The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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_Limb._ What did Pug say? will she pray for me? Well, to shew I am in
charity, she shall not pray for me. Come back, Pug. But did I ever think thou couldst have been so unkind to have parted with me? [_Cries._ _Aldo._ Look you, daughter, see how nature works in him. _Limb._ I'll settle two hundred a-year upon thee, because thou said'st thou would'st pray for me. _Aldo._ Before George, son Limberham, you will spoil all, if you underbid so. Come, down with your dust, man: What, shew a base mind, when a fair lady's in question! _Limb._ Well, if I must give three hundred-- _Trick._ No, it is no matter; my thoughts are on a better place. _Aldo._ Come, there is no better place than little London. You shall not part for a trifle. What, son Limberham! four hundred a year is a square sum, and you shall give it. _Limb._ It is a round sum indeed; I wish a three-cornered sum would have served her turn.--Why should you be so pervicacious now, Pug? Pray take three hundred. Nay, rather than part, Pug, it shall be so.-- [_She frowns._] _Aldo._ It shall be so, it shall be so: Come, now buss, and seal the bargain. |
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