 Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring thoughts and elegant desires That fill the happiest man ? Ah ! rather why Didst thou not form me sordid as my fate, Base-minded, dull, and fit to carry burdens? Why have I sense to know the curse...  Venice Preserved, Or, A Plot Discovered: A Tragedy - Page 26by Thomas Otway - 1797 - 122 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Harold F. Rubinstein - English drama - 1928 - 1138 pages
...twelve. JAFF. : At any hour, my plagues Will keep me waking. [Exit PIERRE. Tell me why, good Heaven, Thou y you show us your intent In any wise, and not spare....disposed to go any whither, For wete you well, we burdens ? Why have I sense to know the curse that's on me ? Is this just dealing, Nature ? Belvidera... | |
 | English Association - English literature - 1921 - 172 pages
...sentiment, is an unequal writer. Jaffier in Venice Preserved cries out : Tell me why, good Heaven, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring...thoughts and elegant desires, That fill the happiest man? Again, Antonio thus addresses the Council : What headlong apprehension drives you on, Right noble,... | |
 | Thomas Otway - Drama - 1969 - 144 pages
...twelve. JAFFEIR. At any hour. My plagues Will keep me waking. Exit Pierre. Tell me why, good Heav'n, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring...desires That fill the happiest man? Ah! rather why 310 Didst thou not form me sordid as my fate, Base-minded, dull, and fit to carry hurdens? Why have... | |
 | Shattuck - Drama - 1997 - 420 pages
...any hour ; my plagues Will keep me waking. — [Exit PIERRE. /fe Tell me why, good heaven, +, ~ Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring thoughts, and elegant That fill the happiest man ! Ah ! rather, why Didst thou riot form me sordid as my fate, Base-mi rided,... | |
 | Susan J. Owen - Literary Criticism - 2002 - 210 pages
...disappointment includes the unabashed desire for a refmed lifestyle: Tell me why, good Heav'n, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring thoughts and elegant desires That f1ll the happiest man? (I.307, my emphasis) Eighteenth-century actor David Garrick knew what he was... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Literary Collections - 2007 - 1143 pages
...Whose blossom, scaped, yet's wither' d in the ripening.7 Or this — Tell me why, good Heaven, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring...burthens? Why have I sense to know the curse that's on me? Is this just dealing, Nature?8 I could continue culling such sweets from every scene, but these will... | |
 | Jude Morgan - Fiction - 2007 - 398 pages
...you a little: you shall judge.' He stood up, stretched out a hand. '"Tell me why, good Heaven, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit. Aspiring...sordid as my fate, Base-minded, dull, and fit to carry burdens? Why have I sense to know the curse that's on me? Is this just dealing. Nature?'" His trembling,... | |
 | Jude Morgan - Fiction - 2007 - 398 pages
...you a little: you shall judge.' He stood up, stretched out a hand. "'Tell me why, good Heaven, Thou mad'st me what I am, with all the spirit, Aspiring...sordid as my fate, Base-minded, dull, and fit to carry burdens? Why have I sense to know the curse that's on me? Is this just dealing, Nature?'" His trembling,... | |
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