The Dramatic Works of John Ford: With an Introduction, and Notes Critical and Explanatory, Volume 1J. & J. Harper, 1831 - English drama |
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Page 130
... Ithocles , prevented the fulfilment of this well- intended scheme ; and partly by threats , partly by stratagem , Penthea is induced to transfer her hand to Bassanes , a Spartan noble , richer and more powerful than Orgilus . Never did ...
... Ithocles , prevented the fulfilment of this well- intended scheme ; and partly by threats , partly by stratagem , Penthea is induced to transfer her hand to Bassanes , a Spartan noble , richer and more powerful than Orgilus . Never did ...
Page 131
... Ithocles subsequently displays itself , it is not at first without a secret satisfaction that the reader sees the spirits of vengeance gathering around the original author of this forlorn wreck of happiness and beauty . The wretchedness ...
... Ithocles subsequently displays itself , it is not at first without a secret satisfaction that the reader sees the spirits of vengeance gathering around the original author of this forlorn wreck of happiness and beauty . The wretchedness ...
Page 132
... Ithocles ; he approves of a marriage between his sister Euphranea and Prophilus , the bosom friend of Ithocles , and even undertakes to provide a " slight device " by way of entertainment for their ensuing nuptials . The dark and pro ...
... Ithocles ; he approves of a marriage between his sister Euphranea and Prophilus , the bosom friend of Ithocles , and even undertakes to provide a " slight device " by way of entertainment for their ensuing nuptials . The dark and pro ...
Page 133
... Ithocles is murder'd , mur der'd cruelly . Cal . How dull this music sounds ! Strike up more sprightly ; Our footings are not active like our heart , Which treads the nimbler measure . Org . I am thunderstruck ! The last change . Cal ...
... Ithocles is murder'd , mur der'd cruelly . Cal . How dull this music sounds ! Strike up more sprightly ; Our footings are not active like our heart , Which treads the nimbler measure . Org . I am thunderstruck ! The last change . Cal ...
Page 135
... may partake a pity with delight . This Prologue is in the author's best manner , and , whether considered in a moral or poetical light , entitled to considerable praise . - GIFFORD . DRAMATIS PERSONE . AMYCLAS , King of Laconia . ITHOCLES.
... may partake a pity with delight . This Prologue is in the author's best manner , and , whether considered in a moral or poetical light , entitled to considerable praise . - GIFFORD . DRAMATIS PERSONE . AMYCLAS , King of Laconia . ITHOCLES.
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A-WATER Amet AMETHUS Amyc Amyclas ARETUS Armostes Athens Bass Bassanes beauty blood brother Calantha CHRISTALLA cittern Cleo Cleophila command Corax court cousin Crot CROTOLON DALYELL dare daughter Dawbeney dear doth earl Enter Eroclea Euph Euphranea Exeunt Exit eyes fair fate father favour Ford fortunes Frion Grau griefs Gril Gron GRONEAS hath heart heaven honour hope Hunt Huntley Ithocles John Ford Kala Kath king lady Lady's Trial LAMBERT SIMNEL live lord Lover's Melancholy marriage Melancholy Meleander Menaphon NEARCHUS never noble Orgilus Palador Parthenophill passion peace PELIAS Penthea Perkin PERKIN WARBECK PHILEMA pity poet pray prince princess prithee Prophilus Rhetias SCENE Sir William Stanley sister Soph SOPHRONOS soul Sparta speak sweet Tecnicus THAMASTA thank thee thine thou art thoughts truth Urswick vows WARBECK wife young youth