The British Drama: pt. 1-2. TragediesWilliam Miller, printed by James Ballantyne, 1804 |
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... dead With flashes of her eye : the fair Evadne , Your virtuous sister . Mel . Peace of heart betwixt them ! But this is strange . Lys . The king my brother did it To honour you ; and these solemnities Are at his charge . Mel . It is ...
... dead With flashes of her eye : the fair Evadne , Your virtuous sister . Mel . Peace of heart betwixt them ! But this is strange . Lys . The king my brother did it To honour you ; and these solemnities Are at his charge . Mel . It is ...
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... dead , Come all , and watch one night about my hearse ; Bring each a mournful story , and a tear , To offer at it , when I go to earth . With flattering ivy clasp my coffin round ; Write on my brow my fortune ; let my bier Be borne by ...
... dead , Come all , and watch one night about my hearse ; Bring each a mournful story , and a tear , To offer at it , when I go to earth . With flattering ivy clasp my coffin round ; Write on my brow my fortune ; let my bier Be borne by ...
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... dead ; Else , by this night , I would : I pity thee . Thou hast an easy temper , fit for stamp . Olym . Never . Asp . Nor you , Antiphila ? Ant . Nor I. Asp . Then , my good girls , be more than women , wise : At least , be more than I ...
... dead ; Else , by this night , I would : I pity thee . Thou hast an easy temper , fit for stamp . Olym . Never . Asp . Nor you , Antiphila ? Ant . Nor I. Asp . Then , my good girls , be more than women , wise : At least , be more than I ...
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... dead , thou'dst Be wise , and kill him . Canst thou live , and know What noble minds shall make thee , see thyself Found out with every finger , made the shame Of all successions , and in this great ruin Thy brother and thy noble ...
... dead , thou'dst Be wise , and kill him . Canst thou live , and know What noble minds shall make thee , see thyself Found out with every finger , made the shame Of all successions , and in this great ruin Thy brother and thy noble ...
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... dead . King , by your leave , [ Ties his arm to the bed . I dare not trust your strength . Your grace and I Must grapple upon even terms no more . Se : If he rail me not from my resolution , I shall be strong enough . My lord the king ...
... dead . King , by your leave , [ Ties his arm to the bed . I dare not trust your strength . Your grace and I Must grapple upon even terms no more . Se : If he rail me not from my resolution , I shall be strong enough . My lord the king ...
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Acast Alex Amin Amintor arms Bajazet Beaumel bless blood brave Cæsar Cast Castalio Cato Char Cleo Cleon Cleopatra Cleora curse dare Daugh dear death DECIUS Dion Diph DIPHILUS dost thou Drusius Enter Evad Evadne Exeunt Exit eyes fair Farewell fate father fear fortune give gods grief hand hate hath hear heart Heaven Hengo honour hope Juba Judas kill king kiss lady Leost Leosthenes live look lord Lysimachus madam ne'er Nennius never noble o'er peace Petillius Philaster Photinus pity POLYPERCHON Pompey prince Ptol Ptolomy Pyrrhus queen revenge Roch Roman Romont ruin SCENE scorn shew slave soldier sorrow soul speak Suet sweet sword Syphax tears tell thee thou art thou hast thought Thra Timag Twas Vent virtue weep wilt wretched wrong
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Page 13 - Do my face (If thou had'st ever feeling of a sorrow) Thus, thus, Antiphila : strive to make me look Like Sorrow's monument ; and the trees about me, Let them be dry and leafless ; let the rocks Groan with continual surges ; and behind me, Make all a desolation.
Page 198 - O'er fourscore thousand men, of whom each one Is braver than himself ? Vent. You conquered for him ; Philippi knows it : there you shared with him That empire, which your sword made all your own. Ant. Fool that I was ! upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren till I was tired with soaring, And now he mounts above me.
Page 279 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
Page 248 - Redeemed her life with half the loss of mine; Like a rich conquest in one hand I bore her, And with the other...
Page 56 - and dressed myself In habit of a boy; and, for I knew My birth no match for you, I was past hope Of having you; and, understanding well That when I made discovery of my sex I...
Page 347 - Marcia tow'rs above her sex : True, she is fair, (oh how divinely fair !) But still the lovely maid improves her charms With inward greatness, unaffected wisdom, And sanctity of manners.
Page 203 - Was not thy fury quite disarmed with wonder? Didst thou not shrink behind me from those eyes And whisper in my ear — Oh, tell her not That I accused her with my brother's death ? DOLA.
Page 195 - They said they would not fight for Cleopatra. Why should they fight indeed, to make her conquer, And make you more a slave ? to gain you kingdoms, Which, for a kiss, at your next midnight feast, You'll sell to her ? Then she new-names her jewels, And calls this diamond such or such a tax ; Each pendant in her ear shall be a province.
Page 347 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 279 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold. And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart.