The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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Here she comes, this heir-apparent of a sempstress, and a cobler! and yet, as she's adorned, she looks like any princess of the blood. [_Salutes her._ _Trick._ [_Aside._] What a difference there is between this gentleman, and my feeble keeper, Mr Limberham! he's to my wish, if he would but make the least advances to me.--Father Aldo tells me, sir, you are a traveller: What adventures have you had in foreign countries? _Wood._ I have no adventures of my own, can deserve your curiosity; but, now I think on it, I can tell you one that happened to a French cavalier, a friend of mine, at Tripoli. _Trick._ No wars, I beseech you: I am so weary of father Aldo's Loraine and Crequi. _Wood._ Then this is as you would desire it, a love-adventure. This French gentleman was made a slave to the Dey of Tripoli; by his good qualities, gained his master's favour; and after, by corrupting an eunuch, was brought into the seraglio privately, to see the Dey's mistress. _Trick._ This is somewhat; proceed, sweet sir. _Wood._ He was so much amazed, when he first beheld her leaning over a balcony, that he scarcely dared to lift his eyes, or speak to her. _Trick._ [_Aside._] I find him now.--But what followed of this dumb interview? |
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