British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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... Weal . A sagacious remark that , and highly pro- bable , that we merchants , who maintain a constant correspondence with the four quarters of the world , should know less of it than your fashionable fellows , whose whole experience is ...
... Weal . A sagacious remark that , and highly pro- bable , that we merchants , who maintain a constant correspondence with the four quarters of the world , should know less of it than your fashionable fellows , whose whole experience is ...
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... Weal . Every particular . Sir Will . The early part , I should imagine , might merit your approbation . R. Weal . Least of all . What , I suppose , because he has run the gauntlet through a public school , where , at sixteen , he had ...
... Weal . Every particular . Sir Will . The early part , I should imagine , might merit your approbation . R. Weal . Least of all . What , I suppose , because he has run the gauntlet through a public school , where , at sixteen , he had ...
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... Weal . Infamous aspersion ! Sir Will . But the last meeting at Newmarket , Lord Lofty received at the hazard - table the identical note from the individual taylor to whom he had paid it but the day before , for a new set of liveries . R.
... Weal . Infamous aspersion ! Sir Will . But the last meeting at Newmarket , Lord Lofty received at the hazard - table the identical note from the individual taylor to whom he had paid it but the day before , for a new set of liveries . R.
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... Weal . So , sir , what , I suppose , this is a spice of your foreign breeding , to let your uncle kick his heels in your hall , whilst your presence chamber is crowded with pimps , bawds , and gamesters . Sir Geo . Oh , a proof of my ...
... Weal . So , sir , what , I suppose , this is a spice of your foreign breeding , to let your uncle kick his heels in your hall , whilst your presence chamber is crowded with pimps , bawds , and gamesters . Sir Geo . Oh , a proof of my ...
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... Weal . Wonderfully considerate - Well , young man , and what do you think will be the end of all this ? Here I have ... Weal . And how are these to be paid ? Sir Geo . That I submit to you , dear nuncle . R. Weal . From mel - Not a souse ...
... Weal . Wonderfully considerate - Well , young man , and what do you think will be the end of all this ? Here I have ... Weal . And how are these to be paid ? Sir Geo . That I submit to you , dear nuncle . R. Weal . From mel - Not a souse ...
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Page 39 - Cole. Oh, it was a wonderful work. There had I been tossing in a sea of sin, without rudder or compass. And had not the good gentleman piloted me into the harbour of grace, I must have struck against the rocks of reprobation, and have been quite swallowed up in the whirlpool of despair. He was the precious instrument of my spiritual sprinkling...
Page 5 - Distress'd alike, the statesman and the wit, When one a borough courts, and one the pit. The busy candidates for power and fame, Have hopes, and fears, and wishes, just th« same ; Disabled both to combat, or to fly, Must hear all taunts, and hear without reply.
Page 43 - Nebuchadnezzar Zebulon, in the Old Jewry, but it happened to be Saturday ; and they never touch on the Sabbath, you know. Sir Geo. Why, what the the devil can I do ? Tram.