St. Patrick's day, or, the scheming lieutenant : a farce in one act by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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_O'Con_. O, the devil! _Rosy_. We must all die-- _O'Con_. Doctor! _Rosy_. Kings, lords, and common whores-- [_Exeunt_ LIEUTENANT O'CONNOR _forcing_ Rosy _off_.] SCENE II.--_A Room in_ JUSTICE CREDULOUS' _House_. _Enter_ LAURETTA _and_ MRS. BRIDGET CREDULOUS. _Lau_. I repeat it again, mamma, officers are the prettiest men in the world, and Lieutenant O'Connor is the prettiest officer I ever saw. _Mrs. Bri_. For shame, Laura! how can you talk so?--or if you must have a military man, there's Lieutenant Plow, or Captain Haycock, or Major Dray, the brewer, are all your admirers; and though they are peaceable, good kind of men, they have as large cockades, and become scarlet, as well as the fighting folks. |
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