Alexander's Modern Acting Drama: Consisting of the Most Popular Plays Produced at the Philadelphia Theatres and Elsewhere, Volume 5Carey & Hart, 1835 |
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Almanza Aman Amanthis BARBOTTLE Baron Belle BELLE ROSE BISSON Bless bottle Carelia Colonel de Courcy comes conceal COQUELLE Count Valantia dare Dear sir devil Dobbs door Duke Enter Eric Exeunt Exit FANFAN father fear follow Fossard Fosse galley slave gend'armes gentleman give happy hear heard heart heavens honour hope Isabella Jenny Julia Justine Lady Emily Ledger Leon letter Lieut Lieutenant look lord MADAME DE MERVILLE Major Moustache March marchioness Marq marquis married master mean Miss Juli Monsieur nephew never O'Mau O'Mauley Olmutz pardon passion Peas Pierre poor portmanteau pray Raymond Rodolph Rooney Rosine RUMFIT Saxony SCENE SILVERHEAD Sir Patrick Sir Pryor sisters SKYLARK Snooks soldier speak suppose sure tell TERVIER There's thing TOURNIQUET uncle VIDOCQ What's window wish woman young Zounds
Popular passages
Page 131 - ... itself, and do her a mischief. Their acquaintance is, however, worth seeking, and their company worth frequenting; but not exclusively of others, nor to such a degree as to be considered only as one of that particular set. But the company which of all others you should most carefully avoid, is that low company which, in every sense of the word, is low indeed — low in rank, low in parts, low in manners, and low in merit.
Page 43 - ... softness, than any other. — It is called — love ; — and why its name and nature I have thus long concealed from you, was from the apprehension, that in the solitude where you lived, the sensibility of your heart might cause dangerous illusions. I...
Page 8 - ... scheme contrived by love; and, if not directed by love, is something like madness. Count. I have for many years tried thy fidelity, and will now confide in it. Love is the source of all my schemes. Gran. Do you then not love your intended bride, the beautiful Marchioness? Count. The Marchioness Merida is a charming creature ! and I loved her passionately ! to distraction ! till I found she loved me, and that satiated my desires at once. Gran. Indeed ! Count. I do not say, I shall not marry the...
Page 40 - ... you with cold — it creates in your mind a constant desire to be with one particular person — and when you are with them, you generally look like a fool.— You think them handsome, though they are frightfully ugly — you think them well shaped, though they are crooked — wise, though they are simpletons — and you hope they love you, though you are sure they do not, Aman.
Page 37 - ... he fell upon his knees, and would have wept too, if he could; but as he found he could not, he did something equally worthy of a lover; and drawing his sword, pointed it at his heart. On this she screamed more violently than if the weapon had been aimed at her own ; and, seizing hold of it, fell motionless into his arms. Marq. Oh, Heavens ! Duke. As soon as we had recovered her from her swoon, the Count informed me of his love, and that she had given him every hope she would become his wife,...
Page 10 - I knew uot your sentiments for Almanza. Pity my error. I pleased myself with the thought, that an affectionate, suffering father, might be more dear to you than all the world besides; and that in following him, and partaking his fate — Aman. Oh, whither do you lead my imagination...
Page 26 - I'll attend you. March. Ah ! Valantia ! if you loved me as you once professed ! to see me thus, would give you the utmost affliction. Count. You do not know what passes in my heart. [Affecting concern. March. Don't I ? Count. No. [Aside.] I should be very sorry if you did. [Exit, handing her off".
Page 12 - ... some are on morality, some on divinity, and some history. Duke. Write history ! My nephew write books \ And pray, when you wait upon her, what kind of conversation does she hold on the other side of the wainscot ? Sev. I never heard her speak. Duke. Did not you say, you received her commands ? Sev.
Page 44 - Learn, my lord, to be less suspicious ; aflect less generosity and moderation, and be less ungrateful and unjust. Marq. Severe as your words are, they inspire a hope my heart had banished — explain yourself- — deign — Aman. " Explain !" even now he doubts me. Marq. No : say but you love me with that passion I have described, .and I will never doubt again.
Page 24 - I am not forty, madam. March. The lover again : one moment lamenting his age, and, when reproached with it, proclaiming himself a youth. The whole matter is, my lord, you are not too old to be in love, nor she too young to understand it. Marq. You wrong her, she is ignorant. March. So am I too — I am in love.