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Page 172
... PORTIUS , MR . POWELL Sons of Cato ,. MARCUS , · MR . RYAN . DECIUS , Ambassador from Cæsar , Mutineers , Guards , & c . MR . BOWMAN . WOMEN . MARCIA , Daughter to Cato , LUCIA , Daughter to Lucius , MRS . OLDFIELD . MRS . PORTER ...
... PORTIUS , MR . POWELL Sons of Cato ,. MARCUS , · MR . RYAN . DECIUS , Ambassador from Cæsar , Mutineers , Guards , & c . MR . BOWMAN . WOMEN . MARCIA , Daughter to Cato , LUCIA , Daughter to Lucius , MRS . OLDFIELD . MRS . PORTER ...
Page 173
... Portius , 1 Can look on guilt , rebellion , fraud , and Cæsar , In the calm lights of mild philosophy ; I'm tortured ev'n to madness , when I think On the proud victor : every time he's named Pharsalia rises to my view ! -I see The ...
... Portius , 1 Can look on guilt , rebellion , fraud , and Cæsar , In the calm lights of mild philosophy ; I'm tortured ev'n to madness , when I think On the proud victor : every time he's named Pharsalia rises to my view ! -I see The ...
Page 174
... Portius ! didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul , thou couldst not talk thus coldly . Passion unpitied , and successless love , Plant daggers in my heart , and aggravate My other griefs . Were but my Lucia kind ! - POR ...
... Portius ! didst thou taste but half the griefs That wring my soul , thou couldst not talk thus coldly . Passion unpitied , and successless love , Plant daggers in my heart , and aggravate My other griefs . Were but my Lucia kind ! - POR ...
Page 175
... PORTIUS . SEM . Conspiracies no sooner should be formed Than executed . What means Portius here ? I like not that cold youth . I must dissemble , And speak a language foreign to my heart . [ Aside . Good - morrow , Portius ! let us once ...
... PORTIUS . SEM . Conspiracies no sooner should be formed Than executed . What means Portius here ? I like not that cold youth . I must dissemble , And speak a language foreign to my heart . [ Aside . Good - morrow , Portius ! let us once ...
Page 176
... Portius ! Could I but call that wondrous man my father , Would but thy sister Marcia be propitious To thy friend's vows , I might be blessed indeed ! POR . Alas ! Sempronius , wouldst thou talk of love To Marcia , whilst her father's ...
... Portius ! Could I but call that wondrous man my father , Would but thy sister Marcia be propitious To thy friend's vows , I might be blessed indeed ! POR . Alas ! Sempronius , wouldst thou talk of love To Marcia , whilst her father's ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.