British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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... thing of composition , are sensible , that in pur- suing humour , it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean ; I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a spunging - house but in deference to the public taste ...
... thing of composition , are sensible , that in pur- suing humour , it will sometimes lead us into the recesses of the mean ; I was even tempted to look for it in the master of a spunging - house but in deference to the public taste ...
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... thing . Jar . There's that ten guineas you were sending to the poor gentleman and his children in the Fleet . I ... things going at sixes and sevens ? Hon . Whatever reason you may have for being out 12 A & 1 . THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
... thing . Jar . There's that ten guineas you were sending to the poor gentleman and his children in the Fleet . I ... things going at sixes and sevens ? Hon . Whatever reason you may have for being out 12 A & 1 . THE GOOD NATURED MAN .
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... thing upon the waste . There's Miss Richland and her fine fortune gone already , and upon the point of being given to your rival . Hon . I'm no man's rival . Jar . Your uncle in Italy preparing to disinherit you ; your own fortune ...
... thing upon the waste . There's Miss Richland and her fine fortune gone already , and upon the point of being given to your rival . Hon . I'm no man's rival . Jar . Your uncle in Italy preparing to disinherit you ; your own fortune ...
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... thing of their own manu- factures about them , except their faces . Hon . But , however these faults may be practised abroad , you don't find them at home , either with Mrs. Croaker , Olivia , or Miss Richland . Croak . The best of them ...
... thing of their own manu- factures about them , except their faces . Hon . But , however these faults may be practised abroad , you don't find them at home , either with Mrs. Croaker , Olivia , or Miss Richland . Croak . The best of them ...
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... thing talk'd of ? Hon . The town , madam , seldom begins to praise a lady's beauty till she's beginning to lose it ... things , who thinks to conceal her age , by every where exposing her person ; sticking herself up in the front of a ...
... thing talk'd of ? Hon . The town , madam , seldom begins to praise a lady's beauty till she's beginning to lose it ... things , who thinks to conceal her age , by every where exposing her person ; sticking herself up in the front of a ...
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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.