McGuffey's sixth eclectic reader by McGuffey William Holmes 1800-1873

Author:McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Readers, Recitations
Publisher: New York : American Book Company

Host. Well, then, a week.

Lamp. We may detain him a week. (Enter BALTHAZAR, the patient, from behind, in his nightgown, witfi a drawn sword.)

You talk now like a reasonable hostess,

That sometimes has a reckoning with her conscience. Host. He still believes he has an inward bruise. Lamp. I would to heaven he had! or that he 'd slipped

His shoulder blade, or broke a leg or two,

(Not that I bear his person any malice,)

Or luxed an arm, or even sprained his ankle! Host. Ay, broken anything except his neck. Lamp. However, for a week I'll manage him,

Though he had the constitution of a horse —

A farrier should prescribe for him. Balth. A farrier! (Aside.) Lamp. To-morrow, we phlebotomize again;

Next day, my new-invented patent draught;

Then, I have some pills prepared;

On Thursday, we throw in the bark; on Friday-Balth. (Coming forward.) Well, sir, on Friday — what, on Friday ? Come,

Proceed. Lamp. Discovered!

Host. Mercy, noble sir! } They fall on their kn^.

Lamp. We crave your mercy! ) Balth. On your knees? 'tis well!

Pray! for your time is short. Host. Nay, do not kill us. Balth. You have been tried, condemned, and only wait

For execution. Which shall I begin with? Lamp. The lady, by all means, sir. Balth. Come, prepare. (To the hostess.) Host. Have pity on the weakness of my sex ! BaWi. Tell me, thou quaking mountain of gross flesh,

Tell me, and in a breath, how many poisons—

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