The Modern British Drama: ComediesW. Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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Page 80
... person shining as the glass , and spirit like the foaming liquor . Dur . Ah ! Mirabel ! Italy I grant you ; but for our women here in France , they are such thin , brawn - fallen jades , a man may as well make a bed - fellow of a cane ...
... person shining as the glass , and spirit like the foaming liquor . Dur . Ah ! Mirabel ! Italy I grant you ; but for our women here in France , they are such thin , brawn - fallen jades , a man may as well make a bed - fellow of a cane ...
Page 81
... person of quality to be used at this rate ! ' Egad , I'm struck as flat as a frying - pan . Mir . Words of course ! never mind them : turn you about upon your heel , with a jantée air ; hum out the end of an old song ; cut a cross ca ...
... person of quality to be used at this rate ! ' Egad , I'm struck as flat as a frying - pan . Mir . Words of course ! never mind them : turn you about upon your heel , with a jantée air ; hum out the end of an old song ; cut a cross ca ...
Page 89
... person for the sake of another , and to throw themselves into the arms of one they hate , to secure their pleasure with the man they love . - But who is the happy man ? Pet . A lord , sir . Mir . I'm her ladyship's most humble servant ...
... person for the sake of another , and to throw themselves into the arms of one they hate , to secure their pleasure with the man they love . - But who is the happy man ? Pet . A lord , sir . Mir . I'm her ladyship's most humble servant ...
Page 92
... person to the service of religion ? Bis . Not half so much as devoting them to a pretty fellow . If your feminality ... persons , they be- come a box at the play as well as a pew in the church . Ori . But the vicissitudes of fortune ...
... person to the service of religion ? Bis . Not half so much as devoting them to a pretty fellow . If your feminality ... persons , they be- come a box at the play as well as a pew in the church . Ori . But the vicissitudes of fortune ...
Page 107
... person , I think your ladyship's as plain as me to the full . Mel . Were I sure of that , I would be glad to take up with a rake - helly officer , as you do . Syl . Again ! look'e , madam , you are in your own house . Mel . And if you ...
... person , I think your ladyship's as plain as me to the full . Mel . Were I sure of that , I would be glad to take up with a rake - helly officer , as you do . Syl . Again ! look'e , madam , you are in your own house . Mel . And if you ...
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