British Theatre, Volume 9J. Bell, 1791 - English drama |
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... spirit in another breast , And in a blameless cause , were truly noble , But shews in thee the murderer and ruffian . Enob . Thy hate or favour are alike to me . Flam . [ To Dum . ] May I demand , illustrious Tri- nobantian , Why must ...
... spirit in another breast , And in a blameless cause , were truly noble , But shews in thee the murderer and ruffian . Enob . Thy hate or favour are alike to me . Flam . [ To Dum . ] May I demand , illustrious Tri- nobantian , Why must ...
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... spirit , " Against its wildness will I now protect thee , " And from a base , inhuman action save thee . " Boad . Thy boasted calmness is the child of fear ; Thou tremblest to exasperate the foe . Well was it , Britons , in our former ...
... spirit , " Against its wildness will I now protect thee , " And from a base , inhuman action save thee . " Boad . Thy boasted calmness is the child of fear ; Thou tremblest to exasperate the foe . Well was it , Britons , in our former ...
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... spirit from your camp , Leave you with him defenceless and expos'd ; Then should your shatter'd chariots be o'erthrown , Your jav❜lins broken , and in hasty flight Far from your trembling hands the buckler cast , Did not th ' insatiate ...
... spirit from your camp , Leave you with him defenceless and expos'd ; Then should your shatter'd chariots be o'erthrown , Your jav❜lins broken , and in hasty flight Far from your trembling hands the buckler cast , Did not th ' insatiate ...
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... spirit Of our forefathers still survive among us , I should applaud this bold contempt of life . Our ancestors , who liv'd while Rome was free , Might well prefer a noble fate to chains ; They lost a blessing we have never known : Born ...
... spirit Of our forefathers still survive among us , I should applaud this bold contempt of life . Our ancestors , who liv'd while Rome was free , Might well prefer a noble fate to chains ; They lost a blessing we have never known : Born ...
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... spirit , Which wants thy pliant qualities to yield With ev'ry gust of fortune , rude or mild , And crouch beneath example , base or worthy . Flam . Well , if thou canst not brook a British master cities in t Enob . No , nor thy wanton ...
... spirit , Which wants thy pliant qualities to yield With ev'ry gust of fortune , rude or mild , And crouch beneath example , base or worthy . Flam . Well , if thou canst not brook a British master cities in t Enob . No , nor thy wanton ...
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