Bell's British Theatre: Douglas, by J. Home. ... The alchymist, altered from B. Jonson |
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Hold , let me take a moment's thoughtEnter LAVINIA . Lav . My lord ! Trust me , it joys my heart that I have found you . Enquiring wherefore you had left the company , 341 Before my brother's nuptial rites were ended , They told me you ...
Hold , let me take a moment's thoughtEnter LAVINIA . Lav . My lord ! Trust me , it joys my heart that I have found you . Enquiring wherefore you had left the company , 341 Before my brother's nuptial rites were ended , They told me you ...
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[ Offers to draw , Rossano holds him . Ros . Hold , my lord ! think where you are , Think how unsafe and hurtful to your honour It were to urge a quarrel in this place , And shock the peaceful city with a broil . Loth .
[ Offers to draw , Rossano holds him . Ros . Hold , my lord ! think where you are , Think how unsafe and hurtful to your honour It were to urge a quarrel in this place , And shock the peaceful city with a broil . Loth .
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I hold thee base enough To break through law , and spurn at sacred order , And do a brutal injury like this . Yet mark me well , young lord ; I think Calista Too nice , too noble , and too great of soul , To be the prey of such a thing ...
I hold thee base enough To break through law , and spurn at sacred order , And do a brutal injury like this . Yet mark me well , young lord ; I think Calista Too nice , too noble , and too great of soul , To be the prey of such a thing ...
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Hold , Sir ; another word , and then farewel : Tho ' I think greatly of Calista's virtue , And hold it far beyond thy pow'r to hurt ; Yet , as she shares the honour of my Altamont , That treasure of a soldier , bought with blood ...
Hold , Sir ; another word , and then farewel : Tho ' I think greatly of Calista's virtue , And hold it far beyond thy pow'r to hurt ; Yet , as she shares the honour of my Altamont , That treasure of a soldier , bought with blood ...
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Hold , this goes no further here . Horatio , ' tis too much ; already see The crowd are gath'ring to us . Loth . Oh , Rossano ! Or give me way , or thou'rt no more my friend . Ros . Sciolto's servants , too , have ta'en th " Aa II .
Hold , this goes no further here . Horatio , ' tis too much ; already see The crowd are gath'ring to us . Loth . Oh , Rossano ! Or give me way , or thou'rt no more my friend . Ros . Sciolto's servants , too , have ta'en th " Aa II .
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Términos y frases comunes
Alic Altamont arms bear beauty behold bless blood breast brother Cæsar Calista Cato cause child comes curse dear death dost thou Douglas dreadful earth Enter Ev'n Exit eyes fair fall false fate father fear feel fond forgive gentle give Glost gods grace grief guard hand happy Hast head hear heart Heav'n hold honour hope Horatia hour Juba kind king Lady leave live look lord lost Loth means meet mind nature never night noble o'er once passion peace perhaps pity poor Portius prince rage Randolph rest rise Roman Rome SCENE senate shame sorrows soul speak stand sure sword Syph tears tell tender thee thou thou art thou hast thought turn Valeria virtue wish wretch young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 77 - It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? Or whence, this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; Tis heav'n itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man: Eternity! thou pleasing, dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and...
Página 77 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 77 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 77 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age and nature sink in years : But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.
Página 31 - My voice is still for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ? No ; let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his thronged legions, and charge home upon him.
Página 45 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Página 25 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Página viii - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Página 33 - Afric's heat, and season'd to the sun; Numidia's spacious kingdom lies behind us, Ready to rise at its young prince's call. While there is hope, do not distrust the gods ; But wait, at least, till Caesar's near approach Force us to yield.
Página 73 - How beautiful is death when earned by virtue ! Who would not be that youth ? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Bell's British Theatre: Douglas, by J. Home. ... The alchymist, altered from B. Jonson Volumen3 de Bell's British Theatre, John Bell |
| Colaborador | John Bell |
| Publicado | 1797 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 25 Feb. 2008 |
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