The Beggar's Opera

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Huebsch, 1920 - 83 pagina's
 

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Pagina 28 - 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 55 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Pagina 47 - ... upon a promise as an excuse for following their own inclinations. — But here comes Lucy, and I cannot get from her — wou'd I were deaf!
Pagina 73 - Come, sweet Lass, Let's banish Sorrow 'Till To-morrow ; Come, sweet Lass, Let's take a chirping Glass. Wine can clear The Vapours of Despair And make us light as Air ; Then drink, and banish Care. I can't bear, Child, to see you in such low Spirits. And I must persuade you to what I know will do you good.
Pagina 80 - Since laws were made for ev'ry degree, To curb vice in others, as well as me, I wonder we han't better company, Upon Tyburn tree ! But gold from law can take out the sting; And if rich men like us were to swing, 'Twould thin the land, such numbers to string Upon Tyburn tree!
Pagina 41 - Before the Barn-door crowing. The Cock by Hens attended, His Eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended. Then One he singles from the Crew, And cheers the happy Hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.
Pagina 64 - twould be an irreparable Loss. The Vigor and Prowess of a Knight-Errant never sav'd half the Ladies in Distress that he hath done. But, Boy, can'st thou tell me where thy Master is to be found? Filch. At his *Lock, Sir, at the Crooked Billet.
Pagina 16 - Look ye, wife. A handsome wench in our way of business is as profitable as at the bar of a Temple coffeehouse, who looks upon it as her livelihood to grant every liberty but one.
Pagina 50 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Pagina 11 - A lazy dog! When I took him the time before, I told him what he would come to if he did not mend his hand. This is death without reprieve. I may venture to book him. (writes.) For Tom Gagg, forty pounds.

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