The works of John Dryden, $c now first collected in eighteen volumes. $p Volume 06 by John Dryden
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this is no place for sick people. Begone, begone!
_Saint._ Verily, I can go no farther. _Wood._ But you shall, verily. I will thrust you down, out of pure pity. _Saint._ Oh, my eyes grow dim! my heart quops, and my back acheth! here I will lay me down, and rest me. [_Throws herself suddenly down upon the Bed;_ TRICKSY _shrieks, and rises; Mrs_ BRAIN. _rises from under the Bed in a fright._ _Wood._ So! here's a fine business! my whole seraglio up in arms! _Saint._ So, so; if Providence had not sent me hither, what folly had been this day committed! _Trick._ Oh the old woman in the oven! we both overheard your pious documents: Did we not, Mrs Brainsick? _Mrs Brain._ Yes, we did overhear her; and we will both testify against her. _Wood._ I have nothing to say for her. Nay, I told her her own; you can both bear me witness. If a sober man cannot be quiet in his own chamber for her-- _Trick._ For, you know, sir, when Mrs Brainsick and I over-heard her coming, having been before acquainted with her wicked purpose, we both |
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