——nor that common phrase of hosts,
Oh, had I known your coming, we'd have had
Such things and such; nor blame of cook, to say,
This dish or that hath not been served with care.
Thomas Heywood and Richard Broome—
The Late Lancashire Witches.
14. Tales of love were wont to weary you;
I know you joy not in a love-discourse.
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
15. 'Tis a dreary thing to be