The Beaux-stratagem: A Comedy

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Dent, 1898 - Всего страниц: 141
 

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Стр. 25 - ... 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. 127 - Sul. Your prating is worse. Mrs. Sul. Have we not been a perpetual offence to each other ? a gnawing vulture at the heart ? Squire Sul. A frightful goblin to the sight ? Mrs. Sul. A porcupine to the feeling ? Squire Sul. Perpetual wormwood to the taste ? Mrs.
Стр. 74 - ... again, and then it broke out again, and then it festered, and then it grew better, and then it grew worse again.
Стр. 6 - I'll taste that. Bon. 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. 6 - Enter several People with trunks, bandboxes, and other luggage, and cross the stage. Bon. Welcome, ladies ! Cher. Very welcome, gentlemen ! — Chamberlain, show the Lion and the Rose.
Стр. 110 - These rings, madam ; don't be concerned, madam ; I have a profound respect for you, madam ; your keys, madam ; don't be frighted, madam ; I'm the most of a gentleman. [Searching her Pockets.] This necklace, madam ; I never was rude to any lady ! I have a veneration — for this necklace.
Стр. 21 - I'm — my father calls; you plaguy devil, how durst you stop my breath so? Offer to follow me one step, if you dare. [Exit. Arch. A fair challenge, by this light! this is a pretty fair opening of an adventure; but we are knight-errants, and so Fortune be our guide. [Exit.
Стр. 58 - Arch. Madam, the ladies pay best ; the honour of serving them is sufficient wages ; there is a charm in their looks. that delivers a pleasure with their commands, and gives our duty the wings of inclination.
Стр. 61 - ... you shall hear, Begun with a trifle and ended: All trifling people draw near, And I shall be nobly attended. Were it not for trifles, a few, That lately have come into play; The men would want something to do, And the women want something to say. What makes men trifle in dressing? Because the ladies (they know) Admire, by often possessing, That eminent trifle, a beau. When the lover his moments has trifled. The trifle of trifles to gain: No sooner the virgin is rifled, But a trifle shall part...
Стр. 30 - ... 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?

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