Fashions and Follies of Washington Life: A Play. In Five Actsauthor, 1857 - Всего страниц: 75 |
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Fashions and Follies of Washington Life: A Play. In Five Acts Henry Clay Preuss Полный просмотр - 1857 |
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agreeable ain't Alexander Hamilton Andrew Jacksons beautiful believe better Bill Sly Blane bless boarding-house brandy bravo Bress Captain Cecille Cecille's child Colonel Courcey curtesy dance darling daughter Dear Emma Delaney's house devil diplo dream drink Emma Delaney END OF ACT Enter CAPT Enter EMMA evil excuse Exit eyes fast father Federalist feel fight gentlemen Ginul give glass hand happy hate heard heart Heaven Henry Clay honor I'll swallow idees Indian Jack Smith Jackson Jeffersonian Democracy John Anderson John Sharker kicked licker look lost ma'm madam Massy Jack member of Congress Miss Bangs Miss Emma morning never night Noall Oh yes old fogy pistol political poor pretty SCENE Scott Sharp Sharpsteel Singleton sitch squaw squire swallow my head talk tell thank there's to-night Tom Scott Tonawaha trust uncle Jack Washington whole woman word
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Стр. 15 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Стр. 62 - FOLLIES fresh laurels from his constituents. Again : Blane is encumbered with no immediate family ties — while I am almost on the eve of my union with one whose whole happiness, I solemnly believe, is centered in myself. One word more : This man has perpetrated a gross wrong upon me — must I, in addition to that wrong, allow him the opportunity of putting a hot bullet through my body ? I don't see the philosophy of it.
Стр. 61 - Sharpsteel, listen to me for one moment : one of the cardinal principles of this boasted code of honor is the idea of equality — " open field and fair fight," as the phrase runs. Now, in this case there is no equality at all — Blane is known to be a practiced shot...
Стр. 17 - I tinks I would give all de money in de world if poor dear Master could get conwerted to de Lord, and den I meet him in de sweet Heaven ! Capt.
Стр. 35 - Government suffers as well as the clerk — why, sir, the most menial occupation in life requires some kind of apprenticeship — but any man who has party influence to back him can assume the most responsible public trusts, altho' he hasn't an ounce of brains in his head.
Стр. 11 - ... Now, I should like to know if we wouldn't have gone to the devil long ago, if it hadn't been for the old Federal party ? Capt. S. Gone to the devil ? All I have to say is, that those who believe in Federalism had better keep its company — for that certainly has gone to the devil ! Col.
Стр. 17 - ... him down in the bushes, praying to the good Lord to soften his poor master's heart, to forgive him all his sins, and convert his soul...
Стр. 4 - ... idealized or heroicized they were not quite accepted as human by the Anglo-American, and most of the time they were neither ideal nor heroic: the Black figured as a clown or a minstrel rather than an Uncle Tom; and the Red man had even less 31 Preuss's introductory explanation doesn't convince me: "By way of apology for this gentleman's bad grammar, the reader is informed that he claims no relationship with that mongrel class usually represented on our stage, those Anglo-Saxon proclivities are...
Стр. 3 - ... public ; and should this humble effort aid, in any degree, in advancing the good work of reform, the author will deem himself richly repaid for the labor of his task.
Стр. 75 - Scott ! come up, sir, and make your bow. Tom. I karn't bow now as I used to could, But still old...
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