The Actor's Budget of Wit and Merriment: Consisting of Monologues, Prologues, Epilogues, Tales, Comic Songs, Rare and Genuine Theatrical Anecdotes and Jests |
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Page 95
... tell his daddy his mishap . * Allan Ramsay being but an indifferent orator , his friends al- ledged that he was not so happy in prose as rhyme ; and , being at a club , when it was his turn to tell a story , he delivered this Defi ...
... tell his daddy his mishap . * Allan Ramsay being but an indifferent orator , his friends al- ledged that he was not so happy in prose as rhyme ; and , being at a club , when it was his turn to tell a story , he delivered this Defi ...
Page 127
... tell me , pray ; I long to know - what sort of things are they ? Moth . My love , I could not tell you if I would , Since women from their order they exclude . Dau . Do they , Mamma ? Indeed , that's very rude . Fond as I am of plays ...
... tell me , pray ; I long to know - what sort of things are they ? Moth . My love , I could not tell you if I would , Since women from their order they exclude . Dau . Do they , Mamma ? Indeed , that's very rude . Fond as I am of plays ...
Page 143
... Tell your master , friend ; tell your master - but no matter ; he don't catch me here again , that's all ; d - me , I'll go home , turn my play into a pageant , put a triumphal procession at the end on't , and bring it out at one of the ...
... Tell your master , friend ; tell your master - but no matter ; he don't catch me here again , that's all ; d - me , I'll go home , turn my play into a pageant , put a triumphal procession at the end on't , and bring it out at one of the ...
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A ComicSatiric Address in the Character | 1 |
Address on Closing a Theatre | 14 |
Billy Whipstitch | 20 |
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