The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq In two volumes. With Decorations. The fourth edition |
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The Progress of ADVICE.
A Common Case.
Suade, nam certum est
Says Richard to Thomas (and seem'd half afraid)
“I am thinking to marry thy mistress's maid:
Now, because Mrs. Lucy to thee is well known,
I will do't if thou bid'st me, or let it alone.
“I am thinking to marry thy mistress's maid:
Now, because Mrs. Lucy to thee is well known,
I will do't if thou bid'st me, or let it alone.
Nay don't make a jest on't; 'tis no jest to me;
For 'faith I'm in earnest, so prithee be free.
I have no fault to find with the girl since I knew her,
But I'd have thy advice, ere I tye myself to her.”
For 'faith I'm in earnest, so prithee be free.
I have no fault to find with the girl since I knew her,
But I'd have thy advice, ere I tye myself to her.”
Said Thomas to Richard, “To speak my opinion,
There is not such a bitch in King George's dominion,
And I firmly believe, if thou knew'st her as I do,
Thou wou'dst chuse out a whipping-post, first to be ty'd to.
There is not such a bitch in King George's dominion,
And I firmly believe, if thou knew'st her as I do,
Thou wou'dst chuse out a whipping-post, first to be ty'd to.
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She's peevish, she's thievish, she's ugly, she's old,
And a lyar, and a fool, and a slut, and a scold.”
Next day Richard hasten'd to church and was wed,
And ere night had inform'd her what Thomas had said.
And a lyar, and a fool, and a slut, and a scold.”
Next day Richard hasten'd to church and was wed,
And ere night had inform'd her what Thomas had said.
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