The New English Theatre: Containing the Most Valuable Plays which Have Been Acted on the London Stage, Volumen5J. Rivington, 1787 |
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Página 12
... pretty fellow , and a very honeft fellow , and has a fmattering faith and troth a pretty deal of an odd fort of a small wit ; nay , I do him juftice , I'm his friend , friend , I won't wrong him.And if he had any 12 THE WAY OF THE WORLD .
... pretty fellow , and a very honeft fellow , and has a fmattering faith and troth a pretty deal of an odd fort of a small wit ; nay , I do him juftice , I'm his friend , friend , I won't wrong him.And if he had any 12 THE WAY OF THE WORLD .
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... pretty late there last night ; and heard fomething of an uncle to Mirabel , who is lately come to town , —and is between him and the best part of his eftate ; Mirabell and he are at fome diflance , as my lady Wifhfort has been told ...
... pretty late there last night ; and heard fomething of an uncle to Mirabel , who is lately come to town , —and is between him and the best part of his eftate ; Mirabell and he are at fome diflance , as my lady Wifhfort has been told ...
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... pretty . Why you make no more of making of lovers , madam , than of making fo many card - matches . Mill . One no more owes one's beauty to a lover , than one's wit to an echo : they can but reflect what we look and fay ; vain , empty ...
... pretty . Why you make no more of making of lovers , madam , than of making fo many card - matches . Mill . One no more owes one's beauty to a lover , than one's wit to an echo : they can but reflect what we look and fay ; vain , empty ...
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... pretty deep now , fhe's fuperannuated ( fays he ) and- L. Wih . Odds my life , I'll have him --- I'll have him murder'd . I'll have him poison'd . Where does he eat ? I'll marry a drawer to have him poifon'd in his wine . I'll fend for ...
... pretty deep now , fhe's fuperannuated ( fays he ) and- L. Wih . Odds my life , I'll have him --- I'll have him murder'd . I'll have him poison'd . Where does he eat ? I'll marry a drawer to have him poifon'd in his wine . I'll fend for ...
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... pretty diforder - Yes - O , nothing is more al- luring than a levee from a couch in fome confufion- It fhews the foot to advantage , and furnishes with blushes , and re - compofing airs beyond comparifon . Hark ! there's a couch . Foi ...
... pretty diforder - Yes - O , nothing is more al- luring than a levee from a couch in fome confufion- It fhews the foot to advantage , and furnishes with blushes , and re - compofing airs beyond comparifon . Hark ! there's a couch . Foi ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abel Afide Arbella Arch becauſe Brain-worm brother Cafb Cher coufin d'ye dear defire doft eftate elfe Enter Exeunt Exit faid Fain Fainall faith father fatire fecret fellow fervant ferve fervice fhall fhew fhould fifter fince firrah Foible Foig fome fomething fool Forefight fpeak ftand fuch fure fwear gentleman Goldar himſelf honour houfe houſe humour huſband Jeremy kifs Kite Kno'well lady laſt lefs look madam Mafter Stephen marry Mifs Millamant Mira Mirabell moft muft muſt myſelf never Obadiah on't paffion perfon pleafe pleaſe pleaſure pray prefently reafon Ruth Scand Scrub ſhall ſhe Sir Rowland Sir Sampfon Sir Wil ſpeak Tatt Tattle Teag Teague tell thee thefe there's theſe thing thofe thou underſtand Valentine what's wife Witwould woman worfe yourſelf
Pasajes populares
Página 3 - My seeming madness has deceived my father, and procured me time to think of means to reconcile me to him, and preserve the right of my inheritance to his estate ; which otherwise, by articles, I must this morning have resigned.
Página 21 - Bon. So well, as the saying is, that I could wish we had as many more of 'em. They're full of money, and pay double for every thing they have.
Página 59 - Do, wrap thyself up like a wood-louse, and dream revenge — and hear me, if thou canst learn to write by to-morrow morning, pen me a challenge. — I'll carry it for thee. Pet. Carry your mistress's monkey a spider! — Go flea dogs, and read romances! — I'll go to bed to my maid.
Página 27 - Ay, ay, suffer your cruelty to ruin the object of your power, to destroy your lover — and then how vain, how lost a thing you'll be! Nay, 'tis true: you are no longer handsome when...
Página 1 - I am no lord, but a poor, needy man, come with a mean, a scandalous design to prey upon your fortune.
Página 29 - To know this, and yet continue to be in love, is to be made wise from the dictates of reason, and yet persevere to play the fool by the force of instinct.
Página 49 - em, I care not if I leave 'em a common motto to their common crest. All husbands must or pain or shame endure; The wise too jealous are, fools too secure.
Página 54 - Ah, idle creature, get up when you will — and d'ye hear, I won't be called names after I'm married; positively I won't be called names.