I protest he'll give us the vapours. MANLY Though sentiment and gravity, I know, are banished the polite world, yet, I hoped, they might find some countenance in the meeting of such near connections as brother and sister. CHARLOTTE Positively, brother,... Representative Plays by American Dramatists - Page 460edited by - 1918 - 678 pagesFull view - About this book
| Vermont Historical Society - Vermont - 1926 - 630 pages
...dares to speak of "the venerable pair" as "our good papa and mama," mark his polysyllabic protest: — "Forgive me, my sister — I am no enemy to mirth;...day enliven the hours of some worthy man; but when 7 mention the respectable authors of my existence — the cherishers and protectors of my helpless... | |
| Arthur Hobson Quinn - American drama - 1916 - 1008 pages
...hoped, they might find some countenance in the meeting of such near connections as jir^ie£_imd_sjsie_r. CHARLOTTE. Positively, brother, if you go one step...enliven the hours of some worthy man; but when I mention the_r£speclablc- authors of щу_ .existence, — the cherishers and protectors! of my helpless infancy,... | |
| Arthur Hobson Quinn - American drama - 1917 - 998 pages
...which our good papa and mamma have so kindly wished me — never be established in the world. MAXI.Y. Forgive me, my sister — I am no enemy to mirth;...that they would willingly lay down their lives for my welfare, you will excuse me, if I am so unfashionable as to speak of them with some degree of respect... | |
| Arthur Hobson Quinn - American drama - 1917 - 1072 pages
...a little dash of your vivacity; my brother is so sentimental, and so grave, that I j protest he '11 give us the vapours. MANLY. Though sentiment and gravity,...respectable authors of my existence, — the cherishers and protectora of my helpless infancy, whose hearts glow with such fondness and attachment, that they would... | |
| Frederick Clarke Prescott, John Herbert Nelson - American literature - 1925 - 302 pages
...mamma have so kindly wished me—never be established in the world. MANLY. Forgive me, my sister,—I am no enemy to mirth; I love your sprightliness; and...man; but when I mention the respectable authors of my existence,—the cherishers and protectors of my helpless infancy, whose hearts glow with such fondness... | |
| John Gassner - Performing Arts - 2000 - 788 pages
...mamma have so kindly wished me— never be established in the world. MANLY. Forgive me, my sister— l am no enemy to mirth ; I love your sprightliness;...and I hope it will one day enliven the hours of some wortby man; but when I mention the respectable authors of my existence— the cherishers and protectors... | |
| Drama - 2006 - 161 pages
...be established in the world. MANLY. Forgive me, my sister, — I am no enemy to mirth ; I loveyour sprightliness ; and I hope it will one day enliven...man; but when I mention the respectable authors of my ex/ istence, — the cherishers and protectors of my help/ less infancy , whose heartsglow with such... | |
| Royall Tyler, Cynthia A. Kierner - Drama - 2007 - 158 pages
...Enter SERVANT. SERVANT: Madam, there's a gentleman below who calls himself Colonel Manly; do you chuse to be at home? CHARLOTTE: Shew him in. [Exit SERVANT.]...that they would willingly lay down their lives for my welfare, — you will excuse me if I am so unfashionable as to speak of them with some degree of... | |
| Donald Pippin - Comedy - 1984 - 68 pages
...direction, you will get me crying, and that, you know, will spoil my eyes. MANLY. Forgive me, my sister—I am no enemy to mirth; I love your sprightliness; and...man; but when I mention the respectable authors of our existence,—the protectors and cherishers of our helpless infancy, whose hearts glow with such... | |
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