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to every mother ' s babe of ' um - Ay , ay , they ' ll “ ne ' er want for a belly - full
there ! “ Lady G . What simplicity I “ Man . The Lud ' a mercy upon all good folks ! “
What work will these people maķe ! [ Holding up his hands . ' Lord T . And when
do ...
to every mother ' s babe of ' um - Ay , ay , they ' ll “ ne ' er want for a belly - full
there ! “ Lady G . What simplicity I “ Man . The Lud ' a mercy upon all good folks ! “
What work will these people maķe ! [ Holding up his hands . ' Lord T . And when
do ...
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Ods me ! there he is just come home again - You may have business with him - -
so I ' ll even turn you together . [ Exit . Enter ' Squire RICHARD . Squ . Rich . Soah
, soah , Mrs . Myrtilla , where han yaw been aw this day , forsooth ? Myr . Nay , if ...
Ods me ! there he is just come home again - You may have business with him - -
so I ' ll even turn you together . [ Exit . Enter ' Squire RICHARD . Squ . Rich . Soah
, soah , Mrs . Myrtilla , where han yaw been aw this day , forsooth ? Myr . Nay , if ...
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Lady T . Dear sister , take her off o ' my hands ; " there ' s no bearing this . [ Apart .
“ Lady G . I fancy I know you , madam . “ Mask . I fancy you don ' t ; what makes
you think « you do ? “ Lady G . Because I have heard you talk . “ Mask . Ay , but ...
Lady T . Dear sister , take her off o ' my hands ; " there ' s no bearing this . [ Apart .
“ Lady G . I fancy I know you , madam . “ Mask . I fancy you don ' t ; what makes
you think « you do ? “ Lady G . Because I have heard you talk . “ Mask . Ay , but ...
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He came upon a qualifying message from Lord Abberville , as I believe ; but ' tis
sich an extravagant old blade , he got amongst the pyramids of Egypt before he
could well bring it out , Mrs . Bridge . I would he was there , and his pupil with him
...
He came upon a qualifying message from Lord Abberville , as I believe ; but ' tis
sich an extravagant old blade , he got amongst the pyramids of Egypt before he
could well bring it out , Mrs . Bridge . I would he was there , and his pupil with him
...
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Think , think , my lord , is there no way of fight ? Lord Sal . Thou hast recallid to
my remembrance what , If seconded by this our plighted friend , May claim a
serious and attentive hearing . Mor . Small is the service I can boast my lord ; In
all my ...
Think , think , my lord , is there no way of fight ? Lord Sal . Thou hast recallid to
my remembrance what , If seconded by this our plighted friend , May claim a
serious and attentive hearing . Mor . Small is the service I can boast my lord ; In
all my ...
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Page 87 - With a feigned pilgrimage, and dressed myself In habit of a boy ; and, for I knew My birth no match for you, I was past hope Of having you ; and, understanding well That when I made discovery of my sex I could not stay with you, I made a vow, By all the most religious things a maid Could call together, never to be known...
Page 57 - I' the morning with you, and at night behind you Past and forgotten ; how your vows are frosts, Fast for a night, and with the next sun gone ; How you are, being taken all together, A mere confusion, and so dead a chaos, That love cannot distinguish. These sad texts, Till my last hour, I am bound to utter of you. So, farewell all my woe, all my delight ! [Exit, Are.
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Page 116 - Now, the doctor purposes we should all come thither in our habits, and, when the rooms are full, we may steal up into his chamber, he says, and there crack he'll give us all canonical commission to go to-bed together.
Page 37 - Hadst thou a curst master when thou went'st to school ? Thou art not capable of other grief ; Thy brows and cheeks are smooth as waters be When no breath troubles them. Believe me, boy, Care seeks out wrinkled brows and hollow eyes, And builds himself caves, to abide in them.
Page 51 - em false, as were my hopes, I cannot urge thee further. But thou wert To blame to injure me, for I must love Thy honest looks, and take no revenge upon Thy tender youth : A love from me to thee Is firm, whate'er thou dost.