Types of English Drama, 1660-1780David Harrison Stevens Ginn, 1923 - 920 pages |
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David Harrison Stevens. 1 THE MAN OF MODE ; OR , SIR FOPLING FLUTTER. SMITH . But suppose they do not . BAYES . Suppose ! Sir , you may suppose what you please , I have nothing to do with your suppose , sir , nor am not at all mortified ...
David Harrison Stevens. 1 THE MAN OF MODE ; OR , SIR FOPLING FLUTTER. SMITH . But suppose they do not . BAYES . Suppose ! Sir , you may suppose what you please , I have nothing to do with your suppose , sir , nor am not at all mortified ...
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David Harrison Stevens. THE MAN OF MODE ; OR , SIR FOPLING FLUTTER BY GEORGE ETHEREGE A lucky hand or two so tempts ' em on. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ MR . DORIMANT MR . MEDLEY OLD BELLAIR YOUNG BELLAIR GENTLEMEN SIR FOPLING FLUTTER GENTLEWOMEN ...
David Harrison Stevens. THE MAN OF MODE ; OR , SIR FOPLING FLUTTER BY GEORGE ETHEREGE A lucky hand or two so tempts ' em on. DRAMATIS PERSONÆ MR . DORIMANT MR . MEDLEY OLD BELLAIR YOUNG BELLAIR GENTLEMEN SIR FOPLING FLUTTER GENTLEWOMEN ...
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... sir , how will you answer this visit to your honorable mistress ? ' Tis not ... sir . DORIMANT . I love to be well dressed , sir , and think it no scandal to ... Fopling Flutter , you mean ? MEDLEY . The same . YOUNG BELLAIR . He thinks ...
... sir , how will you answer this visit to your honorable mistress ? ' Tis not ... sir . DORIMANT . I love to be well dressed , sir , and think it no scandal to ... Fopling Flutter , you mean ? MEDLEY . The same . YOUNG BELLAIR . He thinks ...
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... Sir Fopling , ought to dress well , dance well , fence well , have a genius for love letters , an agreeable voice for a chamber , be very amorous , something discreet , but not over- constant . 520 MEDLEY . Pretty ingredients to make an ...
... Sir Fopling , ought to dress well , dance well , fence well , have a genius for love letters , an agreeable voice for a chamber , be very amorous , something discreet , but not over- constant . 520 MEDLEY . Pretty ingredients to make an ...
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... Sir Fopling Flutter . 308 MRS . LOVEIT . I never saw him in my life but once . DORIMANT . The worse woman you , at first sight 44 GEORGE ETHEREGE.
... Sir Fopling Flutter . 308 MRS . LOVEIT . I never saw him in my life but once . DORIMANT . The worse woman you , at first sight 44 GEORGE ETHEREGE.
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Page 333 - No, I'll give you your revenge another time, when you are not so indifferent; you are thinking of something else now, and play too negligently: the coldness of a losing gamester lessens the pleasure of the winner. I'd no more play with a man that slighted his ill fortune than I'd make love to a woman who undervalued the loss of her reputation.