The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808 - English drama |
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... give you so mortifying a fall , as shall dash your hopes to pieces . - I pray your honour to peruse these papers . [ Gives him the Packet . Sir H. What is't , the muster - roll of SCENE 111. ] THE CONSTANT COUPLE . 31.
... give you so mortifying a fall , as shall dash your hopes to pieces . - I pray your honour to peruse these papers . [ Gives him the Packet . Sir H. What is't , the muster - roll of SCENE 111. ] THE CONSTANT COUPLE . 31.
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... give ' em me . Smug . Ah , that hand , that hand ! that pretty , soft , white- -I have brought it ; but the condition of the obligation is such , that whereas that leering eye , that pouting lip , that pretty soft hand , that - you ...
... give ' em me . Smug . Ah , that hand , that hand ! that pretty , soft , white- -I have brought it ; but the condition of the obligation is such , that whereas that leering eye , that pouting lip , that pretty soft hand , that - you ...
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... give ! Lady L. Death's life with thee , without thee death to live . Welcome , my dear Sir Harry — I see you got my directions . Sir H. Directions ! in the most charming manner , thou dear Machiavel of intrigue . Lady L. Still brisk and ...
... give ! Lady L. Death's life with thee , without thee death to live . Welcome , my dear Sir Harry — I see you got my directions . Sir H. Directions ! in the most charming manner , thou dear Machiavel of intrigue . Lady L. Still brisk and ...
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... give him an En- glish dowse on the face : I can box , sir , box tightly ; I was a ' prentice , sir -- But then , sir , he whips out his stiletto , and I whips out my bull - dog - slaps him through , trips down stairs , turns the corner ...
... give him an En- glish dowse on the face : I can box , sir , box tightly ; I was a ' prentice , sir -- But then , sir , he whips out his stiletto , and I whips out my bull - dog - slaps him through , trips down stairs , turns the corner ...
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... surest . Clinch . jun . Now for a good jest , to make her laugh heartily - By Jupiter Ammon , I'll give her a kiss . [ Goes towards her . Enter WILDAIR , interposing . Sir H. ' Tis all 46 [ ACT III . THE CONSTANT COUPLE .
... surest . Clinch . jun . Now for a good jest , to make her laugh heartily - By Jupiter Ammon , I'll give her a kiss . [ Goes towards her . Enter WILDAIR , interposing . Sir H. ' Tis all 46 [ ACT III . THE CONSTANT COUPLE .
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Page 59 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me : But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 59 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 58 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 17 - O'ercast with gloomy cares, and discontent ; Then tell me, Syphax, I conjure thee, tell me, What' are the thoughts that knit thy brow in frowns, And turn thine eye thus coldly on thy prince ? SYPHAX. 'Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sun-shine in my face, , When discontent sits heavy at my heart.
Page 7 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Page 45 - ARCH. Madam, the ladies pay best; the honour of serving them is sufficient wages; there is a charm in their looks that delivers a pleasure with their commands, and gives our duty the wings of inclination. MRS.
Page 30 - The resolution fits a Roman senate. But, Cato, lend me for a while thy patience, And condescend to hear a young man speak. My father, when some days before his death He...
Page 20 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 32 - Exacts severity from all our thoughts : It is not now a time to talk of aught But chains or conquest, liberty or death.
Page 20 - His counsels bade me yield to thy directions: Then, Syphax, chide me in severest terms, Vent all thy passion, and I'll stand its shock, Calm and unruffled as a summer sea, When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.