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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... most modern Sons are to their Fathers . Old Mir . Why , Sir , don't you think that I begat him ? Dug . Why yes , Sir ; you married his Mother , and he inherits your Eftate . He's very like you , upon my Word . Ori . And pray , Brother ...
... most modern Sons are to their Fathers . Old Mir . Why , Sir , don't you think that I begat him ? Dug . Why yes , Sir ; you married his Mother , and he inherits your Eftate . He's very like you , upon my Word . Ori . And pray , Brother ...
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... fay , that Chiari is very fine too . Dur . Indifferent , Sir , very indifferent ; a very fcurvy Air , the most unwholefome to a French Conflitution in Air , 20 The Inconftant : Or , my Head, in a Nation whofe Genius lies all ...
... fay , that Chiari is very fine too . Dur . Indifferent , Sir , very indifferent ; a very fcurvy Air , the most unwholefome to a French Conflitution in Air , 20 The Inconftant : Or , my Head, in a Nation whofe Genius lies all ...
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... most unwholefome to a French Conflitution in the World . Mir . Pilaw , nothing on't ; thefe rafcally Gazetteers have misinform'd you . Old . Mir , Mifinform'd me ! Oons , Sir , were not we beaten there ? Mir . Beaten , Sir ! the French ...
... most unwholefome to a French Conflitution in the World . Mir . Pilaw , nothing on't ; thefe rafcally Gazetteers have misinform'd you . Old . Mir , Mifinform'd me ! Oons , Sir , were not we beaten there ? Mir . Beaten , Sir ! the French ...
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... most Advantage ! -No Fowler lays abroad more Nets for his Game , nor a Hunter for his Prey , than you do to catch poor innocent Men - Why do B 2 you fit three or four Hours at your Toilet in a The Way to win him . 27.
... most Advantage ! -No Fowler lays abroad more Nets for his Game , nor a Hunter for his Prey , than you do to catch poor innocent Men - Why do B 2 you fit three or four Hours at your Toilet in a The Way to win him . 27.
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... most confounded Husband . Ori . O Sir , I fhall match ye : A good Husband makes a good Wife at any Time . Mir . I'll rattle down your China about your Ears . Ori . And I'll rattle about the City to run you in Debt for more Mir . Your ...
... most confounded Husband . Ori . O Sir , I fhall match ye : A good Husband makes a good Wife at any Time . Mir . I'll rattle down your China about your Ears . Ori . And I'll rattle about the City to run you in Debt for more Mir . Your ...
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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.