The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century: A Series of LecturesHarper, 1853 - 297 Seiten |
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... play , the " Old Bachelor , " brought our author to the notice of that great patron of the English muses , Charles Montague Lord Halifax , who being desirous to place so eminent a wit in a state of ease and tranquillity , instantly made ...
... play , the " Old Bachelor , " brought our author to the notice of that great patron of the English muses , Charles Montague Lord Halifax , who being desirous to place so eminent a wit in a state of ease and tranquillity , instantly made ...
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... play , is , I believe , not very distant from the real character of Congreve . " - Dramatic Miscella- nies , vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the ...
... play , is , I believe , not very distant from the real character of Congreve . " - Dramatic Miscella- nies , vol . iii . 1784 . She retired from the stage when Mrs. Oldfield began to be the public favourite . She died in 1748 , in the ...
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... play , and the dotard is laughed to scorn for having the young wife : in the ballad , when the poet bid his mistress to gather roses while she may , and warns her that old Time is still a - flying : in the ballet , when honest Corydon ...
... play , and the dotard is laughed to scorn for having the young wife : in the ballad , when the poet bid his mistress to gather roses while she may , and warns her that old Time is still a - flying : in the ballet , when honest Corydon ...
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... play my part ; for she'll meet me two hours hence in black and white , and a long veil to cover the project , and we won't see one another's faces till we have done something to be ashamed of , and then we'll blush once for all ...
... play my part ; for she'll meet me two hours hence in black and white , and a long veil to cover the project , and we won't see one another's faces till we have done something to be ashamed of , and then we'll blush once for all ...
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... play , and no more knows how to resist them than any of the ladies above quoted could resist Con- greve . Lady Plyant . - O ! reflect upon the honour of your conduct ! Offering to pervert me [ the joke is that the gentleman is pressing ...
... play , and no more knows how to resist them than any of the ladies above quoted could resist Con- greve . Lady Plyant . - O ! reflect upon the honour of your conduct ! Offering to pervert me [ the joke is that the gentleman is pressing ...
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