The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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_Wood._ No faith, madam, I was thinking of the fair lady, who, at
parting, bespoke so cunningly of me all my essences. _Trick._ But there are other beauties in the house; and I should be impatient of a rival: for I am apt to be partial to myself, and think I deserve to be preferred before them. _Wood._ Your beauty will allow of no competition; and I am sure my love could make none. _Trick._ Yes, you have seen Mrs Brainsick; she's a beauty. _Wood._ You mean, I suppose, the peaking creature, the married woman, with a sideling look, as if one cheek carried more bias than the other? _Trick._ Yes, and with a high nose, as visible as a land-mark. _Wood._ With one cheek blue, the other red; just like the covering of Lambeth Palace. _Trick._ Nay, but her legs, if you could see them-- _Wood._ She was so foolish to wear short petticoats, and show them. They are pillars, gross enough to support a larger building; of the Tuscan order, by my troth. _Trick._ And her little head, upon that long neck, shows like a traitor's skull upon a pole. Then, for her wit-- |
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