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... minute's walk , no need she should go till Mr. Worthy comes . PEP . No , indeed ! shameful , disgraceful , of Worthy . MRS . RUF . So it is , Mr. Pepper . The guests will be coming to breakfast presently , and then the tale will fly all ...
... minute's walk , no need she should go till Mr. Worthy comes . PEP . No , indeed ! shameful , disgraceful , of Worthy . MRS . RUF . So it is , Mr. Pepper . The guests will be coming to breakfast presently , and then the tale will fly all ...
Page 78
... . Mow . I knew nothing of them till five minutes since ; but like a foolish coxcomb fancied the kindness shewn me arose from my own merit . You too believed me Sir Michael . MISS GREY . I did . Mow . And despise 78 TO BE , OR NOT TO BE .
... . Mow . I knew nothing of them till five minutes since ; but like a foolish coxcomb fancied the kindness shewn me arose from my own merit . You too believed me Sir Michael . MISS GREY . I did . Mow . And despise 78 TO BE , OR NOT TO BE .
Page 82
... minutes since . GAR . ( aside to Fowler . ) He has been before us : I fear it is too late but one stroke more . ( Aloud . ) There is another arrival , Mowbray ; an odd looking man who insists on seeing you immediately . The story goes ...
... minutes since . GAR . ( aside to Fowler . ) He has been before us : I fear it is too late but one stroke more . ( Aloud . ) There is another arrival , Mowbray ; an odd looking man who insists on seeing you immediately . The story goes ...
Page 87
... minute , and you are not dressed yet . JOHN . ( yawning . ) Plenty of time . People never meet as soon as they say . MISS JOHN . There is no time to be lost ; there is the clock striking now , and it is a good half hour's walk to the ...
... minute , and you are not dressed yet . JOHN . ( yawning . ) Plenty of time . People never meet as soon as they say . MISS JOHN . There is no time to be lost ; there is the clock striking now , and it is a good half hour's walk to the ...
Page 89
... minutes it would be just the same . I doubt if railroads do much good . punc- MISS JOHN . They may teach people to be tual , which will be a great good . But you have not put on your coat now . JOHN . I will in a minute , Jane ; don't ...
... minutes it would be just the same . I doubt if railroads do much good . punc- MISS JOHN . They may teach people to be tual , which will be a great good . But you have not put on your coat now . JOHN . I will in a minute , Jane ; don't ...
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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 64 - one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.
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Page 22 - He's tall and he's straight as the poplar tree, His cheeks are as fresh as the rose ; He looks like a squire of high degree When drest in his Sunday clothes.
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 :