Bombastes Furioso: A Burlesque Tragic Opera in One Act, Now Performing with Universal Applause at the Theatres Royal

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R. Benison, 1828 - 18 стор.
 

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Сторінка 15 - Who dares this pair of boots displace, " Must meet Bombastes face to face." Ha ! dost thou dare me, vile obnoxious elf; I'll make thy...
Сторінка 7 - So when two feasts, whereat there's nought to pay, Fall unpropitious on the self-same day, The anxious Cit each invitation views, And ponders which to take or which refuse : From this or that to keep away is loth, And sighs to think he cannot dine at both.
Сторінка 5 - For which we make you Duke of Strombelo; [Bombastes kneels; the King dubs him with a pipe, and then presents the bowl. From our own bowl here drink, my soldier true; And if you'd like to take a whiff or two, He whose brave arm hath made our foes to crouch, Shall have a pipe from this our royal pouch. 70 BOM. Honours so great have all my toils repaid! My Liege, and Fusbos, here's "Success to trade.
Сторінка 11 - Rosy-cheek'd maid, henceforth my only queen, Full soon shalt thou in royal robes be seen; And through my realm I'll issue this decree, None shall appear of taller growth than thee : Painters no other face pourtray—each sign O'er alehouse hung shall change its head for thine.
Сторінка 4 - The sapient Doctor Muggins came in haste,^ Who suits his physic to his patients' taste ; He, knowing well on what our heart is set, Hath just...
Сторінка 10 - ART. (puts his hat down to kneel on) Here on my knees (those knees which ne'er till now To man or maid in suppliance bent) I vow Still to remain, till you my hopes fulfil, Fixt as the Monument on Fish-street-hill.
Сторінка 12 - Lov'd Distaffina ! now by my scars I vow, Scars got — I haven't time to tell you how; By all the risks my fearless heart hath run, Risks of all shapes from bludgeon, sword, and gun, Steel traps, the patrole, bailiff shrewd, and dun; By the great bunch of laurels on my brow, Ne'er did thy charms exceed their present glow ! go O let me greet thee with a loving kiss — Hell and the devil!
Сторінка 11 - tis what's his name, The General; send him packing as he came. ART. And is it he ? and doth he hither come ? Ah me ! my guilty conscience strikes me dumb : Where shall I go ? say, whither shall I fly ? Hide me, oh hide me, from his injur'd eye ! Dis. Why, sure you' re not alarm'd at such a thing!
Сторінка 3 - Pregnant with news—but ere that news I tell, First let me hope your Majesty is well. ART. Rise, learned Fusbos ! rise, my friend, and know We are but middling—that is, but so so.
Сторінка 17 - And o'er thy grave a monument shall rise, Where heroes yet unborn shall feast their eyes ; And this short Epitaph that speaks thy fame, Shall also there immortalize my name : — " Here lies Bombastes stout of heart and limb, " Who conquer'd all but Fusbos — Fusbos him.

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