Dramatic Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 2A. Millar, 1798 |
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... wild , young devil I can be , if I set my mind to it , Bell [ Laying bold of ber . Arab . You fright me ! -you shall possibly be no bed - fel- low of mine any longer . Sopb . I am resolv'd to ruin my woman , and kill my man , before I ...
... wild , young devil I can be , if I set my mind to it , Bell [ Laying bold of ber . Arab . You fright me ! -you shall possibly be no bed - fel- low of mine any longer . Sopb . I am resolv'd to ruin my woman , and kill my man , before I ...
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... Wild . Think of a fiddle - stick ! While you put me in mind of what I am , You quite forget yourself . My wife I allow Your kinswoman far off ; to whom , a widow , Your father left you , with a handsome fortune ; Which , by her marriage ...
... Wild . Think of a fiddle - stick ! While you put me in mind of what I am , You quite forget yourself . My wife I allow Your kinswoman far off ; to whom , a widow , Your father left you , with a handsome fortune ; Which , by her marriage ...
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... Wild . Ijest ? you'd have me swear : And yet you should not think it such a wonder To love , sure . Come , shake off this frost ; it spoils thee ; Your nature should be soft and flexible . Perhaps , thou think'st - I do not love thee ...
... Wild . Ijest ? you'd have me swear : And yet you should not think it such a wonder To love , sure . Come , shake off this frost ; it spoils thee ; Your nature should be soft and flexible . Perhaps , thou think'st - I do not love thee ...
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... Wild . Pray , sir , stay ; let me but know Some reason why you use me thus unkindly ? If I have been guilty of offence , I am not Past hope , but with the knowledge of my error ' Tis possible I may amend and please you . Wild . I do not ...
... Wild . Pray , sir , stay ; let me but know Some reason why you use me thus unkindly ? If I have been guilty of offence , I am not Past hope , but with the knowledge of my error ' Tis possible I may amend and please you . Wild . I do not ...
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... Wild . To shew I can Be obedient to my griefs , from this time sir , wo'nt urge with one unwelcome syllable , How ... Wild . I like this , if it be no disguise . Mrs. Wild . Do not suspect me ; I would swear by a kiss , if you'd ...
... Wild . To shew I can Be obedient to my griefs , from this time sir , wo'nt urge with one unwelcome syllable , How ... Wild . I like this , if it be no disguise . Mrs. Wild . Do not suspect me ; I would swear by a kiss , if you'd ...
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Arab Barnacle better Biron brother Carlos Cbar Clackit Clot Cloten cou'd cousin cuckold CYMBELINE Daffodil dear devil Dotterel Enter Exeunt Exit eyes father fear Flim Flimnap fortune Frip gentleman give GUIDERIUS happy hast hath Hazard hear Heart Heartly heav'n honour hope husband Iach Iachimo Imogen Isabella Jack Wilding Kaliel lady leave look Lord Rack lordship Lucy LYSSA madam married matter Miss Har mistress Nardac Nepb Neph nephew never Nurse on't passion Penelope Pisanio poor Post Posthumus Pray Queen Samp SCENE servant shew shou'd Sigbs Sir Char Sir Wil Sopb Soph soul speak sure tell thank thee there's thing thou art thought Tuke twas uncle Villeroy What's wife Wild wish woman word wou'd wretch Young Clac ZAIDA
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Page 247 - I'd let a parish of such Clotens' blood, And praise myself for charity. \Exit. Bel. O thou goddess, Thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st In these two princely boys ! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head : and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafed, as the rudest wind, That by the. top doth take the mountain pine And make him stoop to the vale.
Page 145 - Oh, my wife no more ! How dear her love was to me — Yet they stood, With a malicious silent joy, stood by, And saw her give up all my happiness, The treasure of her beauty, to another ; Stood by, and saw her married to another.
Page 140 - I was preserv'd but to be made a slave ; I often writ to my hard father, but never had An answer ; I writ to thee too / Isa. What a world of woe Had been prevented but in hearing from you ! Bir. Alas ! thou couldst not help me.
Page 143 - I have said too much, unless I could speak all. Bir. Thy words are wild ; my eyes, my ears, my heart, Were all so full of thee, so much employed In wonder of thy charms, I could not find it : Now I perceive it plain Isa.
Page 88 - The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he.
Page 205 - Nay, followed him, till he had melted from The smallness of a gnat to air ; and then Have turned mine eye and wept.
Page 132 - I have leave at last to call you mine ! But let me look upon you, view you well. This is a welcome gallantry indeed ! I durst not ask, but it was kind to grant, Just at this time : dispensing with your dress Upon this second day to greet our friends.
Page 159 - Accuse, condemn me; let the sentence reach My hated life— No matter how it comes, I'll think it just and thank you as it falls. Self-murder is denied me.
Page 131 - Of any other wish, be nothing mine ! — But let me look upon you, view you well. This is a welcome gallantry indeed ! I...
Page 132 - My Carlos too, who came in to the support Of our bad fortune, has an honest right, In better times, to share the good with us. CAR. I come to claim that right, to share your joy ; To wish you joy ; and find it in myself; For a friend's happiness reflects a warmth, A kindly comfort, into every heart That is not envious.