Bell's British Theatre,: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays ...John Bell, near Exeter Exchange, in the Strand, and C. Etherington, at York, 1778 |
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... turn'd him fierce upon them ; fit for fuch A native , reftlefs , unrelenting foe , To fit down foftly - penfive , and await Th ' approaching victor's rage ; referv'd in chains To grace his triumph , and become the scorn Of every Roman ...
... turn'd him fierce upon them ; fit for fuch A native , reftlefs , unrelenting foe , To fit down foftly - penfive , and await Th ' approaching victor's rage ; referv'd in chains To grace his triumph , and become the scorn Of every Roman ...
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... turns them back from ill . O fave me from the tumult of the foul ! From the wild beafts within ! - -For circling fands , When the swift whirlwind whelms them o'er the lands ; The roaring deeps that to the clouds arife , While thwarting ...
... turns them back from ill . O fave me from the tumult of the foul ! From the wild beafts within ! - -For circling fands , When the swift whirlwind whelms them o'er the lands ; The roaring deeps that to the clouds arife , While thwarting ...
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... Turn'd from the piercing fight , and chiding afk'd His officers , if by this gift they meent To cloud his glory in its very dawn . Maf.Oh , gods ! my fluttering heart ! On , ftop not , Narva . Nar . She question'd of her birth , in ...
... Turn'd from the piercing fight , and chiding afk'd His officers , if by this gift they meent To cloud his glory in its very dawn . Maf.Oh , gods ! my fluttering heart ! On , ftop not , Narva . Nar . She question'd of her birth , in ...
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... turn'd another way , Behold it not ; or , if they do , behold it Shrunk up , far off , a vifionary scene ; As to the waking man appears the dream . Nar . Or rather as realities appear , The virtue , pomp , and dignities of life , In ...
... turn'd another way , Behold it not ; or , if they do , behold it Shrunk up , far off , a vifionary scene ; As to the waking man appears the dream . Nar . Or rather as realities appear , The virtue , pomp , and dignities of life , In ...
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... turn ? Thou canst not hope it fure , -Impoffible ! Maf . What fhall I do ? -Be now the friend exerted . For love and honour prefs me ; love and honour All that is dear and excellent in life , All that or fooths the man or lifts the hero ...
... turn ? Thou canst not hope it fure , -Impoffible ! Maf . What fhall I do ? -Be now the friend exerted . For love and honour prefs me ; love and honour All that is dear and excellent in life , All that or fooths the man or lifts the hero ...
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Page 47 - I could not stay with you, I made a vow, By all the most religious things a maid Could call together, never to be known...
Page 43 - I have wrong'd thee, and as much of joy That I repent it, issue from mine eyes; Let them appease thee. Take thy right ; take her ; She is thy right too; and forget to urge My vexed soul with that I did before. PHI.
Page 11 - I shall be willing, if not apt, to learn : Age and experience will adorn my mind With larger knowledge ; and if I have done A wilful fault, think me not past all hope For once.
Page 21 - If you do hate, you could not curse me worse ; The gods have not a punishment in store Greater for me than is your hate. Phi. Fie, fie, So young and so dissembling!
Page 26 - And worn so by you ; how that foolish man, That reads the story of a woman's face And dies believing it, is lost for ever ; How all the good you have is but a shadow, I...
Page 26 - Now you may take that little right I have To this poor kingdom. Give it to your joy; For I have no joy in it.
Page 8 - Of which he borrow'd some to quench his thirst, And paid the nymph again as much in tears. A garland lay him by, made by himself, Of many several flowers, bred in the...
Page 38 - Tis but a piece of childhood thrown away. Should I outlive you, I should then outlive Virtue and honour; and when that day comes, If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury, And waste my limbs to nothing!
Page 35 - Stay, sir! what are you? BEL. A wretched creature, wounded in these woods By beasts. Relieve me, if your names be men, Or I shall perish. DION. This is he, my lord, Upon my soul, that hurt her. 'Tis the boy, That wicked boy, that serv'd her.