Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English PlaysJ. Bell; & C. Etherington, 1776 - English drama |
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... mistress make the felf - fame ufe of what Heaven has done for her , that fo I might be cur'd of the fame difeafe that makes me fo very uneafy for love , love is the devil , Heartfree . Heartf . And why do you let the devil govern you ...
... mistress make the felf - fame ufe of what Heaven has done for her , that fo I might be cur'd of the fame difeafe that makes me fo very uneafy for love , love is the devil , Heartfree . Heartf . And why do you let the devil govern you ...
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... mistress will be as well content at a dif- tance , as others that have lefs learning are in coming together . Conft . No ; but if the should prove kind at last , my dear Heartfree . [ Embracing him . Heartf . Nay , pr'ythee don't take ...
... mistress will be as well content at a dif- tance , as others that have lefs learning are in coming together . Conft . No ; but if the should prove kind at last , my dear Heartfree . [ Embracing him . Heartf . Nay , pr'ythee don't take ...
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... mistress . Sir 7. Who's that ; Conft . Why do you use to tell ? Sir 7. Yes . Conft . So won't I. Sir F. Why ? Conft . Because it is a fecret . Sir J. Would my wife knew it , ' twould be no fe- cret long . Conft . Why , do you think the ...
... mistress . Sir 7. Who's that ; Conft . Why do you use to tell ? Sir 7. Yes . Conft . So won't I. Sir F. Why ? Conft . Because it is a fecret . Sir J. Would my wife knew it , ' twould be no fe- cret long . Conft . Why , do you think the ...
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... mistress of yours runs in your head ! I'll warrant it's fome fuch fqueamish minx as my wife , that's grown fo dainty of late , the finds fault even with a dirty fhirt . C. 3 Heart : " Heartf . That a woman may do , and The PROVOK'D WIFE ...
... mistress of yours runs in your head ! I'll warrant it's fome fuch fqueamish minx as my wife , that's grown fo dainty of late , the finds fault even with a dirty fhirt . C. 3 Heart : " Heartf . That a woman may do , and The PROVOK'D WIFE ...
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... mistress's health : and that's a great compli- ment from me , I affure you . Conft . And ' tis a very obliging one to me : fo give us the glaffes . Sir J. So ; let her live . [ Sir John coughs in the glass . Heartf . And be kind . Conft ...
... mistress's health : and that's a great compli- ment from me , I affure you . Conft . And ' tis a very obliging one to me : fo give us the glaffes . Sir J. So ; let her live . [ Sir John coughs in the glass . Heartf . And be kind . Conft ...
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Page 44 - ... till he be angry. To keep his valour in obscurity, is to keep himself as it were in a cloak-bag. What's a musician, unless he play ? What's a tall man unless he fight?
Page 52 - I'm all a lie, nor dare I give a fiction to your arms; I'm all counterfeit, except my passion.
Page 17 - I lend no credit to that is fabled of 'em: I know the virtue of mine own, and therefore I dare the boldlier maintain it.
Page 18 - Oh, it's a most precious fool, make much on him: I can compare him to nothing more happily than a drum; for every one may play upon him.
Page 58 - Sul. Your prating is worse. Mrs. Sul. Have we not been a perpetual offence to each other? a gnawing vulture at the heart?
Page 7 - But some comfort still; if one would be revenged of him, these are good times; a woman may have a gallant, and a separate maintenance too— the surly puppy— yet he's a fool for't: For hitherto he has been no monster, but who knows how far he may provoke me? I never...
Page 81 - I own it, we are united contradictions, fire and water : but I could be contented, with a great...
Page 79 - ... 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 nightcap.
Page 26 - Arch. In very good hands, sir. You were taken just now with one of your old fits, under the trees, just by this good lady's house; her ladyship had you taken in, and has miraculously brought you to.