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" I'll tear my veil of politic French off, And stand up like a man resolv'd to do : — Action, not words, shall shew me. — Oh Penthea ! [Exit. Pen. He sigh'd my name sure, as he parted from me ; I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman! He look'd... "
The Dramatic Works of John Ford,: In Two Volumes - Page 259
by John Ford - 1827 - 616 pages
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The Court Magazine and Belle Assemblée, Volume 4

English literature - 1834 - 336 pages
...wood : others may deem these delightful recreations laborious nothings; others may say, "They seem not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins." I opine that they are palaces of adamant, such as a literary Palladio or Vitrurins might be prond to...
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The English Annual for ...

1838 - 432 pages
...rough-wood : others may deem these delightful recreations laborious nothings ; others may say, " They seem not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins." I opine that they are palaces of adamant, such as a literary Palladio or Vitruvius might be proud to...
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Poems

James Russell Lowell - 1844 - 584 pages
...a man resolved to do : — Action, not words, shall show me. — O Penthea ! [Exit. "Pen. He sighed my name sure, as he parted from me ; I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman 1 He looked not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins. Honor, How much we...
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Thirty Years Passed Among the Players in England and America: Intersperesed ...

Joe Cowell - Actors - 1844 - 112 pages
...— ye are changed — and I see not here What I once saw in the long-vauish'd year." MBS. UEUANS " Alas ! poor gentleman, He look'd not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruin of those ruins." — JOHN FORD. LEAVING the ship, as a climax, thumping on the bar with which...
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Compitum: Or, The Meeting of the Ways at the Catholic Church, Volume 6

Kenelm Henry Digby - 1852 - 450 pages
...suffice to unfold the use of the restraint that he chooses to renounce, - " Alas ! poor mortal, He looks not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins." And even where such monitors are not beheld, reason and experience have but one testimony, to teach...
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The Works of John Ford: Introduction by Gifford. List of plays. Commendatory ...

John Ford - 1869 - 406 pages
...French off, And stand up like a man resolv'd to do : f<j ^ ,_ Action, not words, shall show me. — O Penthea ! [Exit. Pen. He sigh'd my name, sure, as...me : I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman ! .X '"He look'd not like the ruins of his youth, •^)~* * \f VjBut like the ruins of those ruins....
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John Ford

John Ford - English drama - 1888 - 508 pages
...like a man resolved to' do : Action, not words, shall show me. — O Penthea ! -\_Exit. Pen. He sighed my name, sure, as he parted from me : I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman ! He looked not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins. Honour, How much we fight...
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John Ford; Ed. with Introduction and Notes

John Ford - 1888 - 514 pages
...sighed my name, sure, as he parted from me : v I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman ! He looked not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins. Honour, How much we fight with weakness to preserve thee ! [ Walks aside. Enter BASSANES and GRAUSIS. Bass...
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Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

James Russell Lowell - English poetry - 1893 - 320 pages
...stand up like a man resolved to do : Action, not words, shall show me.— O Panthea ! " Pen. lie sighed my name, sure, as he parted from me ; I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman ! He looked not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins. Honor, How much we fight...
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Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

James Russell Lowell - English poetry - 1893 - 656 pages
...stand up like a man resolved to do : Action, not words, shall show me. — O Panthea ! " Pen. He sighed my name, sure, as he parted from me ; I fear I was too rough. Alas, poor gentleman 1 He looked not like the ruins of his youth, But like the ruins of those ruins. Honor, How much we...
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