Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English PlaysJ. Bell; & C. Etherington, 1776 - English drama |
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... use me as do of late ? It once was otherwise : you me for love . you married Sir 7. And for you me money : fo you have your reward , and I have mine . L. B. What is it that disturbs you ? Sir J. A parfon . L. B. Why , what has he done ...
... use me as do of late ? It once was otherwise : you me for love . you married Sir 7. And for you me money : fo you have your reward , and I have mine . L. B. What is it that disturbs you ? Sir J. A parfon . L. B. Why , what has he done ...
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... use to be . L. F. Very well , Sir . Heartf . Let me fee - Your vanity , Madam , I take to be about fome eight degrees higher than any wo- man's in the town , let t'other be who the will ; and my indifference is naturally about the fame ...
... use to be . L. F. Very well , Sir . Heartf . Let me fee - Your vanity , Madam , I take to be about fome eight degrees higher than any wo- man's in the town , let t'other be who the will ; and my indifference is naturally about the fame ...
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... use them jufly , and that you ought to be fa- tisfied with . I always confider a woman , not as the taylor , the fhoemaker , the tire - woman , the femp- trefs , and ( which is more than all that ) the poet makes her ; but I confider ...
... use them jufly , and that you ought to be fa- tisfied with . I always confider a woman , not as the taylor , the fhoemaker , the tire - woman , the femp- trefs , and ( which is more than all that ) the poet makes her ; but I confider ...
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... use them like dogs when they have done ; a conftant defire of doing more mifchief , and an everlasting war wag'd againft truth and good- nature . Conft . Very well , Sir ; an admirable compofition truly ! Heartf . Then for her outfide ...
... use them like dogs when they have done ; a conftant defire of doing more mifchief , and an everlasting war wag'd againft truth and good- nature . Conft . Very well , Sir ; an admirable compofition truly ! Heartf . Then for her outfide ...
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... 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 can't keep a fecret ? Sir J. No more than fhe ...
... 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 can't keep a fecret ? Sir J. No more than fhe ...
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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?
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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...
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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.