The Trust: A Comedy. In Five Acts |
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... hope may be sown on altitude Too high to germe and ripen into truth ; Or we may rise above our element Like aeronauts , who gaily towering find Their airy basis less and less substantial . Mr. Courl . Good Harry , leave these cursed ...
... hope may be sown on altitude Too high to germe and ripen into truth ; Or we may rise above our element Like aeronauts , who gaily towering find Their airy basis less and less substantial . Mr. Courl . Good Harry , leave these cursed ...
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... hope , and be so now . Fred . Worl . Hope ! Louisa Courl . And why not ? It plucks the tares from nature , Meliorates the desert into smiles Of cultivated life . Hope nerves the mind , And in the music of the prisoner's voice It drowns ...
... hope , and be so now . Fred . Worl . Hope ! Louisa Courl . And why not ? It plucks the tares from nature , Meliorates the desert into smiles Of cultivated life . Hope nerves the mind , And in the music of the prisoner's voice It drowns ...
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... hope ) And you let her have it ? Robert . No ; for she wanted it on credit , and that didn't zeem very charitable . Hebe . Then ? Robert . Then I went to Tobithia Windabout and Deborah Veeraway , and one or two others of your ac ...
... hope ) And you let her have it ? Robert . No ; for she wanted it on credit , and that didn't zeem very charitable . Hebe . Then ? Robert . Then I went to Tobithia Windabout and Deborah Veeraway , and one or two others of your ac ...
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... hope You'll pardon this intrusion from a stranger When , sir , you know I come to plead the cause Of suffering humanity . ( Ambert returns Frederic's bow with some reserve , and beckons the servant to leave the room ) Not long since The ...
... hope You'll pardon this intrusion from a stranger When , sir , you know I come to plead the cause Of suffering humanity . ( Ambert returns Frederic's bow with some reserve , and beckons the servant to leave the room ) Not long since The ...
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... hope there's to be a duel . Robert . No , ma'am , there won't be any : these gen- tlemen- Luc . Prim . They are no gentlemen if they don't fight , if they don't hear the cries of Honour . that Robert . Oh , I dare say they hear her ...
... hope there's to be a duel . Robert . No , ma'am , there won't be any : these gen- tlemen- Luc . Prim . They are no gentlemen if they don't fight , if they don't hear the cries of Honour . that Robert . Oh , I dare say they hear her ...
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alarm Ambert AMBERT's house apartment in AMBERT's aught bear book of travels bowing Brambleton Caligula Courland's house daugh daughter dear sir debt Dorothy doubt dumb show e'en e'er Enter HEBE Enter INFERENCE Enter LOOBIN exeunt exit Louisa father fear Fred Worl FREDERIC WORLACE Frederic's gentleman girl Harry Courl HARRY COURLAND heart Heaven honourable hope INFERENCE and MOONSHINE letter look Louisa Courl LOUISA COURLAND Louisa Mervin Magnavantine mercy mind Moon Moonshine's muslin neral never Officer pity pocket pocket-book poor pray Prim PRIMEVAL Primeval's Pris prison puppy rascal Re-enter Robert sacred trust SCENE Scholium seem'd servant seventy dollars sister smile soul speak stranger taking her hand tears tell thank Thou thought told trifle truth Twas Twill unperceived woman words wretch write Your travels Young Harry zaid zame zeem zome Zounds zure
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