Identifier: sheridanscomedie01sher (find matches)
Title: Sheridan's comedies:
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816 Matthews, Brander, 1852-1929, ed
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Publisher: Boston, J. R. Osgood and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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an a week ; will you,Jack ? Ads. I will, I will; I 11 say you are called in the country FightingBob. Acres. Right — right — t is all to prevent mischief ; for I dontwant to take his life if I clear my honor, Abs. No ! — thats very kind of you. Acres. Why, you dont wish me to kill him — do you, Jack ? Abs. No, upon my soul, I do not. — But a devil of a fellow, hey? (Going. Acres. True, true — but stay — stay, Jack — you may add thatyou never saw me in such a rage before — a most devouring rage! Abs. I will, I will. Acres. Remember, Jack — a determined dog ! Abs. Ay, ay, Fighting Bob ! (Exeunt severally. Scene II. — Mrs. Malaprops Lodgings. Mrs. Malaprop and Lydia. Mrs. Mai. Why, thou perverse one ! — tell me what you canobject to him? Isnt he a handsome man?—tell me that. Agenteel man ? a pretty figure of a man ? Lyd. (Aside.) She little thinks whom she is praising !— (Aloud.)So is Beverley, maam. Mrs. Mai. No caparisons, miss, if you please. Caparisons dont
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Mrs. John Drew as Mrs. Malaprop. A COMEDY. 149 become a young woman. No! Captain Absolute is indeed a finegentleman ! Lyd. Ay, the Captain Absolute you have seen. (Aside. Mrs. Mai. Then ,he s so well bred; — so full of alacrity, andadulation ! — and has so much to say for himself : — in such goodlanguage too ! — His physiognomy so grammatical! — Then his pres-ence is so noble! — I protest, when I saw him, I thought of whatHamlet says in the play : —,( Hesperian curls — the front of Jobhimself ! — An eye, like March, to threaten at command ! — A sta-tion, like Harry Mercury, new — Something about kissing —on a hill — however, the similitude struck me directly. Lyd. How enraged shell be presently, when she discovers her mistake! (Aside. Enter Servant. Ser., Sir Anthony and Captain Absolute are below, maam. Mrs. Mai. Show them up here. — (Exit Servant.) Now, Lydia,I insist on your behaving as becomes a young woman. Show yourgood breeding, at least, though you

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