The Beaux Stratagem: A ComedyJ. Bell, 1797 - 110 pages |
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Page 15
... Come , come , we are the men of intrinsic value , who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves , whose worth is independent of accidents in life , or revolutions in government : we have heads to get money , and hearts to spend it . Aim ...
... Come , come , we are the men of intrinsic value , who can strike our fortunes out of ourselves , whose worth is independent of accidents in life , or revolutions in government : we have heads to get money , and hearts to spend it . Aim ...
Page 18
... comes to be chosen parliament - man . Who is he ? Bon , I don't know what to make of him ; he talks of keeping his horses ready saddled , and of going per- haps at a minute's warning , or of staying perhaps till the best part of this be ...
... comes to be chosen parliament - man . Who is he ? Bon , I don't know what to make of him ; he talks of keeping his horses ready saddled , and of going per- haps at a minute's warning , or of staying perhaps till the best part of this be ...
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... comes flounce into bed , dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket ; his feet cold as ice ; his breath hot as a furnace ; and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night cap — Oh , matrimony ! matrimony ! -He tosses up the ...
... comes flounce into bed , dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket ; his feet cold as ice ; his breath hot as a furnace ; and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night cap — Oh , matrimony ! matrimony ! -He tosses up the ...
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... Come , come , brother , won't you ask pardon ? Sul . For what ? Dor . For being drunk last night . Sul . I can afford it , can't I ? Mrs. Sul . But I can't , sir . Sul . Then you may let it alone . Mrs. Sul . But I must tell you , sir ...
... Come , come , brother , won't you ask pardon ? Sul . For what ? Dor . For being drunk last night . Sul . I can afford it , can't I ? Mrs. Sul . But I can't , sir . Sul . Then you may let it alone . Mrs. Sul . But I must tell you , sir ...
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... come much behind him , if you dealt fairly . Mrs. Sul . I own it ; we are united contradictions , fire and water ... come . Love and death have their fatalities , and strike home one time or other . - You'll pay for all one day , I war ...
... come much behind him , if you dealt fairly . Mrs. Sul . I own it ; we are united contradictions , fire and water ... come . Love and death have their fatalities , and strike home one time or other . - You'll pay for all one day , I war ...
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