Bell's British Theatre, Volume 14John Bell J. Bell, 1797 - English drama |
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... thing , that people that face death so near , and so often , should have no thoughts of saving their souls . Wor . Being constantly in danger of them , so that they look death in the face with as much impudence as a Deal whore does a ...
... thing , that people that face death so near , and so often , should have no thoughts of saving their souls . Wor . Being constantly in danger of them , so that they look death in the face with as much impudence as a Deal whore does a ...
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... thing as haul cat haul , nor belay ; silly words , only fit for Dutchmen to pronounce . I put fine sentences into the mouths of our sailors , derived from the man- liness of the Italian , and the softness of the French : and by that ...
... thing as haul cat haul , nor belay ; silly words , only fit for Dutchmen to pronounce . I put fine sentences into the mouths of our sailors , derived from the man- liness of the Italian , and the softness of the French : and by that ...
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... thing so roughly ? Nay , by Hea- vens , I'm amazed ! I cannot guess the meaning of all this . Ara . Fie , stupid Worthy , cann't you apprehend the reason why I study to make a breach betwixt my sister and yourself ? Wor . ' Tis all a ...
... thing so roughly ? Nay , by Hea- vens , I'm amazed ! I cannot guess the meaning of all this . Ara . Fie , stupid Worthy , cann't you apprehend the reason why I study to make a breach betwixt my sister and yourself ? Wor . ' Tis all a ...
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John Bell. with your manner of bantering , to take notice of any thing you say ; yet it would divert me , had not my charming Quaker's last dear words wrapt up my soul to a diviner contemplation . Ara . Must I then say I love , and be ...
John Bell. with your manner of bantering , to take notice of any thing you say ; yet it would divert me , had not my charming Quaker's last dear words wrapt up my soul to a diviner contemplation . Ara . Must I then say I love , and be ...
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... thing to see how vice loves to be flattered ! There's scarce a punk in town , be she never so notorious , but would fain be thought virtu- ous and hates to be called whore , even from the fellow that made her so . Bar . I never expect ...
... thing to see how vice loves to be flattered ! There's scarce a punk in town , be she never so notorious , but would fain be thought virtu- ous and hates to be called whore , even from the fellow that made her so . Bar . I never expect ...
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Barn Barnwell Belinda Betty Blunt breast brother Brush cann't Canton captain Cham Constantia Crib daughter dear death Dorcas Enter Exeunt Exit eyes faith father fear Flip fortune friendship gentlemen GEORGE LILLO give hand happy hear heart Heaven Heidel Heidelberg honour hope king ladies Laura look Lord Og Lord Ogleby lordship Lovewell Lucy ma'am madam maid marry Mill Millwood mind Miss Fanny Miss Sterl Mizen murder navy ne'er never noble Osmond passion pity Plea poor pray prince purser Quaker rage Rodolpho Rove ruin Sail SCENE servant shame shew Sicily Siffredi Sigismunda Sir Charles Sir John Melvil sister soul spurrit sure sweet Tancred tears tell tender thee there's thing Thor thou art thought thousand True TRUEMAN virtue William the Bad Worthy wretched young youth
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Page v - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 18 - Melvil to interest himself in this affair. He may mention it to Lord Ogleby with a better grace than I can, and more probably prevail on him to interfere in it. I can open my mind also more freely to Sir John. He told me, when I left him in town, that he had something of consequence to communicate, and that I could be of use to him.
Page 42 - Ay, or a bowl of punch, or a can of flip, Mr. Sterling! for it looks like a cabin in the air. If flying chairs were in use, the captain might make a voyage to the Indies in it still, if he had but a fair wind.
Page iv - If princes, &e. were alone liable to misfortunes arising from vice or weakness in themselves or others, there Would be good reason for confining the characters in tragedy to those of superior' rank ; but since the contrary is evident, nothing can be more reasonable than to proportion the remedy to the disease...
Page 9 - But let me tell you both, you must leave off your soft looks to each other, and your whispers, and your glances, and your always sitting next to one another at dinner, and your long walks together in the evening. For my part, if I had not been in the secret, I should have known you were a pair of lovers at least, if not man and wife, as Fanny.
Page 22 - You ? — You're above pity. — You would not change conditions with me. — You're over head and ears in love, you know. — Nay, for that matter, if Mr. Lovewell and you come together, as I doubt not you will, you will live very comfortably, I dare say.
Page 74 - What are your laws, of which you make your boast, but the fool's wisdom and the coward's valour; the instrument and screen of all your villainies, by which you punish in others what you act yourselves; or would have acted; had you been in their circumstances. The judge who condemns the poor man for being a thief, had been a thief himself, had he been poor. Thus you go on deceiving and being deceived; harassing and plaguing and destroying one another: but women are your universal prey.
Page 44 - Twill be well worth your pains to study it as a science. See how it is founded in reason, and the nature of things; how it has promoted humanity, as it has opened and yet keeps up an intercourse between nations, far remote from one another in situation, customs and religion; promoting arts, industry, peace and plenty; by mutual benefits diffusing mutual love from pole to pole.
Page 23 - BARN. If you mean the love of women, I have not thought of it at all. My youth and circumstances make such thoughts improper in me yet. But if you...
Page 72 - .all professions I have known, yet found no difference but in their several capacities; all were alike wicked to the utmost of their power. In pride, contention, avarice, cruelty and revenge, the reverend priesthood were my unerring guides.