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Goodvile , if there be any such thing as ease in matrimony , thou hast it : but methiuks , there's as it were a mark upon married men , that makes them as distinguishable from one of us , as your Jews are from the rest of mankind .
Goodvile , if there be any such thing as ease in matrimony , thou hast it : but methiuks , there's as it were a mark upon married men , that makes them as distinguishable from one of us , as your Jews are from the rest of mankind .
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Worse than ever ; ' tis very provoking to see how she uses the poor creature : but the truth is , she can never be at rest for him ; he's more troublesome than an old husband ; continually whispering his softness and making his vows ...
Worse than ever ; ' tis very provoking to see how she uses the poor creature : but the truth is , she can never be at rest for him ; he's more troublesome than an old husband ; continually whispering his softness and making his vows ...
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Till your brains are afloat , and all the rest sink . Val . I find then , ladies , you have the like opinion of our heads , as you have of our hearts . Cam . Really , sir , you are much in the right . Tru . But if your ladyship should ...
Till your brains are afloat , and all the rest sink . Val . I find then , ladies , you have the like opinion of our heads , as you have of our hearts . Cam . Really , sir , you are much in the right . Tru . But if your ladyship should ...
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Enter Lady SQUEAMISH and the rest of the Company , with the Fiddles . Lady Squ . Oh a country dance , a country dance ! Mr. Caper , where are you ? you shall dance with madam Camilla . Mr. Saunter , wait on Victoria .
Enter Lady SQUEAMISH and the rest of the Company , with the Fiddles . Lady Squ . Oh a country dance , a country dance ! Mr. Caper , where are you ? you shall dance with madam Camilla . Mr. Saunter , wait on Victoria .
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No , sir , death ! surely I have fools that rest and harbour in my house , and they are a worse plague than bugs and moths : shall I never be quiet ? Val . Sir Noble , sir Noble , have a care of your mistress ! do you see there ? Clum .
No , sir , death ! surely I have fools that rest and harbour in my house , and they are a worse plague than bugs and moths : shall I never be quiet ? Val . Sir Noble , sir Noble , have a care of your mistress ! do you see there ? Clum .
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Page 140 - My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Page 128 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Page 191 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 138 - Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
Page 154 - Romeo; and, when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 140 - I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens.
Page 140 - Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.
Page 232 - ... with age grown double, Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. Her eyes with scalding rheum were gall'd and red ; Cold palsy shook her head ; her hands...
Page 237 - My lord ! Pol. Go to your chamber and prepare your lute; Find out some song to please me, that describes Women's hypocrisies, their subtle wiles, Betraying smiles, feign'd tears, inconstancies, Their painted outsides, and corrupted minds, The sum of all their follies and their falsehoods.
Page 138 - O Romeo, Romeo ! wherefore art thou Romeo ? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
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| Title | The works of Thomas Otway, with notes and a life of the author by T. Thornton, Volume 2 The works of Thomas Otway, with notes and a life of the author by T. Thornton, Thomas Thornton |
| Author | Thomas Otway |
| Editor | Thomas Thornton |
| Published | 1813 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 17 May 2006 |
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