The Modern British Drama: ComediesWalter Scott William Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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Page 86
... live by their wits , there , that have vented Six times your fortunes ? Kast . What , three thousand a year ! Face . Ay , forty thousand . Kast . Are there such ? Face . Ay , sir , And gallants yet . Here's a young gentleman Is born to ...
... live by their wits , there , that have vented Six times your fortunes ? Kast . What , three thousand a year ! Face . Ay , forty thousand . Kast . Are there such ? Face . Ay , sir , And gallants yet . Here's a young gentleman Is born to ...
Page 90
... live recluse ! is a mere solecism , Though in a nunnery . It must not be . I muse , my lord your brother will permit it ! You should spend half my land first , were I he . Does not this diamond better on my finger Than i ' the quarry ...
... live recluse ! is a mere solecism , Though in a nunnery . It must not be . I muse , my lord your brother will permit it ! You should spend half my land first , were I he . Does not this diamond better on my finger Than i ' the quarry ...
Page 107
... live at ease ! she is fair , and young , and wealthy . Infinite wealthy , and as gracious too In all her entertainments , as men report . Juan . But she is proud , sir , that I know for certain . And that comes seldom without wantonness ...
... live at ease ! she is fair , and young , and wealthy . Infinite wealthy , and as gracious too In all her entertainments , as men report . Juan . But she is proud , sir , that I know for certain . And that comes seldom without wantonness ...
Page 110
... live retir'd , sir . Per . Then would I counsel you to marry pre- sently , ( If I can get her I am made for ever ) For every year you lose , you lose a beauty . A husband now , an honest careful husband , Were such a comfort : will you ...
... live retir'd , sir . Per . Then would I counsel you to marry pre- sently , ( If I can get her I am made for ever ) For every year you lose , you lose a beauty . A husband now , an honest careful husband , Were such a comfort : will you ...
Page 117
... live in the sweet islands : I die , I die , if I stay but one day more here ; My lungs are rotten with the damps that rise , And I cough nothing now but stinks of all sorts : The inhabitants we have are two starved rats , For they are ...
... live in the sweet islands : I die , I die , if I stay but one day more here ; My lungs are rotten with the damps that rise , And I cough nothing now but stinks of all sorts : The inhabitants we have are two starved rats , For they are ...
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