Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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Page 399
... Surf . My dear Lady Sneerwell , how do you do to - day - your most obedient . Lady Sneer . Miss Verjuice has just been arraigning me on our mutual attachment now ; but I have informed her of our real views and the purposes for which our ...
... Surf . My dear Lady Sneerwell , how do you do to - day - your most obedient . Lady Sneer . Miss Verjuice has just been arraigning me on our mutual attachment now ; but I have informed her of our real views and the purposes for which our ...
Page 400
... Surf . Egad , that's true - I'll keep that sentiment till I see Sir Peter . However , it is certainly a charity to rescue Maria from such a libertine who , if he is to be re- claimed , can be so only by a person of your ladyship's ...
... Surf . Egad , that's true - I'll keep that sentiment till I see Sir Peter . However , it is certainly a charity to rescue Maria from such a libertine who , if he is to be re- claimed , can be so only by a person of your ladyship's ...
Page 401
... Surf . The licence of invention some peo- ple take is monstrous indeed . 1 Mar. ' Tis so ; but in my opinion those who report such things are equally culpable . Mrs. Can . To be sure they are ; tale bearers are as bad as the tale makers ...
... Surf . The licence of invention some peo- ple take is monstrous indeed . 1 Mar. ' Tis so ; but in my opinion those who report such things are equally culpable . Mrs. Can . To be sure they are ; tale bearers are as bad as the tale makers ...
Page 402
... Surf . Not that I know of indeed , sir . Crab . He has been in the East Indies a long time - you can scarcely remember him- I believe - sad comfort on his arrival to hear how your brother has gone on ! Surf . Charles has been imprudent ...
... Surf . Not that I know of indeed , sir . Crab . He has been in the East Indies a long time - you can scarcely remember him- I believe - sad comfort on his arrival to hear how your brother has gone on ! Surf . Charles has been imprudent ...
Page 405
... Surf . Yes , yes , the epigram , by all means . Sir Ben . O plague on't , uncle , ' tis mere nonsense . Crab . No , no ; ' fore gad , very clever for an extempore ! Sir Ben . But , ladies , you should be ac- You must quainted with the ...
... Surf . Yes , yes , the epigram , by all means . Sir Ben . O plague on't , uncle , ' tis mere nonsense . Crab . No , no ; ' fore gad , very clever for an extempore ! Sir Ben . But , ladies , you should be ac- You must quainted with the ...
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