“Tis a sure sign work goes on merrily, when folks sing at it.”
Source: The Maid of the Mill. A Comic Opera. As it is Performed at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. By the Author of Love in a Village. A New Edition
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“Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.”
Source: The Padlock, etc
Source: Love in a Village ... As performed at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Printed ... from the prompt book. With remarks by Mrs. Inchbald
“Hope! thou nurse of young desire.”
Source: Love in a village: a comic opera
“Young fellows will be young fellows.”
Source: Love in a village, a comic opera. Oxberry's ed
“But if I'm content with a little, Enough is as good as a feast.”
Source: Lady Jane Grey. A Tragedy: 7