Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English PlaysJ. Bell; & C. Etherington, 1780 - English drama |
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... Witling . Fran . I could have guefs'd your coxcomb , Sir ' ; but I hope he has not yet named the lady . Sir Gilb . Not directly ; but I guess his inclinations , and expect every hour to have him make his call upon my confent according ...
... Witling . Fran . I could have guefs'd your coxcomb , Sir ' ; but I hope he has not yet named the lady . Sir Gilb . Not directly ; but I guess his inclinations , and expect every hour to have him make his call upon my confent according ...
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... Witling , ( in his raillery yester- day with Charlotte ) knew what he faid himfelf , tho ' he did not care whether any body else did . Gran . Sure it cannot be real ! I always took Witling for a beggar . Fran . So he was , or very near ...
... Witling , ( in his raillery yester- day with Charlotte ) knew what he faid himfelf , tho ' he did not care whether any body else did . Gran . Sure it cannot be real ! I always took Witling for a beggar . Fran . So he was , or very near ...
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... Witling ! Why , thou art as fharp to - day Wit . As a glover's needle , my dear ; I always dart it into your leather heads with three edges , ha , ha ! Gran . Pr'ythee , Witling , does not thy affurance fome times meet with a repartee ...
... Witling ! Why , thou art as fharp to - day Wit . As a glover's needle , my dear ; I always dart it into your leather heads with three edges , ha , ha ! Gran . Pr'ythee , Witling , does not thy affurance fome times meet with a repartee ...
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... Witling , how came a man of thy parts ever to think of raifing thy fortune in Change - al- ley ? How didft thou make all this money thou art ma- fter of ? Wit . Why , as other men of wit and parts often do , by having little or nothing ...
... Witling , how came a man of thy parts ever to think of raifing thy fortune in Change - al- ley ? How didft thou make all this money thou art ma- fter of ? Wit . Why , as other men of wit and parts often do , by having little or nothing ...
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... WITLING . " Fran . What a merry world do we live in ! Gran . This indeed is extraordinary . Wit . I think fo : I affure you , gentlemen , I take this to be a coup de maître of the whole Alley . This is a call now , that none of your ...
... WITLING . " Fran . What a merry world do we live in ! Gran . This indeed is extraordinary . Wit . I think fo : I affure you , gentlemen , I take this to be a coup de maître of the whole Alley . This is a call now , that none of your ...
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Page 3 - Not at all : Witwoud grows by the knight like a medlar grafted on a crab. One will melt in your mouth, and tother set your teeth on edge. One is all pulp and the other all core. Mira. So one will be rotten before he be ripe, and the other will be rotten without ever being ripe at all.
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