The British Drama: A Collection of the Most Esteemed Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, in the English LanguageJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - English Drama (Collections) |
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... hours precede the rising sun ; And mercy may appear when least expected O. Wil . This I have heard a thousand times ... hour for rest . [ Aside . ] Sir , I entreat The favour to retire , where , for a while , I may repose myself . You ...
... hours precede the rising sun ; And mercy may appear when least expected O. Wil . This I have heard a thousand times ... hour for rest . [ Aside . ] Sir , I entreat The favour to retire , where , for a while , I may repose myself . You ...
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... hour of trial and desertion , Reason , his noblest power , may be suborn'd To plead the cause of vile assassination . Agn . You're too severe : reason may justly plead For our own preservation . O. Wil . Rest contented : Whate'er ...
... hour of trial and desertion , Reason , his noblest power , may be suborn'd To plead the cause of vile assassination . Agn . You're too severe : reason may justly plead For our own preservation . O. Wil . Rest contented : Whate'er ...
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... hour , and gather round our heads . Euph . The glorious tumult lifts my tow'ring soul . Once more , Melanthon , once again , my father Shall mount Sicilia's throne . Would come with joy to every honest heart ; But no such hour in all ...
... hour , and gather round our heads . Euph . The glorious tumult lifts my tow'ring soul . Once more , Melanthon , once again , my father Shall mount Sicilia's throne . Would come with joy to every honest heart ; But no such hour in all ...
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... hour Hamilcar's fleet Rides in the bay . Enter PHILOTAS , from the Cavern . Phil . What , ho ! brave Arcas ! ho ! Arc . Why thus desert thy couch ? Phil . Methought the sound Of distant uproar chas'd affrighted sleep . Arc . At ...
... hour Hamilcar's fleet Rides in the bay . Enter PHILOTAS , from the Cavern . Phil . What , ho ! brave Arcas ! ho ! Arc . Why thus desert thy couch ? Phil . Methought the sound Of distant uproar chas'd affrighted sleep . Arc . At ...
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... hour , you both must meet . Together you may serve the state and me . Thou seest the havoc of wide - wasting war ; And more , full well you know , are still to bleed . Thou may'st prevent their fate . Euph . Oh ! give the means , And I ...
... hour , you both must meet . Together you may serve the state and me . Thou seest the havoc of wide - wasting war ; And more , full well you know , are still to bleed . Thou may'st prevent their fate . Euph . Oh ! give the means , And I ...
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Aladin alguazil arms art thou Arvida better bless Capt Castalio Cato Cham Char Clarinda colonel COVENT GARDEN curse dare dear death devil door Eger Enter Euph Exeunt Exit eyes father Faulkland fear fellow fortune gentleman give hand happy hear heart Heaven honour hope husband Juba Kitty Lady Lady L leave live look lord Lucy Madam Malaprop marriage marry master MIRABEL Miss H mistress ne'er never night Nysa o'er passion Pertinax Philotas Phocion pity poor Pr'ythee pray Raby Rackett Rand Re-enter Sackbut SCENE Scru Selim servant Sir G Snacks soul speak Stuke sure sword Syphax tears tell thee there's thing thou art thou hast thought Timoleon Tony twas villain virtue what's wife wish woman wretch young Zounds
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Page 310 - 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.
Page 310 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 395 - Then come, put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.
Page 394 - Blessings on my pretty innocence ! drest out as usual, my Kate. Goodness ! What a quantity of superfluous silk hast thou got about thee, girl ! I could never teach the fools of this age, that the indigent world could be clothed out of the trimmings of the vain.
Page 252 - Oh, woman ! lovely woman ! nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted fair, to look like you ; There's in you all that we believe of heaven : Amazing brightness, purity, and truth. Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 353 - What the devil good can passion do? — Passion is of no service, you impudent, insolent, overbearing reprobate! — There, you sneer again! don't provoke me! — but you rely upon the mildness of my temper — you do, you dog! you play upon the meekness of my disposition! — Yet take care — the patience of a saint may be overcome at last!
Page 397 - But you're not to stand so, with your hands in your pockets. Take your hands from your pockets, Roger — and from your head, you blockhead you. See how Diggory carries his hands. They're a little too stiff, indeed, but that's no great matter. Dig. Ay, mind how I hold them.
Page 349 - ... geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries. But above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. This, Sir Anthony, is what I would have a woman know; and I don't think there is a superstitious article in it.
Page 310 - 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.
Page 357 - There, sir, an attack upon my language! what do you think of that? — an aspersion upon my parts of speech! was ever such a brute! Sure, if I reprehend any thing in this world it is the use of my oracular tongue, and a nice derangement of epitaphs!