The Modern British Drama: Operas and farcesWilliam Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... girl . Peach . And what then ? Mrs. Peach . If I have any skill in the ways of women , I am sure Polly thinks him a very pretty mau . Peach . And what then ? you would not be so mad to have the wench marry him ? Gamesters and highwaymen ...
... girl . Peach . And what then ? Mrs. Peach . If I have any skill in the ways of women , I am sure Polly thinks him a very pretty mau . Peach . And what then ? you would not be so mad to have the wench marry him ? Gamesters and highwaymen ...
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... girl had been better bred . Oh hus- band ! husband ! her folly makes me mad ! my head swims ! I'm distracted ! I can't support myself .-- Oh ! [ Faints . Peach . See , wench , to what a condition you have reduced your poor mother ! A ...
... girl had been better bred . Oh hus- band ! husband ! her folly makes me mad ! my head swims ! I'm distracted ! I can't support myself .-- Oh ! [ Faints . Peach . See , wench , to what a condition you have reduced your poor mother ! A ...
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... girl ; I kiss her ; I say a thousand things to her ( as all gentlemen do that mean nothing ) to divert myself ; and now the silly jade hath set it about that I am married to her , to let me know what she would be at . Indeed , The fly ...
... girl ; I kiss her ; I say a thousand things to her ( as all gentlemen do that mean nothing ) to divert myself ; and now the silly jade hath set it about that I am married to her , to let me know what she would be at . Indeed , The fly ...
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... girl ? Lucy . You know , sir , I am fond of him , and would have given money to have kept him with me . Lock . Ah , Lucy ! thy education might have put thee more upon thy guard ; for a girl , in the bar of an alehouse , is always ...
... girl ? Lucy . You know , sir , I am fond of him , and would have given money to have kept him with me . Lock . Ah , Lucy ! thy education might have put thee more upon thy guard ; for a girl , in the bar of an alehouse , is always ...
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... girls ; I think I have some reason to be vain on that head ; I think I have shewn the world that I understand a little of women - I think , I have : and , let me tell you , sir , there is not a little art required . If this girl had had ...
... girls ; I think I have some reason to be vain on that head ; I think I have shewn the world that I understand a little of women - I think , I have : and , let me tell you , sir , there is not a little art required . If this girl had had ...
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