The Modern British Drama: Operas and farcesWilliam Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... husband and wife ; All professions berogue one another : The priest calls the lawyer a cheat , The lawyer beknaves the divine , And the statesman , because he's so great , Thinks his trade as honest as mine . ' tis but fitting that we ...
... husband and wife ; All professions berogue one another : The priest calls the lawyer a cheat , The lawyer beknaves the divine , And the statesman , because he's so great , Thinks his trade as honest as mine . ' tis but fitting that we ...
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... husband ? I hope nothing bad hath betided him ? You know , my dear , he's a favourite customer of mine ; ' twas he made me a present of this ring . Peach . I have set his name down in the black- list ; that's all , my dear ! he spends ...
... husband ? I hope nothing bad hath betided him ? You know , my dear , he's a favourite customer of mine ; ' twas he made me a present of this ring . Peach . I have set his name down in the black- list ; that's all , my dear ! he spends ...
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... husband ! Why must our Polly , forsooth , differ from her sex , and love only her husband ? And why must Polly's marriage , contrary to all observation , make her the less followed by other men ? All men are thieves in love , and like a ...
... husband ! Why must our Polly , forsooth , differ from her sex , and love only her husband ? And why must Polly's marriage , contrary to all observation , make her the less followed by other men ? All men are thieves in love , and like a ...
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... husband ! Peach . Married ! the captain is a bold man , and will risk any think for money to be sure , be believes her a fortune . Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together , if ever we had been ...
... husband ! Peach . Married ! the captain is a bold man , and will risk any think for money to be sure , be believes her a fortune . Do you think your mother and I should have lived comfortably so long together , if ever we had been ...
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... husband , that makes it a blemish . Peach . But money , wife , is the true fuller's earth for reputations ; there is not a spot or a rob , so it is ours to take robbers ;. AIR . - O Jenny , O Jenny ! where hast thou been ? O Polly ! you ...
... husband , that makes it a blemish . Peach . But money , wife , is the true fuller's earth for reputations ; there is not a spot or a rob , so it is ours to take robbers ;. AIR . - O Jenny , O Jenny ! where hast thou been ? O Polly ! you ...
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