The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Thomas Baker
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shou'd continue peopl'd. My Lady _Love-gang_ swears she'll go live in
_Scotland_ about it; my Lady _Dandler_ lays it so to Heart, I'm afraid she'll be silly; for my part, I bear it--not so patiently as Folks think. _Flim_. They say, Madam, she has depriv'd you of some particular Lovers; I'd arrest her for 'em. La. _Toss_. Sir _Harry Sprightly_ I have danc'd with; Brigadier _Blenheim_ too has handed me out of the Box, but when Lady _Rodomont_ arriv'd, they both flew from me like a parcel of Fortune-hunters from a reputed City-Heiress, when her Father breaks, and can give her nothing. _Flim_. Here she comes, surrounded with _Beaus_, and I warrant, thinks her self as good as the Queen; if I were the Queen, I'd have her taken up for thinking so. Pray Madam affront her. _Enter Lady_ Rodomont, _and Mrs_. Lovejoy, _follow'd by Sir_ Harry, _Collonel_ Blenheim, _Mr_. Nicknack, _Major_ Bramble, _several Fops and Footmen_. La. _Rod_. Dear _Messieurs_! give me Breath: Not but a Croud of Beaus are very acceptable; but to press upon one too hard, is like a new Monarch just seated on the Throne, that's stifl'd with Court Cringes--Don't you think, Sir _Harry_, the _Italians_ that approach us at more distance, show greater Veneration and Respect. Sir _Har_. Ladies in their High-Noon of labour'd Garniture, Are pleas'd, when we admire 'em like the Sun, Whom none directly looks at, But in the Ev'ning, as the Sun goes down, |
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