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... children , and the living was worth £ 150 ; little enough for such a family , and yet , considering the cost of living at that time , the facts ( if they are facts ) scarcely justify the note of dire poverty which all the poet's bio ...
... children , and the living was worth £ 150 ; little enough for such a family , and yet , considering the cost of living at that time , the facts ( if they are facts ) scarcely justify the note of dire poverty which all the poet's bio ...
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... child of nature , is no more personally accountable for the morals of his hero or play than is a young Fijian for his anthropophagous appetite or a young Turk for practicing polygamy . He gave form to the accepted ideals of his age ...
... child of nature , is no more personally accountable for the morals of his hero or play than is a young Fijian for his anthropophagous appetite or a young Turk for practicing polygamy . He gave form to the accepted ideals of his age ...
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... child of nature in the honesty of her love and her freedom from city affectation , is nothing of the coquettish ingenue which the comedy of the time in- variably made the country girl . Her unflagging devotion to Plume , and his frank ...
... child of nature in the honesty of her love and her freedom from city affectation , is nothing of the coquettish ingenue which the comedy of the time in- variably made the country girl . Her unflagging devotion to Plume , and his frank ...
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... children have undutiful parents ; if any servants have too little 5 wages , or any husband too much wife : let them repair to the noble Serjeant Kite , at the sign of the Raven , in this good town of Shrewsbury , and they shall receive ...
... children have undutiful parents ; if any servants have too little 5 wages , or any husband too much wife : let them repair to the noble Serjeant Kite , at the sign of the Raven , in this good town of Shrewsbury , and they shall receive ...
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... child , I hope ? Kite . No , no , sir - she was brought to bed yesterday . Plume . Kite , you must father the child . Kite . And so her friends will oblige me to marry the mother . Plume . If they shou'd , we'll take her with us ; she ...
... child , I hope ? Kite . No , no , sir - she was brought to bed yesterday . Plume . Kite , you must father the child . Kite . And so her friends will oblige me to marry the mother . Plume . If they shou'd , we'll take her with us ; she ...
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Page 204 - Sir, I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in Staffordshire ; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy ; and will be just fourteen year old the fifth day of next March, old style.
Page 23 - The Rules of English Comedy don't lie in the Compass of Aristotle, or his Followers, but in the Pit, Box, and Galleries.
Page 225 - ... about the room, like sick passengers in a storm, he comes flounce into bed, dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket; his feet cold as ice, his breath hot as a furnace, and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night-cap.
Page 205 - At a meal, you mean, if one may guess your sense by your bulk. Bon. Not in my life, sir : I have fed purely upon ale ; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
Page 46 - I don't beat my drums here to ensnare or inveigle any man; for you must know, gentlemen, that I am a man of honour. Besides, I don't beat up for common soldiers ; no, I list only grenadiers — grenadiers, gentlemen.
Page 224 - O Sister, Sister! if ever you marry, beware of a sullen, silent sot, one that's always musing, but never thinks. There's some diversion in a talking blockhead; and since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.
Page 230 - There's something in that which may turn to advantage; the appearance of a stranger in a country church draws as many gazers as a blazing star; no sooner he comes into the cathedral, but a train of whispers runs buzzing round the congregation in a moment; - who is he? Whence comes he? Do you know him?
Page 231 - ... the whole church my concern by my endeavouring to hide it; after the sermon, the whole town gives me to her for a lover, and by persuading the lady that I am a-dying for her, the tables are turned, and she in good earnest falls in love with me.
Page 311 - ... like a youthful, gay and burning Bridegroom. [Here Archer steals out of the Closet.] with Tongue enchanting, Eyes bewitching, Knees imploring. [Turns a little o...
Page 296 - You mistake me, Sister. It happens with us as among the men, the greatest talkers are the greatest cowards; and there's a reason for it; those spirits evaporate in prattle, which might do more mischief if they took another course.