Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 668
THE LANDLADY LISTENS. Dr. Johnson. Not so fast, sir; not so fast! Keepyour compliments until they are wanted. For myown guineas I can find worthier employment {glan-cing meaningly at the table), but you shall set your roving wits to work for the discharge of your debtto this poor woman here.… … VOU C.1N SEE THE UGLY BACK OF HIM NOW. Dr. Johnson. Better men than you have writtenthere, sir, and to the glory of England, too! Butyour foolish errands can be done for you. Have youscribbled nothing of late that you have not sold be-fore it was finished? No verses? The last —I shouldbe wiser than…
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