Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 16George Daniel, John Cumberland J. Cumberland, 1827 - English drama |
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... husband should excite such joy in a countryman . Fip . You come from Calais , I presume ? Mrs. T. I do , Sir . Fip . This letter , then , will explain every thing . Mrs. T. [ Reading . " Madame , agreeably to your in- structions from ...
... husband should excite such joy in a countryman . Fip . You come from Calais , I presume ? Mrs. T. I do , Sir . Fip . This letter , then , will explain every thing . Mrs. T. [ Reading . " Madame , agreeably to your in- structions from ...
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... husband ! my child ! [ Embraces her . [ Embrace . Rus . Found his wife ! then he won't want me to lock him up . Thom . Ardourly - nephew , you have lost a fortune . Ard . But I have gained a wife , sir , by this discovery , and I am ...
... husband ! my child ! [ Embraces her . [ Embrace . Rus . Found his wife ! then he won't want me to lock him up . Thom . Ardourly - nephew , you have lost a fortune . Ard . But I have gained a wife , sir , by this discovery , and I am ...
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... husband from his better sense . " The acting of this comedy was very satisfactory . Charles Kemble and Pope were well matched in the two Antipholises ; but the Dromios were still better paired in Munden and Blanch- ard . Much of the ...
... husband from his better sense . " The acting of this comedy was very satisfactory . Charles Kemble and Pope were well matched in the two Antipholises ; but the Dromios were still better paired in Munden and Blanch- ard . Much of the ...
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... husband nor the slave return'd , That , in such haste , I sent to seek him ? Sure , Luciana , it is two o'clock . Luc . ( R. ) Perhaps some merchant has invited him , And , from the mart , he's somewhere gone to dinner . Good sister ...
... husband nor the slave return'd , That , in such haste , I sent to seek him ? Sure , Luciana , it is two o'clock . Luc . ( R. ) Perhaps some merchant has invited him , And , from the mart , he's somewhere gone to dinner . Good sister ...
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... husband start some other where Luc . With all the gentle , artificial means , ' hat patient meekness , and domestic cares , Could bring to my relief , I would beguile The intervening hours , till he , tired out With empty , transient ...
... husband start some other where Luc . With all the gentle , artificial means , ' hat patient meekness , and domestic cares , Could bring to my relief , I would beguile The intervening hours , till he , tired out With empty , transient ...
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