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" Sir, I repeat it, if I please you in this affair, 'tis all I desire. Not that I think a woman the worse for being handsome; but, sir, if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind... "
The British Drama: Comedies. 2 v - Page 1011
1804
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False Colours: A Comedy, in Five Acts, as Performed at the King's Theatre in ...

Edward Morris - 1793 - 586 pages
...choofe a wife of mine to have the ufual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back : and tho' one eye may be very agreeable, yet as the prejudice has always run in, favour of two, I would not wifti to affe6t a fingularity in that article. Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic fot it is ! Why, firrah,...
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Jones's British Theatre, Volume 5

William Jones - 1795 - 400 pages
...if you pleafe to recolleft, you before hinted fomething about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I fhouhl rather choofe a wife of mine to have the ufual number of limba, and a limited quantity of back...
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The British Drama: Comedies. 2 v

1804 - 552 pages
...fev inorc graces of that kind. Now, without bein; ery nice, I own I should rather choose a wife if mine to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited...wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir Ant A. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why, irrah, you're an anchorite ! a vile, insensible tock ! You...
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The Earl of Warwick: A Tragedy in Five Acts

Thomas Francklin, Jean-François de La Harpe, Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 416 pages
...if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I should rather chuse a wife of mine, to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back : and, though...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 432 pages
...if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I should rather chuse a wife of mine, to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back : and, though...
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The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the ...

Mrs. Inchbald - 1808 - 420 pages
...please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more gract s of that kind — now, without being very nice, I own I should rather chuse a wife of mine, to have the usual number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back : and, though...
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English Comedy, Volumes 1-2

1810 - 542 pages
...if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice,...Sir Anth. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why, sirrah, you are an anchorite ! A vile, insensible stock ! You a soldier! you're a walking block, fit only to...
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English Comedy. (A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramas, Since the ...

English comedy - 1810 - 274 pages
...if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind — now, without being very nice,...limited quantity of back : and, though one eye may bo very agreeable, yet, as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would not wish to affect...
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The London Theatre: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramatic ..., Volume 9

Thomas Dibdin - 1815 - 490 pages
...you please to recollect, you before hinted something; about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind— now, without being very nice,...number of limbs, and a limited quantity of back ; and, thongh one eye may be very agreeable, yet, as the prejudice has always run in favour of two, I would...
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The British drama; a collection of the most esteemed tragedies ..., Volume 1

British drama - 1824 - 834 pages
...if you please to recollect, you before hinted something about a hump or two, one eye, and a few more graces of that kind— now, without being very nice,...wish to affect a singularity in that article. Sir A. What a phlegmatic sot it is ! Why, sirrah, you are an anchorite ! A vile, insensible stock ! You...
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