Dramatic Works: To which is Prefixed a Life of the Author, Volume 2A. Millar, 1798 |
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... wou'd always fire upon those , good brother , who dare not shew their faces , when their king and country want ' em . Flim . My dear brothers , let us not wander from the sub- ject of our meeting - I have sent to you for your advice and ...
... wou'd always fire upon those , good brother , who dare not shew their faces , when their king and country want ' em . Flim . My dear brothers , let us not wander from the sub- ject of our meeting - I have sent to you for your advice and ...
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... wou'd not take his word for a farthing . Frip . Brother , I have no time to quarrel with you now ; for Gulliver , you know , is to make his entrance immedi- ately he is to be created a Nardac of this kingdom , and we have all orders ...
... wou'd not take his word for a farthing . Frip . Brother , I have no time to quarrel with you now ; for Gulliver , you know , is to make his entrance immedi- ately he is to be created a Nardac of this kingdom , and we have all orders ...
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... wou'd make ? 1st Mob And so they wou'd , whilst they are brave and free , to be sure , or else they run away as well as lesser peo- ple . ( Trumpets souud . ) Hark ! Neighbours , they are com- ing ; now for a sight you never saw before ...
... wou'd make ? 1st Mob And so they wou'd , whilst they are brave and free , to be sure , or else they run away as well as lesser peo- ple . ( Trumpets souud . ) Hark ! Neighbours , they are com- ing ; now for a sight you never saw before ...
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... wou'd be death to disturb you now- -by our laws nobody can make free with a lord , but your lordship may make free with any body . Gul . I shall not exert my priveleges . Lal . Will your lordship be pleased to lie down as gently , and ...
... wou'd be death to disturb you now- -by our laws nobody can make free with a lord , but your lordship may make free with any body . Gul . I shall not exert my priveleges . Lal . Will your lordship be pleased to lie down as gently , and ...
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... Wou'd your ladyship have me retire ? [ Exit . L. Flim . Out of hearing only - should you leave us quite to ourselves , people might be censorious . Toad . I will walk into that gallery , and amuse myself with the pictures . L. Flim . Do ...
... Wou'd your ladyship have me retire ? [ Exit . L. Flim . Out of hearing only - should you leave us quite to ourselves , people might be censorious . Toad . I will walk into that gallery , and amuse myself with the pictures . L. Flim . Do ...
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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.