British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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... brother doctor there , perhaps , may try . What !! dear sir , the dottor interposes ; What , plant my thistle , sir , among his roses ! No , no , I've other contests to maintain ; To - night I head our troops at Warwick - lane . Go ...
... brother doctor there , perhaps , may try . What !! dear sir , the dottor interposes ; What , plant my thistle , sir , among his roses ! No , no , I've other contests to maintain ; To - night I head our troops at Warwick - lane . Go ...
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... brother ) laid violent siege to me for a whole year . Now , tho ' I own I never disliked him , in all that time , either thro ' pride , folly , or a little mischief , I never gave him the least hint , by which he could guess at my ...
... brother ) laid violent siege to me for a whole year . Now , tho ' I own I never disliked him , in all that time , either thro ' pride , folly , or a little mischief , I never gave him the least hint , by which he could guess at my ...
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... brother - Take care of him , Fidelia , " for hunger " can't tame him , nor fulness make him wilder . " . To leave you to his guardianship , was setting the fox to keep the chicken . Fid . Wild as he is , my heart can never beat to an ...
... brother - Take care of him , Fidelia , " for hunger " can't tame him , nor fulness make him wilder . " . To leave you to his guardianship , was setting the fox to keep the chicken . Fid . Wild as he is , my heart can never beat to an ...
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... brother . You and your grave friend there , have been genteelly employed indeed , in listening at the door of a lady's chamber : and then , because you heard nothing for your pur- pose , to turn my own words to a meaning , I should hate ...
... brother . You and your grave friend there , have been genteelly employed indeed , in listening at the door of a lady's chamber : and then , because you heard nothing for your pur- pose , to turn my own words to a meaning , I should hate ...
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... brother to the sole care of a licentious young fellow 1 - You must pardon me , Sir Roger . Sir Ro . Pray go on , sir . Sir Char . Brought in at midnight too ! -And then a young creature , so educated , and so irresisti- bly amiable , to ...
... brother to the sole care of a licentious young fellow 1 - You must pardon me , Sir Roger . Sir Ro . Pray go on , sir . Sir Char . Brought in at midnight too ! -And then a young creature , so educated , and so irresisti- bly amiable , to ...
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Page 39 - Cole. Oh, it was a wonderful work. There had I been tossing in a sea of sin, without rudder or compass. And had not the good gentleman piloted me into the harbour of grace, I must have struck against the rocks of reprobation, and have been quite swallowed up in the whirlpool of despair. He was the precious instrument of my spiritual sprinkling...
Page 5 - Distress'd alike, the statesman and the wit, When one a borough courts, and one the pit. The busy candidates for power and fame, Have hopes, and fears, and wishes, just th« same ; Disabled both to combat, or to fly, Must hear all taunts, and hear without reply.
Page 43 - Nebuchadnezzar Zebulon, in the Old Jewry, but it happened to be Saturday ; and they never touch on the Sabbath, you know. Sir Geo. Why, what the the devil can I do ? Tram.