The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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_All._ We humbly thank your Ladyship. [_Exeunt._ L. _Rod._ Now, Cozen, we have dispatch'd these necessary Animals; pray, tell me how the Town relishes my Appearance. Mrs. _Lov._ Your Ladyship's inimitable Graces, and our vast Successes abroad are the Topicks that furnish all Conversation; one Lady cries at the gilt Chariot, another swoons at the prancing Horses; and my old Lady _Lack-it_, swears you have so handsom a Set of Foot-men, the dreams of nothing else; then your Ladyship's Furniture is most surprizing, ev'ry thing was so admir'd, and handl'd last Visiting-day, the Ladies left little of it behind 'em. L. _Rod. Bagatelle_! Ladies steal from one another, not for the Value of the thing, but to make an Alteration in their Closets.--But what do the Malitious say, am I envy'd, Cozen, I wou'd n't ha' the Fatigue of an Estate, unless I cou'd make the World uneasie about it. Mrs. _Lov._ Oh! Spleen, Spleen, Madam, to the last Degree--my Lady _Testy_ has tore fifty Fans about you, broke all her China, and beat her Foot-man's Eye out; she says, 'tis a burning Shame, you monopolize all the Fellows in the Town; and truly, there's a Statute against ingrossing.--My Lady _Prudence Maxim_, cries, _A fine Estate is a fine Thing, finely manag'd, but to overdo at first, to undo at last_. And Mrs. _Indigo_, the Merchant's Wife, says, _If you knew the getting on't, you wou'd n't spend it so fast_. L. _Rod._ I have six thousand a Year, and resolve to live single, and enjoy it; I have made the Tour of _Italy_ and _France_, have given my self |
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