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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... hand fome Diffimulation there is fomething of a Pride to see a Fellow lie at our Feet , that has triumph'd over fo many ; and then , I don't know , we fancy he must have fomething extraor- dinary about him to please us , and that we ...
... hand fome Diffimulation there is fomething of a Pride to see a Fellow lie at our Feet , that has triumph'd over fo many ; and then , I don't know , we fancy he must have fomething extraor- dinary about him to please us , and that we ...
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... hand ; Mißtreffes we must have , and must take up with the Manufacture of the Place , and upon a competent Diligence we shall find thofe in Paris fhall match the Italians from Top to Toe . Dur . Ay , Mirabel , you will do well enough ...
... hand ; Mißtreffes we must have , and must take up with the Manufacture of the Place , and upon a competent Diligence we shall find thofe in Paris fhall match the Italians from Top to Toe . Dur . Ay , Mirabel , you will do well enough ...
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... Hand , and with a Play - book another . He fhou'd have my Confent to buy the Wedding - ring , and the next Moment wou'd I laugh in his Face . Ori . O my Dear , were there no greater Tye upon my Heart , than there is upon my Confcience ...
... Hand , and with a Play - book another . He fhou'd have my Confent to buy the Wedding - ring , and the next Moment wou'd I laugh in his Face . Ori . O my Dear , were there no greater Tye upon my Heart , than there is upon my Confcience ...
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... Hand , from her Hand to her Mouth , from her Mouth to her Heart , and fo conclude in her Bed , Categorematice . I Mir . Now the Game begins , and my Fool is enter'd . -But here comes one to fpoil my Sport ; now fhall I be teiz'd to ...
... Hand , from her Hand to her Mouth , from her Mouth to her Heart , and fo conclude in her Bed , Categorematice . I Mir . Now the Game begins , and my Fool is enter'd . -But here comes one to fpoil my Sport ; now fhall I be teiz'd to ...
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... Hands ; restore him , Sir , or- [ To Old Mir . Old Mir . Reftore him ! What d'ye think I have got him in my Trunk , or my Pocket ! Dur . Sir , he's mad , and you're the Cause on't . Old . Mir . That may be ; for I was as mad as he when ...
... Hands ; restore him , Sir , or- [ To Old Mir . Old Mir . Reftore him ! What d'ye think I have got him in my Trunk , or my Pocket ! Dur . Sir , he's mad , and you're the Cause on't . Old . Mir . That may be ; for I was as mad as he when ...
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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.