Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English PlaysJ. Bell; & C. Etherington, 1777 - English drama |
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... wife : All profeflions be - rogue one another . The priest calls the lawyer a cheat , The lawyer be - knaves the divine ; And the statefman , because he's fo great , Thinks his trade as honeft as mine . A lawyer is an honeft emplopment ...
... wife : All profeflions be - rogue one another . The priest calls the lawyer a cheat , The lawyer be - knaves the divine ; And the statefman , because he's fo great , Thinks his trade as honeft as mine . A lawyer is an honeft emplopment ...
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... wives . Filch . Without difpute , fhe is a fine woman ! ' Twas to her I was obliged for my education , ( to fay a bold world ) fhe hath trained up more young fellows to the bufinefs , than the gaming - table . Peach . Truly , Filch ...
... wives . Filch . Without difpute , fhe is a fine woman ! ' Twas to her I was obliged for my education , ( to fay a bold world ) fhe hath trained up more young fellows to the bufinefs , than the gaming - table . Peach . Truly , Filch ...
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... wives . Mrs. Peach . But if Polly fhould be in love , how fhould we help her , or how can the help herself ? Poor ... wife . A handfome wench , in our way of bufinefs , is as profitable as at the bar of a Temple coffee- coffee - house ...
... wives . Mrs. Peach . But if Polly fhould be in love , how fhould we help her , or how can the help herself ? Poor ... wife . A handfome wench , in our way of bufinefs , is as profitable as at the bar of a Temple coffee- coffee - house ...
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... wife's fecrets , but her own . If the girl had the difcretion of a court - lady , who can have a dozen young fellows at her ear , without comply- ing with one , I should not matter it ; but Polly is tinder , and a spark will at once fet ...
... wife's fecrets , but her own . If the girl had the difcretion of a court - lady , who can have a dozen young fellows at her ear , without comply- ing with one , I should not matter it ; but Polly is tinder , and a spark will at once fet ...
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... wife about who fhall fquander moft ? There are not many husbands and wives , who can bear the charges of plaguing one another in a handsome way . If you must be married , could you introduce no- body into our family but a highwayman ...
... wife about who fhall fquander moft ? There are not many husbands and wives , who can bear the charges of plaguing one another in a handsome way . If you must be married , could you introduce no- body into our family but a highwayman ...
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Page 31 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 39 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page 11 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold; And the gilded car of Day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream...
Page 44 - But now my task is smoothly done, I can fly, or I can run, Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon.
Page 13 - Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 8 - A noble peer of mickle trust and power Has in his charge, with temper'd awe to guide An old and haughty nation proud in arms : Where his fair offspring, nurs'd in princely lore, Are coming to attend their father's state And new-intrusted sceptre.
Page 14 - I wish nae mair of a' that's rare. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, To a' the lave I'm cauld; But she gars a' my spirits glow, At wauking of the fauld. My Peggy smiles sae kindly, Whene'er I whisper love. That I look down on a' the town, — That I look down upon a crown.
Page 15 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred, and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now.
Page 18 - Oh, ponder well! be not severe; So save a wretched Wife ! For on the Rope that hangs my Dear Depends poor Polly's Life.
Page 38 - That in their green shops weave the smooth-hair'd silk, To deck her sons ; and, that no corner might Be vacant of her plenty, in her own loins She hutch'd the all-worshipp'd ore and precious gems, To store her children with : if all the world Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse...