The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Convent Gardin, Haymarket, and Lyceum, Volume 7Mrs. Inchbald Hurst, Robinson, 1824 |
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... Diana Oldboy to her brother , on his fantastic habiliments , is perfectly curious at the pre- sent day , being an exact description of the attire worn by men , called fops , at that , no very distant , time when it was written . Yet ...
... Diana Oldboy to her brother , on his fantastic habiliments , is perfectly curious at the pre- sent day , being an exact description of the attire worn by men , called fops , at that , no very distant , time when it was written . Yet ...
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... Betterton . HARMAN Mr Clarke . JENKINS Mr Townsend . DIANA LADY MARY OLDBOY JENNY CLARISSA Mrs Mountain . Mrs Davenport . Mrs Martyr . Madame Mara . LIONEL AND CLARISSA . ACT THE FIRST . SCENE I. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. ...
... Betterton . HARMAN Mr Clarke . JENKINS Mr Townsend . DIANA LADY MARY OLDBOY JENNY CLARISSA Mrs Mountain . Mrs Davenport . Mrs Martyr . Madame Mara . LIONEL AND CLARISSA . ACT THE FIRST . SCENE I. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. ...
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... DIANA , who appears playing upon a Harpsichord . A GIRL at- tending . AIR . Ah , how delightful the morning , How sweet are the prospects it yields ! Summer luxuriant adorning The gardens , the groves , and the fields . Col. O. Well ...
... DIANA , who appears playing upon a Harpsichord . A GIRL at- tending . AIR . Ah , how delightful the morning , How sweet are the prospects it yields ! Summer luxuriant adorning The gardens , the groves , and the fields . Col. O. Well ...
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... Diana . So my husband's a rake , papa , I don't care what he is . Col. O. A rake ! you damned confounded little bag- gage ! why , you would not wish to marry a rake , would you ? So her husband is a rake , she does not care what he is ...
... Diana . So my husband's a rake , papa , I don't care what he is . Col. O. A rake ! you damned confounded little bag- gage ! why , you would not wish to marry a rake , would you ? So her husband is a rake , she does not care what he is ...
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... Diana . The last time I was at your house , he was teaching Miss Clarissa mathematics and philosophy . Lord , what a strange brain I have ! If I was to sit down to distract myself with such studies- Col. O. Go , hussy , let some of your ...
... Diana . The last time I was at your house , he was teaching Miss Clarissa mathematics and philosophy . Lord , what a strange brain I have ! If I was to sit down to distract myself with such studies- Col. O. Go , hussy , let some of your ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Andalusia Antonio better CAMPLEY Carlos castle Clar Clara Clarissa Colonel Comedy COMIC OPERA COVENT GARDEN daughter dear devil Diana Don Alph Don Cæsar Don Fer Don Fernando Don Juan Don Scipio Duenna Egad Enter DON Exeunt Exit Fair Fairfield Fanny Farce father feedle fellow Ferd fortune gentleman Giles gipsy girl give happy hear heart honour I'faith Inkle Isaac Isab Jenk Jenkins Jenny Jess kiss Lady M. O. Lionel look Lopez lordship LORENZA Louisa lover ma'am madam maid marry master Mervin Miss Narcissa never OLDBOY Opera Patty Pedrillo poor portmanteau pray Ralph rascal SCENE servant sha'n't signor Sir Chr Sir Christopher Sir Harry Sir J. F. Sir John Flowerdale Spado speak sure tell THEATRES ROYAL thee Theod THEODOSIA there's thing thou Trudge what's wish Wows Wowski Yarico young Zelva Zounds
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Página 8 - I will own the colour true, When yielding blushes aid their hue. Is her hand so soft and pure ? I must press it, to be sure ; Nor can I be certain then, Till it grateful press again. Must I with attentive eye Watch her heaving bosom sigh ? I will do so — when I see That heaving...
Página 22 - Your charms would make me true. To you no soul shall bear deceit, No stranger offer wrong; But friends in all the aged you'll meet, And lovers in the young. But when they learn that you have blest Another with your heart, They'll bid aspiring passion rest, And act a brother's part: Then, lady, dread not here deceit, Nor fear to suffer wrong ; For friends in all the aged you'll meet, And brothers in the young.
Página 37 - A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge, or vicar: So fill a cheerful glass, And let good humour pass.
Página 47 - Why, I vow, I ne'er could see, Let the water-drinkers tell, There it always lay for me. For when sparkling wine went round, Never saw I falsehood's mask, But still honest truth I found, In the* bottom of each flask. True, at length my vigour's flown, I have years to bring decay ; Few the locks, that now I own. And the few I have are gray. Yet, old Jerome, thou may'st boast, While thy spirits do not tire, Still beneath thy age's frost Glows a spark of youthful fire.
Página 21 - I purchased some years ago; by me it will never be missed, and who ever marries my daughter will have little reason to complain of my disposing of such a trifle for my own gratification. On the present marriage I intended to perfect a deed of gift in your favour, which has been for some time...
Página 39 - But, my dear Colonel, I am afraid, after all, this affair is taken amiss by you ; yes, I see you are angry on your son's account; but let me repeat it, I have a very high opinion of his merit. Col.
Página 29 - What is the matter here ? Lady M. I will have a separate maintenance, I will indeed. Only a new instance of your father's infidelity, my dear. Then with such low wretches, farmers' daughters and servant wenches; but any thing with a cap on, 'tis all the same to him.
Página 31 - Your fault, Madam ! I wish I was to hear such a word come out of his mouth : if he was a minister to-morrow, and to say such a thing from his pulpit, and I by, I'd tell him it was false upon the spot.
Página 4 - Sir, I took the liberty to desire a few moments private conversation with you — I hope you will excuse it— i am really greatly embarrassed ; but, in an affair of such immediate consequence to us both — Jess.
Página 54 - Well, Master Jenkins ! don't you think now that a nobleman, a duke, an earl, or a marquis, might be content to share his title — I say, you understand me — with a sweetener of thirty or forty thousand pounds, to pay off mortgages ? Besides, there's a prospect of my whole estate; for I dare swear her brother will never have any children.