British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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Page 14
... bed , nor to the devil neither . I have enough to do to mind my cellar . I forgot , your honour , Mr. Croaker is below . I came on purpose to tell you . Hon . Why didn't you shew him up , blockhead 14 A & I. THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
... bed , nor to the devil neither . I have enough to do to mind my cellar . I forgot , your honour , Mr. Croaker is below . I came on purpose to tell you . Hon . Why didn't you shew him up , blockhead 14 A & I. THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
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... tell you again , boy , that Miss Richland's fortune must not go out of the family ; one may find comfort in the money , what- ever one does in the wife . Leont . But , sir , tho ' in obedience to your desire I am ready to marry her , it ...
... tell you again , boy , that Miss Richland's fortune must not go out of the family ; one may find comfort in the money , what- ever one does in the wife . Leont . But , sir , tho ' in obedience to your desire I am ready to marry her , it ...
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... tell you I'm fix'd , determined , so now produce your rea- When I'm determined , always listen to rea sons . son , because it can then do no harm . Leont . You have alledged that a mutual choice was the first requisite in matrimonial ...
... tell you I'm fix'd , determined , so now produce your rea- When I'm determined , always listen to rea sons . son , because it can then do no harm . Leont . You have alledged that a mutual choice was the first requisite in matrimonial ...
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... Tell me again , Garnet . Garnet . Why , madam , as I told you before , instead of going to Lyons to bring home his sister , who has been there with her aunt these ten years , he never went further than Paris ; there he saw , and fell in ...
... Tell me again , Garnet . Garnet . Why , madam , as I told you before , instead of going to Lyons to bring home his sister , who has been there with her aunt these ten years , he never went further than Paris ; there he saw , and fell in ...
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... nothing I would avoid so much as compulsion in a thing of this kind . No , madam , I will still be generous , and leave you at liberty to re- fuse . Croak . But I tell you , sir , the 32 A & 11 . THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
... nothing I would avoid so much as compulsion in a thing of this kind . No , madam , I will still be generous , and leave you at liberty to re- fuse . Croak . But I tell you , sir , the 32 A & 11 . THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
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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.