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Page 79
I'll follow him . My lord Amethus , use your time respectively ; few words to
purpose soonest prevail : study no long orations ; be plain and short . Í ' ll follow
him . [ Exit . Amet . Cleophila , although these blacker clouds Of sadness thicken
and ...
I'll follow him . My lord Amethus , use your time respectively ; few words to
purpose soonest prevail : study no long orations ; be plain and short . Í ' ll follow
him . [ Exit . Amet . Cleophila , although these blacker clouds Of sadness thicken
and ...
Page 161
On every side I am distracted ; Am waded deeper into mischief Than virtue can
avoid ; but on I must : Fate leads me ; I will follow . ' [ Aside . ] — There you read
What may confirm you . on I must : Fate leads me ; I will follow . ) With the usual ...
On every side I am distracted ; Am waded deeper into mischief Than virtue can
avoid ; but on I must : Fate leads me ; I will follow . ' [ Aside . ] — There you read
What may confirm you . on I must : Fate leads me ; I will follow . ) With the usual ...
Page 182
I must follow him , if to the gallows ; say I meet a horse , or hare , or hound ? still I
must follow : some slow - paced beast , I hope ; yet love is full of lightness in the
heaviest lovers . Ha ! my guide is come . Enter Dog . A water - dog ! I am thy first ...
I must follow him , if to the gallows ; say I meet a horse , or hare , or hound ? still I
must follow : some slow - paced beast , I hope ; yet love is full of lightness in the
heaviest lovers . Ha ! my guide is come . Enter Dog . A water - dog ! I am thy first ...
Page 192
This follows now , To heal her wounds , by dressing of the weapon . ' Arms ,
thighs , hands , any place ; we must not fail ... Now's the storm , Which , if blown o'
er , many fair days ' may follow . [ Binds himself to a tree ' ; the Dog ties hin behind
...
This follows now , To heal her wounds , by dressing of the weapon . ' Arms ,
thighs , hands , any place ; we must not fail ... Now's the storm , Which , if blown o'
er , many fair days ' may follow . [ Binds himself to a tree ' ; the Dog ties hin behind
...
Page 217
Let not the world witches or devils condemn ; They follow us , and then we follow
them . [ Exit Dog . SCENE II . London . — The neighbourhood of Tyburn . Enter
JUSTICE , Sir ARTHUR , SOMERTON , WARBECK , CARTER , and KATHERINE
.
Let not the world witches or devils condemn ; They follow us , and then we follow
them . [ Exit Dog . SCENE II . London . — The neighbourhood of Tyburn . Enter
JUSTICE , Sir ARTHUR , SOMERTON , WARBECK , CARTER , and KATHERINE
.
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| Title | The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, Volume 2 Family library The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, John Ford |
| Author | John Ford |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1831 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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