The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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... Myrt . I think we have of late changed complexions . You , who used to be so much the graver man , are now all air in your behaviour.- -But the cause of my concern may , for aught I know , be the same object that gives you all this ...
... Myrt . I think we have of late changed complexions . You , who used to be so much the graver man , are now all air in your behaviour.- -But the cause of my concern may , for aught I know , be the same object that gives you all this ...
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... Myrt . Escape , sir , neither her merit nor her for- tune are below your acceptance . Escaping do you call it ? Bev . jun . Dear sir , do you wish I should desire the match ? Myrt . No - but such is my humourous and sickly state of mind ...
... Myrt . Escape , sir , neither her merit nor her for- tune are below your acceptance . Escaping do you call it ? Bev . jun . Dear sir , do you wish I should desire the match ? Myrt . No - but such is my humourous and sickly state of mind ...
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... Myrt . No , no , hang him ! the rogue has no art ; it is pure simple insolence and stupidity . Bev . jun . Yet with all this I don't take him for a fool . Myrt . I own the man is not a natural ; he has a very quick sense , though a very ...
... Myrt . No , no , hang him ! the rogue has no art ; it is pure simple insolence and stupidity . Bev . jun . Yet with all this I don't take him for a fool . Myrt . I own the man is not a natural ; he has a very quick sense , though a very ...
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... Myrt . As how , pray ? Bev . jun . Why , can't you slip on a black wig and a gown , and be old Bramble yourself ? Myrt . Ha ! I don't dislike it — but what shall I do for a brother in the case ? Bev . jun . What think you of my fellow ...
... Myrt . As how , pray ? Bev . jun . Why , can't you slip on a black wig and a gown , and be old Bramble yourself ? Myrt . Ha ! I don't dislike it — but what shall I do for a brother in the case ? Bev . jun . What think you of my fellow ...
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... Myrt . The time , the place , our long acquaintance , and many other circumstances which affect me on this occasion , oblige me , without farther ceremony or conference , to desire you would not only , as you al- ready have ...
... Myrt . The time , the place , our long acquaintance , and many other circumstances which affect me on this occasion , oblige me , without farther ceremony or conference , to desire you would not only , as you al- ready have ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Acast Alon Alonzo arms art thou BEGGAR'S OPERA Belvidera better Bevil blood bosom brother Captain Cast Castalio Cham Chamont Cimb Cimberton CONSCIOUS LOVERS COVENT GARDEN curs'd curse dagger dare daugh dear death Don Carlos DRURY LANE e'er Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false father fear Filch fortune give happy hath hear heart Heaven honour hope Humph husband hussy ISABELLA Jaff Jaffier lady leave Leon Leonora Lockit lord lov'd Lucinda Lucy MACHEATH madam marriage married Monimia Myrt Myrtle ne'er never night pain passion Peach PEACHUM Phil Phillis Pierre Polly Polydore poor Pr'ythee Priuli RENAULT revenge ruin SCENE Seal SEALAND sorrows soul speak sure tears tell thee there's thing THOMAS OTWAY thou art thou hast thought Twas Venice villain virtue wench wife wilt woman wretch wrong'd Zanga
Passagens conhecidas
Página 9 - A sterile fortune, and a barren bed, Attend you both; continual discord make Your days and nights bitter and grievous: still May the hard hand of a vexatious need Oppress, and grind you; till at last you find The curse of disobedience all your portion.
Página 16 - Oh woman, lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ; Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There 's in you all that we believe of Heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Página 52 - Polly. I have no excuse for my own behaviour, madam, but my misfortunes — and really, madam, I suffer too upon your account. Lucy. But, Miss Polly, in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ? Polly.
Página 20 - Yes, indeed, the sex is frail. But the first time a woman is frail, she should be somewhat nice, methinks, for then or never is the time to make her fortune. After that, she hath nothing to do but to guard herself from being found out, and she may do what she pleases.
Página 59 - That Jemmy Twitcher should peach me, I own surprised me! Tis a plain proof that the world is all alike, and that even our gang can no more trust one another than other people.
Página 52 - Mercy, kind Heaven, has surely endless stores Hoarded for thee of blessings yet untasted ; Let wretches loaded hard with guilt as I am, Bow...
Página 61 - If cold white mortals censure this great deed, Warn them, they judge not of superior beings, Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom Revenge is virtue.
Página 33 - Let us drink and sport to-day, Ours is not to-morrow. Love with youth flies swift away, Age is nought but sorrow. Dance and sing, Time's on the wing, Life never knows the return of spring.
Página 14 - Burn ! First burn, and level Venice to thy ruin. What ! starve like beggars' brats in frosty weather, Under a hedge, and whine ourselves to death...
Página 38 - Should there, my friends, be found amongst us one False to this glorious enterprise, what fate, What vengeance were enough for such a villain ? Eliot. Death here without repentance, hell hereafter.