Miscellaneous Plays, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1804 - 438 pages |
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Page 138
... DAVID , servant , & c . of the inn . WILL , poftboy of the inn . JENKINS , fervant to Worshipton . Piper , Fiddler , & c . WOMEN : LADY GOODBODY . MISS MARTIN , nieces to Lady Good- MISS HANNAH CLODPATE , S body . DOLLY , maid of the ...
... DAVID , servant , & c . of the inn . WILL , poftboy of the inn . JENKINS , fervant to Worshipton . Piper , Fiddler , & c . WOMEN : LADY GOODBODY . MISS MARTIN , nieces to Lady Good- MISS HANNAH CLODPATE , S body . DOLLY , maid of the ...
Page 139
... David and Jenkins difcovered fitting by the fire fide . DAVID . JOHN THOMSON , fays I , why do you put yourself into a paffion ? an angry man , fays I , John , may be compared to three things . JENKINS . Yaw ! yaw ! ( yawning very wide ) ...
... David and Jenkins difcovered fitting by the fire fide . DAVID . JOHN THOMSON , fays I , why do you put yourself into a paffion ? an angry man , fays I , John , may be compared to three things . JENKINS . Yaw ! yaw ! ( yawning very wide ) ...
Page 140
... DAVID ( very impatiently ) . Tut , man ! can't you keep those jaws of yours to- gether , and hear what a body fays ? JENKINS , Yaw , yaw ! Dont think because I yawn , David , that I don't hear what you fay . - But go on with your story ...
... DAVID ( very impatiently ) . Tut , man ! can't you keep those jaws of yours to- gether , and hear what a body fays ? JENKINS , Yaw , yaw ! Dont think because I yawn , David , that I don't hear what you fay . - But go on with your story ...
Page 141
... David ; but he's young and well made , and DAVID . He well made , hang him ! his uncle is a better made man by half . - Ay , there is a gentleman for ye ! a reasonable , fenfible , mannerly gentleman ! he don't break in upon one with ...
... David ; but he's young and well made , and DAVID . He well made , hang him ! his uncle is a better made man by half . - Ay , there is a gentleman for ye ! a reasonable , fenfible , mannerly gentleman ! he don't break in upon one with ...
Page 142
... DAVID . By my faith he has ! and more fenfe too . What do you think he said to me the other day ? David , fays he , you only want a great wig upon your head and a gown upon your fhoulders , to make as good a profer as many that we ...
... DAVID . By my faith he has ! and more fenfe too . What do you think he said to me the other day ? David , fays he , you only want a great wig upon your head and a gown upon your fhoulders , to make as good a profer as many that we ...
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