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    The Old Debauchees. A Comedy
    The Old Debauchees. A Comedy
    The Old Debauchees. A Comedy
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    The Old Debauchees. A Comedy

    By Henry Fielding

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
    The Old Debauchees. A Comedy
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    Henry Fielding

    Henry Fielding (1707-1754) was an English novelist, dramatist, and prominent magistrate. He was born into noble lineage, yet was cut off from his allowance as a young man and subsequently began a career writing plays. He wrote over 25 dramatic works, primarily satires addressing political injustice. When Fielding's career as a playwright ended with new censorship laws, he turned to writing fiction. His work as a novelist is considered to have ushered in a new genre of literature. Among his best known masterpieces are The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild (1743) and The History of Tom Jones (1749).

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      Title: The Old Debauchees. A Comedy (1732)

      Author: Henry Fielding

      Release Date: November 4, 2011 [EBook #37923]

      Language: English

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      THE

      Old DEBAUCHEES.

      A

      COMEDY.

      As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal

      in Drury-Lane.

      By His MAJESTY's Servants.

      By the Author of the Modern Husband.

      LONDON:

      Printed for J. W. And Sold by J. Roberts in

      Warwick-Lane, MDCCXXXII.

      [Price One Shilling.]

      PROLOGUE.

      Spoken by Mr. William Mills.

      Dramatis Personæ.

      SCENE THOULON.

      THE

      Old DEBAUCHEES.

      ACT I. SCENE I.

      SCENE, Mr. Jourdain's.

      Isabel, Beatrice.

      Isabel.

      A Nunnery! Ha, ha, ha! And is it possible, my dear Beatrice, you can intend to sacrifice your Youth and Beauty, to go out of the World as soon as you come into it!

      Bea. No one, my dear Isabel, can sacrifice too much or too soon to Heaven.

      Isa. Pshaw! Heaven regards Hearts and not Faces, and an old Woman will be as acceptable a Sacrifice as a young one.

      Bea. It is possible you may come to a better Understanding, and value the World as little as I do.

      Isa. As you say, it is possible when I can enjoy it no longer, I may; nay, I do not care if I promise you when I grow old and ugly, I'll come and keep you Company: But this I am positive, till the World is weary of me, I never shall be weary of the World.

      Bea. What can a Woman of Sense see in it worth her valuing?

      Isa. Oh! ten thousand pretty things! Equipage, Cards, Musick, Plays, Balls, Flattery, Visits, and that prettiest thing of all pretty things, a pretty Fellow——I rather wonder what Charms a Woman of any Spirit can fancy in a Nunnery, in watching, working, praying, and sometimes, I am afraid, wishing for other Company than that of an old fusty Friar—Oh! 'tis a delightful State, when every Man one sees, instead of tempting us to Sin, is to rebuke us for them.

      Bea. Such Sentiments as these would indeed make you very uneasy—but believe me, Child, you

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