A garland of quotations LXVIII
Roseberry to his Lady says,
“My hinnie and my succour,
O shall we do the thing you ken
Or shall we take our supper?”
Wi’ modest face, sae fu’ o’ grace,
Replied the bonny Lady:
“My noble lord, do as you please
But supper isna ready.”
•Robert Burns, The Merry Muses of Caledonia (1799).
Mr. Dryden, once at Dinner, being offered by a Lady the Rump of a Fowl, and refusing it, the Lady said, Pray, Mr. Dryden, take it the Rump is the best part of the Fowl ; Yes, ...
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