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... means comprehended in his plan . All that is here to be sought , is a concise charac- teristic SKETCH of the Author , to whose play it is prefixed . ANECDOTES that are entirely new , can scarcely be hoped at this period . Most of these ...
... means comprehended in his plan . All that is here to be sought , is a concise charac- teristic SKETCH of the Author , to whose play it is prefixed . ANECDOTES that are entirely new , can scarcely be hoped at this period . Most of these ...
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... mean Thro ' which his spirit is in action seen . Observe the force , observe the flame divine That glows , breathes , acts , in each harmonious line . Great objects only strike the gen'rous heart ; Praise the sublime , o'erlook the ...
... mean Thro ' which his spirit is in action seen . Observe the force , observe the flame divine That glows , breathes , acts , in each harmonious line . Great objects only strike the gen'rous heart ; Praise the sublime , o'erlook the ...
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... the other goal Of his chamber in the east ; Mean - while welcome joy and feast . SONG . Now Phabus sinketh in the west , Welcome song and welcome jest , 150 Midnight shout and revelry , Tipsy dance and jollity : 20 A & t I. COMUS .
... the other goal Of his chamber in the east ; Mean - while welcome joy and feast . SONG . Now Phabus sinketh in the west , Welcome song and welcome jest , 150 Midnight shout and revelry , Tipsy dance and jollity : 20 A & t I. COMUS .
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... mean that . " I mean that too ; but yet a hidden strength , " Which , if Heav'n gave it , may be term'd her own ; " ' Tis chastity , my brother , chastity : 100 " She that has that is clad in complete steel , " And like a quiver'd nymph ...
... mean that . " I mean that too ; but yet a hidden strength , " Which , if Heav'n gave it , may be term'd her own ; " ' Tis chastity , my brother , chastity : 100 " She that has that is clad in complete steel , " And like a quiver'd nymph ...
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... mean time she is observed by EUPHROSYNE , who by her gesture ex- presses to the audience her different sentiments of the subject of her complaint , suitably to the character of their several songs . ] E RECITATIVE . How gentle was my ...
... mean time she is observed by EUPHROSYNE , who by her gesture ex- presses to the audience her different sentiments of the subject of her complaint , suitably to the character of their several songs . ] E RECITATIVE . How gentle was my ...
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affair beauty believe better bless bliss brother charms Clar CLARISSA Colonel OLDBOY Comus COVENT GARDEN dare daugh daughter dear Dian DIANA Dibdin ev'ry FANNY farmer father favour fear Flowerdale's fortune garden gentleman Giles gipsies girl give happy Harman hear heart Heaven hither honour hope ISAAC BICKERSTAFF Jenny JESSAMY joys justice of peace LADY SYCAMORE Lion Lionel live look Lord AIMWORTH Lord Harry lordship Madam marry Master Fairfield master Jenkins MERVIN mind Miss Naiads never night nymph Oldboy's papa Patty pleasure pow'r pray Ralph SCENE VIII SCENE XI servant shew Sir Harry Sir John Flowerdale SONG soul speak Spirit sure sweet talk tell thee THEODOSIA there's thing thou thought thro told vex'd vext virtue what's wish word young lady youth Zounds
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Page 47 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 48 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 17 - But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger...
Page 31 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 60 - Yet should I try, the uncontrolled worth Of this pure cause would kindle my rapt spirits To such a flame of sacred vehemence...
Page 23 - My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 48 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,- and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 56 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Page 34 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...