British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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Page 51
... obliged by your commands . Chairs here . Two of my very good friends , Mr. Twitch and Mr. Flanigan . Pray , gentlemen , sit without ceremony . Miss Rich . Who can these odd looking men be ! I fear it is as I was informed . It must be so ...
... obliged by your commands . Chairs here . Two of my very good friends , Mr. Twitch and Mr. Flanigan . Pray , gentlemen , sit without ceremony . Miss Rich . Who can these odd looking men be ! I fear it is as I was informed . It must be so ...
Page 53
... obliged to you , sir , for the hint . If , ma- dam , as my friend observes , our laws are so careful of a gentleman's person , sure we ought to be equally careful of his dearer part , his fame . Fol . Ay , but if so be a man's nabb'd ...
... obliged to you , sir , for the hint . If , ma- dam , as my friend observes , our laws are so careful of a gentleman's person , sure we ought to be equally careful of his dearer part , his fame . Fol . Ay , but if so be a man's nabb'd ...
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... obliged to your in- tentions . But my guardian has employed another gentleman who assures him of success . Sir Will . Who , the important little man that visits here ! Trust me , madam , he's quite contemptible among men in power , and ...
... obliged to your in- tentions . But my guardian has employed another gentleman who assures him of success . Sir Will . Who , the important little man that visits here ! Trust me , madam , he's quite contemptible among men in power , and ...
Page 63
... obliged to take a different road from his mistress , as he is to call upon an uncle of his that lives out of the way , in or- der to prepare a place for their reception , when they return ; so they have borrowed me from my master , as ...
... obliged to take a different road from his mistress , as he is to call upon an uncle of his that lives out of the way , in or- der to prepare a place for their reception , when they return ; so they have borrowed me from my master , as ...
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... obliged by all , and incapable of serving any , what happiness can I find but in solitude ? What hope but in being ... oblige you . Hon . No , madam ; my resolution is fix'd . Inferi- ority among strangers is easy ; but among those that ...
... obliged by all , and incapable of serving any , what happiness can I find but in solitude ? What hope but in being ... oblige you . Hon . No , madam ; my resolution is fix'd . Inferi- ority among strangers is easy ; but among those that ...
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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.