The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808 |
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... devil have we here ? Vizard . The joy of the playhouse , and life of the park ; Sir Harry Wildair , newly come from Paris . Colonel S. Sir Harry Wildair ! Did not he go a volunteer some three or four years ago ? Vizard . The same ...
... devil have we here ? Vizard . The joy of the playhouse , and life of the park ; Sir Harry Wildair , newly come from Paris . Colonel S. Sir Harry Wildair ! Did not he go a volunteer some three or four years ago ? Vizard . The same ...
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... devil should all we beaux do ? Vizard . I'll try him farther . [ Aside . ] But would not you , Sir Harry , fight for this woman you so much admire ? Sir H. Fight ! Let me consider . I love 3 16 [ ACT I. THE CONSTANT COUple . Lady- But ...
... devil should all we beaux do ? Vizard . I'll try him farther . [ Aside . ] But would not you , Sir Harry , fight for this woman you so much admire ? Sir H. Fight ! Let me consider . I love 3 16 [ ACT I. THE CONSTANT COUple . Lady- But ...
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... devil . Vizard . Ay , Sir Harry , ' twere a dangerous cast for a beau baronet to be tried by a parcel of greasy , grum- bling , bartering boobies , who would hang you , purely because you're a gentleman . Sir H. Ay , but on t'other hand ...
... devil . Vizard . Ay , Sir Harry , ' twere a dangerous cast for a beau baronet to be tried by a parcel of greasy , grum- bling , bartering boobies , who would hang you , purely because you're a gentleman . Sir H. Ay , but on t'other hand ...
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... devil take thee for being so ho- nourable : here , Parly , call him back , I shall lose 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 ...
... devil take thee for being so ho- nourable : here , Parly , call him back , I shall lose 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 ...
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... devil would hardly know it of his making . Enter LADY DARLING with ANGELICA . Lady D. Pray , daughter , use him civilly ; such matches don't offer every day . [ Exit LADY DARL . Sir H. Oh , all ye powers of love ! an angel ! — ' Sdeath ...
... devil would hardly know it of his making . Enter LADY DARLING with ANGELICA . Lady D. Pray , daughter , use him civilly ; such matches don't offer every day . [ Exit LADY DARL . Sir H. Oh , all ye powers of love ! an angel ! — ' Sdeath ...
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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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 32 - Exacts severity from all our thoughts : It is not now a time to talk of aught But chains or conquest, liberty or death.
Página 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.