The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Page 25
... maid Associate here with lictors and plebeians ? Att . Yes ; on this threshold patiently I wait The consul's coming ; I would make him blush To see me here his suitor . O , Licinius , This is no time for form and cold decorum ; Five ...
... maid Associate here with lictors and plebeians ? Att . Yes ; on this threshold patiently I wait The consul's coming ; I would make him blush To see me here his suitor . O , Licinius , This is no time for form and cold decorum ; Five ...
Page 28
... foe . Man . Ungenerous maid ! no fault of mine concurred To his destruction . ' Twas the chance of war . Farewell ! ere this the senate is assembled- My presence is required . Speak to the fathers , 28 THE INFLEXIBLE CAPTIVE .
... foe . Man . Ungenerous maid ! no fault of mine concurred To his destruction . ' Twas the chance of war . Farewell ! ere this the senate is assembled- My presence is required . Speak to the fathers , 28 THE INFLEXIBLE CAPTIVE .
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... maid ! the blood forsakes thy cheek : Is he the rival of thy Publius ? speak , And tell me all the rigor of my fate . Bar . Hear me , my lord . Since I have been thy slave , Thy goodness , and the friendship of Attilia , Have softened ...
... maid ! the blood forsakes thy cheek : Is he the rival of thy Publius ? speak , And tell me all the rigor of my fate . Bar . Hear me , my lord . Since I have been thy slave , Thy goodness , and the friendship of Attilia , Have softened ...
Page 44
... maid so truly wretched ? To weep , to mourn , a father's cruel fate- To love him with soul - rending tenderness— To know no peace by day , or rest by night— To bear a bleeding heart in this poor bosom , Which aches and trembles but to ...
... maid so truly wretched ? To weep , to mourn , a father's cruel fate- To love him with soul - rending tenderness— To know no peace by day , or rest by night— To bear a bleeding heart in this poor bosom , Which aches and trembles but to ...
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... maid ! O she was dearer to my soul than light ! Dear as the vital stream that feeds my heart ! But know my honor ' s dearer than my love . I do not even hope thou wilt believe me ; Thy brutal soul , as savage as thy clime , Can never ...
... maid ! O she was dearer to my soul than light ! Dear as the vital stream that feeds my heart ! But know my honor ' s dearer than my love . I do not even hope thou wilt believe me ; Thy brutal soul , as savage as thy clime , Can never ...
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