The person means that they would hope not to be there long without meeting their neighbours and enjoying some good fortune.
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- 05-Aug-2005, 06:25 #1
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Explain a line in the beggar's opera Could somebody explain the sentence I came across in the beggar's opera:
"Well I should hope, madam, that I had not been upon the town so long but I had not met with some good fortune as well as my neighbors."
the "hope that...but...had not..." makes it confusing to me.
thanks.
- 05-Aug-2005, 09:46 #2
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Re: Explain a line in the beggar's opera
- 05-Aug-2005, 16:17 #3
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Re: Explain a line in the beggar's opera thanks a lot, tdol.
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