The Works of the Late Ingenious Mr. George Farquhar: Containing All His Poems, Letters, Essays and Comedies, Volume 2J. Rivington, 1772 |
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... Enter Old Mirabel . Old Mir . Where's Bob ? dear Bob ? Mir . Your Bleffing , Sir . Old Mir . My Bleffing ! Damn ye . ye young Rogue ; why did not you come to fee your Father firft , Sirrah ? My dear Boy , I am heartily glad to fee thee ...
... Enter Old Mirabel . Old Mir . Where's Bob ? dear Bob ? Mir . Your Bleffing , Sir . Old Mir . My Bleffing ! Damn ye . ye young Rogue ; why did not you come to fee your Father firft , Sirrah ? My dear Boy , I am heartily glad to fee thee ...
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... Enter Old Mirabel . Old . Mir . Where's my Wenches ! where's my two lit- tle Girls Eh ! Have a care , look to yourselves , faith , they're a coming , the Travellers are a coming . Well ! which of you two will be my Daughter - in - Law ...
... Enter Old Mirabel . Old . Mir . Where's my Wenches ! where's my two lit- tle Girls Eh ! Have a care , look to yourselves , faith , they're a coming , the Travellers are a coming . Well ! which of you two will be my Daughter - in - Law ...
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... enter'd . -But here comes one to fpoil my Sport ; now fhall I be teiz'd to death with this old fafhion'd Contract . fhou'd love her too , if I might do it my own way , but fhe'll do nothing without Witneffes forfooth . I wonder Women ...
... enter'd . -But here comes one to fpoil my Sport ; now fhall I be teiz'd to death with this old fafhion'd Contract . fhou'd love her too , if I might do it my own way , but fhe'll do nothing without Witneffes forfooth . I wonder Women ...
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... Enter Duretete and Petit . Dur . And he's mighty peevish , you fay ? Pet . O Sir , fhe has a Tongue as long as my Leg , and talks fo crabbedly , you wou'd think he always fpoke Web . Dur . That's an odd Language , methinks , for her Phi ...
... Enter Duretete and Petit . Dur . And he's mighty peevish , you fay ? Pet . O Sir , fhe has a Tongue as long as my Leg , and talks fo crabbedly , you wou'd think he always fpoke Web . Dur . That's an odd Language , methinks , for her Phi ...
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... Enter Petit . Pet . O Sir , more Discoveries ; are all Friends abou WS ? Dug . Ay , ay , fpeak freely . Pet . You must know , Sir , od's my Life , I'm out of Breath ; you must know , Sir , -you must know- Old Mir . What the Devil meft ...
... Enter Petit . Pet . O Sir , more Discoveries ; are all Friends abou WS ? Dug . Ay , ay , fpeak freely . Pet . You must know , Sir , od's my Life , I'm out of Breath ; you must know , Sir , -you must know- Old Mir . What the Devil meft ...
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Page 54 - I have a good running trade ; I have but one daughter, and I can give her — but no matter for that. Aim. You're very happy, Mr. Boniface. Pray, what other company have you in town ? Bon. A power of fine ladies ; and then we have the French officers., Aim.
Page 34 - And if you go to that, how can you, after what is passed, have the confidence to deny me ? Was not this blood shed in your defence, and my life...
Page 64 - O matrimony! He tosses up the clothes with a barbarous swing over his shoulders, disorders the whole economy of my bed, leaves me half naked, and my whole night's comfort is the tuneable serenade of that wakeful nightingale, his nose!
Page 68 - Mother was useless at five and twenty; not wheedle ! would you make your Mother a Whore and me a Cuckold, as the saying is? I tell you his Silence confesses it, and his Master spends his Money so freely, and is so much a Gentleman every manner of way that he must be a Highwayman. Enter Gibbet in a Cloak.
Page 61 - I have been here but a week, and I have recruited five. Plume. Five ! pray what are they ? Kite. I have listed the strong man of Kent, the king of the gipsies, a Scotch pedlar, a scoundrel attorney, and a Welsh parson.