The Dramatick Works of Mr. George Farquhar ...: The beaux strategem. Love and a bottle. The constant couple. The stage-coachB. Lintot, 1736 |
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... must be fo , or how should we be ftrong that drink it ? Aim . And have you liv'd fo long upon this Ale , Landlord ? Bon . Eight and fifty Years , upon my Credit , Sir ; but it kill'd my Wife , poor Woman , as the Saying is . Aim . How ...
... must be fo , or how should we be ftrong that drink it ? Aim . And have you liv'd fo long upon this Ale , Landlord ? Bon . Eight and fifty Years , upon my Credit , Sir ; but it kill'd my Wife , poor Woman , as the Saying is . Aim . How ...
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... must e'en come to that . I am for venturing one of the Hundreds , if you will , upon this Knight - Errantry ; but in cafe it should fail , we'll referve the other to carry us to fome Counter- fcarp , where we may die as we liv'd , in a ...
... must e'en come to that . I am for venturing one of the Hundreds , if you will , upon this Knight - Errantry ; but in cafe it should fail , we'll referve the other to carry us to fome Counter- fcarp , where we may die as we liv'd , in a ...
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... must go cunningly to work ; Proofs we must have ; the Gentleman's Servant loves Drink , I'll ply him that way ; and ten to one he loves a Wench , you must work him t'other way . Cher . Father , would you have me give my Secret for his ...
... must go cunningly to work ; Proofs we must have ; the Gentleman's Servant loves Drink , I'll ply him that way ; and ten to one he loves a Wench , you must work him t'other way . Cher . Father , would you have me give my Secret for his ...
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... must be a Highway - man . Enter Gibbet in a Cloak . Gib . Landlord , Landlord , is the Coaft clear ? Bon . O , Mr. Gibbet , what's the News ? Gib . No matter , afk no Questions ; all B Gib The BEAUX STRATAGEM . 23 Eyes to hers, fet my ...
... must be a Highway - man . Enter Gibbet in a Cloak . Gib . Landlord , Landlord , is the Coaft clear ? Bon . O , Mr. Gibbet , what's the News ? Gib . No matter , afk no Questions ; all B Gib The BEAUX STRATAGEM . 23 Eyes to hers, fet my ...
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... lodge in the House just now . Gib . The Devil ! How d'ye fmoak ' em ? Bon . Why , the one is gone to Church . Gib . To Church ! That's fufpicious , I must confess . Bon . Bon . And the other is now in his Master's 24 The BEAUX STRATAGEM .
... lodge in the House just now . Gib . The Devil ! How d'ye fmoak ' em ? Bon . Why , the one is gone to Church . Gib . To Church ! That's fufpicious , I must confess . Bon . Bon . And the other is now in his Master's 24 The BEAUX STRATAGEM .
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Page 49 - ... em fast. Wedlock we own ordain'd by Heaven's decree, But such as Heaven ordain'd it first to be; — Concurring tempers in the man and wife As mutual helps to draw the load of life. View all the works of Providence above, The stars with harmony and concord move; View all the works of Providence below, The fire, the water, earth, and air, we know, All in one plant agree to make it grow.
Page 8 - O that's right, you have a good many of those gentlemen : pray, how do you like their company ? Bon. So well, as the saying is, that I could wish we had as many more of 'em. They're full of money, and pay double for every thing they have.
Page 79 - I am no lord, but a poor, needy man, come with a mean, a scandalous design to prey upon your fortune.
Page 31 - What sort of livery has the footman? SCRUB. Livery! Lord, Madam, I took him for a captain, he's so bedizened with lace!
Page 58 - Was he successful in his amours ? Arch. There he has left us in the dark. He was too much a gentleman to tell. Mrs.
Page 65 - Nay, if your honour be concerned with a woman, get it out of her hands as soon as you can. — An honourable lover is the greatest slave in nature: some will say, the greatest fool.
Page 72 - I would have taken nothing but what you might ha' spared; but your crying thieves has waked this dreaming fool, and so he takes 'em for granted. Scrub. Granted ! 'tis granted, sir, take all we have. Mrs.
Page 61 - I should have believed him a footman in good earnest. Dor. But my lover was upon his knees to me. Mrs. Sul. And mine was upon his tiptoes to me. Dor. Mine vowed to die for me.
Page 19 - Ay, but, on t'other hand, I have money enough to bribe the rogues with : so, upon mature deliberation^ I would fight for her. — But no more of her.
Page 59 - Master order'd you. Scrub. A Guinea, hi, hi, hi, a Guinea! eh — by this Light it is a Guinea; but I suppose you expect One and twenty Shillings in change.