 | Marlborough coll - 1874 - 864 pages
...our two loving sonls. " Enlb." sende us some amatory verses about Chloe and Phyllis with the motto " How happy could I be with either Were t'other dear charmer away." They are neatly turned, but unsuitable in character for the Marlburian. We have reserved for the last... | |
 | William Stephens Hayward - 1875 - 378 pages
...there'll be a blaze. What a fool I am to be in this position at all ! In the words of the poet — " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away." He was up betimes in the morning, and at once missed his revolver. He knocked at the door of Diana's... | |
 | George Roy - 1875 - 60 pages
...pleasing rival beauties when met apart, when I met them together I would never go farther than— " How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away." I will now endeavour to show how you may most certainly please when in honour bound to differ in opinion... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...of a man is depress'd with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears. GAY: Beggar's Opera. How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away ! GAY : Beggar's Opera. Most women's weak resolves, like reeds, will fly, Shake with each breath, and... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - 1974 - 394 pages
...statement is a paraphrase of the musical complaint of a man who suffers from the presence of two lovers: How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away; But while you thus tease me together, To neither a word will I say. Ri tol de rol lol de rol li do.... | |
 | 1903 - 350 pages
...appeal for aid. fhe average man, in the face of these two conflicting theories, may well exclaim " How happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away " ; and as is so often the case, this simple instinct may assist us in reaching a correct conclusion.... | |
 | Harry Levin - 1988 - 225 pages
...competition. Such is the happy-go-lucky dilemma of MacHeath, the dashing highwayman in The Beggar's Opera: "How happy could I be with either, / Were t'other dear charmer away. " This need not imply that all mistresses are alike, since his Polly and his Lucy are charming in different... | |
 | Harold Seymour, Dorothy Seymour Mills - 1989 - 392 pages
...intended, suggested he render a "Baritone solo, with lyre accompaniment" entitled "New Yorks vs. Mets; or how happy could I be with either, were t'other dear charmer away." And there was evidence against Mutrie. For example, he had tipped off Day in advance about the Mets'... | |
 | John Gay, John Caird, Ilona Sekacz - 1999 - 116 pages
...Flesh and blood can't bear my usage! POLLY. Shall I not claim my own? Justice bids me speak! MACHEATH. HOW HAPPY COULD I BE WITH EITHER WERE T'OTHER DEAR CHARMER AWAY! BUT WHILE YOU THUS TEASE ME TOGETHER TO NEITHER A WORD WILL I SAY BUT TOL DE ROL FOL DE ROL LAY O TOL... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 pages
...because, like great Statesmen, we encourage those who betray their friends. 1551 The Beggar's Opera How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away! 1552 Dione Behold the victim of Parthenia's pride! He saw, he sighed, he loved, was scorned and died.... | |
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How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away! 
