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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... five Months ; then why fhould I be furprised to find a French Lady do as much ? It is the prettiest Way in the World of defpifing the French King , to let him fee that we can afford Money to bribe away his Dancers , when he , poor Man ...
... five Months ; then why fhould I be furprised to find a French Lady do as much ? It is the prettiest Way in the World of defpifing the French King , to let him fee that we can afford Money to bribe away his Dancers , when he , poor Man ...
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... five Months ; then why fhould I be furprised to find a French Lady do as much ? It is the prettiest Way in the World of defpifing the French King , to let him fee that we can afford Money to bribe away his Dancers , when he , poor Man ...
... five Months ; then why fhould I be furprised to find a French Lady do as much ? It is the prettiest Way in the World of defpifing the French King , to let him fee that we can afford Money to bribe away his Dancers , when he , poor Man ...
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... five hundred Miftreffes - Ay , to be fure , a Mistress for every Guinea in his Pocket -- Will you pray for me ? I fhall die to - morrow- And will you ring my Pafing - bell ? Mir . O Woman , Woman , of Artifice created ! whose Nature ...
... five hundred Miftreffes - Ay , to be fure , a Mistress for every Guinea in his Pocket -- Will you pray for me ? I fhall die to - morrow- And will you ring my Pafing - bell ? Mir . O Woman , Woman , of Artifice created ! whose Nature ...
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... five hundred Lewis d'Ors in my Pocket . Dur . Five hundred Levis d'Ors ! You a'n't mad ? Mir . I tell you , fhe's worth five thoufand ; one of her black Brilliant Eyes is worth a Diamond as big as her Head . Head . I compar'd her ...
... five hundred Lewis d'Ors in my Pocket . Dur . Five hundred Levis d'Ors ! You a'n't mad ? Mir . I tell you , fhe's worth five thoufand ; one of her black Brilliant Eyes is worth a Diamond as big as her Head . Head . I compar'd her ...
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... five hundred Pounds in my Pocket , and a clean Shirt on . Lam . And your Name is- Mir . Mufapha.Now , Madam , the Inventory of ' your Fortunes . Lam . My Name is Lamorce ; my Birth noble ; I was married young , to a proud , rude ...
... five hundred Pounds in my Pocket , and a clean Shirt on . Lam . And your Name is- Mir . Mufapha.Now , Madam , the Inventory of ' your Fortunes . Lam . My Name is Lamorce ; my Birth noble ; I was married young , to a proud , rude ...
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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.