Eighteenth-Century PlaysRicardo Quintana McGraw-Hill Companies,Incorporated, 1952 - 484 pages Edited, with an Introduction, by Ricardo Quintana |
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... maid ! Was there ever such generous distress before ? How must this pierce his grateful heart , and aggravate his woes ! BARN . Ere I knew guilt or shame , when fortune smiled , and when my youthful hopes were at the highest – if then ...
... maid ! Was there ever such generous distress before ? How must this pierce his grateful heart , and aggravate his woes ! BARN . Ere I knew guilt or shame , when fortune smiled , and when my youthful hopes were at the highest – if then ...
Page 344
... maid was ill , A doctor comes this night to show his skill . To cheer her heart , and give your muscles motion , He , in five draughts prepared , presents a potion : A kind of magic charm - for , be assur'd , If you will swallow it , the ...
... maid was ill , A doctor comes this night to show his skill . To cheer her heart , and give your muscles motion , He , in five draughts prepared , presents a potion : A kind of magic charm - for , be assur'd , If you will swallow it , the ...
Page 407
... maid , I could wish it too , As I have conquer'd him to conquer you : And let me say , for all your resolution , That pretty bar - maids have done execution . Our life is all a play , compos'd to please ; " We have our exits and our ...
... maid , I could wish it too , As I have conquer'd him to conquer you : And let me say , for all your resolution , That pretty bar - maids have done execution . Our life is all a play , compos'd to please ; " We have our exits and our ...
Contents
CATO by Joseph Addison 1713 | 3 |
THE TRAGEDY OF JANE SHORE by Nicholas Rowe 1714 | 57 |
THE BEGGARS OPERA by John Gay 1728 179 | 239 |
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ACRES Aurengzebe BARN Barnwell beauty better Bevil Cæsar Captain Cato Cato's CIMB Cimberton comedy Conquest of Granada dear death Enter ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes father FAULK Faulkland fear fortune gentleman give GLOST grief GRIZ hand happy HARDCASTLE HAST hath hear heart heaven honour hope HUMPH Huncamunca ISAB Jack JANE SHORE JUBA KING King Arthur lady leave look LUCY Lydia MACH MACHEATH Madam maid Malaprop Marcia MARL marry master MILL Millwood MISS HARD MISS NEV MYRT never passion PEACH PEACHUM PHIL pity POLLY poor Portius Pray SCENE SEAL Sealand SEMP Sempronius servant SIR ANTH Sir Anthony SIR LUC Sir Lucius Sophonisba soul speak sure SYPH Syphax tears tell thee there's thing THOR thou thought Thumb Tom Thumb TONY tragedy virtue woman wretch young