The British Drama: Operas and farcesWilliam Miller, printed by James Ballantyne, 1804 |
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... happy to see your rival . safe ar- Thrifty . What strange destiny has directed this happiness to us ? Enter OCTAVIAN . Gripe . Hey - day ! Thrifty . Oh , so ! I have a wife for you . Oct. Good father , all your propositions are vain ; I ...
... happy to see your rival . safe ar- Thrifty . What strange destiny has directed this happiness to us ? Enter OCTAVIAN . Gripe . Hey - day ! Thrifty . Oh , so ! I have a wife for you . Oct. Good father , all your propositions are vain ; I ...
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... wed ; My house disposed of , the sole cause of strife , I now may hope to lead a happy life , If I can part with my engaging wife . [ Exeunt omnes MEN . BY WOMEN . ROVEWELL , attached to ARETHUSA 24 [ VANBRUGH . BRITISH DRAMA .
... wed ; My house disposed of , the sole cause of strife , I now may hope to lead a happy life , If I can part with my engaging wife . [ Exeunt omnes MEN . BY WOMEN . ROVEWELL , attached to ARETHUSA 24 [ VANBRUGH . BRITISH DRAMA .
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... Happy the fair But gives despair , Or else deceives you , And learns inconstancy from you . Rove . Unkind Arethusa ! I little expected this usage from you . AIR . When did you see Any falsehood in me , That thus you unkindly suspect me ...
... Happy the fair But gives despair , Or else deceives you , And learns inconstancy from you . Rove . Unkind Arethusa ! I little expected this usage from you . AIR . When did you see Any falsehood in me , That thus you unkindly suspect me ...
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... Happy's the man , from wedlock free , Who knows to prize his liberty : Were man wary How they marry , We should not be by half so full of misery , [ Knocking at the door . ] Here , where are my ser- vants ? Must they be frighted from me ...
... Happy's the man , from wedlock free , Who knows to prize his liberty : Were man wary How they marry , We should not be by half so full of misery , [ Knocking at the door . ] Here , where are my ser- vants ? Must they be frighted from me ...
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... happy indeed- -Where are my friends , my servants ? call them all , and let them be witnesses of my happiness . [ Exit . Nell . O rare , sweet man ! he smells all over like a nosegay . Heaven preserve my wits ! AIR - ' Twas within a ...
... happy indeed- -Where are my friends , my servants ? call them all , and let them be witnesses of my happiness . [ Exit . Nell . O rare , sweet man ! he smells all over like a nosegay . Heaven preserve my wits ! AIR - ' Twas within a ...
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Сторінка 59 - Which way shall I turn me? how can I decide? Wives, the day of our death, are as fond as a bride. One wife is too much for most husbands to hear, But two at a time there's no mortal can bear. This way, and that way, and which way I will, What would comfort the one, t'other wife would , take ill.
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Сторінка 48 - If the heart of a man is deprest with cares. The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears; Like the notes of a fiddle, she sweetly, sweetly Raises the spirits, and charms our ears.
Сторінка 53 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
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Сторінка 57 - The hard times oblige me to go very near in my dealing. To be sure, of late years I have been a great sufferer by the parliament. Three thousand pounds would hardly make me amends. The act for destroying the Mint was a severe cut upon our business. 'Till then, if a customer stepped out of the way— we knew where to have her.
Сторінка 47 - We retrench the superfluities of mankind. The world is avaritious, and I hate avarice. A covetous fellow, like a jack-daw, steals what he was never made to enjoy, for the sake of hiding it. These are the robbers of mankind, for money was made for the free-hearted and generous, and where is the injury of taking from another, what he hath not the heart to make use of?