Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical : Printed from the Acting Copies, as Performed at the Theatres-royal, London, Volume 13John Cumberland, 1826 |
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... naturally follows , and the adventurous Colonel receives the Lady's hand and fortune as the reward of his ingenuity . : To the lovers of dramatic excellence the performance of this Comedy affords an unusual treat ; debased as iv ...
... naturally follows , and the adventurous Colonel receives the Lady's hand and fortune as the reward of his ingenuity . : To the lovers of dramatic excellence the performance of this Comedy affords an unusual treat ; debased as iv ...
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... hand . Col. F. I wish you'd give me your consent to marry Miss Lovely under your hand , Sir Philip . Sir P. I'll do't , if you'll step into St. James's Coffee- house , where we may have pen and ink ; -though I can't foresee what ...
... hand . Col. F. I wish you'd give me your consent to marry Miss Lovely under your hand , Sir Philip . Sir P. I'll do't , if you'll step into St. James's Coffee- house , where we may have pen and ink ; -though I can't foresee what ...
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... hand last night in the pantry , thus [ takes his hand . ] - Don't you remember , Mr. Prim ? " Mrs. P. What does she say , Obadiah ? Obad . She talketh unintelligibly , Sarah . - Which way did she hear this ? This should not have reach'd ...
... hand last night in the pantry , thus [ takes his hand . ] - Don't you remember , Mr. Prim ? " Mrs. P. What does she say , Obadiah ? Obad . She talketh unintelligibly , Sarah . - Which way did she hear this ? This should not have reach'd ...
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... hand . ] This is called zona , or moros musphonon ; the virtues of this are inestimable . Per . [ Takes the belt , and examines it . ] Moros muspho- non ! What in the name of wisdom can that SCENE I. ] A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE . 29.
... hand . ] This is called zona , or moros musphonon ; the virtues of this are inestimable . Per . [ Takes the belt , and examines it . ] Moros muspho- non ! What in the name of wisdom can that SCENE I. ] A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE . 29.
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... hands . ] Here is a writing drawn up by that famous Egyptian , which if you will please to sign , you must turn your face full north , and the girdie is your's . Per . If I only live till the boy is born , I'll be embalm'd , and sent to ...
... hands . ] Here is a writing drawn up by that famous Egyptian , which if you will please to sign , you must turn your face full north , and the girdie is your's . Per . If I only live till the boy is born , I'll be embalm'd , and sent to ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Amanda Caliph character colonel Count Covent Garden Croaker Crosses daughter dear devil Doctor Bolus door dress Duke Enter Exeunt Exit father Fatma Feignwell fellow fortune Free Freeman gentleman girl give Guyenne happy hear heart heaven Honeywood honour hope Hostess husband Jarvis JOHN CUMBERLAND Juliana King Kitty lady Lampedo laugh Leontine letter look lord LUDGATE HILL madam marry master minuet Miss L Miss Richland Moll Mopsa Mynheer never night Nippe Obad Oberon Olivia pardon Peggy Periwinkle Phil Philip Poggylina Pray Prim Queen Rash Rent Sack Sackbut Sadak Scara Scaramoucho SCENE servant Sherasmin Sir H Sir Huon Soph Sophia soul spirit sure tell Theatre Royal thee there's thing thou Trade Tradelove Trumore Tunis wife woman Zounds
Passagens conhecidas
Página 7 - A blank, my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i...
Página 6 - But peace to his spirit, wherever it flies To act as an angel and mix with the skies ! Those poets who owe their best fame to his skill Shall still be his flatterers, go where he will, Old...
Página 48 - Or pore over you through a microscope, to see how your blood circulates from the crown of your head to the sole of your foot...
Página 18 - Encompassed in an angel's frame, An angel's virtues lay ; Too soon did heaven assert the claim, And call its own away. My Anna's worth, my Anna's charms, Must never more return ! What now shall fill these widow'd arms ? Ah, me ! my Anna's urn !" It is some confirmation of this conjecture, that General Burgoyne contracted no second marriage.
Página 7 - The playful humour ; he could now endure (Himself grown sober in the vale of tears) And feel a parent's presence no restraint. But not to understand a treasure's worth Till time has stolen away the slighted good, Is cause of half the poverty we feel, And makes the world the wilderness it is.
Página 20 - Who, Nancy Lovely? I am a piece of a guardian to that lady : you must know, her father, I thank him, joined me with three of the most preposterous old fellows — that, upon...
Página 23 - Tis well ! For the first fortnight, ruder than March winds, She'll blow a hurricane. The next, perhaps, Like April, she may wear a changeful face Of storm and sunshine : — and, when that is past, She will break glorious as unclouded May ; And where the thorns grew bare, the spreading blossoms Meet with no lagging frost to kill their sweetness. — Whilst others, for a month's delirious joy, Buy a dull age of penance ; we, more wisely, Taste first the wholesome bitter of the cup, That...
Página 10 - TO-NIGHT we come upon a bold design, To try to please without one borrow'd line ; Our plot is new and regularly clear, And not one single tittle from Moliere. O'er buried poets we with caution tread, And parish sextons leave to rob the dead.
Página 27 - O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Página 43 - I might have travelled over all the known parts of the globe, and made my own closet rival the Vatican at Rome — Odso, I have a good mind to begin my travels now — let me...