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... pounds , and if he had returned a folid , ftudious , good for nothing fort of young man , do you think I'd have figned it ? No ! but to have him come home a dashing dog ! --- a choice spirit ! Ods heart ; if his uncle , the old General ...
... pounds , and if he had returned a folid , ftudious , good for nothing fort of young man , do you think I'd have figned it ? No ! but to have him come home a dashing dog ! --- a choice spirit ! Ods heart ; if his uncle , the old General ...
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... pounds . Col. How ! Is this true , my Lord ? Lord Jar . I can't answer you - but I won't de- ny it . Lady A. She will tell you , that I compell'd her to accept the necklace ; but even if that were the cafe , the might have returned it ...
... pounds . Col. How ! Is this true , my Lord ? Lord Jar . I can't answer you - but I won't de- ny it . Lady A. She will tell you , that I compell'd her to accept the necklace ; but even if that were the cafe , the might have returned it ...
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... pounds for a picture - Let's fee that ! Lady A. See ! fhe hesitates again ! Oh it's all an impofition , and my Lord has been de- frauded out of his diamonds . Hon . Wait but a moment , and I'll fhew you how he has been defrauded . Opens ...
... pounds for a picture - Let's fee that ! Lady A. See ! fhe hesitates again ! Oh it's all an impofition , and my Lord has been de- frauded out of his diamonds . Hon . Wait but a moment , and I'll fhew you how he has been defrauded . Opens ...
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... pounds , and left her to the care of her uncle , Sir Thomas Roundhead - At his country feat , Mr. Smalltrade met with her , and being banker to her father , he thought it his duty to invite her to his houfe . Plainly . And he had no ...
... pounds , and left her to the care of her uncle , Sir Thomas Roundhead - At his country feat , Mr. Smalltrade met with her , and being banker to her father , he thought it his duty to invite her to his houfe . Plainly . And he had no ...
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... pounds in fpecie - Creditor two hundred in paper . " - Ah ! that's very well ! I don't know how it is - My little nice bank is not the thing it was - People of real property have be- come country bankers now , and play'd the devil with ...
... pounds in fpecie - Creditor two hundred in paper . " - Ah ! that's very well ! I don't know how it is - My little nice bank is not the thing it was - People of real property have be- come country bankers now , and play'd the devil with ...
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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.