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... Peachum - this is the first time my Honour was ever call'd in Question . PEACHUM . Business is at an end - if once we act dishonourably . ' Cf. Swift to Gay , March 28 , 1728 : " I did not understand that the scene of Lockit and Peachum's ...
... Peachum - this is the first time my Honour was ever call'd in Question . PEACHUM . Business is at an end - if once we act dishonourably . ' Cf. Swift to Gay , March 28 , 1728 : " I did not understand that the scene of Lockit and Peachum's ...
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... PEACHUM . You are warm , Brother . LOCKIT . He that attacks my Honour , attacks my Livelihood . - And this Usage - Sir - is not to be borne . PEACHUM . Since you provoke me to speak - I must tell you too , that Mrs. Coaxer charges you ...
... PEACHUM . You are warm , Brother . LOCKIT . He that attacks my Honour , attacks my Livelihood . - And this Usage - Sir - is not to be borne . PEACHUM . Since you provoke me to speak - I must tell you too , that Mrs. Coaxer charges you ...
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... Peachum is a stranger to feelings of gratitude and good will . Peachum , more- is above petty animosities . When Polly recoils from the idea of having Macheath impeached , protesting that her blood freezes at the thought of murdering ...
... Peachum is a stranger to feelings of gratitude and good will . Peachum , more- is above petty animosities . When Polly recoils from the idea of having Macheath impeached , protesting that her blood freezes at the thought of murdering ...
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