British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, from the Most Classic Writers : with Biography, Critical Account and Explanatory NotesF. Fleischer, 1828 - 908 páginas |
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... wish , or man admire : Such monstrous crimes , I am surpris'd at nothing . Delight of ev'ry eye ; when he appear'd , -Oh , Lucius , I am sick of this bad world ! A secret pleasure gladden'd all that saw him . The daylight and the sun ...
... wish , or man admire : Such monstrous crimes , I am surpris'd at nothing . Delight of ev'ry eye ; when he appear'd , -Oh , Lucius , I am sick of this bad world ! A secret pleasure gladden'd all that saw him . The daylight and the sun ...
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... wish ; and that obtain'd , down with the scaffolding Of sceptres , crowns , and thrones ; they have serv'd their end , And are , like luniber , to be left and scorn'd . Osm . Why was I made the instrument , to throw In bonds the frame ...
... wish ; and that obtain'd , down with the scaffolding Of sceptres , crowns , and thrones ; they have serv'd their end , And are , like luniber , to be left and scorn'd . Osm . Why was I made the instrument , to throw In bonds the frame ...
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... wish- Zara . Haste me to know it : what ? Osm . And thy excessive love distracts my sense . thing . Zara . What thing ? Osm . This slave . to come , Which , wing'd with liberty , might overtake Occasion past . Zora . Swift as occasion ...
... wish- Zara . Haste me to know it : what ? Osm . And thy excessive love distracts my sense . thing . Zara . What thing ? Osm . This slave . to come , Which , wing'd with liberty , might overtake Occasion past . Zora . Swift as occasion ...
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... wish on his account to see him . King . Say'st thou ? By heaven thou hast rous'd a thought , That like a sudden earthquake shakes my frame . Confusion ! then my daughter's an accomplice , And plots in private with this hellish Moor ...
... wish on his account to see him . King . Say'st thou ? By heaven thou hast rous'd a thought , That like a sudden earthquake shakes my frame . Confusion ! then my daughter's an accomplice , And plots in private with this hellish Moor ...
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... wish . Alonzo , thou art welcome . The morsel down his throat . I caught his arm , If I delay - ' twill do - or better so . Enter ALONZO . Alon . The king expects your lordship . Gon . ' Tis no matter ; I'm not i'th ' way at present ...
... wish . Alonzo , thou art welcome . The morsel down his throat . I caught his arm , If I delay - ' twill do - or better so . Enter ALONZO . Alon . The king expects your lordship . Gon . ' Tis no matter ; I'm not i'th ' way at present ...
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Andromache art thou Belvidera better brother Capt captain Castalio Cato Ceph Cham Char Charles Colin dare daughter dear death DOCTOR DRUID Enter Eudocia Eumenes Exeunt Exit eyes Fain father fear fellow fool fortune gentleman give hand happy hear heart heaven Honey honour hope husband Juba Lady F Lady W ladyship leave live look Lord Lucy madam marriage marry matter mean Mirabell Miss never Oakly on't Osman pardon passion Pescara Polydore poor pr'ythee pray Pyrrhus Re-enter ruin Rusport Sackbut SCENE Serg servant Sfor Sir F Sir G sir John sister soul speak Ster Stuke sure swear sword Syphax tears tell thee there's thing thou art thou hast thought twas twill villain virtue what's wife wish woman wretch young Zara Zounds
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Página 13 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 361 - I'm out of humour, without giving a reason; to have my closet inviolate; to be sole empress of my tea-table, which you must never presume to approach without first asking leave; and lastly, wherever I am, you shall always knock at the door before you come in. These articles subscribed, if I continue to endure you a little longer, I may by degrees dwindle into a wife.
Página 189 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 487 - Here we live in an old rumbling mansion, that looks for all the world like an inn, but that we never see company. Our best visitors are old Mrs. Oddfish, the...
Página 362 - ... tea-table talk— such as mending of fashions, spoiling reputations, railing at absent friends, and so forth— but that on no account you encroach upon the men's prerogative, and presume to drink healths, or toast fellows...
Página 13 - 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. But when, or where ? This world was made for Caesar.
Página 362 - ... to the play in a mask - then bring you home in a pretended fright, when you think you shall be found out - and rail at me for missing the play, and disappointing the frolic which you had to pick me up and prove my constancy.
Página 360 - I'll give the first impression on a couch. — I won't lie neither, but loll and lean upon one elbow: with one foot a little dangling off, jogging in a thoughtful way — yes — and then as soon as he appears, start, ay, start and be surprised, and rise to meet him in a pretty disorder — yes — O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch, in some confusion: — it shows the foot to advantage, and furnishes with blushes, and recomposing airs beyond comparison.
Página 13 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 111 - I pass'd this very moment by thy doors, And found them guarded by a troop of villains ; The sons of public rapine were destroying. They told me, by the sentence of the law, They had commission to seize all thy fortune : Nay, more, Priuli's cruel hand had sign'd it. Here stood a ruffian with a horrid face, Lording it o'er a pile of massy plate, Tumbled into a heap for public sale ; There was another making villanous jests At thy undoing: he had ta'en possession Of all thy ancient, most domestic ornaments,...