A Discourse Upon Comedy: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux StratagemD. C. Heath & Company, 1914 - Всего страниц: 358 |
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A Discourse Upon Comedy: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem George Farquhar Полный просмотр - 1914 |
A Discourse Upon Comedy: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem George Farquhar Полный просмотр - 1914 |
A Discourse Upon Comedy: The Recruiting Officer and The Beaux Stratagem George Farquhar Полный просмотр - 1914 |
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Стр. 206 - Sir, I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in Staffordshire ; 'tis smooth as oil, sweet as milk, clear as amber, and strong as brandy ; and will be just fourteen year old the fifth day of next March, old style.
Стр. 25 - The Rules of English Comedy don't lie in the Compass of Aristotle, or his Followers, but in the Pit, Box, and Galleries.
Стр. 227 - ... about the room, like sick passengers in a storm, he comes flounce into bed, dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket; his feet cold as ice, his breath hot as a furnace, and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night-cap.
Стр. 207 - At a meal, you mean, if one may guess your sense by your bulk. Bon. Not in my life, sir : I have fed purely upon ale ; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
Стр. 48 - I don't beat my drums here to ensnare or inveigle any man; for you must know, gentlemen, that I am a man of honour. Besides, I don't beat up for common soldiers ; no, I list only grenadiers — grenadiers, gentlemen.
Стр. 226 - O Sister, Sister! if ever you marry, beware of a sullen, silent sot, one that's always musing, but never thinks. There's some diversion in a talking blockhead; and since a woman must wear chains, I would have the pleasure of hearing 'em rattle a little.
Стр. 325 - sdeath and hell! my old acquaintance. Now unless Aimwell has made good use of his time, all our fair machine goes souse into the sea like the Eddystone.
Стр. 213 - Arch. Why, faith, if this prospect fails, it must e'en come to that. I am for venturing one of the hundreds, if you will, upon this knight-errantry ; but, in case it should fail, we'll reserve the t'other to carry us to some counterscarp.
Стр. 232 - There's something in that which may turn to advantage; the appearance of a stranger in a country church draws as many gazers as a blazing star; no sooner he comes into the cathedral, but a train of whispers runs buzzing round the congregation in a moment; - who is he? Whence comes he? Do you know him?
Стр. 233 - ... the whole church my concern by my endeavouring to hide it; after the sermon, the whole town gives me to her for a lover, and by persuading the lady that I am a-dying for her, the tables are turned, and she in good earnest falls in love with me.