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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE CONSCIOUS LOVERS. ACT THE FIRST. SCENE I.? Sir John Bevil's House. Enter Sir John Bevil and Humphry. IR J. BEV. Have you ordered that I should not be interrupted while I am dressing ? Humph. Yes, sir; I believed you had something of moment to say to me. Sir J. Bev. Let me see, Humphry; I think it is now full forty years since I first took thee to be about myself. Humph. I thank you, sir, it has been an easy forty years; and I have passed 'em without much sickness, care, or labour. SirJ. Bev. Thou hast a brave constitution; you are a year or two older than I am, sirrah. Humph. You have ever been of that mind, sir. Sir J. Bev. You knave, you know it; I took thee for thy gravity and sobriety, in my wild years. Humph. Ah, sir our manners were formed from ourdifferent fortunes, not our different age. Wealth gave a loose to your youth, and poverty put a restraint upon mine. Sir J. Bev, Well, Humphry, you know I have been a kind master to you; I have used you, for the ingenuous nature I observed in you from the beginning, more like an humble friend than a servant. Humph. I humbly beg you'll be so tender of me as to explain your commands, sir, without any farther preparation. SirJ. Bev. I'll tell thee, then: In the first place, this wedding of my son's in all probability?shut the door ?will never be at all. Humph. How, sir not be at all ? for what reason is it carried on in appearance ? Sir J. Bev. Honest Humphry, have patience; and I'll tell thee all in order. I have, myself, in some part of my life, lived (indeed) with freedom, but, I hope, without reproach. Now, I thought liberty would be as little injurious to my son; therefore, as soon as he grew towards man, I indulged him in living after his own manner. I knew not how, othe...
| ISBN-13 | 9781458966452 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1458966453 |
| Weight | 0.55 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $21.70 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 162 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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