The London Spy (1703) [ Places ]
… clutter at our Appearance, so surpriz’d me, that I look’d as Silly as a Bumpkin Translated from the Plough-Tail to the Play-House, when it Rains-Fire in the Tempest , or when Don John’s at Dinner with the Subteranean Assembly of … he won’t wash his Hands in anything but Juice of Oranges and Hungary-Water , Dines every day at the Tavern , at the Play-House every Night, stirs no where without a Coach ; and has his Fencing-Master, Dancing-Master, Singing-Master, … so. My Friend, in pursuance to this particular, expres’d himself to this purpose, That he believ’d there was some foul Play practic’d, because (says he) it is a thing so common in this City for a Man to grow Rich by Plurality of Wives, and …
Taverns | Dining
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