The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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_Aldo._ No deferring in these cases, daughter. _Trick._ But I have lost the keys. _Limb._ That's a jest! let me feel in thy pocket, for I must oblige thee. _Trick._ You shall feel no where: I have felt already and am sure they are lost. _Aldo._ But feel again, the lawyer stays. _Trick._ Well, to satisfy you, I will feel.--They are not here--nor here neither. [_She pulls out her handkerchief, and the keys drop after it:_ LIMBERHAM _takes them up._ _Limb._ Look you now, Pug! who's in the right? Well, thou art born to be a lucky Pug, in spite of thyself. _Trick_ [_Aside._] O, I am ruined!--One word, I beseech you, father Aldo. _Aldo._ Not a syllable. What the devil's in you, daughter? Open, son, open. _Trick._ [_Aloud._] It shall not be opened; I will have my will, though I lose my settlement. Would I were within the chest! I would hold it down, to spite you. I say again, would I were within the chest, I would hold it so fast, you should not open it.--The best on't |
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