Bell's British Theatre, Volume 13John Bell J. Bell, 1797 |
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... mistress of her if I could ? -Two things , called pru- dence and honour , forbid either . What am I pur- suing , then ? A shadow . this snare in my way . Sure my evil genius laid However , there is one com- fort , it is in my power to ...
... mistress of her if I could ? -Two things , called pru- dence and honour , forbid either . What am I pur- suing , then ? A shadow . this snare in my way . Sure my evil genius laid However , there is one com- fort , it is in my power to ...
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... mistresses see we can do something at least ; if they won't hire us , it shan't be our fault . Strike up the Ser- vants ' Medley . AIR . HOUSE - MAID . I pray ye , gentles , list to me : I'm young , and strong , and clean , you see ; I ...
... mistresses see we can do something at least ; if they won't hire us , it shan't be our fault . Strike up the Ser- vants ' Medley . AIR . HOUSE - MAID . I pray ye , gentles , list to me : I'm young , and strong , and clean , you see ; I ...
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... mistresses , hither repair ; What servants you want , you'll find in our fair ; Men and Maids fit for all sorts of stations there be ; And , as for the wages , we shan't disagree . ACT II . SCENE I. A Parlour in Justice WOODCOCK's House ...
... mistresses , hither repair ; What servants you want , you'll find in our fair ; Men and Maids fit for all sorts of stations there be ; And , as for the wages , we shan't disagree . ACT II . SCENE I. A Parlour in Justice WOODCOCK's House ...
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... mistress . will run you away 29 Eust . Yes ; but , you dear provoking angel , you have not told when me , with me . Luc . Why that , I confess , requires some considera- tion . Eust . Yet remember , while you are deliberating , the ...
... mistress . will run you away 29 Eust . Yes ; but , you dear provoking angel , you have not told when me , with me . Luc . Why that , I confess , requires some considera- tion . Eust . Yet remember , while you are deliberating , the ...
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... ; and so there's an end on't . SCENE IX . Justice WOODCOCK's Hall . HODGE , MARGERY . Hodge . So , mistress , who let you in ? Mar. Why , I let myself in . Hodge . Indeed ! Marry come up ! why , Aa II . 55 LOVE IN A VILLAGE .
... ; and so there's an end on't . SCENE IX . Justice WOODCOCK's Hall . HODGE , MARGERY . Hodge . So , mistress , who let you in ? Mar. Why , I let myself in . Hodge . Indeed ! Marry come up ! why , Aa II . 55 LOVE IN A VILLAGE .
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Page 10 - Kite. Oh! a mighty large bed ! bigger by half than the great bed at Ware — ten thousand people may lie in it together and never feel one another.
Page 50 - I like him the better : I was just such another fellow at his age : " I never set my heart upon any * * woman so much as to make myself uneasy at the " disappointment; but what was very surprising both " to myself and friends, I chang'd o' th' sudden from " the most fickle lover to the most constant husband
Page 46 - I have known thee a great while, never go, if I do not love thee as well as a new acquaintance.
Page 63 - Lord, what d'ye make a fool of me for ? Don't I know that letters are never writ but from the ) country to London, and from London into the country ? Now he's in town, and I am in town too ; therefore I can't write to him, you know.
Page 120 - Pardon ! No, no, child, your crime shall be your punishment. — Here, Captain, I deliver her over to the conjugal power for her chastisement ; since she will be a wife, be you a husband, a very husband. When she tells you of her love, upbraid her with her folly ; be modishly ungrateful, because she has been unfashionably kind, and use her worse than you would anybody else, because you can't use her so well as she deserves.
Page 101 - Ind. Yet, then, to find the most charming of mankind once more to set me free from what I thought the last distress, to load me with his services, his bounties, and his...
Page 67 - I am this moment obliged to be at every one of them, and 'twould be wrong if I should not be in the hall to attend one of 'em at least ; the rest would take it ill else. Therefore, I must leave what I have said to Mr. Serjeant's consideration, and I will digest his arguments on my part, and you shall hear from me again, sir.
Page 10 - I don't beat my drums here to ensnare or inveigle any man ; for you must know, gentlemen, that I am a man of honour ; besides, I don't beat up for common soldiers — no, I list only grenadiers — grenadiers, gentlemen.
Page 16 - For whom ? Plume. For a regiment. — But for a woman ! — 'Sdeath ! I have been constant to fifteen at a time, but ] never melancholy for one ; and can the love of one bring / you into this pickle? Pray, who is this miraculous Helen? Wor. A Helen indeed, not to be won under a ten years' siege : as great a beauty, and as great a jilt.
Page 98 - Seal. Yes, madam, there came to my hands a bill drawn by Mr. Bevil, which is payable to-morrow ; and he, in the intercourse of business, sent it to me, who have cash of his, and desired me to send a servant with it; but I have made bold to bring you the money myself.