 | English drama - 1794 - 274 pages
...you pleasure— For you I've coin'd my brains,-— and here's the treasure! [Pulls out a manuKvipt. A treasure this of profit and delight ! And all thrown by for his damn'd stuff to-night : — • This is a play would water ev'ry eye ! If I but look upon't, it... | |
 | Thomas Davies - Theater - 1969 - 836 pages
...give you pleasure ; For you, I've coin'd my brains, and (Pulls out a Manuscript) here's the treasure. ,A treasure this of profit and delight ; And all thrown by for this damn'd stuff to-night ! This is a play would waiter ev'ry eye ! If I but look upon't, it makes me cry.... | |
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... but that's the gout and pain ; French wines and living high have been my bane. From all temptations now I wisely steer me, Nor will I suffer one fine woman near me. And this I sacrifice to give you pleasure ; For you, I've coin'd my brains, and (Pulls... 