First Love: a Drama [in five acts, and in prose and verse].Sherwood, 1841 - 79 pages |
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... pass : Or , if you pass , your life may answer it . LESTER . ' T were nobler , then , to die in the attempt , Than thus to live - a prey to wild despair ! That was the very casement ; there she stood , A sparkling star , shining ' mid ...
... pass : Or , if you pass , your life may answer it . LESTER . ' T were nobler , then , to die in the attempt , Than thus to live - a prey to wild despair ! That was the very casement ; there she stood , A sparkling star , shining ' mid ...
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... pass ! LESTER . Hast mortgaged thy estates ? PERCY . ( Impassioned . ) Oh , that were light , indeed , to th ' heavy weight Which crushes them to earth ! The bond does give The fairest unto Grimes for half their worth ! LESTER . Why ...
... pass ! LESTER . Hast mortgaged thy estates ? PERCY . ( Impassioned . ) Oh , that were light , indeed , to th ' heavy weight Which crushes them to earth ! The bond does give The fairest unto Grimes for half their worth ! LESTER . Why ...
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... pass your name across this line . PERCY ( writing ) . This shall not save thee from a frightful risk Of thy most precious life ! Is there no other plan GRIMES . But crossing to the island for the gold ? PERCY ( violently ) . No ...
... pass your name across this line . PERCY ( writing ) . This shall not save thee from a frightful risk Of thy most precious life ! Is there no other plan GRIMES . But crossing to the island for the gold ? PERCY ( violently ) . No ...
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... pass Even in the fulness of his amorous gaze . ( Enter Margaret . ) Margaret , bid Mistress Iola bring the case Which on my dressing - table stands . ( Exit Margaret , R. ) Ha ! my private signal . ( Goes to door - enter Sir William ...
... pass Even in the fulness of his amorous gaze . ( Enter Margaret . ) Margaret , bid Mistress Iola bring the case Which on my dressing - table stands . ( Exit Margaret , R. ) Ha ! my private signal . ( Goes to door - enter Sir William ...
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... pass the Chepe , On his white charger mounted , decked with gold And crimson velvet , and white nodding plumes ! And then he smiles , and kisses his white hand , And shakes his glossy curls , when some fair dame Does peep with laughing ...
... pass the Chepe , On his white charger mounted , decked with gold And crimson velvet , and white nodding plumes ! And then he smiles , and kisses his white hand , And shakes his glossy curls , when some fair dame Does peep with laughing ...
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ADELE ANNETTE arms art thou beggar BELLOWS bond bright bright eyes burst cavalier cheek Chepe child clouds dear Dear father deceived door dost thou doth dress e'en e'er Enter Grimes Enter LESTER Enter Margaret Enter Sir William Exit Margaret eyes face fainting fair Farewell father fear flat flowers gallant gaze gentle girl gold Grimes's house Guernsey hair Hark Hurrah IOLA starting kissing knock lady Landlady LANDLORD last eve LESTER and PERCY Lester Burton light living loike look Madam Master Grimes merry merry old soul misery mock never night noise nurse o'er Old King Cole OMNES Percy Manley pray retires Royal Oak rush SCENE shine Sir William Stanton soul speak Speak-speak Stanton House storm strange sweet Swoipes tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast thunder thy heart thy love unto voice weep What's wild wild passion Wilt young
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