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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... twas the rule , They said ' twas not a thimble - full . The name of thimble was enough , He paid his reck'ning and went off . He then to Plymouth took a trip , And put up at the Royal Ship , Which then was kept by Caleb Snip . The host ...
... twas the rule , They said ' twas not a thimble - full . The name of thimble was enough , He paid his reck'ning and went off . He then to Plymouth took a trip , And put up at the Royal Ship , Which then was kept by Caleb Snip . The host ...
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... twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting : Fond to be seen , she kept a bevy Of powder'd coxcombs at her levee : The ' squire and captain took their stations , And twenty other near relations . Jack suck'd his pipe ...
... twas fits or fretting ; By day , ' twas gadding or coquetting : Fond to be seen , she kept a bevy Of powder'd coxcombs at her levee : The ' squire and captain took their stations , And twenty other near relations . Jack suck'd his pipe ...
Page 100
... twas comfort , while the clown Could justly call it all his own ; From debts , and duns , entirely free , Acquir'd by toilsome industry . If Fortune added to his store , Tho ' grateful , he requir'd no more : If she deducted , ' twas ...
... twas comfort , while the clown Could justly call it all his own ; From debts , and duns , entirely free , Acquir'd by toilsome industry . If Fortune added to his store , Tho ' grateful , he requir'd no more : If she deducted , ' twas ...
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A ComicSatiric Address in the Character | 1 |
Address on Closing a Theatre | 14 |
Billy Whipstitch | 20 |
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