Miscellaneous Plays, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1804 - 438 pages |
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Page 280
... PETRONIUS , Greeks , and fecret agents of Ma MARTHON , S homet . OSMIR , vizir to Mahomet . HEUGHO , an old domeftic officer of Conftantine's . OTHORIC , a rude but generous adventurer . Fortune - teller , Citizens , Attendants , & c ...
... PETRONIUS , Greeks , and fecret agents of Ma MARTHON , S homet . OSMIR , vizir to Mahomet . HEUGHO , an old domeftic officer of Conftantine's . OTHORIC , a rude but generous adventurer . Fortune - teller , Citizens , Attendants , & c ...
Page 281
... Petronius , from which are feen fpires and towers , and the broken roofs of houses , c . with the general appearance of a ruined city , the diftant parts involved in fmoke . Ella is difcovered with an attendant , ftanding on a balcony ...
... Petronius , from which are feen fpires and towers , and the broken roofs of houses , c . with the general appearance of a ruined city , the diftant parts involved in fmoke . Ella is difcovered with an attendant , ftanding on a balcony ...
Page 288
... PETRONIUS and a difguifed Turk . PETRONIUS ( Sternly to Ella ) . Yes , to thy chamber go : thou liv'ft , methinks , On the house - top , or watching in the towers . I like it not ; and maiden privacy Becomes thy ftate and years . ( To ...
... PETRONIUS and a difguifed Turk . PETRONIUS ( Sternly to Ella ) . Yes , to thy chamber go : thou liv'ft , methinks , On the house - top , or watching in the towers . I like it not ; and maiden privacy Becomes thy ftate and years . ( To ...
Page 289
... PETRONIUS ( Sternly to Ella ) . Art thou still here ? And now , my Lord , ( Exit Ella abafbed and chidden . ( Turning to Othus ) . OTHUS ( angrily ) . And now , my Lord , good evening : I too , belike , fhall trefpafs on your patience ...
... PETRONIUS ( Sternly to Ella ) . Art thou still here ? And now , my Lord , ( Exit Ella abafbed and chidden . ( Turning to Othus ) . OTHUS ( angrily ) . And now , my Lord , good evening : I too , belike , fhall trefpafs on your patience ...
Page 290
... PETRONIUS . That as thou wilt : but Mahomet thy master Shall find me still his faithful agent here . This very night ... Petronius ? PETRONIUS . More gold . Ay , by thy turban and thy beard ! There is a way to make our timid fluggards ...
... PETRONIUS . That as thou wilt : but Mahomet thy master Shall find me still his faithful agent here . This very night ... Petronius ? PETRONIUS . More gold . Ay , by thy turban and thy beard ! There is a way to make our timid fluggards ...
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