The Works of the Celebrated Mrs. Centlivre ...: The wonder. The man bewitch'd. Gotham election. Wife well managed. Bickerstaff's burial. Bold stroke for a wife. ArtificeJ. Knapton, 1760 |
Common terms and phrases
affure Afide Alguazil better Blefs Bufinefs Capt Clin Colonel Confent Conft cou'd dear Devil Don Pif Eftate Enter Exit fafe faid Fain Fainwell Faith Father Felix ferve fhall fhould fince Flora fome foon Fred Freeman Friend fuch fuppofe fure Gentleman give Heart honeft Honour hope Houfe Houſe Hufband Ifab Inis John Freeman kifs Lady laft Liff Liffardo Look ye Lord Love Lucy Madam Mafter marry Miſtreſs Moidore muft Mumps muſt myſelf never paffa Paffion Perfon Periwinkle pleaſe Pleaſure pray Prim Prithee promiſe Reaſon Rogue Sack Sackbut Servant ſhall ſhe Sir Dav Sir Jeff Sir John Sir Phil Sir Philip Sirrah ſpeak Tally tell thee thefe there's theſe thofe Tick Tickup Tradelove Truft underſtand Violante Watchit Wife Woman worfe wou'd yourſelf zome Zounds
Popular passages
Page 202 - But do you really like Matrimony Col. I believe I could with that Lady, Sir.
Page 244 - Married to a Quaker ! thou art a fine fellow to be left guardian to an orphan truly there's a husband for a young lady ! Col.
Page 233 - What, would you anatomize me? Sir P. Ay, ay, madam; he would dissect you. Trade. Or pore over you through a microscope, to see how your blood circulates from the crown of your head to the sole of your foot...
Page 230 - I promise you, mynheer. Trade. I will say all that ever I can think on to recommend you, mynheer ; and, if you please, I'll introduce you to the lady. Col.
Page 202 - I am for marrying her ; for I hate the trouble of a guardian, especially among such wretches ; but resolve never to agree to the choice of any one of them, — and I fancy they'll be even with me, for they never came into any proposal of mine yet. Col.
Page 196 - BETTY. Why, let it go. If the Colonel loves you, as he pretends, he'll marry you without a fortune, madam; and I assure you, a Colonel's lady is no despicable thing; a Colonel's post will maintain you like a gentlewoman, madam.
Page 245 - I grant you, but you sign'd this contraft. [Skewing a Paper. Per. How durst you put this trick upon me, Mr. Freeman ? Didn't you tell me my uncle was dying ? Free.
Page 205 - ... pamper themselves with the fatness thereof; but I will take care that none shall squander away thy father's estate ; thou shalt marry none such, Anne.
Page 226 - Pox on your news. Free. Pox on the rascal that sent it me. Trade. Sent it you! Why Gabriel Skinflint has been at the minister's, and spoke with him, and he has assur'd him 'tis every syllable false ; he received no such express.
Page 15 - No, no, I never bribe an old acquaintance. Perhaps I might let it sparkle in the eyes of a stranger a little, till we come to a right understanding. But then, like all other mortal things, it would return from whence it came.