Bell's British Theatre, Volume 16John Bell J. Bell, 1797 |
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Page vii
... bear a smiling face , But play'rs in summer have a dismal case Since your appearance only is our aƐt of grace . Court ladies will to country seats begone , My lord cann't all the year live great in town ; Where , wanting operas , basset ...
... bear a smiling face , But play'rs in summer have a dismal case Since your appearance only is our aƐt of grace . Court ladies will to country seats begone , My lord cann't all the year live great in town ; Where , wanting operas , basset ...
Page viii
... claim the bards that write , Be kind , and bear a woman's treat to - night ; Let your indulgence all her fears allay , And none but women - haters damn this play . Dramatis Personae . DRURY - LAne . Sir GEORGE AIRY viii PROLOGUE .
... claim the bards that write , Be kind , and bear a woman's treat to - night ; Let your indulgence all her fears allay , And none but women - haters damn this play . Dramatis Personae . DRURY - LAne . Sir GEORGE AIRY viii PROLOGUE .
Page 112
... tribe infest the age , Bear one a while expos'd upon the stage ; Let none but Busy Bodies vent their spite , And with good - humour pleasure crown the night . THE END . Act III . I Anding you De Wilde pinx ! 112 EPILOGUE .
... tribe infest the age , Bear one a while expos'd upon the stage ; Let none but Busy Bodies vent their spite , And with good - humour pleasure crown the night . THE END . Act III . I Anding you De Wilde pinx ! 112 EPILOGUE .
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... bear it were it true . All southern from yon ' hills the Roman camp Hangs o'er us black and threat'ning , like a storm Just breaking on our heads . " Ser , Our faint Egyptians pray for Antony , " But in their servile hearts they own ...
... bear it were it true . All southern from yon ' hills the Roman camp Hangs o'er us black and threat'ning , like a storm Just breaking on our heads . " Ser , Our faint Egyptians pray for Antony , " But in their servile hearts they own ...
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... bears him far From his first course , and plunges him in ills : " But when his danger makes him find his fault , " Quick to observe , and full of sharp remorse , " He censures eagerly his own misdeeds , " Judging himself with malice to ...
... bears him far From his first course , and plunges him in ills : " But when his danger makes him find his fault , " Quick to observe , and full of sharp remorse , " He censures eagerly his own misdeeds , " Judging himself with malice to ...
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Page 90 - Ay, there's the banishment ! Oh, hear me; hear me, With strictest justice: For I beg no favour; And if I have offended you, then kill me, But do not banish me. Ant. I must not hear you. I have a fool within me takes your part; But honour stops my ears.
Page 109 - Caesar's pride? What! to be led in triumph through the streets, A spectacle to base plebeian eyes; While some dejected friend of Antony's, Close in a corner, shakes his head, and mutters A secret curse on her who ruin'd him?
Page 26 - Ant. Come on, my soldier! Our hearts and arms are still the same : I long Once more to meet our foes, that thou and I, Like Time and Death, marching before our troops, May taste fate to...
Page 91 - Good Heav'n ! they weep at parting. Must I weep too ? that calls 'em innocent. I must not weep ; and yet I must, to think That I must not forgive • Live, but live wretched ; 'tis but just you should Who made me so : live from each other's sight ; Let me not hear you meet.
Page 48 - And sure the gods, like me, are fond of him: His virtues lie so mingled with his crimes, As would confound their choice to punish one, And not reward the other. Enter ANTONY. Ant. We can conquer, You see, without your aid. We have...
Page 35 - And he that bribe. ANT. But have I no remembrance? ALEX. Yes, a dear one; Your slave the queen ANT. My mistress. ALEX. Then your mistress; Your mistress would, she says, have sent her soul, But that you had long since; she humbly begs This ruby bracelet, set with bleeding hearts, (The emblems of her own), may bind your arm.
Page 12 - I'll acquaint you why I sought you here, And what's our present work. [They withdraw to a corner of the stage ; and VENTIDIUS, with the other, comes forward to the front.
Page 93 - Hast pushed my boat to open sea; to prove, At my sad cost, if thou canst steer it back. It cannot be; I'm lost too far; I'm ruined! Hence, thou impostor, traitor, monster, devil ! I can no more: thou, and my griefs, have sunk Me down so low, that I want voice to curse thee. Alex. Suppose some shipwrecked seaman near the shore, Dropping...
Page 112 - Already, death, I feel thee in my veins: I go with such a will to find my lord, That we shall quickly meet. A heavy numbness creeps through every limb, And now 'tis at my head; my eyelids fall, And my dear love is vanished in a mist. Where shall I find him, where?
Page 58 - tis mine; it never shall be said, Octavia's husband was her brother's slave. Sir, you are free; free, even from her you loathe; For, though my brother bargains for your love, Makes me the price and cement of your peace, I have a soul like yours; I cannot take Your love as alms, nor beg what I deserve.