The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ...Mrs. Inchbald Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... half a dozen in- trigues , bought half a dozen new suits , fought a couple of duels , and here I am again in stutu quo . Vizard . But we heard that you designed to make the tour of Italy : what brought you back so soon ? Sir H. That ...
... half a dozen in- trigues , bought half a dozen new suits , fought a couple of duels , and here I am again in stutu quo . Vizard . But we heard that you designed to make the tour of Italy : what brought you back so soon ? Sir H. That ...
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... half my diversion else . Now for a trial of skill . Enter COLONEL STANDARD . Sir , I hope you'll pardon my curiosity . When do you take your journey ? Colonel S. To - morrow morning , early , madam . Lady L. So suddenly ! which way are ...
... half my diversion else . Now for a trial of skill . Enter COLONEL STANDARD . Sir , I hope you'll pardon my curiosity . When do you take your journey ? Colonel S. To - morrow morning , early , madam . Lady L. So suddenly ! which way are ...
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... half my message . Sir H. Upon my faith , but you have , colonel . Colonel S. Well , well , own your spleen ; out with it ; I know you're like to burst . Sir H. I am so , ' egad ; ha ! ha ! ha ! [ Laugh and point at one another . Colonel ...
... half my message . Sir H. Upon my faith , but you have , colonel . Colonel S. Well , well , own your spleen ; out with it ; I know you're like to burst . Sir H. I am so , ' egad ; ha ! ha ! ha ! [ Laugh and point at one another . Colonel ...
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... half so religious as I seem to be . You little rogue , why I'm disguised as I am ; our sanctity is all outside , all hypocrisy . Lady L. No man is seen to come into this house after dark ; you must therefore sneak in , when ' tis dark ...
... half so religious as I seem to be . You little rogue , why I'm disguised as I am ; our sanctity is all outside , all hypocrisy . Lady L. No man is seen to come into this house after dark ; you must therefore sneak in , when ' tis dark ...
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... half crown have I had of his wor- ship ; he's newly come home from France , sir . Colonel S. Go to the next coffee - house , and wait for me.- -Oh , woman , woman , how blessed is man , - when favoured by your smiles , and how accursed ...
... half crown have I had of his wor- ship ; he's newly come home from France , sir . Colonel S. Go to the next coffee - house , and wait for me.- -Oh , woman , woman , how blessed is man , - when favoured by your smiles , and how accursed ...
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AIMWELL Alderman Arch ARCHER better Brazen brother Cæsar Captain Plume Cato Cato's charms Cher child Clinch CLINCHER Colonel COVENT GARDEN d'ye dear death devil Dicky DORINDA Dugard DURETETE Enter Exeunt Exit father fellow Foig FOIGARD fool fortune gentleman GEORGE FARQUHAR Gipsey give guineas hand heart Heav'n honour hope Juba Jubilee Kite LADY DARLING Lady L ladyship Lookye lord Lucia Lucy Lurewell madam maid Marcia marry Melinda mistress never Numidian Old Mir on't Oriana pardon Parly Petit poor Portius Pr'ythee pray pretty Pshaw rogue Roman senate Rome Rose SCENE Scrub Sempronius serjeant Sir H sister Smug soul SULLEN sure sword Sylvia Syph Syphax talk tell thee there's thing thou thought thousand pounds twill virtue Vizard What's wife woman word Worthy
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Seite 59 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Seite 59 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Seite 58 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Seite 17 - O'ercast with gloomy cares, and discontent ; Then tell me, Syphax, I conjure thee, tell me, What' are the thoughts that knit thy brow in frowns, And turn thine eye thus coldly on thy prince ? SYPHAX. 'Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sun-shine in my face, , When discontent sits heavy at my heart.
Seite 7 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Seite 45 - ARCH. Madam, the ladies pay best; the honour of serving them is sufficient wages; there is a charm in their looks that delivers a pleasure with their commands, and gives our duty the wings of inclination. MRS.
Seite 30 - The resolution fits a Roman senate. But, Cato, lend me for a while thy patience, And condescend to hear a young man speak. My father, when some days before his death He...
Seite 20 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Seite 32 - Exacts severity from all our thoughts : It is not now a time to talk of aught But chains or conquest, liberty or death.
Seite 20 - His counsels bade me yield to thy directions: Then, Syphax, chide me in severest terms, Vent all thy passion, and I'll stand its shock, Calm and unruffled as a summer sea, When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.