The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, in the English LanguageJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 |
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... True , they may ; I doubt , but I despair not - No , my friend ! My hopes are strong , and lively as my fears ; They tell me , Charlotte is as true as fair , That we shall meet , never to part again ; That I shall see my parents , kiss ...
... True , they may ; I doubt , but I despair not - No , my friend ! My hopes are strong , and lively as my fears ; They tell me , Charlotte is as true as fair , That we shall meet , never to part again ; That I shall see my parents , kiss ...
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... true Cerberus , Grim Poverty , demand ; -they shall be stopp'd . Ambition , persecution , and revenge , Devour their millions daily and shall I— But follow me , and see how little cause You had to think there was the least remain Of ...
... true Cerberus , Grim Poverty , demand ; -they shall be stopp'd . Ambition , persecution , and revenge , Devour their millions daily and shall I— But follow me , and see how little cause You had to think there was the least remain Of ...
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... true , Mrs. Betty - very true , indeed . Bet . Oh ! heavens forbid that I should take away any young woman's good name , unless I had a reason for it - but , Sir - if I am in this place alive - as I listened with my ear close to the ...
... true , Mrs. Betty - very true , indeed . Bet . Oh ! heavens forbid that I should take away any young woman's good name , unless I had a reason for it - but , Sir - if I am in this place alive - as I listened with my ear close to the ...
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... true Scot . Ay , Sir , ye may luock as angry as ye wull ; but again I say - ye are nae true Scot . Eger . Your pardon , Sir , I think he is the true Scot , and the true citizen , who wishes equal jus- tice to the merit and demerit of ...
... true Scot . Ay , Sir , ye may luock as angry as ye wull ; but again I say - ye are nae true Scot . Eger . Your pardon , Sir , I think he is the true Scot , and the true citizen , who wishes equal jus- tice to the merit and demerit of ...
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... true je ne scai quoi of all wordly bliss . Cousin Egerton , should not you like to have a wife with Vive la bagatelle upon her wedding chariot ? Eger . Oh ! certainly , Madam . Lady R. Yes - I think it would be quite out of the common ...
... true je ne scai quoi of all wordly bliss . Cousin Egerton , should not you like to have a wife with Vive la bagatelle upon her wedding chariot ? Eger . Oh ! certainly , Madam . Lady R. Yes - I think it would be quite out of the common ...
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Aladin alguazil arms art thou Arvida better bless Capt Castalio Cato Cham Char Clarinda colonel COVENT GARDEN curse dare dear death devil door Eger Enter Euph Exeunt Exit eyes father Faulkland fear fellow fortune gentleman give hand happy hear heart Heaven honour hope husband Juba Kitty Lady Lady L leave live look lord Lucy Madam Malaprop marriage marry master MIRABEL Miss H mistress ne'er never night Nysa o'er passion Pertinax Philotas Phocion pity poor Pr'ythee pray Raby Rackett Rand Re-enter Sackbut SCENE Scru Selim servant Sir G Snacks soul speak Stuke sure sword Syphax tears tell thee there's thing thou art thou hast thought Timoleon Tony twas villain virtue what's wife wish woman wretch young Zounds
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Page 310 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years ; But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 310 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 395 - Then come, put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.
Page 394 - Blessings on my pretty innocence ! drest out as usual, my Kate. Goodness ! What a quantity of superfluous silk hast thou got about thee, girl ! I could never teach the fools of this age, that the indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.
Page 252 - Oh, woman ! lovely woman ! nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted fair, to look like you ; There's in you all that we believe of heaven : Amazing brightness, purity, and truth. Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 353 - What the devil good can passion do? — Passion is of no service, you impudent, insolent, overbearing reprobate! — There, you sneer again! don't provoke me! — but you rely upon the mildness of my temper — you do, you dog! you play upon the meekness of my disposition! — Yet take care — the patience of a saint may be overcome at last!
Page 397 - But you're not to stand so, with your hands in your pockets. Take your hands from your pockets, Roger — and from your head, you blockhead you. See how Diggory carries his hands. They're a little too stiff, indeed, but that's no great matter. Dig. Ay, mind how I hold them.
Page 349 - ... geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries. But above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. This, Sir Anthony, is what I would have a woman know; and I don't think there is a superstitious article in it.
Page 310 - But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 357 - There, sir, an attack upon my language! what do you think of that? — an aspersion upon my parts of speech! was ever such a brute! Sure, if I reprehend any thing in this world it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!