The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ...Mrs. Inchbald Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - English drama |
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... cause . you And clearer too : I'm sure you have heard band , have more say , hus- A woman forc'd will free herself through iron , A happy , calm , and good wife discontented , May be taught tricks . Per . No , no , I do but jest with ye ...
... cause . you And clearer too : I'm sure you have heard band , have more say , hus- A woman forc'd will free herself through iron , A happy , calm , and good wife discontented , May be taught tricks . Per . No , no , I do but jest with ye ...
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... cause will kill a thousand of ye . Juan . Hold , fair sir , I beseech ye , The gentleman but pleads his own right nobly . Leon . He that dares strike against the husband's freedom , The husband's curse stick to him , a tam'd cuckold ...
... cause will kill a thousand of ye . Juan . Hold , fair sir , I beseech ye , The gentleman but pleads his own right nobly . Leon . He that dares strike against the husband's freedom , The husband's curse stick to him , a tam'd cuckold ...
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... cause , and we must stir in't . Duke . I'll warrant ye , he shall be glad to please us , And glad to share too ; we shall hear anon A new song from him ; let's attend a little . [ Exeunt . SCENE III . Another Chamber . Enter LEON and ...
... cause , and we must stir in't . Duke . I'll warrant ye , he shall be glad to please us , And glad to share too ; we shall hear anon A new song from him ; let's attend a little . [ Exeunt . SCENE III . Another Chamber . Enter LEON and ...
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... cause . And ' tis no reason but thou should'st be angry , Angry at heart , yet I must laugh still at thee . By a woman cheated ? art sure it was a woman ? Caca . I shall break thy head , my valour itches at thee . Per . It is no matter ...
... cause . And ' tis no reason but thou should'st be angry , Angry at heart , yet I must laugh still at thee . By a woman cheated ? art sure it was a woman ? Caca . I shall break thy head , my valour itches at thee . Per . It is no matter ...
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... my friend , the noble Co- lonel . My cause was naught , for ' twas against your honour : And he that wrongs the innocent ne'er prospers . For charity , Lend me a bed to ease my tortur'd body ; SCENE II . ] 67 AND HAVE A WIFE .
... my friend , the noble Co- lonel . My cause was naught , for ' twas against your honour : And he that wrongs the innocent ne'er prospers . For charity , Lend me a bed to ease my tortur'd body ; SCENE II . ] 67 AND HAVE A WIFE .
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Alex Alexander ALEXAS Allw ALTEA Amble Antony arms brave Caca Cæsar Cassander Cleo Cleopatra Clyt Clytus command Constantia cozen'd dare dear death Dolabella Don Frederick Don John dost Duke Enter DON Estif ESTIFANIA EUMENES Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell fear fool Fred gentleman give Greedy hear heart Heaven Heph Hephestion honest honour hope husband i'th Juan JUAN DE CASTRO king kiss LADY ALLWORTH Land leave Leon live look lord Lord Lovell lov'd Lysimachus madam MARALL Marg MARGARITA married mistress mother ne'er never noble o'er Octavia on't Parisatis Perdiccas Peter Petr PETRUCHIO POLYPERCHON Pr'ythee pray queen Roxana SCENE Sir G Sir Giles Overreach soldier soul speak Stat Statira sure sweet sword tell thank thee There's thing thou art thou hast Twas Vent Ventidius WATCHALL Wellb Wellborn what's wife woman word young
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Page 45 - Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain; And yet the soul, shut up in her dark room, Viewing so clear abroad, at home sees nothing; But, like a mole in earth, busy and blind, Works all her folly up, and casts it outward To the world's open view...
Page 23 - A thousand wishes, and ten thousand prayers. Millions of blessings wait you to the wars; Millions of sighs and tears she sends you too. And would have sent As many dear embraces to your arms.
Page 77 - Well. This rage is vain, sir ; For fighting, fear not, you shall have your hands full, Upon the least incitement ; and whereas You charge me with a debt of a thousand pounds, If there be law, (howe'er you have no conscience,) Either restore my land, or I'll recover A debt, that's truly due to me from you, In value ten times more than what you challenge. Over. I in thy debt ! O impudence ! did I not purchase The land left by thy father...
Page 7 - Of mimic'd statesmen and their merry king. No wit to flatter left of all his store! No fool to laugh at, which he valued more. There, victor of his health, of fortune, friends, And fame, this lord of useless thousands ends.
Page 13 - It sits too near you. Ant. Here, here it lies; a lump of lead by day, And, in my short, distracted, nightly slumbers, The hag that rifles my dreams Vent.
Page 18 - Sir, it is her will, Which we, that are her servants, ought to serve, And not dispute. Howe'er, you are nobly welcome; And, if you please to stay, that you may think so, There came, not six days since, from Hull, a pipe Of rich Canary, which shall spend itself For my lady's honour. GREEDY. Is it of the right race?
Page 65 - I'm only troubled, The life I bear is worn to such a rag, 'Tis scarce worth giving. I could wish, indeed, We threw it from us with a better grace; That, like two lions taken in the toils, We might at least thrust out our paws, and wound The hunters that inclose us.
Page 11 - tis my birthday, and I'll keep it With double pomp of sadness. 'Tis what the day deserves, which gave me breath. Why was I raised the meteor of the world, Hung in the skies, and blazing as I travelled, 'Till all my fires were spent; and then cast downward, To be trod out by Caesar? VENT, [aside']. On my soul, 'Tis mournful, wondrous mournful ! ANT.
Page 37 - She lay, and leant her cheek upon her hand, And cast a look so languishingly sweet, As if, secure of all beholders...
Page 26 - Ant. I will be justified in all I do To late posterity, and therefore hear me. If I mix a lie With any truth, reproach me freely with it ; Else, favour me with silence.