Plays, written by Sir John Vanbrugh, volume the second

_Ye Gods! what crime had my poor father done, That you should make a poet of his son? Or is't for some great services of his, Y'are pleas'd to compliment his boy----with this?_

_Aml._ I return your honour many thanks [_Sola._] Ah, there's my good lady, not so much as read her bill; if the rest were like her, I should soon have money enough to go as fin...

_For were I the thing call'd a wife, And my fool grew too fond of his pow'r, He shou'd look like an ass all his life, For a prank that I'd play him in an hour._

_Flip._ And how!----And how do you think you would have me do't? And you have such a way with you, one can refuse you nothing. But I have brought myself into a fine business by it.

_Gripe._ Then we'll have, besides her, may be sometimes----her husband; and we shall see my niece that writes verses, and my sister _Fidget_: with her husband's brother that's a...

_Clip._ 'Twas a young fellow that I know: I can't tell whether he may be guilty, tho' its like enough. But he has only left it me now, to shew a brother of our trade, and will c...

_Jacin._ That's the way to prosper; however, so far I'll confess the truth to thee; at least if that don't do, nothing else will. Men are mighty simple in love-matters, Sir: whe...

_Jacin._ Madam, never doubt me; I'm charged to the mouth with fury, and if ever I meet that fat traitor of mine, such a volley will I pour about his ears----Now heav'n prevent a...

_Lop._ And so she will her religion, if you attack it with that dreadful face. D'ye hear, Sir? the poor lady is in love heartily, and I wish all poor ladies that are so, would d...

As soon as it is night, says my master to me, tho' it cost me my life, I'll enter _Leonora_'s lodgings; therefore make haste, _Lopez_, prepare every thing necessary, three pair...

_Lis._ I told you before, that he has been abroad a hunting, and we han't seen him these three days; he seldom lies at home, to avoid his father's ill humour; so that it is not...

_Col._ But this was not all, for a parcel of dogs came yelping after their companion, as I suppose; so I goes to the back yard-door, and as many as came by, shu, says I, and dro...

Unc. _Rich._ Nay, I don't doubt but this wise expedition will be attended with more adventures than one.----This noble head, and supporter of his family, will, as an honest coun...

_Clar._ But yet, tho' I believe there's no life so happy as a marry'd one, in the main; yet I fancy, where two people are so very much together, they must often be in want of so...

Sir _Fran._ Indeed, I like them not, Mrs. _Motherly_; if they wou'd dine at twelve o'clock, as we do in the country, a man might be able to drink a reasonable bottle between tha...

The _Provok'd Husband_, is, at least, an Instance, that any _English_ Comedy may, to an unusual number of Days, bring many Thousands of His Majesty's good Subjects together, to...

_Man._ Then, I am glad I am here, my Lord----Lady _Grace_, I kiss your hands!----What, only you two! How many visits may a man make, before he falls into such unfashionable comp...

Count _Bas._ The son is an unlick'd whelp, about sixteen, just taken from school; and begins to hanker after every wench in the family: The daughter much of the same age, a pert...

Sir _Fran._ Do so, and do'st hear, _Dick_----see if there's e'er a bottle o'th' strong beer that came i'th' coach with us----if there be, clap a toast in it, and bring it up.

Lady _Town._ I see what you drive at all this while; you would lay an imputation on my fame, to cover your own avarice! I might take any pleasures I find, that were not expensive.

Sir _Fran._ Oh! there's a great deal to be said for't--the good of one's country is above all things----A true hearted _Englishman_ thinks nothing too much for it----I have hear...

Lady _Grace._ When my intreaties had prevail'd upon my Lord, not to make a story for the town, by so public a violence, as shutting her at once out of his doors; he order'd the...

Lord _Town._ O _Manly_! look there! turn back thy thoughts with me, and witness to my growing love; there was a time when I believ'd that form incapable of vice or of decay! The...

_Methinks I hear some powder'd Critics say, "Damn it! this Wife Reform'd has spoil'd the play! The coxcomb should have drawn her more in fashion, } Have gratify'd her softer inc...