Notoriety: And Fifteen Others, Volume 1 |
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... thing . I know he's in love with me , and I'll have the fatisfaction of teafing her foul out . Enter Mifs STRANGEWAYS ( with a Paper in her Hand ) . Sophia . Pofitively , I will be revenged . - The Colonel does nothing but make love to ...
... thing . I know he's in love with me , and I'll have the fatisfaction of teafing her foul out . Enter Mifs STRANGEWAYS ( with a Paper in her Hand ) . Sophia . Pofitively , I will be revenged . - The Colonel does nothing but make love to ...
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... thing I never faw in my with life . [ Exeunt . * SCENE , The Park . Enter O'WHACK , with Books under his Arm . O'Whack . By Saint Dennis ! these law gen- tlemen are as heavy - I wonder what my mafter would be after with them . Ce me ...
... thing I never faw in my with life . [ Exeunt . * SCENE , The Park . Enter O'WHACK , with Books under his Arm . O'Whack . By Saint Dennis ! these law gen- tlemen are as heavy - I wonder what my mafter would be after with them . Ce me ...
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... thing . For instance now , George - When you go into company , and inquifitive people fay Who is he ? -What , Mr. Saunter ? " nobody can defcribe you - You have been guilty of no abfurdities - no improprieties . But when I condefcend to ...
... thing . For instance now , George - When you go into company , and inquifitive people fay Who is he ? -What , Mr. Saunter ? " nobody can defcribe you - You have been guilty of no abfurdities - no improprieties . But when I condefcend to ...
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... thing that makes me . Now , let me put a plain and fimple question to you- Isn't a cat that walks on four legs a useful animal ? Saun . A cat on four legs ufeful ? - ' Tis an odd queftion - Certainly . And Nom . Very well . And what do ...
... thing that makes me . Now , let me put a plain and fimple question to you- Isn't a cat that walks on four legs a useful animal ? Saun . A cat on four legs ufeful ? - ' Tis an odd queftion - Certainly . And Nom . Very well . And what do ...
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... thing makes them laugh - hem ! Col. Zounds ! What is all this ? Let's hear . Nom . Hear ! Never without fee - Name your cafe - JointTrustees perhaps - if not , why not ? — What are your ages ? Col. What are our ages ? Nom . Infants very ...
... thing makes them laugh - hem ! Col. Zounds ! What is all this ? Let's hear . Nom . Hear ! Never without fee - Name your cafe - JointTrustees perhaps - if not , why not ? — What are your ages ? Col. What are our ages ? Nom . Infants very ...
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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.