The Modern British Drama: Operas and farcesWilliam Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... Scene - London . SCENE I. Enter OCTAVIAN and SHIFT . ACT I. Oct. THIS is unhappy news ! I did not expect my father in two months , and yet you say he is returned already . Shift . " Tis but too true . Oct. That he arrived this morning ...
... Scene - London . SCENE I. Enter OCTAVIAN and SHIFT . ACT I. Oct. THIS is unhappy news ! I did not expect my father in two months , and yet you say he is returned already . Shift . " Tis but too true . Oct. That he arrived this morning ...
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... SCENE I. A lawyer's is an honest employment ; so is mine : like me , too , he acts in a double capa- accounts before him . AIR . - An old woman clothed in gray . THROUGH all the employments of life , Eack neighbour abuses his brother ...
... SCENE I. A lawyer's is an honest employment ; so is mine : like me , too , he acts in a double capa- accounts before him . AIR . - An old woman clothed in gray . THROUGH all the employments of life , Eack neighbour abuses his brother ...
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... Scene - London . SCENE I. - Rovewell's lodgings . ROBIN solus . ACT I. Rob . WELL , though pimping is the most ho- nourable and profitable of all professions , it is certainly the most dangerous and fatiguing ; but of all fatigues ...
... Scene - London . SCENE I. - Rovewell's lodgings . ROBIN solus . ACT I. Rob . WELL , though pimping is the most ho- nourable and profitable of all professions , it is certainly the most dangerous and fatiguing ; but of all fatigues ...
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... SCENE I. - A Chamber . Arg . A very dutiful lady , indeed ! I'll make you sing another song to - morrow ; and , till couch . AIR . O leave me to complain My loss of liberty ! I never more shall see my swain , Nor ever more be free . O ...
... SCENE I. - A Chamber . Arg . A very dutiful lady , indeed ! I'll make you sing another song to - morrow ; and , till couch . AIR . O leave me to complain My loss of liberty ! I never more shall see my swain , Nor ever more be free . O ...
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... scene deceptiosive and sublime . [ The flat scene draws . The King is seated , and a grand pantomime entertainment is performed , in the midst of which , en- ters a Captain of the Guard . Capt . To arms ! to arms ! great Chrononho ...
... scene deceptiosive and sublime . [ The flat scene draws . The King is seated , and a grand pantomime entertainment is performed , in the midst of which , en- ters a Captain of the Guard . Capt . To arms ! to arms ! great Chrononho ...
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