I will lay a wage; said I, laughing outright, that this moppet of threescore and ten, this girl in her second childhood, has been unfolding to you all the secret movements of a tender, susceptible heart.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 12
I will lay a wage; said I, laughing outright, that this moppet of threescore and ten, this girl in her second childhood, has been unfolding to you all the secret movements of a tender, susceptible heart.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 10 ch. 12