Bell's British Theatre,: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays ...J. Bell, 1777 |
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... Exit . A Peach . But ' tis now high time to look about me for a decent execution against next feffions . I hate a lazy rogue , by whom one can get nothing ' till he is hanged . A regifter of the gang . [ Reading . ] Crook - fingered ...
... Exit . A Peach . But ' tis now high time to look about me for a decent execution against next feffions . I hate a lazy rogue , by whom one can get nothing ' till he is hanged . A regifter of the gang . [ Reading . ] Crook - fingered ...
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... Exit . Mrs Peach . Never was a man more out of the way in an argument , than my husband ! Why must our Polly , forfooth , differ from her fex , and love only her huf- band ? And why muft Polly's marriage , contrary to all obfervation ...
... Exit . Mrs Peach . Never was a man more out of the way in an argument , than my husband ! Why must our Polly , forfooth , differ from her fex , and love only her huf- band ? And why muft Polly's marriage , contrary to all obfervation ...
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... [ Exit Polly . ] Dear wife , be a little pacified . Don't let your paffion run away with your fenfes . Polly , I grant you , hath done a rash thing . Mrs. Peach . If he had had only an intrigue with the fellow , why the very best families ...
... [ Exit Polly . ] Dear wife , be a little pacified . Don't let your paffion run away with your fenfes . Polly , I grant you , hath done a rash thing . Mrs. Peach . If he had had only an intrigue with the fellow , why the very best families ...
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... Exit . Eater Mrs. Coaxer , Dolly Trull , Mrs. Vixen , Betty Doxy , Jenny Diver , Mrs. Slammekin , Suky Tawdry , and Molly Brazen . Mac . Dear Mrs. Coaxer , you are welcome : you look charmingly to - day . I hope you don't want the ...
... Exit . Eater Mrs. Coaxer , Dolly Trull , Mrs. Vixen , Betty Doxy , Jenny Diver , Mrs. Slammekin , Suky Tawdry , and Molly Brazen . Mac . Dear Mrs. Coaxer , you are welcome : you look charmingly to - day . I hope you don't want the ...
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... [ Exit Harper . ] If any of the ladies choofe gin , I hope they will be fo free to call for it . Wine is strong Jenny . You look as if you meant me . enough for me . Indeed , Sir , I never drink strong waters , but when I have the cholic ...
... [ Exit Harper . ] If any of the ladies choofe gin , I hope they will be fo free to call for it . Wine is strong Jenny . You look as if you meant me . enough for me . Indeed , Sir , I never drink strong waters , but when I have the cholic ...
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Page 38 - I can fly, or I can run Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 25 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 37 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Page 5 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold; And the gilded car of Day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream...
Page 6 - A lazy Dog! When I took him the time before, I told him what he would come to if he did not mend his Hand. This is Death without Reprieve. I may venture to Book him. [writes] For Tom Gagg, forty Pounds.
Page 7 - Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 26 - Before the Barn-door crowing. The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended. Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
Page 13 - If you must be married, could you introduce nobody into our family but a highwayman? Why, thou foolish jade, thou wilt be as ill used, and as much neglected, as if thou hadst married a lord! PEACH: Let not your anger, my dear, break through the rules of decency...
Page 9 - Just entered in her teens, Fair as the day, and sweet as May, Fair as the day, and always gay. My Peggy is a young thing, And I'm not very auld, Yet well I like to meet her at The wauking of the fauld. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, Whene'er we meet alane, I wish nae mair to lay my care, — I wish nae mair of a' that's rare. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, To a' the lave I'm cauld; But she gars a' my spirits glow, At wauking of the fauld.
Page 59 - Through the whole piece you may observe such a similitude of manners in high and low life, that it is difficult to determine whether (in the fashionable vices) the fine gentlemen imitate the gentlemen of the road, or the gentlemen of the road the fine gentlemen.