The British Drama: pt. 1-2. ComediesWilliam Miller, printed by James Ballantyne, 1804 |
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... marriage , sirrah ! Cha . Sir , I obey : but- Sir Fran . But me no buts - Begone , sir ! dare to ask me for money again - refuse forty thou- sand pounds ! Out of my doors , I say , without re- ply ! [ Exit CHA 3 U Mir . How every action ...
... marriage , sirrah ! Cha . Sir , I obey : but- Sir Fran . But me no buts - Begone , sir ! dare to ask me for money again - refuse forty thou- sand pounds ! Out of my doors , I say , without re- ply ! [ Exit CHA 3 U Mir . How every action ...
Page 528
... marriage , and so take the merit from my choice : now , I will have the act my own , to let the idle fops see how much I prefer a man loaded with years and wisdom . Sir Fran . Humph ! Prithee leave out years , Chargy ; I'm not so old ...
... marriage , and so take the merit from my choice : now , I will have the act my own , to let the idle fops see how much I prefer a man loaded with years and wisdom . Sir Fran . Humph ! Prithee leave out years , Chargy ; I'm not so old ...
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... marriage ! Enter servants with supper . Sir Jeal . Come , will you sit down ? Isa . I cannot eat , sir . Patch . No , I dare swear he has given her sup per enough . I wish I could get into the closet . [ Aside . Sir Jeal . Well , if you ...
... marriage ! Enter servants with supper . Sir Jeal . Come , will you sit down ? Isa . I cannot eat , sir . Patch . No , I dare swear he has given her sup per enough . I wish I could get into the closet . [ Aside . Sir Jeal . Well , if you ...
Page 538
... marriage con- summated between a daughter of your's and sig- nior Diego Babinetto his son here . True , sir , such a trust is reposed in me , as that letter will inform you . I hope , ' twill pass upon him.- [ Aside . ] [ Gives him a ...
... marriage con- summated between a daughter of your's and sig- nior Diego Babinetto his son here . True , sir , such a trust is reposed in me , as that letter will inform you . I hope , ' twill pass upon him.- [ Aside . ] [ Gives him a ...
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... marriage- Run , sirrah ; call all my servants ! I'll be satisfied that this is signior Pedro's son , ere he has my daughter . Mar. Ha ! Sir George ! What have I done , now ? Enter SIR GEORGE , with a drawn sword , be- tween the scenes ...
... marriage- Run , sirrah ; call all my servants ! I'll be satisfied that this is signior Pedro's son , ere he has my daughter . Mar. Ha ! Sir George ! What have I done , now ? Enter SIR GEORGE , with a drawn sword , be- tween the scenes ...
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Page 1002 - I would have her instructed in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries. But above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. This, Sir Anthony, is what I would have a woman know; and I don't think there is a superstitious article in it.
Page 956 - I'm sure I should be sorry people said anything amiss, since I have no fortune but my character. MARLOW: [Aside] By heaven, she weeps. This is the first mark of tenderness I ever had from a modest woman, and it touches me.
Page 943 - The Englishman's malady. But tell me, George, where could I have learned that assurance you talk of? My life has been chiefly spent in a college, or an inn, in seclusion from that lovely part of the creation that chiefly teach men confidence.
Page 1010 - Nay, but, Jack, such eyes! such eyes! so innocently wild! so bashfully irresolute! not a glance but speaks and kindles some thought of love! Then, Jack, her cheeks! her cheeks, Jack! so deeply blushing at the insinuations of her tell-tale eyes!
Page 941 - I'll leave it to all men of sense, But you, my good friend, are the Pigeon. Toroddle, toroddle, toroll. Then come, put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.
Page 943 - Diggory, you are too talkative. — Then, if I happen to say a good thing, or tell a good story at table, you must not all burst out a-laughing, as if you made part of the company.
Page 944 - It's not my way, you see, to receive my friends with my back to the fire. I like to give them a hearty reception in the old style at my gate. I like to see their horses and trunks taken care of.
Page 1019 - Come, come, Mrs. Malaprop, we must forget and forgive ; — odds life ! matters have taken so clever a turn all of a sudden, that I could find in my heart to be so goodhumoured! and so gallant! hey! Mrs. Malaprop! - Mrs. Mai. Well, Sir Anthony, since you desire it, we will not anticipate the past; — so mind, young people — our retrospection will be all to the future.
Page 939 - I'll never control your choice; but Mr. Marlow, whom I have pitched upon, is the son of my old friend, Sir Charles Marlow, of whom you have heard me talk so often. The young gentleman has been bred a scholar, and is designed for an employment in the service of his country.
Page 1002 - In my way hither, Mrs. Malaprop, I observed your niece's maid coming forth from a circulating library! — She had a book in each hand — they were half-bound volumes, with marble covers! — From that moment I guessed how full of duty I should see her mistress!