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... ONCE more , my friends , here's Nominal the glorious , Again attempting to be more notorious . What's life without it ? Afk the Buck , the Wit ; The fashion'd Peer , and the no - fashion'd Cit . Renown's the word --- Men , Women , Girls ...
... ONCE more , my friends , here's Nominal the glorious , Again attempting to be more notorious . What's life without it ? Afk the Buck , the Wit ; The fashion'd Peer , and the no - fashion'd Cit . Renown's the word --- Men , Women , Girls ...
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... once more fee you , and know you are my friend , and I will ask no more - No , never while I live , will I think of deluding her from her family ; with them , fhe has all that wealth and fplendour can afford ; and with me , how fevere ...
... once more fee you , and know you are my friend , and I will ask no more - No , never while I live , will I think of deluding her from her family ; with them , fhe has all that wealth and fplendour can afford ; and with me , how fevere ...
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... once a week , and he generally flept in the watch - house every other night ! But now - alas , Colonel ! I'm afraid we fhall never catch him in a riot again ! [ In a melancholy voice . Col. [ fighing ] No - he has loft all that good ...
... once a week , and he generally flept in the watch - house every other night ! But now - alas , Colonel ! I'm afraid we fhall never catch him in a riot again ! [ In a melancholy voice . Col. [ fighing ] No - he has loft all that good ...
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... dog Nominal - Oh , the curft puppy ! 1 fent for him to beat Clairville , and here have I been beat myself . [ Exit . Clair . My dear Sir , once more let me Clair 30 NOTORIETY ; Nom. Clairville! What's he now in the house...
... dog Nominal - Oh , the curft puppy ! 1 fent for him to beat Clairville , and here have I been beat myself . [ Exit . Clair . My dear Sir , once more let me Clair 30 NOTORIETY ; Nom. Clairville! What's he now in the house...
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And Fifteen Others Frederick Reynolds. Clair . My dear Sir , once more let me thank you - I have feen the Lady , and all is as I wished- She has given me this picture as a proof of her affection , and promifed never to marry another man ...
And Fifteen Others Frederick Reynolds. Clair . My dear Sir , once more let me thank you - I have feen the Lady , and all is as I wished- She has given me this picture as a proof of her affection , and promifed never to marry another man ...
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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.