The gamester, by E. Moore. The tragedy of Jane Shore, by N. Rowe. The London merchant, by G. Lillo. Douglas, by J. Home. The tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray, by N. Rowe |
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DOUGLAS . - The Editor's Preface . The Author's Dedication .. The Play ..... LADY JANE GRAY . - The Editor's Preface .. The Author's Dedication , & c ... The Play ...... VOL . II . THE PROVOK'D HUSBAND . - The Editor's Preface .
DOUGLAS . - The Editor's Preface . The Author's Dedication .. The Play ..... LADY JANE GRAY . - The Editor's Preface .. The Author's Dedication , & c ... The Play ...... VOL . II . THE PROVOK'D HUSBAND . - The Editor's Preface .
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The Provok'd Husband . Lionel and Clarissa ... Table of the Texts of Scripture . Index to the Three Volumes . Errata ..... List of Books Published by the Author . ..231 .267 .272 .275 313 .315 .326 ..335 ..337 .340 The Toy Shop .
The Provok'd Husband . Lionel and Clarissa ... Table of the Texts of Scripture . Index to the Three Volumes . Errata ..... List of Books Published by the Author . ..231 .267 .272 .275 313 .315 .326 ..335 ..337 .340 The Toy Shop .
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As customs introduced into plays from length of time , and change of laws , become obsolete and unintelligible ; -as for instance that respecting marriage , mentioned in á note to The Provok'd Husband , ( Vol . II . p .
As customs introduced into plays from length of time , and change of laws , become obsolete and unintelligible ; -as for instance that respecting marriage , mentioned in á note to The Provok'd Husband , ( Vol . II . p .
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Mrs. I. objects , that the husband is " a very silly man , " and the wife a very imprudent woman . " " Beverley 66 possesses all that he pretends to hold dear upon earth" though , like other weak characters , he does not un" derstand ...
Mrs. I. objects , that the husband is " a very silly man , " and the wife a very imprudent woman . " " Beverley 66 possesses all that he pretends to hold dear upon earth" though , like other weak characters , he does not un" derstand ...
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with her husband , her little boy and her sister - in - law , she was the happiest of the rich ; " ( Do. ) but , on her husband's imprudence , or vice , in taking to play and losing his fortune , she says- " His follies I have borne ...
with her husband , her little boy and her sister - in - law , she was the happiest of the rich ; " ( Do. ) but , on her husband's imprudence , or vice , in taking to play and losing his fortune , she says- " His follies I have borne ...
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Page 280 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 22 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly...
Page 279 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 182 - What's Hecuba to him or he to Hecuba That he should weep for her? What would he do Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have? He would drown the stage with tears, And cleave the general ear with horrid speech, Make mad the guilty and appal the free, Confound the ignorant, and amaze indeed The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Page 325 - Duchess, with all the household, gentlemen and gentlewomen, were hunting in the park. I found her in her chamber reading...
Page 326 - For when I am in presence either of father or mother, whether I speak, keep silence, sit, stand, or go, eat, drink, be merry or sad, be sewing, playing, dancing or doing anything else, I must do it, as it were, in such weight, measure and number, even so perfectly as God made the world...
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Page 23 - O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Page 326 - I am with him. And when I am called from him, I fall on weeping, because whatsoever I do else but learning, is full of grief, trouble, fear, and whole misliking unto me. And thus my book hath been so much my pleasure, and bringeth daily to me more pleasure and more, that in respect of it, all other pleasures, in very deed, be but trifles and troubles unto me.
Page 70 - I have pass'da miserable night, So full of fearful dreams, of ugly sights, That, as I am a christian faithful man, ' • I would not spend another such a night, Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days ; So full of dismal terror was the time.
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| Title | The gamester, by E. Moore. The tragedy of Jane Shore, by N. Rowe. The London merchant, by G. Lillo. Douglas, by J. Home. The tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray, by N. Rowe Volume 1 of The English Drama Purified: Being a Specimen of Select Plays, in which All the Passages that Have Appeared to the Editor to be Objectionable in Point of Morality, are Omitted Or Altered. With Prefaces and Notes, James Plumptre |
| Editor | James Plumptre |
| Publisher | F. Hodson, 1812 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Jan 2007 |
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