British Theatre, Volume 11J. Bell, 1792 - English drama |
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... laughs when the guardian or the parent is robbed of a ward or of a daughter , by the dextrous cunning of an unprincipled adventurer . He is no more rigidly just in his ideas of married life . The husband whose wealth has drawn to him a ...
... laughs when the guardian or the parent is robbed of a ward or of a daughter , by the dextrous cunning of an unprincipled adventurer . He is no more rigidly just in his ideas of married life . The husband whose wealth has drawn to him a ...
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... laughing . CLARISSA comes in to them . Omnes . Ha , ha , ha , ha ! Mon. Mighty well ! Oh , mighty well , indeed ! Clar . Save you , save you , good folks ; you are all in rare humour , methinks . Gripe . Why , what should we be ...
... laughing . CLARISSA comes in to them . Omnes . Ha , ha , ha , ha ! Mon. Mighty well ! Oh , mighty well , indeed ! Clar . Save you , save you , good folks ; you are all in rare humour , methinks . Gripe . Why , what should we be ...
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... . Hartshorn , pray , tell your lady I must needs see her ; I have something to say to her that will make her laugh , though she were dying of the vapours . Mrs. Harts . My lord , I'll tell her . 18 A & t I. THE LADY'S LAST STAKE .
... . Hartshorn , pray , tell your lady I must needs see her ; I have something to say to her that will make her laugh , though she were dying of the vapours . Mrs. Harts . My lord , I'll tell her . 18 A & t I. THE LADY'S LAST STAKE .
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... laughing ladies , I presume , whose incessant concussion of words would not let you put in a syllable , and so you are come to ease yourself upon me . Lord G. Then , pr'ythee , be a friend , and let me speak . Lord W. Not only blank ...
... laughing ladies , I presume , whose incessant concussion of words would not let you put in a syllable , and so you are come to ease yourself upon me . Lord G. Then , pr'ythee , be a friend , and let me speak . Lord W. Not only blank ...
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... laugh her " out of that unfashionable folly of liking her hus- " band , when here's a man of undisputed honour too , " that knows the world , that understands love and " ruin to a tittle , that would at the least tip of at " wink rid ...
... laugh her " out of that unfashionable folly of liking her hus- " band , when here's a man of undisputed honour too , " that knows the world , that understands love and " ruin to a tittle , that would at the least tip of at " wink rid ...
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