The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 5Sir Walter Scott William Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... kind , are included in our list of farces . The unlimited freedom permitted to the author of an after - piece , renders that kind of Drama peculiarly fit for the purposes of satire . This has been sometimes directed against the authors ...
... kind , are included in our list of farces . The unlimited freedom permitted to the author of an after - piece , renders that kind of Drama peculiarly fit for the purposes of satire . This has been sometimes directed against the authors ...
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... kind , She tricks us of our money , with our hearts ! For her , like wolves , by night we roam for prey , And practise ev'ry fraud to bribe her charms ; For suits of love , like law , are won by pay , And beauty must be fee'd into our ...
... kind , She tricks us of our money , with our hearts ! For her , like wolves , by night we roam for prey , And practise ev'ry fraud to bribe her charms ; For suits of love , like law , are won by pay , And beauty must be fee'd into our ...
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... kind . Mac . My heart was so free , It roved like the bee , Till Polly my passion requited ; I sipt each flower , I changed every hour , But here every flower is united . Polly . Were you scntenced to transportation , sure , my dear ...
... kind . Mac . My heart was so free , It roved like the bee , Till Polly my passion requited ; I sipt each flower , I changed every hour , But here every flower is united . Polly . Were you scntenced to transportation , sure , my dear ...
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... kind . The world is avaricious , and I hate ava- rice . A covetous fellow , like a jackdaw , steals what he was never made to enjoy , for the sake of hiding it . These are the robbers of mankind : for money was made for the free ...
... kind . The world is avaricious , and I hate ava- rice . A covetous fellow , like a jackdaw , steals what he was never made to enjoy , for the sake of hiding it . These are the robbers of mankind : for money was made for the free ...
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... kind word ! not one kind look ! Think what thy Polly suf- fers to see thee in this condition ! AIR . - All in the Downs , & c . Thus , when the swallow , seeking prey , Within the sash is closely pent , His consort , with bemoaning lay ...
... kind word ! not one kind look ! Think what thy Polly suf- fers to see thee in this condition ! AIR . - All in the Downs , & c . Thus , when the swallow , seeking prey , Within the sash is closely pent , His consort , with bemoaning lay ...
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