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,

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. Johnson Rieb. 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 fly 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.