The Tricks of the Town: Or, Ways And Means of Getting Money
The Tricks of the Town: Or, Ways And Means of Getting Money
Thomson John Fl.
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_He had taken a Resolution_, hesays, _never to part with that_ Piece _or_ Set _under such a Price, but she has the power of talking him out of his Goods beyond any bodyhe ever sold to_: He _protests, that he loses by what she offers; butseeing that she has a fancy for it, and is resolv'd to give no more, rather than disoblige a Lady he has such an uncommon value for, he'lllet her have it; and only begs, that another time she will not standso hard with him. _ In the mean time the Buyer, who has ...a volubleTongue, and imagines herself no Fool, is easily persuaded that she hasa very winning way of Talking; and thinking it sufficient, for thesake of Good Breeding, to disown her Merit, and in some witty Reparteeretort the Compliment, he makes her swallow very contentedly thesubstance of every thing he tells her. The upshot is, that with thesatisfaction of having bought, as she thinks, according to herexpectation, she has paid exactly the same Price as any body elsewould have done; and give much more than, rather than not have soldhis Goods, he would have taken.
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