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Pagina 16
... turn to our advantage . Mrs. Peach . I am very fenfible , husband , that Cap- tain Macheath is worth money , but I am in doubt whe- ther he hath not two or three wives already , and then if he should die in a feffion or two , Polly's ...
... turn to our advantage . Mrs. Peach . I am very fenfible , husband , that Cap- tain Macheath is worth money , but I am in doubt whe- ther he hath not two or three wives already , and then if he should die in a feffion or two , Polly's ...
Pagina 17
... turn'd fool ? A high- way - man's wife , like a foldier's , hath as little of his pay as of his company . Peach . And had not you the common views of a gentle- woman in your marriage , Polly ? Polly . I don't know what you mean , Sir ...
... turn'd fool ? A high- way - man's wife , like a foldier's , hath as little of his pay as of his company . Peach . And had not you the common views of a gentle- woman in your marriage , Polly ? Polly . I don't know what you mean , Sir ...
Pagina 25
... turns all our lead to gold . [ The gang , ranged in the front of the flage , load their piftols , and flick them under their girdles , then go off , finging the firft part in chorus . Mac . What a fool is a fond wench ! Polly is most ...
... turns all our lead to gold . [ The gang , ranged in the front of the flage , load their piftols , and flick them under their girdles , then go off , finging the firft part in chorus . Mac . What a fool is a fond wench ! Polly is most ...
Pagina 35
... turn to your prejudice . Learn to be more guarded , I beg you . AIR XXX . How happy are we , & c . When cenfure the age you Be cautious and fage , Left the courtiers offended fliould be : If you mention vice or bribe , ' Tis fo pat to ...
... turn to your prejudice . Learn to be more guarded , I beg you . AIR XXX . How happy are we , & c . When cenfure the age you Be cautious and fage , Left the courtiers offended fliould be : If you mention vice or bribe , ' Tis fo pat to ...
Pagina 38
... turn away from me ? - ' Tis thy Polly - ' tis thy wife . Mac . Was ever fuch an unfortunate rafcal as I am ! Lucy . Was there ever fuch another villain ! Polly . Oh , Macheath ! was it for this we parted ? Taken Imprifoned ! Tried ...
... turn away from me ? - ' Tis thy Polly - ' tis thy wife . Mac . Was ever fuch an unfortunate rafcal as I am ! Lucy . Was there ever fuch another villain ! Polly . Oh , Macheath ! was it for this we parted ? Taken Imprifoned ! Tried ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 31 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Pagina 39 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Pagina 11 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold; And the gilded car of Day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream...
Pagina 44 - But now my task is smoothly done, I can fly, or I can run, Quickly to the green earth's end, Where the bow'd welkin slow doth bend, And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon.
Pagina 13 - Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Pagina 8 - A noble peer of mickle trust and power Has in his charge, with temper'd awe to guide An old and haughty nation proud in arms : Where his fair offspring, nurs'd in princely lore, Are coming to attend their father's state And new-intrusted sceptre.
Pagina 14 - I wish nae mair of a' that's rare. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, To a' the lave I'm cauld; But she gars a' my spirits glow, At wauking of the fauld. My Peggy smiles sae kindly, Whene'er I whisper love. That I look down on a' the town, — That I look down upon a crown.
Pagina 15 - And in sweet madness robb'd it of itself; But such a sacred, and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss I never heard till now.
Pagina 18 - Oh, ponder well! be not severe; So save a wretched Wife ! For on the Rope that hangs my Dear Depends poor Polly's Life.
Pagina 38 - That in their green shops weave the smooth-hair'd silk, To deck her sons ; and, that no corner might Be vacant of her plenty, in her own loins She hutch'd the all-worshipp'd ore and precious gems, To store her children with : if all the world Should, in a pet of temperance, feed on pulse...