The Northern Heiress: Or, the Humours of York. A Comedy. As it was Acted at the New-Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. By Mrs. Mary DavÿsH. Meere, 1716 - 72 pages |
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... Thou art a happy Fellow , Welby ; and if Fortune were not a Bitch , I fhould have been fo too . Wel . Come , the lefs Merit he has , the lefs fhe's worth our Notice ; think of her no more : But tell me how you came to quarrel with your ...
... Thou art a happy Fellow , Welby ; and if Fortune were not a Bitch , I fhould have been fo too . Wel . Come , the lefs Merit he has , the lefs fhe's worth our Notice ; think of her no more : But tell me how you came to quarrel with your ...
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... thou foul unthriven Gueft , thou'lt never thrive , I warrant , for fpeaking fo mifdainfully of thy Parents . Bare . Oh dear Madam , I have all the Refpect in the World for their Memory , may I perish elfe ; but the best Thing they ever ...
... thou foul unthriven Gueft , thou'lt never thrive , I warrant , for fpeaking fo mifdainfully of thy Parents . Bare . Oh dear Madam , I have all the Refpect in the World for their Memory , may I perish elfe ; but the best Thing they ever ...
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... thou art Mother's nown Daughter . I remember , when I was young , I kept the Men at a Distance , and I had always a power of them at my Heels : For to say the Truth , I was very handfom ; oh , I had a Complexion like Strawberries and ...
... thou art Mother's nown Daughter . I remember , when I was young , I kept the Men at a Distance , and I had always a power of them at my Heels : For to say the Truth , I was very handfom ; oh , I had a Complexion like Strawberries and ...
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... thou'd do mains weell together . I am for fomething in my Stomach that will keep out the Wind , and not fwill my Guts with hot Water , ' till one may hear it fwafh as I go . Sir Jef . Truly , Madam , you are in the right on't . The ...
... thou'd do mains weell together . I am for fomething in my Stomach that will keep out the Wind , and not fwill my Guts with hot Water , ' till one may hear it fwafh as I go . Sir Jef . Truly , Madam , you are in the right on't . The ...
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... at Home , when I came to confider his Danger . Sir Jef . Well faid , my little Bell ; by my Troth , that Answer is worth a Pint of Sack . Why thou C3 haft haft too much good Nature in thee for a modern The Humours of YORK . 29.
... at Home , when I came to confider his Danger . Sir Jef . Well faid , my little Bell ; by my Troth , that Answer is worth a Pint of Sack . Why thou C3 haft haft too much good Nature in thee for a modern The Humours of YORK . 29.
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Page 26 - ... Jeffrey Hearty, is introduced. He is delighted to see the substantial fare of which the city ladies have been partaking. " Aye," says he, " this is like the good old-fashioned way of housekeeping. I expected to have found you all set round a table no bigger than a pasteboard, and not much stronger, by my troth! with a parcel of little crocks that hold no more than a girl would drink before her sweetheart.
Page 29 - Aye, aye, if a friend comes to town, they come to drink with you for joy; if they go out of town, they come to help you to wash away sorrow; so that the good people are resolved to share both your pleasure and your pain, provided they may have a little victuals and drink to keep up their spirits.
Page 18 - I forgot as foon as I left it. No, Reading's too laborious for a Gentleman ; I thank Heaven I can be more pleaiaiitly ernploy'd. Wei. Sir, if the Queftion would not be thought impertinent, I uould" be glad to know how you da fpenxl your Time., . ,, Bare.
Page 15 - Why, we have abundance of People, but little Company ; much Ceremony, but little Manners; many Folks with Titles, but few of Quality, tho5 the whole Town abounds with Ladies.