The Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Dramas, Poems, Translations, Speeches, Unfinished Sketches, and AnaChatto & Windus, 1901 - 656 pages |
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... SIR PETER TEAZLE'S House . Enter SIR OLIVER SURFACE and ROWLEY . [ Exit . old friend is married , hey ? — Ha ha ha ! that he should Sir Oliv . Ha ha ! ha ! so my . a young wife out of the couny . have stood bluff to old bachelor so long ...
... SIR PETER TEAZLE'S House . Enter SIR OLIVER SURFACE and ROWLEY . [ Exit . old friend is married , hey ? — Ha ha ha ! that he should Sir Oliv . Ha ha ! ha ! so my . a young wife out of the couny . have stood bluff to old bachelor so long ...
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... Sir Pet . Ha ! Sir Oliver - my old friend ! England a thousand times ! Welcome to Sir Oliv . Thank you , thank you , Sir Peter ! and i'faith I am glad to find you well , believe me ! Sir Pet . Oh ! ' tis a long time since we met ...
... Sir Pet . Ha ! Sir Oliver - my old friend ! England a thousand times ! Welcome to Sir Oliv . Thank you , thank you , Sir Peter ! and i'faith I am glad to find you well , believe me ! Sir Pet . Oh ! ' tis a long time since we met ...
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... SIR PETER TEAZLE'S House . Enter SIR PETER TEAZLE , SIR Oliver Surface , and Rowley . Sir Pet . Well , then , we will see this fellow first , and have our wine afterwards . But how is this , Master Rowley ? I don't see the jest of your ...
... SIR PETER TEAZLE'S House . Enter SIR PETER TEAZLE , SIR Oliver Surface , and Rowley . Sir Pet . Well , then , we will see this fellow first , and have our wine afterwards . But how is this , Master Rowley ? I don't see the jest of your ...
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... Sir Peter , relative to Charles and Lady Teazle . Sir Pet . I have heard too much on that subject . Row . Here comes the honest Israelite . -This is Sir Oliver . Enter MOSES . : Sir Oliv . Sir , I understand you have lately had great ...
... Sir Peter , relative to Charles and Lady Teazle . Sir Pet . I have heard too much on that subject . Row . Here comes the honest Israelite . -This is Sir Oliver . Enter MOSES . : Sir Oliv . Sir , I understand you have lately had great ...
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... Sir Oliv . Is he ? I'm very sorry to hear it . But , then again , an't I rather too smartly dressed to look like a money- lender ? Sir Pet . Not at all ; ' twould not be out of character , if you went in your carriage - would it , Moses ...
... Sir Oliv . Is he ? I'm very sorry to hear it . But , then again , an't I rather too smartly dressed to look like a money- lender ? Sir Pet . Not at all ; ' twould not be out of character , if you went in your carriage - would it , Moses ...
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Page 247 - ... it shall never break my heart, I promise you : however, I am equally obliged to you for the hint. Lady Teaz.
Page 266 - Chorus* Let the toast pass, — Drink to the lass, I'll warrant she'll prove an excuse for the glass, Here's to the charmer whose dimples we prize ; Now to the maid who has none, sir : Here's to the girl with a pair of blue eyes; And here's to the nymph with but one, sir.
Page 240 - tis very vulgar to print; and as my little productions are mostly satires and lampoons on particular people, I find they circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties.
Page 50 - ... duodecimo phaeton, she desired me to write some verses on her ponies; upon which, I took out my pocketbook, and in one moment produced the following : " Sure never were seen two such beautiful ponies ; Other horses are clowns, but these macaronies : To give them this title I'm sure can't be wrong, Their legs are so slim, and their tails are so long.
Page 150 - How mortifying, to remember the dear delicious shifts I used to be put to, to gain half a minute's conversation with this fellow! How often have I stole forth, in the coldest night in January, and found him in the garden, stuck like a dripping statue! There would he kneel to me in the snow, and sneeze and cough so pathetically!
Page 288 - I was a witness to it, has penetrated so to my heart, that had I left the place without the shame of this discovery, my future life should have spoken the sincerity of my gratitude. As for that smooth-tongued hypocrite, who would have seduced the wife of his too credulous friend, while he affected honourable addresses to his ward, I behold him now in a light so truly despicable, that I shall never again respect myself for having listened to him.
Page 114 - Jack; I have heard you for some time with patience — I have been cool — quite cool; but take care — you know I am compliance itself — when I am not thwarted; — no one more easily led — when I have my own way; — but don't put me in a frenzy.
Page 291 - The sums I have lent him ! Indeed I have been exceedingly to blame ; it was an amiable weakness ; however, I don't pretend to defend it ; and now I feel it doubly culpable, since it has deprived me of the pleasure of serving you, Mr. Stanley, as my heart dictates. Sir Oliver S.
Page 37 - Well, I'll not debate how far scandal may be allowable ; but in a man, I am sure, it is always contemptible. We...
Page 149 - Why, is it not provoking ? when I thought we were coming to the prettiest distress imaginable, to find myself made a mere Smithfield bargain of at last ! There, had I projected one of the most sentimental elopements...