Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	husband_n	love_n	wife_n	8,272	5	8.0646	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36595	Amphitryon, or, The two Sosia's a comedy, as it is acted at the Theatre Royal / written by Mr. Dryden ; to which is added the musick of the songs, compos'd by Mr. Henry Purcel.	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.; Plautus, Titus Maccius. Amphitruo.; Molière, 1622-1673. Amphitryon.; Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Amphitryon.	1691 (1691)	Wing D2235; Wing D2366_PARTIAL; ESTC R3605	55,761	84

Lanthorn Sosia No harm Friend I am only surveying a parcel of Earth here that I find we two are about to Bargain for He 's damnable like me that 's certain Imprimis there 's the Patch upon my Nose with a Pox to him Item a very foolish Face with a long Chin at end on 't Item one Pair of shambling Legs with two splay Feet belonging to them And summa totalis from Head to Foot all my Bodily Apparel To Mercury Well you are Sosia there 's no denying it but what am I then for my Mind gives me I am some body still if I knew but who I were Merc. When I have a mind to be Sosia no more then thou maist be Sosia again Sosia I have but one request more to thee that though not as Sosia yet as a stranger I may go into that House and carry a civil Message to my Lady Merc. No Sirrah not being Sosia you have no Message to deliver nor no Lady in this House Sosia Thou canst not be so barbarous to let me lye in the Streets all night after such a Journey and such a beating and therefore I am resolv'd to knock at the Door in my own defence Merc. If you come near the Door I recal my word and break off the truce and then expect Holds up his Cudgel Sosia No The Devil take me if I do expect I have felt too well what sowr Fruit that Crab-tree bears I 'll rather beat it back upon the Hoof to my Lord Amphitryon to see if he will acknowledg me for Sosia if he does not then I am no longer his Slave there 's my Freedom dearly purchas'd with a sore drubbing if he does acknowledg me then I am Sosia again so far 't is tolerably well but then I shall have a second drubbing for an unfortunate Ambassador as I am and that 's intolerable Exit Sosia Meroury alone I have fobb'd off his Excellency pretty well Now let him return and make the best of his Credentials I think too I have given Jupiter sufficient time for his Consummation Oh he has taken his Cue and here he comes as leisurely and as lank as if he had empty'd himself of the best part of his Almightyship Scene II. Enter Jupiter leading Alcmena followed by Phaedra Pages with Torches before them Jupiter to the Pages THose Torches are offensive stand aloof For though they bless me with thy heav'nly sight To her They may disclose the Secret I would hide The Thebans must not know I have been here Detracting Crowds wou'd blame me that I robb'd These happy Moments from my publick Charge To Consecrate to thy desir'd embrace And I cou'd wish no Witness but thy self For thou thy self art all I wish to please Alcm. So long an absence and so short a stay What but one Night one Night of joy and love Cou'd only pay one Night of Cares and Fears And all the rest are an uncancell'd Sum Curse on this Honour and this publick Fame Wou'd you had less of both and more of Love Jup. Alcmena I must go Alcm. Not yet my Lord. Jup. Indeed I must Alc. Indeed you shall not go Jup. Behold the ruddy Streaks o're yonder Hill Those are the Blushes of the breaking Morn That kindle Day-light to this neather World Alcm. No matter for the Day it was but made To number out the Hours of busie Men. Let 'em be busie still and still be wretched And take their fill of anxious drudging day But you and I will draw our Curtains close Extinguish Day-light and put out the Sun Come back my Lord in faith you shall retire You have not yet lay long enough in Bed To warm your widdow'd Side Phaedra aside I find my Lord is an excellent Schoolmaster my Lady is so vvilling to repeat her Lesson Merc. aside That 's a plaguy little Devil what a roguish Eye she has I begin to like her strangely she 's the Perquisite of my Place too for my Ladies Waiting-Woman is the proper Fees of my Lords Chief Gentleman I have the Priviledg of a God too I can view her naked through all her Clothes Let me see Let me see I have discover'd something that pleases me already Jup. Let me not live but thou art all Enjoyment So charming and so sweet That not a Night but whole Eternity Were well employ'd To love thy each Perfection as it ought Alc. kissing him I 'll bribe you with this kiss to stay a while Jup. kissing her A Bribe indeed that soon will bring me back But to be just I must restore your Bribe How I cou'd dwell for ever on those Lips O I cou'd kiss 'em pale with eagerness So soft by Heav'n and such a juicy sweet That ripen'd Peaches have not half the flavour Alcm. Ye niggard Gods you make our Lives too long You fill 'em with Diseases Wants and Woes And only dash 'em with a little Love Sprinkled by Fits and with a sparing Hand Count all our Joys from Childhood ev'n to Age They wou'd but make a day of ev'ry year Take back your sev'nty years the stint of Life Or else be kind and cram the Quintessence Of Seav'nty years into sweet Seav'nty days For all the rest is flat insipid Being Jup. But yet one Scruple pains me at my parting I love so nicely that I cannot bear To owe the Sweets of Love which I have tasted To the submissive Duty of a Wife Tell me and sooth my Passion e're I go That in the kindest Moments of the Night When you gave up your self to Love and me You thought not of a Husband but a Lover Alcm. But tell me first why you wou'd raise a Blush upon my Cheeks by asking such a Question Jup. I wou'd owe nothing to a Name so dull As Husband is but to a Lover all Alcm. You shou'd have ask'd me then when Love and Night And Privacy had favour'd your demand Jup. I ask it now because my tenderness Surpasses that of Husbands for their Wives O that you lov'd like me then you wou'd find A thousand thousand Niceties in Love The Common love of Sex to Sex is brutal But love refind will fancy to it self Millions of gentle Cares and sweet Disquiets The being happy is not half the Joy The manner of the happiness is all In me my charming Mistris you behold A Lover that disdains a Lawful Title Such as of Monarchs to successive Thrones The Generous Lover holds by force of Arms And claims his Crown by Conquest Alcm. Methinks you shou'd be pleas'd I give you all A Vertuous and a Modest Wife can give Jup. No no that very name of Wife and Marriage Is Poyson to the dearest sweets of Love To please my niceness you must separate The Lover from his Mortal Foe the Husband Give to the yawning Husband your cold Vertue But all your vigorous Warmth your melting Sighs Your amorous Murmurs be your Lovers part Alcm. I comprehend not what you mean my Lord But only love me still and