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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... talk Treason , and profane their Maker ; muft we therefore infer , that our King is a Tyrant , and Religion a Cheat ? Look'e , Brother , their Court of Enquiry is a Tavern , and their Informer , Claret : They think as they drink , and ...
... talk Treason , and profane their Maker ; muft we therefore infer , that our King is a Tyrant , and Religion a Cheat ? Look'e , Brother , their Court of Enquiry is a Tavern , and their Informer , Claret : They think as they drink , and ...
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... - ftand the Neceffities of young Men ; not like our musty Dads , who because they cannot fifh themfelves , would muddy the Water , and spoil the Sport of them that can . But But now you talk of the Plamp , what d'ye 18 The Inconftant : Or ,
... - ftand the Neceffities of young Men ; not like our musty Dads , who because they cannot fifh themfelves , would muddy the Water , and spoil the Sport of them that can . But But now you talk of the Plamp , what d'ye 18 The Inconftant : Or ,
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... talk of the Plamp , what d'ye think of a Dutch Woman ? Mir . A Dutch Woman's too compact ; nay , every Thing among ' em is fo ; a Dutch Man is thick , a Dutch Woman is fquab , a Dutch Horfe is round , a Dutch Dog is fhort , a Dutch Ship ...
... talk of the Plamp , what d'ye think of a Dutch Woman ? Mir . A Dutch Woman's too compact ; nay , every Thing among ' em is fo ; a Dutch Man is thick , a Dutch Woman is fquab , a Dutch Horfe is round , a Dutch Dog is fhort , a Dutch Ship ...
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... talking of fomething else ; pray how does your lovely Charge , the fair Oriana ? Old . Mir . Ripe , Sir , juft ripe ; you'll find it better engaging with her than with the Germans , let me tell you . And what wou'd you fay , my young ...
... talking of fomething else ; pray how does your lovely Charge , the fair Oriana ? Old . Mir . Ripe , Sir , juft ripe ; you'll find it better engaging with her than with the Germans , let me tell you . And what wou'd you fay , my young ...
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... talks in my own Mother - tongue . Bif . ' Tis expofed to Invalidity from a contradictory In- ftance , looks only upon common Operations , and is in- finite in its Termination . Mir . Rare Pedantry . Dur . Axioms ! Axioms ! Self evident ...
... talks in my own Mother - tongue . Bif . ' Tis expofed to Invalidity from a contradictory In- ftance , looks only upon common Operations , and is in- finite in its Termination . Mir . Rare Pedantry . Dur . Axioms ! Axioms ! Self evident ...
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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.