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... Balt . Not yet apparell'd ? Volan . ' Tis her wedding - day , sir ; On such occasions women claim some grace . Balt . How bears she The coming of her greatness ? Volan . Bravely , Sir . Instead of the high honours that now await her , I ...
... Balt . Not yet apparell'd ? Volan . ' Tis her wedding - day , sir ; On such occasions women claim some grace . Balt . How bears she The coming of her greatness ? Volan . Bravely , Sir . Instead of the high honours that now await her , I ...
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... Balt . Come , girl , be kind . Juli . Well , sir , you are forgiven . Duke . You are all goodness ; let me on this hand ( Taking her hand , which she withdraws . ) Juli . Not yet , sir ; ' tis a virgin hand as yet , And my own property ...
... Balt . Come , girl , be kind . Juli . Well , sir , you are forgiven . Duke . You are all goodness ; let me on this hand ( Taking her hand , which she withdraws . ) Juli . Not yet , sir ; ' tis a virgin hand as yet , And my own property ...
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... Balt . These things premis'd you have my full consent To try my daughter's humour : -to that end I have sent for her . But observe me , sir ; I will use no compulsion with my child ; Though of a merry spirit I have found her In weighty ...
... Balt . These things premis'd you have my full consent To try my daughter's humour : -to that end I have sent for her . But observe me , sir ; I will use no compulsion with my child ; Though of a merry spirit I have found her In weighty ...
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... Balt . D'ye think the man is made of marble. ACT u . ] Enter VOLANTE . Volan . What is your pleasure ? Balt . ( introducing the COUNT . ) Know this holy man ; It is the father confessor I spoke of . Though he looks young , in all things ...
... Balt . D'ye think the man is made of marble. ACT u . ] Enter VOLANTE . Volan . What is your pleasure ? Balt . ( introducing the COUNT . ) Know this holy man ; It is the father confessor I spoke of . Though he looks young , in all things ...
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... Balt . For ever ? Ay , for ever . Volan . Alas ! poor Count ! -Or has he only left you To study some new character ? Pray tell me ! What will he next appear in ? This is folly . Balt . " Tis time to call your wanton spirits home . You ...
... Balt . For ever ? Ay , for ever . Volan . Alas ! poor Count ! -Or has he only left you To study some new character ? Pray tell me ! What will he next appear in ? This is folly . Balt . " Tis time to call your wanton spirits home . You ...
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ALLWORTH Balt Baron believe Belvi Belvidera better brother Brulgruddery Charles Count Countess Crab daughter David Daw dear Duke Egad Emily Enter Exeunt Exit father fellow Flora fortune Fran Frank gentleman give Gree Haller hand Hard HARDCASTLE Hast hear heard heart heaven Henry honest honour hope husband Jaffier Joseph Juli Lady Teazle LAMPEDO leave live look lord madam Maria MARRALL married Mary master Miss H MISS MANNERING Moses never night on't Penrud Penruddock Pierre poor Pray Priuli Renault Rochdale Rolan Rowley Samp Sampson SAPPY SCENE servant Sir G Sir Giles Sir Oliver Sir Peter Sir Simon Solom soul speak Steinfort Stran stranger sure Syden talk tell thee there's thing thou thought Tony twas twill Volan WATCHALL Weazel WELLBORN what's wife wish woman Woodville young Zounds
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Page 5 - Oh woman ! lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ! Angels are painted fair to look like you : There's in you all, that we believe of" heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 15 - I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass. Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize; Now to the maid who has none, sir: Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes, And here's to the nymph with but one, sir.
Page 3 - I past this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded by a troop of villains; The sons of public rapine were destroying: They told me, by the sentence of the law They had commission to seize all thy fortune: Nay, more; Priuli's cruel hand had sign'd it. Here stood a ruffian, with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled into a heap for public sale': There was another making vitiations jests At thy undoing ; he had ta'en possession Of all thy ancient most domestic ornaments,...
Page 6 - But you're not to stand so, with your hands in your pockets. Take your hands from your pockets, Roger; and from your head, you blockhead, you. See how Diggory carries his hands. They're a little too stiff, indeed, but that's no great matter.
Page 2 - What a quantity of superfluous silk hast thou got about thee, girl ! I could never teach the fools of this age that the indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.
Page 3 - Eh ! you have frozen me to death again. That word reserved has undone all the rest of his accomplishments. A reserved lover, it is said, always makes a suspicious husband. HARD. On the contrary, modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
Page 7 - tis out of pure good humour ; and I take it for granted, they deal exactly in the same manner with me.
Page 9 - Sir, you have a right to command here. Here, Roger, bring us the bill of fare for to-night's supper : I believe it's drawn out. — Your manner, Mr. Hastings, puts me in mind of my uncle, Colonel Wallop. It was a saying of his, that no man was sure of his supper till he had eaten it.
Page 4 - 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 12 - I'm in love with the town, and that serves to raise me above some of our neighbouring rustics; but who can have a manner, that has never seen the Pantheon, the Grotto Gardens, the Borough, and such places, where the nobility chiefly resort?