A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments Performed on the British Stage, المجلد 4C. Elliot, 1783 |
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... wish it to be thought he is making any very improper requeft ; it being a well known fact amongst authors and bookfellers , that the first season of publication of all dramatic pieces , efpecially of the petit kind , is the only period ...
... wish it to be thought he is making any very improper requeft ; it being a well known fact amongst authors and bookfellers , that the first season of publication of all dramatic pieces , efpecially of the petit kind , is the only period ...
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... wish it more than I do ; nothing has ever pleased me so much as the thought of your coming together : I wish to fee you married with all my heart ; for then I fhall have nothing to do but to listen to the prattle of your children , and ...
... wish it more than I do ; nothing has ever pleased me so much as the thought of your coming together : I wish to fee you married with all my heart ; for then I fhall have nothing to do but to listen to the prattle of your children , and ...
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... wish'd . [ Afide . Lou . I am vex'd to death that this trick fhould be . play'd him ; I can judge by myself what he'll feel ; if I was told fuch a thing of him , how miferable I fhould be ! Ruf . But he'll be fo much the happier when he ...
... wish'd . [ Afide . Lou . I am vex'd to death that this trick fhould be . play'd him ; I can judge by myself what he'll feel ; if I was told fuch a thing of him , how miferable I fhould be ! Ruf . But he'll be fo much the happier when he ...
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happily as we could wish : in the mean time , let us think of what we have to do ; we are to pretend we came from the church ; the fiddles and bagpipes are to go first , then the lads and laffes follow ; after which , mind this now , we ...
happily as we could wish : in the mean time , let us think of what we have to do ; we are to pretend we came from the church ; the fiddles and bagpipes are to go first , then the lads and laffes follow ; after which , mind this now , we ...
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... wish I had more to give ; ' tis filver ; delay it but till to - morrow . Flint . Do what , delay it ! - [ Looking at the trinket ] hey ! it seems to me to be hollow ; are you fure ' tis filver ? D 3 Lou Lou . This fufpence is dreadful ...
... wish I had more to give ; ' tis filver ; delay it but till to - morrow . Flint . Do what , delay it ! - [ Looking at the trinket ] hey ! it seems to me to be hollow ; are you fure ' tis filver ? D 3 Lou Lou . This fufpence is dreadful ...
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Afide againſt becauſe Betty Bever brother buſineſs Comus dear defire devil Diggery Dimity Dr Cat Dromio Drug Drugget Enter excufe Exit faid fame faſhion fellow fervant fhall fhort fhould fifter fince fing firft firſt Flor fome fomething foon fpirit ftand fuch Fungus fuppofe fure gentleman girl give Gondibert hear heart himſelf honour houfe houſe huſband Jenny juft Lady Rac Lord Lovewell Ma'am Madam marry Mech Mechlin Mifs Brid Mifs Tit miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never perfon pleaſe pleaſure pray prefent Puff Rackett Rand reafon Ruft ſay Scam ſee ſhall ſhe Sir Cha Sir Gil Sir John Sir Pet Sir Tho Sir Thomas Skir ſpeak tell thee thefe there's theſe thing thou Tivy underſtand vex'd wife wou'd yourſelf Zounds
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الصفحة 228 - Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
الصفحة 363 - Such-a-one is a wiser or better man than himself? no, no ; 'tis quite and clean out of nature. A good sousing satire now, well powdered with personal pepper, and seasoned with the spirit of party ; that demolishes a conspicuous character, and sinks him below our own level ; there, there, we are...
الصفحة 365 - Puff. Then, did not I get you made collector of casualties to the Whitehall and St. James's? but that post your laziness lost you.
الصفحة 283 - GENTEEL in personage, Conduct, and equipage, Noble by heritage, Generous and free: Brave, not romantic; Learned, not pedantic; Frolic, not frantic; This must he be. Honor maintaining, Meanness disdaining, Still entertaining, Engaging and new. Neat, but not finical; Sage, but not cynical; Never tyrannical, But ever true. Henry Carey [ ? -1743] "PHILLADA FLOUTS ME': O WHAT a plague is love!
الصفحة 154 - Attention! tobe sure you did not fall asleep in their company ; but what then ? You should have entered into their characters, played with their humours, und sacrificed to their absurdities.
الصفحة 94 - What injury do I do the world? I feed on their follies, 'tis true ; and the game, the plunder, is fair: But the fangs of you and your tribe, A whole people have felt, and for ages will feel.
الصفحة 364 - ... in Moorfields ; his kitchen a broken pipkin of charcoal ; and his bed-chamber, under the counter. PUFF. I never was fond of expence; I ever minded my trade.
الصفحة 217 - Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When for their teeming flocks and granges full In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
الصفحة 161 - A finer sucking pig in lavender, with sage growing in his belly, was never seen ! And yet he wants me not to have it — But have it I will ! There's a fine tree of knowledge, too, with Adam and Eve in juniper ; Eve's nose not quite grown, but it is thought in the spring will be very forward — I'll have that, too, with the serpent' in ground ivy • two poets in wormwood — I'll have them both.
الصفحة 200 - Filligree's masquerade, and I am sorry you won't make one with us. Here, Jessamy, give me my domino, and call a chair; and don't let my uncle want for any thing. You'll excuse me, Sir John, tol, lol, derol, — (Exit singing.) SIR JOHN: The world's at an end!