The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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Page viii
... young hero , Honeywood , an amiable spendthrift , is compelled by stress of circumstances to introduce to his lady- love two sheriff's officers as distinguished personal friends , was strangely judged on the play's production to be ...
... young hero , Honeywood , an amiable spendthrift , is compelled by stress of circumstances to introduce to his lady- love two sheriff's officers as distinguished personal friends , was strangely judged on the play's production to be ...
Page ix
... young travellers , who imagined a gentleman's country - house to be an inn . The story is developed with a comic energy which sets the play in the first rank of humorous drama . The portrait of the uncouth lout Tony Lumpkin is broad ...
... young travellers , who imagined a gentleman's country - house to be an inn . The story is developed with a comic energy which sets the play in the first rank of humorous drama . The portrait of the uncouth lout Tony Lumpkin is broad ...
Page 14
... young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground , And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd , Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd ; The ...
... young contending as the old survey'd ; And many a gambol frolick'd o'er the ground , And sleights of art and feats of strength went round ; And still as each repeated pleasure tir'd , Succeeding sports the mirthful band inspir'd ; The ...
Page 16
... young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school ; The watchdog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind , And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion ...
... young ; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool , The playful children just let loose from school ; The watchdog's voice that bay'd the whisp'ring wind , And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion ...
Page 55
... young . ' ' The younger the worse , ' I return him again , It shows that their habits are all dyed in grain . ' ' But then they're so handsome , one's bosom it grieves . ' ' What signifies handsome , when people are thieves ? ' ' But ...
... young . ' ' The younger the worse , ' I return him again , It shows that their habits are all dyed in grain . ' ' But then they're so handsome , one's bosom it grieves . ' ' What signifies handsome , when people are thieves ? ' ' But ...
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