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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... Diligence upon Trial , I'll ufe my Interest to advance you ; you have Senfe enough to expect Preferment , Here , Sirrah , here's ten Guineas for thee , get thy felf a Drugget Drugget Suit and a Puff - Wig , and fo- The Way to win him . 17.
... Diligence upon Trial , I'll ufe my Interest to advance you ; you have Senfe enough to expect Preferment , Here , Sirrah , here's ten Guineas for thee , get thy felf a Drugget Drugget Suit and a Puff - Wig , and fo- The Way to win him . 17.
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... thee Gen- tleman Ufher . - Sifter , I must put myself in repair , you may expect me in the Evening -- Wait on your Lady home , Petit . [ Exit . Dug . Pet . A Chair , a Chair , a Chair ! Ori . No , no , I'll walk home , ' tis but next ...
... thee Gen- tleman Ufher . - Sifter , I must put myself in repair , you may expect me in the Evening -- Wait on your Lady home , Petit . [ Exit . Dug . Pet . A Chair , a Chair , a Chair ! Ori . No , no , I'll walk home , ' tis but next ...
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... thee , my dear Child , faith - Capt . Duretete , by the Blood of the Mirabels , I'm your's Well , my Lads , ye look bravely faith . - Bob , haft got any Money left Mir . Not a Farthing , Sir . Old Mir . Why , then I won't gi ' thee a ...
... thee , my dear Child , faith - Capt . Duretete , by the Blood of the Mirabels , I'm your's Well , my Lads , ye look bravely faith . - Bob , haft got any Money left Mir . Not a Farthing , Sir . Old Mir . Why , then I won't gi ' thee a ...
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... with her than with the Germans , let me tell you . And what wou'd you fay , my young Mars , if I had a Venus for thee too ? Come , Bob , your Apartment is ready , and and pray let your Friend be my Guest too , The Way to win him . 21.
... with her than with the Germans , let me tell you . And what wou'd you fay , my young Mars , if I had a Venus for thee too ? Come , Bob , your Apartment is ready , and and pray let your Friend be my Guest too , The Way to win him . 21.
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... thee a Man , that thou shouldft make me a Beaft ? Mir . Your Pardon , Sir . I only meant your Expreffion . Old Mir . Heark'e , Bob , learn better Manners to your Father before Strangers : I won't be angry this Time.- Bat Oons , if ever ...
... thee a Man , that thou shouldft make me a Beaft ? Mir . Your Pardon , Sir . I only meant your Expreffion . Old Mir . Heark'e , Bob , learn better Manners to your Father before Strangers : I won't be angry this Time.- Bat Oons , if ever ...
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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.
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