Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Vol. 17: Being the Eighth Volume of Comedies, Containing: The Twin Rivals, by M

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Excerpt from Bell's British Theatre, Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Vol. 17: Being the Eighth Volume of Comedies, Containing: The Twin Rivals, by Mr. Farquhar, The Country Wife, by Mr. Wycherley, The Fair Quaker of Deal, by Mr. Shadwell, The Alchymist, by Ben Johnson, Love's Last Shift, by Mr. Cha. JohnsonRieb. How! IV. Pofitively. The lady's kind reception was the moflfevme ufage lever met with - Sha'n't I break her windows, Richmore? Ricb. A mighty revenge truly. Let me tell you, friend, that breaking the windows of fuch houfes are no more than writing over a vintner's door, as they do in Holland Vin re loop. 'tis no more than a built to the tavern, a decoy to the trade, and to draw in cufiomers: but upon the whole matter, I think, a gentleman fhould put 1? An affront got in fuch little comruny for the plea ure, the pain, and the refcnt ment, are all alike fcandalous. Have you forgot, Richmon, how I found you one morning with the flying-poll: in your hand, hunting for phyfical advertil'ements Ricb. That was in the days of Dad, my friend, in the days of dirty linen, pit-manta, hedge-taverns, and beef-fieaks: but now I ¿y at nobler me, the Ring, the Court, Pawlet's and the Park. Fadefpife all wo men that I apprehend any danger from, lefa than the having my throat cut and thould fcruple to converfe even with a lady of fortune, unlefs her virtue were loud enough to give me pride in expofing it. Here's a 5 letter I received this morning, you may read it.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.