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Indeed, Hall's Volpone takes all of three hours and includes a funny but rarely played subplot involving two early English tourists, Sir Politic and Lady Wouldbe.
From Time Magazine Archive
A big word that Mr. Wouldbe uses where Mr. Is uses the little word live.
From The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Osmun, Thomas Embly
No doubt you are summoned out by some Lady Politic Wouldbe of the isle, to talk over some of the breast-laws: but never mind—go, and go speedily, that you may return as quickly as possible.
From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir
