The Modern British Drama: ComediesW. Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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Page 11
... Lady Lamb . But how do you mind your business ? Maw . We have lost almost all our customers , because I keeps extorting them whenever they come into the shop . Old Lady Lamb . And how do you live ? . Maw . Better than ever we did ...
... Lady Lamb . But how do you mind your business ? Maw . We have lost almost all our customers , because I keeps extorting them whenever they come into the shop . Old Lady Lamb . And how do you live ? . Maw . Better than ever we did ...
Page 15
... Lady Lamb . Indeed you over - rate me . Dr Cant . I speak it from my heart ; indeed , indeed , indeed I do . Lady Lamb . O dear ! you hurt my hand , sir . Dr Cant . Impute it to my zeal , and want of words for expression : precious soul ...
... Lady Lamb . Indeed you over - rate me . Dr Cant . I speak it from my heart ; indeed , indeed , indeed I do . Lady Lamb . O dear ! you hurt my hand , sir . Dr Cant . Impute it to my zeal , and want of words for expression : precious soul ...
Page 16
... Lady Lamb . O , unthinking colonel ! hereabouts ; and while I was talking to my lady , rushed in upon us - you know the subject , sir , on which I was to entertain her ; and I might speak of my love for your daughter with more warmth ...
... Lady Lamb . O , unthinking colonel ! hereabouts ; and while I was talking to my lady , rushed in upon us - you know the subject , sir , on which I was to entertain her ; and I might speak of my love for your daughter with more warmth ...
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... Lady LAMBERT . Lady Lamb . Dear Charlotte , what will become of us — The tyranny of this subtle hypocrite is insupportable . He has so fortified himself in Sir John's opinion , by this last misconduct of your brother , that I begin to ...
... Lady LAMBERT . Lady Lamb . Dear Charlotte , what will become of us — The tyranny of this subtle hypocrite is insupportable . He has so fortified himself in Sir John's opinion , by this last misconduct of your brother , that I begin to ...
Page 22
... Lady Lamb . I would before have undeceived you , when his late artifice turned the honest duty of your son into his own reproach and ruin : but knowing then your temper was inaccessible , I durst not offer it . - But suppose I should be ...
... Lady Lamb . I would before have undeceived you , when his late artifice turned the honest duty of your son into his own reproach and ruin : but knowing then your temper was inaccessible , I durst not offer it . - But suppose I should be ...
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