Murphy.—The Way to Keep Him, Act II.
LABOURER.—The labourer is worthy of his hire.
St. Luke, Chap. X. Verse 7.
A sunburnt daughter of labour rose up from the group to meet me, as I advanced towards them.
Sterne.—Tristram Shandy, Vol. VII. Chap. XLIII.
LADIES.—Ladies, like variegated tulips, show
’Tis to their changes half their charms we owe.
Pope.—Moral Essays, Epistle II. To a Lady, Line 41.
The ladies call him, sweet;
The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet.
Shakespeare.—Love’s Labour’s Lost, Act V. Scene 2. (Biron alluding to Boyet.)
LADY.—A lady with her daughters or her nieces,
Shine like a guinea and seven-shilling pieces.
Byron.—Don Juan, Canto III. Stanza 60.
And, when a lady’s in the case,
You know, all other things give place.
Gay.—Fable, No. L. Line 41.
LAME.—O most lame and impotent conclusion!
Shakespeare.—Othello, Act II. Scene 1. (Desdemona to Iago.)