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PG-P.729.027
3 Jul 1729:32 (27)
[Long dialogue over many issues called "The Religious
Courtship. A casual reference:]
. . . when a couple of young beaus, who happened to be in
the room, beginning to be tir'd with a thing so much out of
their way, one of them rises up on a sudden, and says to the
other, Come, Jack, I am tir'd of this dull, religious stuff;
prithee let us go, there's nothing in it: Ay, says to'ther,
with all my heart, I know nothing of the matter: Come, will
you go to the Opera? There sat another young gentleman of
their acquaintance there, and they pull'd him to come with
them; no, says he, I like this discourse very well, 'tis
worth two Operas to me: Why, says t'other, how long have
you been in orders, pray? Is such stuff, as that, fit
conversation for gentlemen? . . .
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