Androboros: A Bographical [sic] Farce in Three Acts, Viz. The Senate, the Consistory, and the Apotheosisby William Bradford, 1719 - 27 страници |
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Страница 9 - ... selves into a Consistory; That I believe He dare not touch, without being Reputed an Enemy to the Consistory; and if he does, we may hunt him down full Cry at present. FLIP. That I shold like well enough, but I'm afraid the Cunning Rogue won't meddle with us, as such. FIZLE.
Страница 26 - ... Chance, Had dealt to Creatures of each Kind, Provision for their Sustenance, To some her Bounty had Assign'd The Herb o'th' Fields, whilst others had The Spoils of Trees, but All were Fed. The Grunting Kind obtain'd the last, A happy Lot; for every Wood Afforded store of Nuts and Mast, And Joves own Tree did Show'r down Food Enough for all, could all his Store Have kept that Herd from Craving more. But they with Sloath and Plenty Cloy'd, Wax'd Wanton, and with Tusks Profane, First, all the sacred...
Страница 24 - ... Gentlemen. [Exit} FIZLE. We shall learn nothing from this Fellow; but so far we know, that the Keeper must assist at it; And from a broad by hints we have understood, that if he is destroy'd any how, so the General be not seen in't, He'll take that Trust upon himself; Then all will be Well. Now if we can but Contrive to have the Chair over Loaded, plac'd Upon the Hatch over the Vault, and the Hatch Unbolted, or so weakly Barr'd, that its weight may sink him Down, we shall get Rid of him, and...
Страница 15 - ... the Address, and receive the General's Message. FIZLE. Let him come in. [Enter Messenger] MESSENGER. The Renown'd Androboros with a tender of his hearty Zeal and Affection sends this to the Consistory, the Senate being Discontinued. [Delivers a Letter] FIZLE. [Reads] Right Frightful and Formidable, We Greet you Well, And by this Acquaint you, That for many Weighty Considerations Us thereunto moving, We have thought fit to adjourn the Indended Expedition to a more proper season, because we have,...
Страница 18 - I wish he may not have had foul play. Androb. Your Servant, Gentlemen, I hope I do not Interrupt you; pray, who is it you speak of? Tom. No, Sir, he dy'd of an uncommon Disease, The Physitians call it, a Tympany in the Imagination, occasion'd by a collection of much indigested Matter there, which for want of due Excretion, made a breach in the Pericrane, at which that great Soul took its flight.
Страница 4 - ... of Zeal; in the eager pursuit of which we were apt to throw our selves, sometimes our Neighbours, into the Fire or Water. The Wisdom of the Times thought fit to Erect this tenement for our Intertainment, where the Exercize of the Faculty aforesaid might be less Dangerous or hurtful to our selves, or others. Here we are Maintain'd at their Charge with Food and Rayment suitable to our Condition, and the Fabrick kept in Repair at the no small Annual Expences of our Land-Lords. And what Returns do...
Страница 2 - Gentlemen, The ill Measures that have been taken, and the Foundation that hath been laid within this Tenement, to make the Tenants thereof, Tenants therein, is the Cause which causeth me to make this Speech. Our Grievances being innumerable, I shall Enumerate them. The first I shall mention, is this, That tho...
Страница 25 - ... to all the World besides, and must continue so, so long as I shall think fitting. ANDROB. [Aside] I ever thought this Fellow had the black Art. [To him} I wish thou would'st change that Curse for any other. Canst thou not make thy self invisible to me, as thou hast done me to other Folks? So far I own I would be oblig'd to thee, and thank thee. SOLEMN. If that will oblige you, 'tis done, Look but into this Telescope, and in that instant I shall become invisible to you. [Looks into a hollow Cane;...