twas my father's last bequest. [Places a ring on the finger of ITHOCLES. Thus I new-marry him whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. O, my lords, I but deceived your eyes with antic gesture, When one news straight came huddling on another Of death... Dramatic Works of John Ford ... - Page 367by John Ford - 1827Full view - About this book
| 1812 - 560 pages
...almost immediately after which, she leans down on the altar, and expires. 1 Cal. Forgive me — Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my contracted lord...finger; 'twas my father's last bequest. [Places a rin% on thejinger q/"Ithocles. Thus I new-marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us.... | |
| John Ford - English drama - 1811 - 522 pages
...Near. Madam, what means that word, neglected husband ? Cal. Forgive me. — Now I turn to thce, tliou shadow Of my contracted lord ! bear witness all, I...father's last bequest : [Places a ring on the finger o/TiuocLES. Thus I new-marry him, whose wife I am ; Death shall not separate us. Oh, my lords, I but... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1811 - 622 pages
...turns to the corpse of Ithocles, and her heart breaks at the conclusion of the following lines : ' Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my contracted lord...wedding-ring upon His finger, 'twas my father's last bequest : Thus I new-marry him, whose wife 1 am ; Death shall not separate us. Oh! my lords, I but deceiv'd... | |
| English drama - 1811 - 718 pages
...Euph. Excellent lady ! Near. Madam, what means that word, neglected husband ï Cal. Forgive me. — Now ed it so: alas ! I found it love; Yet far from lust ; for could I but have ray mother's wedding-ring upon His ringer; 'twas ray father's last bequest : [[''taces a ring upon... | |
| British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...Near. Madam, what means that word, neglected husband? Cal. Forgive me. — Now I turn to thee, tliou shadow Of my contracted lord ! bear witness all, I put my mother's wedding-ring upon His Hnger; 'twas my father's last bequest : [ Places a ring upon the finger of iTHOCLES. Thus I new marry... | |
| Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...almost immediately after which, she leans down on the altar, and expires. { Cat. Forgive me. — Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my contracted lord ! bear witness all, I put my mother's wedding-rini; upon His finger; 'twas my father's last bequest. [Places a ring on thcjinger of Ithocles.... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1820 - 594 pages
...Ithocles, and her heart breaks at the conclusion of the following lines : ' Now I turn to thee, ihou shadow Of my contracted lord ! bear witness all, I...wedding-ring upon His finger, 'twas my father's last bequest : Thus 1 new-marry him, whose wile I am; Death shwll not separate us. Oh! my lords, I but deceiv'd... | |
| William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...redeemed by her solemn address at the altar to the dead body of her husband. " Cal. Forgive me. Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my contracted lord...(Places a ring on the finger of Ithocles). Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am : Death shall not separate us. Oh, my lords, * " High as our heart."—... | |
| William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...redeemed by her solemn address at the altar to the dead body of her husband. " CaL Forgive me. Now I turn to thee, thou shadow Of my contracted- lord...(Places a ring on the finger of Ithocles). Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am : Death shall not separate us. Oh, my lords, * " High as our heart."—... | |
| William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 380 pages
...finger; 'twas my father's last bequest: (Places a ring on the finger of Ithocles). Thus I new marry him, whose wife I am : Death shall not separate us. Oh, my lords, * " High as our heart,"— See passage from the Malcontent. I but deceiv'd your eyes with antic gesture,... | |
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