The Modern British Drama: Operas and farcesWilliam Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... heart ! but what are we both the better ? I told him , indeed , Mr. Octavian , you do not do well to wrong so good a father : I preached him three or four times asleep ; but all would not do ; till , at last , when I had well examined ...
... heart ! but what are we both the better ? I told him , indeed , Mr. Octavian , you do not do well to wrong so good a father : I preached him three or four times asleep ; but all would not do ; till , at last , when I had well examined ...
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... heart to do such a thing ? Have I done you any injury , sir ? Lean . Yes , rascal ! that you have , and I'll make you own it , too , or I'll swinge it out of your already tanned thick hide . [ Beats him . Sca . The devil's in't ! Lord ...
... heart to do such a thing ? Have I done you any injury , sir ? Lean . Yes , rascal ! that you have , and I'll make you own it , too , or I'll swinge it out of your already tanned thick hide . [ Beats him . Sca . The devil's in't ! Lord ...
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... heart : - " Twill do you the greatest good imaginable ; and don't trouble yourself : I'll repeat it to you till you have gotten it by heart . Thrifty . No , I thank you , sir ; I'll have none on't . Sca . Pray do , you'll like it better ...
... heart : - " Twill do you the greatest good imaginable ; and don't trouble yourself : I'll repeat it to you till you have gotten it by heart . Thrifty . No , I thank you , sir ; I'll have none on't . Sca . Pray do , you'll like it better ...
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... heart , man , at my heart ; why , ' tis my bro- ther Thrifty's daughter , Mrs. Lucy , whom I al- ways designed for thy wife ; and that's thy sister Clara , married to Mr. Octa , there . Lean . Octavian , are we then brothers ? There is ...
... heart , man , at my heart ; why , ' tis my bro- ther Thrifty's daughter , Mrs. Lucy , whom I al- ways designed for thy wife ; and that's thy sister Clara , married to Mr. Octa , there . Lean . Octavian , are we then brothers ? There is ...
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... heart was as frozen as ice , At his flame ' twould have melted away . When he kist me , so sweetly he prest , ' Twas so sweet that I must have complied , So I thought it both safest and best To marry , for fear you should chide . Mrs ...
... heart was as frozen as ice , At his flame ' twould have melted away . When he kist me , so sweetly he prest , ' Twas so sweet that I must have complied , So I thought it both safest and best To marry , for fear you should chide . Mrs ...
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