The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Convent Gardin, Haymarket, and Lyceum, Volume 14Mrs. Inchbald Hurst, Robinson, 1824 |
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... soon embittered by a failure in his play of " The Lying Lover . " But possessing spirits untamed by disap- pointment , he pursued his literary employment with renovated ardour , and in his future compositions was generally fortunate ...
... soon embittered by a failure in his play of " The Lying Lover . " But possessing spirits untamed by disap- pointment , he pursued his literary employment with renovated ardour , and in his future compositions was generally fortunate ...
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... as little injurious to my son ; therefore , as soon as he grew towards man , I indulged him in living after his own manner . I knew not how otherwise to judge of his inclination ; for what can be concluded from a THE ...
... as little injurious to my son ; therefore , as soon as he grew towards man , I indulged him in living after his own manner . I knew not how otherwise to judge of his inclination ; for what can be concluded from a THE ...
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... soon found us out- -he knew his grand- father's habit , which I then wore ; and though it was in the mode in the last age , yet the maskers , you know , followed us as if we had been the most mon- strous figures in that whole assembly ...
... soon found us out- -he knew his grand- father's habit , which I then wore ; and though it was in the mode in the last age , yet the maskers , you know , followed us as if we had been the most mon- strous figures in that whole assembly ...
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... soon heard it buzzed about she was the adopted daughter of a famous sea - officer , who had served in France . Now this unexpected and public discovery of my son's so deep concern for her- Humph . Was what , I suppose , alarmed Mr Sea ...
... soon heard it buzzed about she was the adopted daughter of a famous sea - officer , who had served in France . Now this unexpected and public discovery of my son's so deep concern for her- Humph . Was what , I suppose , alarmed Mr Sea ...
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... soon as he was dressed , I retired , but overheard him sigh in the most heavy manner . He walked thoughtfully to and fro in the room , then went into his closet : when he came out , he gave me this for his mistress , whose maid , you ...
... soon as he was dressed , I retired , but overheard him sigh in the most heavy manner . He walked thoughtfully to and fro in the room , then went into his closet : when he came out , he gave me this for his mistress , whose maid , you ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Balaam Bevil Bronze Brul Brulgruddery Charles CHARLES STANLEY Cimb Cimberton CONSCIOUS LOVERS daughter dear Dennis Ellen Exeunt Exit father fellow FERMENT feyther Frank Fred Frederick gentleman give hand happiness hear heart Heaven honour hope Humph Jessy Julia LADY BETTY Lady Car Lady Caroline Lady E LADY EASY Lady G Lady Graveairs letter look LORD AVONDALE Lord F Lord Fitz Lord Foppington LORD MORELOVE lordship madam marriage married Mary matter MISS VORTEX Myrt Nabob never Oatland Old Rap pardon Pereg Phil poor Pray pretty PROMPT BOOK Rochdale SCENE Seal SEALAND servant Shelah Shuff Shuffleton Sir Char Sir Hub Sir Hubert Sir Simon soul speak Stanley suppose sure talk Tarragan tell THEATRES ROYAL thee there's thing Thornberry thou thought told Tyke What's wife woman Young Rap YOUNG RAPID Zounds
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Página 57 - Bounty! when gluttons give high prices for delicates, they are prodigious bountiful! IND. Still, still you will persist in that error. But my own fears tell me all. You are the gentleman, I suppose, for whose happy daughter he is designed a husband by his good father, and he has, perhaps, consented to the overture. He was here this morning, dressed beyond his usual plainness— nay, most sumptuously— and he is to be, perhaps, this night a bridegroom.
Página 30 - Cimberton is your mother's kinsman, and three hundred years an older gentleman than any lover you ever had; for which reason, with that of his prodigious large estate, she is resolved on him, and has sent to consult the lawyers accordingly— nay, has (whether you know it or no) been in treaty with Sir...
Página 2 - ... like a woman of condition, as it were, on the same floor with them, pass by. Alas! alas! it is a sad thing to walk. O Fortune! Fortune! TOM. What! a sad thing to walk? Why, Madam Phillis, do you wish yourself lame? PHIL. No, Mr.
Página 16 - ... like one ; in my appearance abroad and my furniture at home, every way in the most sumptuous manner, and he that does it has an artifice, a design in it?
Página 10 - ... tis the beauty of the mind alone that gives us lasting value. " LADY BETTY. Oh ! my dear ! my dear ! you have been a married woman to a fine purpose indeed, that know so little of the taste of mankind. Take my word, a new fashion upon a fine woman is often a greater proof of her value than you are aware of.
Página 33 - Don't take on so — don't you, now! Pray, listen to reason. JOB. I won't! BUR. Pray do! JOB. I won't! Reason bid me love my child and help my friend: what's the consequence? My friend has run one way and broke up my trade ; my daughter has run another and broke my no, she shall never have it to say she broke my heart. If I hang myself for grief, she shan't know she made me. BUR. Well, but master JOB. And reason told me to take you into my shop when the fat churchwardens starved you at the workhouse...