The Duenna by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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page 33 of 96 (34%)
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_Don Jer_. Ay, but her beauty will affect you--she is, though I say it who am her father, a very prodigy. There you will see features with an eye like mine--yes, i'faith, there is a kind of wicked sparkling-- sometimes of a roguish brightness, that shows her to be my own. _Isaac_. Pretty rogue! _Don Jer_. Then, when she smiles, you'll see a little dimple in one cheek only; a beauty it is certainly, yet, you shall not say which is prettiest, the cheek with the dimple, or the cheek without. _Isaac_. Pretty rogue! _Don Jer_. Then the roses on those cheeks are shaded with a sort of velvet down, that gives a delicacy to the glow of health. _Isaac_. Pretty rogue! _Don Jer_. Her skin pure dimity, yet more fair, being spangled here and there with a golden freckle. _Isaac_. Charming pretty rogue! pray how is the tone of her voice? _Don Jer_. Remarkably pleasing--but if you could prevail on her to sing, you would be enchanted--she is a nightingale--a Virginia nightingale! But come, come; her maid shall conduct you to her antechamber. _Isaac_. Well, egad, I'll pluck up resolution, and meet her frowns |
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