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The Roundheads; or, The good old cause, a comedy
Author: Aphra BehnThe Roundheads; Or, the Good Old Cause, a Comedy
Author: Aphra BehnThe Roundheads; Or, the Good Old Cause (Dodo Press)
Author: Aphra BehnPublisher:
ISBN: 9781409993353
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 138
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Aphra Behn, nee Johnston (1640-1689) was a Restoration poet, novelist, playwright, feminist and spy, considered by many to be the first English professional female writer. Unappreciated for years, she is now rightly regarded as a highly talented, innovative and prolific author. Her most famous work is a novel, Oroonoko (1688) which tells the tragic love story of its eponymous hero, an African forced into slavery. Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister (1683) is an epistolary novel, (the first ever written) and an innovative and pioneering work. Her other works include: The Forced Marriage (1670), The Dutch Lover (1673), The Feigned Courtesans (1679), The Roundheads (1681), The City Heiress (1682) and Poems Upon Several Occasions (1684).
The Roundheads, Or, The Good Old Cause
Author: Aphra BehnThe Roundheads; Or, the Good Old Cause, a Comedy. - Scholar's Choice Edition
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ISBN: 9781296018894
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Languages : en
Pages : 78
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The Roundheads
Author: Aphra BehnThe Round Heads
Author: Aphra BehnThe Roundheads
Author: Aphra BehnPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781720994404
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Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The Roundheads The Good Old Cause by Aphra Behn Support epubBooks by making a small PayPal donation purchase. Description Mrs. Behn has (quite legitimately) made considerable departures from strict historical fact and the sequence of events for her dramatic purposes. Lambert and Fleetwood are scheming for the supreme power, and both intrigue with Lord Wariston, the chairman of the Committee of Safety, for his good word and influence....the ladies hold a council to correct and enquire into women's wrongs, but on a sudden, news is brought that Lambert's followers have turned against him and that he is imprisoned in the Tower. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
The Roundheads
Author: Aphra BehnPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Cor. Ah, Rogue, the World runs finely round, the business is done.1 Sold. Done! the Town's our own, my fine Rascal.2 Sold. We'll have Harlots by the Belly, Sirrah.1 Sold. Those are Commodities I confess I wou'd fain be trucking for- but no words of that, Boy.Cor. Stand, who goes there?[To them a Joyner and a Felt-maker.1 Sold. Who are you for?- hah!Joy. Are for, Friend? we are for Gad and the Lord Fleetwood.1 Sold. Fleetwood! knock 'em down, Fleetwood, that sniveling Thief?Felt. Why, Friends, who are ye for?Cor. For! who shou'd we be for, but Lambert, Noble Lambert? Is this a time o'th' day to declare for Fleetwood, with a Pox? indeed, i'th' Morning 'twas a Question had like to have been decided with push a Pike.2 Sold. Dry blows wou'd ne'er ha' don't, some must have sweat Blood for't; but- 'tis now decided.Joy. Decided!2 Sold. Yes, decided, Sir, without your Rule for't.Joy. Decided! by whom, Sir? by us the Free-born Subjects of England, by the Honourable Committee of Safety, or the Right Reverend City? without which, Sir, I humbly conceive, your Declaration for Lambert is illegal, and against the Property of the People.2 Sold. Plain Lambert; here's a saucy Dog of a Joyner; Sirrah, get ye home, and mind your Trade, and save the Hangman a labour.Joy. Look ye, Friend, I fear no Hang-man in Christendom; for Conscience and Publick Good, for Liberty and Property, I dare as far as any Man.2 Sold. Liberty and Property, with a Pox, in the Mouth of a Joyner: you are a pretty Fellow to settle the Nation- what says my Neighbour Felt-maker?Felt. Why, verily, I have a high respect for my honourable Lord Fleetwood, he is my intimate Friend; and till I find his Party the weaker, I hope my Zeal will be strengthned for him.2 Sold. Zeal for Fleetwood! Zeal for a Halter, and that's your due: Why, what has he ever done for you? Can he lead you out to Battle? Can he silence the very Cannon with his Eloquence alone?- Can he talk- or fight- or-Felt. But verily he can pay those that can, and that's as good- and he can pray-2 Sold. Let him pray, and we'll fight, and see whose business is done first; we are for the General who carries Charms in every Syllable; can act both the Soldier and the Courtier, at once expose his Breast to Dangers for our sakes- and tell the rest of the pretended Slaves a fair Tale, but hang 'em sooner than trust 'em.1 Sold. Ay, ay, a Lambert, a Lambert, he has Courage, Fleetwood's an Ass to him.Felt. Hum- here's Reason, Neighbour. [To the Joyner.Joy. That's all one, we do not act by Reason.Cor. Fleetwood's a Coward.2 Sold. A Blockhead.1 Sold. A sniveling Fool; a General in the Hangings, no better.Joy. What think you then of Vane?2 Sold. As of a Fool, that has dreamt of a new Religion, and is only fit to reign in the Fifth Monarchy he preaches so much up? but no King in this Age.Felt. What of Haslerig?
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Languages : en
Pages : 574
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