[The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 by Charles Lamb]@TWC D-Link bookThe Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR 43/217
Does he take me for a Jew, to long after forbidden meats? _Mr.H_.I shall go mad!--to be refused by old Mother Damnable--she that's so old, nobody knows whether she was ever manned or no, but passes for a maid by courtesy; her juvenile exploits being beyond the farthest stretch of tradition!--Old Mother Damnable! [_Exeunt all, either pitying or seeming to avoid him._ SCENE .-- _The Street_. BELVIL _and another Gentleman_. _Belvil_.
Poor Jack, I am really sorry for him.
The account which you give me of his mortifying change of reception at the assembly, would be highly diverting if it gave me less pain to hear it.
With all his amusing absurdities, and amongst them not the least, a predominant desire to be thought well of by the fair sex, he has an abundant share of good-nature, and is a man of honor.
Notwithstanding all that has happened, Melesinda may do worse than take him yet.
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