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... Warford Sir Charles Dazzle Plainly Nab Formal Servant Sir Charles's Servant Sir Thomas's Servant Smalltrade's Servant Lady Henrietta Mr. Fawcett . Mr. Townsend . Mr. Pope . Mr. Betterton . Mr. Powell . Mr. Farley . Mr. Thompson . Mr ...
... Warford Sir Charles Dazzle Plainly Nab Formal Servant Sir Charles's Servant Sir Thomas's Servant Smalltrade's Servant Lady Henrietta Mr. Fawcett . Mr. Townsend . Mr. Pope . Mr. Betterton . Mr. Powell . Mr. Farley . Mr. Thompson . Mr ...
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... WARFORD and PLAINLY . PLAINLY . NAY , do not think me curious or imperti- nent , Mr. Warford - I have lived fo long with you and your uncle , that I cannot see you un- happy without enquiring the cause . Warford . My uncle is himself ...
... WARFORD and PLAINLY . PLAINLY . NAY , do not think me curious or imperti- nent , Mr. Warford - I have lived fo long with you and your uncle , that I cannot see you un- happy without enquiring the cause . Warford . My uncle is himself ...
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... Warford . Ay ; he is now on the very brink of it - When her father , Lord Orville , went abroad for his health , he gave her a fortune of eight thousand pounds , and left her to the care of her uncle , Sir Thomas Roundhead - At his ...
... Warford . Ay ; he is now on the very brink of it - When her father , Lord Orville , went abroad for his health , he gave her a fortune of eight thousand pounds , and left her to the care of her uncle , Sir Thomas Roundhead - At his ...
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... Warford , who is our enemy , will be involved in his uncle's ruin . Enter WARFORD and LADY HENRIETTA . Lady Henrietta . Why fo grave , Mr. Warford ? You really can be very pleasant if you please ; but those gloomy looks ! I declare you ...
... Warford , who is our enemy , will be involved in his uncle's ruin . Enter WARFORD and LADY HENRIETTA . Lady Henrietta . Why fo grave , Mr. Warford ? You really can be very pleasant if you please ; but those gloomy looks ! I declare you ...
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... Warford ? Warford . I hope there are inftances , Madam . Lady Henrietta . So do I , Sir - but I am afraid they are fo rare - Heigho ! if I don't mind , I fhall catch your fpleen , and be as grave and fentimental as yourself . Warford ...
... Warford ? Warford . I hope there are inftances , Madam . Lady Henrietta . So do I , Sir - but I am afraid they are fo rare - Heigho ! if I don't mind , I fhall catch your fpleen , and be as grave and fentimental as yourself . Warford ...
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afide Albina Alderman Alltrade Ap-Hazard becauſe BLACKLETTER Bristol waters Cecilia Cicely Clairville Clara Colonel coufin Darnley dear Ditto door Emme Emmeline Enter Sir Exeunt Exit fafe faid faſhion father fave fhall fhould fince Flufb fome fortune ftill fuch fure gentleman Gingham give hear Honoria honour houfe houſe Howard huſband Jack Juliana Lady Danvers Lady Henrietta Lady Sarah laft Latitat Lavish letter look Lord ma'am Madam Mand Mandeville marriage marry Mifs Dazzle Mifs Union Mift moſt muſt myſelf never O'Whack Orville Pavè pleaſe pounds pray prifon Project Rigid Rofa Saun Savage Servant Seymour ſhall ſhe Sir Andr Sir Andrew Sir Bamber Sir Charles Sir George Sir Hervey Sir Paul Sir Sol Sir Solomon Sir Thomas Smalltrade Sophia Tanjore tell there's theſe thouſand Veritas Warford what's wife Worry yourſelf Zounds
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Page 16 - Till spousy finds, while anxious to immure her, A patent coffin only can secure her ! At last the Dowager, in ancient flounces, With snuff and spectacles, this age denounces.
Page 65 - Turn a corner in style ! — Reins in form — Elbows square — Wrist pliant — Hayait !— Drive the Coventry stage twice a week all summer :— Pay for an inside place — Mount the box — Tip the coachy a crown — Beat the mail — Come in full speed ; — Rattle down the gate-way ! — Take care of your heads ! — Never killed but one woman and a child in all my life — That's your sort ! [Going.
Page 35 - d the fame game before me ; that when he was clerk at the lottery-office, at billiards all the morning, and at hazard all the evening — therefore, fays...
Page 16 - ... tender, And would to every spouse I had surrender ; Their wishes to refuse I never durst, And my fourth died as happy as my first !" Truce to such splenetic and rash designs, And let us mingle candour with our lines. In all the stages of domestic life — • As child or sister, parent, friend, or wife — Woman, the source of every fond employ, Softens affliction, and enlivens joy.
Page 40 - Juft gone by ! that's a miftake ; for the . old beau has been gone by thefe thirty years : however, come in — come, and eat and drink what you like. Call for burgundy...
Page 27 - Now he lives in ftyle, drives his carriage, and will lend you a thoufand pounds. Lady Henrietta. Will he, fir ? I'm very much oblig'd to him. Enter NAB, (Smartly drefid).
Page 6 - Well, if she's his today she'll be yours to-morrow. I have seen Mr Smalltrade ; he talks of becoming a partner; and, if you play your cards well, Lady Henrietta will be completely in your power. " Sir Charles — Yes, for when I've won all her money I can be generous enough to become her protector. Well, sister, we shall ruin them aU.
Page 16 - Nor man nor woman now have any bodies ! When I was young, my heart was always tender, And would to every spouse I had surrender ; Their wishes to refuse I never durst, And my fourth died as happy as my first !" Truce to such splenetic and rash designs, And let us mingle candour with our lines.