The Beaux Stratagem: A ComedyJ. Bell, 1797 - 110 pages |
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Page 14
... leave canting ; you need not change your stile with your dress . Arch . Don't mistake me , Aimwell , for ' tis still my maxim , that there's no scandal like rags , nor any crime so shameful as poverty . Men must not be poor ; idleness ...
... leave canting ; you need not change your stile with your dress . Arch . Don't mistake me , Aimwell , for ' tis still my maxim , that there's no scandal like rags , nor any crime so shameful as poverty . Men must not be poor ; idleness ...
Page 25
... leaves me half - naked , and my whole night's comfort is the tuneable sere- nade of that wakeful nightingale his nose.- the pleasure of counting the melancholy clock by a snoring husband ! — -But now , sister , you shall see how ...
... leaves me half - naked , and my whole night's comfort is the tuneable sere- nade of that wakeful nightingale his nose.- the pleasure of counting the melancholy clock by a snoring husband ! — -But now , sister , you shall see how ...
Page 28
... leave me ; till then , I expect you should go along with me in every thing . The count is to dine here to - day . Dor . ' Tis a strange thing , sister , that I can't like that man . Mrs. Sul . You like nothing ; your time is not come ...
... leave me ; till then , I expect you should go along with me in every thing . The count is to dine here to - day . Dor . ' Tis a strange thing , sister , that I can't like that man . Mrs. Sul . You like nothing ; your time is not come ...
Page 48
... leave . Aim . What is he ? Bon . A clergyman , as the saying is . Aim . A clergyman ! Is he really a clergyman ? or is it only is travelling name , as my friend the captain has it ? Bon . O , sir , he's a priest , and chaplain to the ...
... leave . Aim . What is he ? Bon . A clergyman , as the saying is . Aim . A clergyman ! Is he really a clergyman ? or is it only is travelling name , as my friend the captain has it ? Bon . O , sir , he's a priest , and chaplain to the ...
Page 58
... leave to be excused . My master , madam , pays me ; nor dare I take money from any other hand , without injuring his honour , and disobeying his commands . Scrub . Brother Martin , brother Martin . Arch . What do you say , brother Scrub ...
... leave to be excused . My master , madam , pays me ; nor dare I take money from any other hand , without injuring his honour , and disobeying his commands . Scrub . Brother Martin , brother Martin . Arch . What do you say , brother Scrub ...
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Aimwell Aranthes Arch Archer Athen Athenais Bates Beverley Beverley's Boniface Boun brother cann't Char Charlotte Cher Clar Clarinda Cler Clerimont court cousin Dain dear death Dorinda dside Enter Eudosia Exeunt Exit farewell father fear fellow Foig fortune gentleman GIBBET Gipsey give gods hand happy haste hear heart Heaven honour hope husband Jarvis Lady SADLIFE ladyship leave Leon Leontine Lewson look lord lov'd madam Marcian marry master methinks mistress never night on't pardon passion poor pray prince Pulch Pulcheria ruin SCENE Scrub servant shew Sir Ch Sir Sol Sir Solomon sister soul speak Stuke Sullen sure swear talk tears tell thee Theo Theodosius there's thing thou thought thousand guineas thro to-morrow twas Varanes villain virtue wife wish WISHWELL woman wretch