you went post, servant: in troth you are a rank rider, to go to the north of Scotland, stay and take possession, and return again, in ten days time. _Isa_. I never knew your grandmother was a Scotch woman: Is she not a Tartar too? Pray whistle for her, and let's see her dance; come--whist, grannee! _Const_. Fie, fie, servant; what, no invention in you? all this while a-studying for a name of your manor? come, come, where lies it? tell me. _Lov_. No, faith, I am wiser than so; I'll discover my seat to no man; so I shall have some damned lawyer keep a prying into my title, to defeat me of it. _Const_. How then shall I be satisfied, there is such a thing in nature? _Lov_. Tell me what jewel you would wear, and you shall have it: Enquire into my money, there's the trial. |
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