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... Heaven save thy grace , majesty , I should say ; for grace thou wilt have none ,
P. Hen . What ! none ? Fal . No , by my troth ; not so much as will serve to be
prologue to an egg and butter . P. Hen . Well , how then ? comc , roundly ,
roundly .
... Heaven save thy grace , majesty , I should say ; for grace thou wilt have none ,
P. Hen . What ! none ? Fal . No , by my troth ; not so much as will serve to be
prologue to an egg and butter . P. Hen . Well , how then ? comc , roundly ,
roundly .
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Your grace shall understand , that , at the receipt of your letter , I am very sick ; but
in the instant that your messenger came , in loving visitation was with me a young
doctor of Rome , his name is Balthazar : I acquainted him with the cause in ...
Your grace shall understand , that , at the receipt of your letter , I am very sick ; but
in the instant that your messenger came , in loving visitation was with me a young
doctor of Rome , his name is Balthazar : I acquainted him with the cause in ...
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Your grace does me as great honours , as can be desir'd in the hearts of his
subjects : I would fain see the man , that has but two legs , that shall find himself
aggriev'd at this glove : that is all ; but I would fain see it once :, an please Heaven
of ...
Your grace does me as great honours , as can be desir'd in the hearts of his
subjects : I would fain see the man , that has but two legs , that shall find himself
aggriev'd at this glove : that is all ; but I would fain see it once :, an please Heaven
of ...
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... wear the print of it , and sigh away Sundays.Look , Don Pedro is returned to
seek you . Enter Don Pedro . Pedro . What secret hath held you here , that you
followed not to Leonato's ? Bened . I would , your grace would constrain me to tell
!
... wear the print of it , and sigh away Sundays.Look , Don Pedro is returned to
seek you . Enter Don Pedro . Pedro . What secret hath held you here , that you
followed not to Leonato's ? Bened . I would , your grace would constrain me to tell
!
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Count , take of me my daughter , and with her my fortunes ; his grace hath made
the match , and all grace say amen to it ! Beatr . Speak , Count , ' tis your cue .
Claud . Silence is the perfectest herald of joy : I were but little happy , if I could
say ...
Count , take of me my daughter , and with her my fortunes ; his grace hath made
the match , and all grace say amen to it ! Beatr . Speak , Count , ' tis your cue .
Claud . Silence is the perfectest herald of joy : I were but little happy , if I could
say ...
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| Title | The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ... Volumes 1-25 of British theatre Volume 2 of The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket, Mrs. Inchbald |
| Author | Mrs. Inchbald |
| Editor | Mrs. Inchbald |
| Publisher | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 31 Aug 2007 |
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