British Theatre, Volume 24J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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... woman's fame , Shall own , the best of human blessings lie In the chaste honours of the nuptial tie ; There lives the home - felt sweet , the near delight , There peace reposes , and there joys unite ; And female virtue was by Heaven ...
... woman's fame , Shall own , the best of human blessings lie In the chaste honours of the nuptial tie ; There lives the home - felt sweet , the near delight , There peace reposes , and there joys unite ; And female virtue was by Heaven ...
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... woman , a fine woman , a co- quette , and my sister ! -and to be won by whining ! Mercy on us ! that a well - built fellow , with common sense , should take pains to unman himself , to tempt a warm girl of two - and - twenty to come to ...
... woman , a fine woman , a co- quette , and my sister ! -and to be won by whining ! Mercy on us ! that a well - built fellow , with common sense , should take pains to unman himself , to tempt a warm girl of two - and - twenty to come to ...
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... dear , will do more with beauty in an hour , than fine speeches in a year . Your fine woman expects adoration , and receives it as common incense , which every fool offers ; while the rude fellow , who 10 A & I. THE FOUNDLING .
... dear , will do more with beauty in an hour , than fine speeches in a year . Your fine woman expects adoration , and receives it as common incense , which every fool offers ; while the rude fellow , who 10 A & I. THE FOUNDLING .
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... woman's understanding is de- sign , and her good humour , mischief . Her advances to one fool are made only to tease another . Col. Sir , your most humble servant . Bel . And her good - humour is kept alive A & 1 . 11 THE FOUNDLING .
... woman's understanding is de- sign , and her good humour , mischief . Her advances to one fool are made only to tease another . Col. Sir , your most humble servant . Bel . And her good - humour is kept alive A & 1 . 11 THE FOUNDLING .
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... woman , and more wit than her - colonel . And faith , all these things considered , I can't blame || my sister for her constancy . Col. Thou art a wild fellow , and in earnest about nothing but thy own pleasures - and so we'll change ...
... woman , and more wit than her - colonel . And faith , all these things considered , I can't blame || my sister for her constancy . Col. Thou art a wild fellow , and in earnest about nothing but thy own pleasures - and so we'll change ...
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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.