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The New English Theatre: Containing the Most Valuable Plays which Have Been ...
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William Congreve

William Congreve - 1903 - 540 pages
...powerful, and nobody can help his passion : 'tis not your fault, nor I swear it is not mine. — How can I help it, if I have charms ? and how can you help it if you are made a captive ? I swear it is pity it should be a fault. — But my honour, — well, but your honour too — but the...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1906 - 486 pages
...powerful, and nobody can help his passion : 'tis not your fault ; nor I swear it is not mine. How can I help it, if I have charms ? and how can you help it if you are made a captive 1 I swear it is pity it should be a fault. But my honour, — well, but your honour too — but the...
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Restoration Comedy in Performance

J. L. Styan - Drama - 1986 - 292 pages
...powerful, and nobody can help his passion: 'tis not your fault; nor I swear it is not mine, - how can I help it, if I have charms? And how can you help it, if you are made a captive? (n. 1) This lady, 'easy to any pretender', also attacks Careless, who remarks that she is 'abounding...
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Class Acts: Classical Monologues for Contemporary Women

Rick DesRochers - Drama - 1992 - 104 pages
...powerful, and nobody can help his passion: 'tis not your fault, nor I swear it is not mine. How can I help it, if I have charms? and how can you help it if you are made a captive? I swear it is pity it should be a fault. - But my honour, - well, but your honor too - but the sin! --...
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The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour

William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 2007 - 298 pages
...powerful, and nobody can help his passion. Tis not your fault; nor I swear, it is not mine. How can I help it, if I have charms? And how can you help it, if you are made a captive? I swear it is pity it should be a fault; but, my honour. Well, but your honour, too — but the sin!...
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