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 10111804Full view - About this book
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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