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Page 13
... give parties in town , or just bow to you when we meet , and shall always be condescending to my relations , as long as they do not presume on my good nature ; but it is bet- ter to have our positions clearly defined . I shall always ...
... give parties in town , or just bow to you when we meet , and shall always be condescending to my relations , as long as they do not presume on my good nature ; but it is bet- ter to have our positions clearly defined . I shall always ...
Page 35
... give some good reason for the delay . MRS . RUF . That's just what Jemima says ; but he can give no good reason , I am sure . PLAC . If Jemima says so , you may be THE WEDDING DAY . 35.
... give some good reason for the delay . MRS . RUF . That's just what Jemima says ; but he can give no good reason , I am sure . PLAC . If Jemima says so , you may be THE WEDDING DAY . 35.
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... give a good reason for the delay . You are late certainly , but you know the pro- verb- ( nodding to Pepper . ) - Exeunt - Worthy leading Mrs. Ruffle , followed by Placid . PEP . ( muttering as he goes out . ) Proverbs indeed ! I hate ...
... give a good reason for the delay . You are late certainly , but you know the pro- verb- ( nodding to Pepper . ) - Exeunt - Worthy leading Mrs. Ruffle , followed by Placid . PEP . ( muttering as he goes out . ) Proverbs indeed ! I hate ...
Page 45
... gives us such a roof . Hus . What if they kept me fettered , bound- pent up within stone walls ? WIFE . " Stone walls do not a prison make , Nor iron bars a cage ; The high and trusting heart can take These for a hermitage . " Hus ...
... gives us such a roof . Hus . What if they kept me fettered , bound- pent up within stone walls ? WIFE . " Stone walls do not a prison make , Nor iron bars a cage ; The high and trusting heart can take These for a hermitage . " Hus ...
Page 46
... give you pomp and luxury- the comforts and the elegancies of high life : I can but offer penury and gloom . WIFE . But penury and gloom ? Can you not offer me the same true , trusting heart I gave to you ? Hus . I have not that to give ...
... give you pomp and luxury- the comforts and the elegancies of high life : I can but offer penury and gloom . WIFE . But penury and gloom ? Can you not offer me the same true , trusting heart I gave to you ? Hus . I have not that to give ...
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alias Jones Aloud bailiffs Barton's farm beggar better BOND bride brother Captain Cleverly CLEV commissioners cousin dare say Dobson Doleful DOUBT DOWLAN Enter Exeunt Exit eyes FRANK Franklyn Garbett give going gone Gossip hand handsome HART hate hear heard heart heiress hurry impostor Jack Smith Jeremiah Brown Lady Lady Juliana look lovers marry MARY mind MISS CLEAVE MISS GREY MISS JOHN never NIECE Norfolk Island Pepper pettishly PLAC Placid POLICE Policeman Pooh Poor Bessy Poor dear Jemima post octavo Prattle proverb rich Ruffle Sandford Selby Seymour de Hauteville shame SILENT SIR FRED Sir Frederick Jones Sir Michael Mowbray Smith STRAN suppose sure swell mob talk tell thing thought Tilson told Tom Smiths tongue TRENCH trust UNCLE vile vulgar wealth wedding won't wait word worse Worthy WYVILL young
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Page 87 - What, John, not gone yet ? I thought you were to meet the Commissioners at twelve ? " To which, by some instinct of memory, I replied without thinking, " Yes. But it has not struck yet." JOAN : " But you know it's half an hour's walk to the Guildhall. " DAUPHIN :