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... bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity , Quips and cranks , and wanton wiles , Nods and becks , and wreathed smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport , that wrinkled care derides , And Laughter ...
... bring with thee Jest and youthful jollity , Quips and cranks , and wanton wiles , Nods and becks , and wreathed smiles , Such as hang on Hebe's cheek , And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport , that wrinkled care derides , And Laughter ...
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... bring ; All on bended knee be seen , Paying homage to your queen ! " [ The Lady attempts to rise . Nay , lady , sit ; if I but wave this wand , Your nerves are all bound up in alabaster , And you a statue . Lady . Fool , do not boast ...
... bring ; All on bended knee be seen , Paying homage to your queen ! " [ The Lady attempts to rise . Nay , lady , sit ; if I but wave this wand , Your nerves are all bound up in alabaster , And you a statue . Lady . Fool , do not boast ...
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... bring her off . Peach . Why , as the wench is very active and industrious , you may satisfy her , that I'll soften the evidence . Filch . Tom Gagg , sir , is found guilty . Peach . A lazy dog ; when I took him the ever to grow rich ...
... bring her off . Peach . Why , as the wench is very active and industrious , you may satisfy her , that I'll soften the evidence . Filch . Tom Gagg , sir , is found guilty . Peach . A lazy dog ; when I took him the ever to grow rich ...
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... bring us more wine . [ Exit harper . ] If any of the ladies chuse gin , I hope they will be so free to call for it . Jen . You look as if you meant me . Wine is strong enough for me . Indeed , sir , I never drink strong waters , but ...
... bring us more wine . [ Exit harper . ] If any of the ladies chuse gin , I hope they will be so free to call for it . Jen . You look as if you meant me . Wine is strong enough for me . Indeed , sir , I never drink strong waters , but ...
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... bring him off at his trial - Polly , upon her knees , begs it " of you . AIR . - I am a poor shepherd undone . When my hero in court appears , And stands arraigned for his life , Then think of your Polly's tears , For , ah ! poor ...
... bring him off at his trial - Polly , upon her knees , begs it " of you . AIR . - I am a poor shepherd undone . When my hero in court appears , And stands arraigned for his life , Then think of your Polly's tears , For , ah ! poor ...
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Common terms and phrases
Æsop better Buck Cape Char Chrononhotonthologos Crab d'ye damned daugh daughter dear devil Dick Dotterel ecod Enter SIR Erit Exeunt Exit father fellow Flint fool fortune Fungus gentleman girl give happy hear heart hold honour hope Jenny King Kitty Lack-a-day Lady Pent Lady Rac look Lord Aim Lucy madam marriage marry master Mech Mechlin Miss Gran Miss Har Miss Lin mistress Neph never night Old Phil Old Wild Papillion passion Polly poor Pr'ythee pray pretty Puff Quid rascal SCENE servant Sir Archy Sir Cha Sir Geo Sir Gre Sir Gregory Sir Jac Sir John Sir Luke Sir Tho Sir Wil Sneak speak Spright suppose sure tell thee there's thing thou Thrifty what's Whit wife woman Young Wild Zounds
Popular passages
Page 2 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 1 - We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire; Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years.
Page 2 - But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
Page 25 - But money, wife, is the true fuller's earth for reputations, there is | not a spot or a stain but what it can take out. A rich rogue now-a-days is fit company for any gentleman ; and the world, my dear, hath not such ^ a contempt for roguery as you imagine.
Page 31 - But if I could raise a small Sum Would not twenty Guineas, think you, move him? Of all the Arguments in the way of Business, the Perquisite is the most prevailing. Your Father's Perquisites for the Escape of Prisoners must amount to a considerable Sum in the Year.
Page 30 - A jealous woman believes everything her passion suggests. To convince you of my sincerity, if we can find the ordinary, I shall have no scruples of making you my wife; and I know the consequence of having two at a time. Lucy. That you are only to be hanged, and so get rid of them both.
Page 30 - Married! very good. The wench gives it out only to vex thee, and to ruin me in thy good opinion. 'Tis true I go to the house, I chat with the girl, I kiss her, I say a thousand things to her (as all gentlemen do) that mean nothing, to divert...
Page 229 - When house and land are gone and spent, Then learning is most excellent.
Page 158 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 625 - I say nothing — I take away from no man's merit— am hurt at no man's good fortune — I say nothing. — But this I will say — through all my knowledge of life, I have observed — that there is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.