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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... one , Duretete two , myself three Pet , And I four . Dug . How now , Sir , at your old travelling Familiarity ! When abroad , you had fome Freedom for want of better Company ; 3 Company ; but among my Friends at Paris , pray 0000 0000 0000.
... one , Duretete two , myself three Pet , And I four . Dug . How now , Sir , at your old travelling Familiarity ! When abroad , you had fome Freedom for want of better Company ; 3 Company ; but among my Friends at Paris , pray 0000 0000 0000.
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... pray remem- ber your Diftance - Be gone , Sir .-- [ Exit . Petit . ] This Fellow's Wit was neceflary abroad , but he's too cunning for a Domeftic ; I muft difpofe of him fome way else.- Who's here ? Old Mirabel , and my Sifter ! my ...
... pray remem- ber your Diftance - Be gone , Sir .-- [ Exit . Petit . ] This Fellow's Wit was neceflary abroad , but he's too cunning for a Domeftic ; I muft difpofe of him fome way else.- Who's here ? Old Mirabel , and my Sifter ! my ...
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... pray sweet Sir ? Mir . Sir , the Captain will tell you . Dur . No , Sir , your Son will tell you . Mir . The Captain was in the Action , Sir . Dur . Your Son faw more than I , Sir , for he was a Looker on . Old Mir . Confound you both ...
... pray sweet Sir ? Mir . Sir , the Captain will tell you . Dur . No , Sir , your Son will tell you . Mir . The Captain was in the Action , Sir . Dur . Your Son faw more than I , Sir , for he was a Looker on . Old Mir . Confound you both ...
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... pray , Sir , how do all our impudent Friends in Italy ? Dur . Madam , I came to wait on you with a more fe- rious Intention than your Entertainment has anfwered . Bif . Sir , your Intention of waiting on me was the greatest Affront ...
... pray , Sir , how do all our impudent Friends in Italy ? Dur . Madam , I came to wait on you with a more fe- rious Intention than your Entertainment has anfwered . Bif . Sir , your Intention of waiting on me was the greatest Affront ...
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... pray ? Old Mir . Why , to bring you into the World , Sir ; wa'n't that an Obligation ? Mir . And becaufe I wou'd have it fill an Obligation , I avoid Marriage . Old Mir . How is that , Sir ? Mir . Because I wou'd not curfe the Hour I ...
... pray ? Old Mir . Why , to bring you into the World , Sir ; wa'n't that an Obligation ? Mir . And becaufe I wou'd have it fill an Obligation , I avoid Marriage . Old Mir . How is that , Sir ? Mir . Because I wou'd not curfe the Hour I ...
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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.