British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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... laughs this minute with one , and cries the next with another ; but whose instructions may he thank for all this ? Sir Will . Not mine , sure ? My letters to him dur- ing my employment in Italy , taught him only that philosophy which ...
... laughs this minute with one , and cries the next with another ; but whose instructions may he thank for all this ? Sir Will . Not mine , sure ? My letters to him dur- ing my employment in Italy , taught him only that philosophy which ...
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... , tho ' both very fine in their way , are yet a little opposite in their dispositions , you know . Jar . Opposite enough , Heaven knows ; the very reverse of each other ; she all laugh and no 171 15 THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
... , tho ' both very fine in their way , are yet a little opposite in their dispositions , you know . Jar . Opposite enough , Heaven knows ; the very reverse of each other ; she all laugh and no 171 15 THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
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John Bell. reverse of each other ; she all laugh and no joke ; he always complaining , and never sorrowful ; a fretful poor soul that has a new distress for every hour in the four and twenty- Hon . Hush , hush , he's coming up , he'll ...
John Bell. reverse of each other ; she all laugh and no joke ; he always complaining , and never sorrowful ; a fretful poor soul that has a new distress for every hour in the four and twenty- Hon . Hush , hush , he's coming up , he'll ...
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... laugh - Poor Dick . [ Going to cry . Hon . His fate affects me . Croak . Ay , he grew sick of this miserable life , where we do nothing but eat and grow hungry , dress and undress , get up and lie down ; while reason , that should watch ...
... laugh - Poor Dick . [ Going to cry . Hon . His fate affects me . Croak . Ay , he grew sick of this miserable life , where we do nothing but eat and grow hungry , dress and undress , get up and lie down ; while reason , that should watch ...
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... laugh so much as with you . Hon . Why , if I must , I must . I'll swear you have put me into such spirits . Well , do you find jest , and I'll find laugh , I promise you . for the chariot in the next room . Enter LEONTINE and OLIVIA ...
... laugh so much as with you . Hon . Why , if I must , I must . I'll swear you have put me into such spirits . Well , do you find jest , and I'll find laugh , I promise you . for the chariot in the next room . Enter LEONTINE and OLIVIA ...
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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.