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— But my Choice was so distracted among the pretty Merchants and their Dealers, I knew not where to run first. — 1 Apology, 1714, p. 81. ■ Ibid. , 1714, p. 84. 3 The serious or 'sentimental' portion of Steele's comedy is not, how- ever, to be found in his French model. INTR OD UC TI ON. XIX One little lisping Rogue, Ribbandths, Gloveths, Tippeths. — Sir, cries another, will you buy a fine Sword-knot ; then a third, pretty Voice and Curtsie, — Does not your Lady want Hoods, Scarfs, fine green si...lk Stockins. — I went by as if I had been in a Seraglio, a living Gallery of Beauties, — staring from side to side, I bowing, they laughing, — so made my Escape, and brought your Son and Heir safe to you, through all these Darts and Glances. — To which indeed my Breast is not im- pregnable 1 . The New Exchange, so often referred to by the Restoration dramatists, must have been a favourite haunt with Captain Steele of Lucas's, who reverts to it on several occasions in the Tatler and Spectator.
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