A series of plays, in which it is attempted to delineate the stronger passions of the mind [by J. Baillie, Volume 21802 |
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... heart is set on spoil Let it be Woggarwolfe's that you shall covet , And small persuasion may suffice to tempt me . To plunder him will be no common gain . We feasters love the flesh of well - run game : And faith the meanest beeve of ...
... heart is set on spoil Let it be Woggarwolfe's that you shall covet , And small persuasion may suffice to tempt me . To plunder him will be no common gain . We feasters love the flesh of well - run game : And faith the meanest beeve of ...
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... heart , And lay me in the dust ! ( trumpet sounds again , and Ethw . turning hastily from them , runs out . ) Ber . Oh ! he is gone for ever ! Eth . Patience , sweet Bertha ! Sel . The castle gates are shut by my command , He cannot now ...
... heart , And lay me in the dust ! ( trumpet sounds again , and Ethw . turning hastily from them , runs out . ) Ber . Oh ! he is gone for ever ! Eth . Patience , sweet Bertha ! Sel . The castle gates are shut by my command , He cannot now ...
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... heart Which shall not henceforth love him as a brother . Would I could see him from the pursuit come ! O that I had beheld him in his might , When the dark battle turn'd ! Sea . Your wish is soon fulfill'd , my eager boy ; For here , in ...
... heart Which shall not henceforth love him as a brother . Would I could see him from the pursuit come ! O that I had beheld him in his might , When the dark battle turn'd ! Sea . Your wish is soon fulfill'd , my eager boy ; For here , in ...
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... heart ? t ( Embraces Ethw . ) Most valiant Ethwald , Fain would I speak the thoughts I bear to thee , But they do choke and flutter in my throat , And make me like a child . ( passing his hand across his eyes . ) Ethw . ( kissing ...
... heart ? t ( Embraces Ethw . ) Most valiant Ethwald , Fain would I speak the thoughts I bear to thee , But they do choke and flutter in my throat , And make me like a child . ( passing his hand across his eyes . ) Ethw . ( kissing ...
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... heart and smother'd kind affections ; But now th ' enliv'ning breeze of fortune wakes My torpid soul --- When did I ever fold thee To such a warm and bounding heart as this ? ( Embraces her . ) The king has given me Mairnieth's earldom ...
... heart and smother'd kind affections ; But now th ' enliv'ning breeze of fortune wakes My torpid soul --- When did I ever fold thee To such a warm and bounding heart as this ? ( Embraces her . ) The king has given me Mairnieth's earldom ...
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Alwy arms art thou beneath Bertha bleffed blood brave breast Britons Cairl castle chief CONJUROR CONSTANTINE dark deeds doft dost thou doth Dwina e'en Elburga Enter Ethwald Ethelbert Ethw ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes fafely fearful fhall fight flaves fome foul friends ftill fuch fultan gen'rous gentle hand hath head hear heard heart heaven Hereulf HEUGHO Hexulf holy honour honour'd horrid JUSTINIANI king king of Mercia laſt look Lord LUCIA MAHOMET maid MARTHON Mercian methinks moſt muſt night noble o'er Ongar OSMIR Oswal OTHORIC OTHUS pause peace PETRONIUS pray RODRIGO round royal Saint Alban say'st thou SCENE Selred Seneschal ſhall smiling soldiers soul ſpeak stage ſtill sword Thane thee theſe thine things thoſe thou art thou hast thoughts thro tower TURK turning unto VALERIA valiant voice walls warlike warriour whilst
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Page 253 - He who will not give Some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, For others' good, is a poor frozen churl.
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Page 341 - I speak to empty air : it can be nothing. Is it not some delusion of the eyes ? [rubbing his eyes very hard, and rousing himself.} Ah ! still the hideous semblance is before me, Plain as at first. I cannot suffer this ! (runs to the lamps, and...
Page 286 - Do the sweet hamlets in their bushy dells Send winding up to heaven their curling smoke On the soft morning air? Do the flocks bleat, and the wild creatures bound In antic happiness ? and mazy birds Wing the mid air in lightly skimming bands ? Ay, all this is ; men do behold all this ; The poorest man. Even in this lonely vault, My dark and narrow world, oft do I hear The crowing of the cock so near my walls, And sadly think how small a space divides me From all this fair creation.
Page 190 - ... had reduced his age from thirty to twenty-one. Altogether it was a great night for Gaul, and thereupon the victorious Mme. Bernhardt, much encouraged, invaded England with her popinjay Hamlet, and actually exhibited him in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-Avon. VI. MACBETH.
Page 305 - Say, sweet carol, who are they Who cheerly greet the rising day ? Little birds in leafy bower ; Swallows twitt'ring on the tower; Larks upon the light air borne ; Hunters rous'd with shrilly horn ; The woodman whistling on his way ; The new-wak'd child at early play.
Page 286 - In all his beauteous robes of flecker'd clouds, And ruddy vapours, and deep glowing flames, And softly varied shades, look gloriously ? Do the green woods dance to the wind ? the lakes Cast up their sparkling waters to the light ? Do the sweet hamlets in their bushy dells Send winding up to heaven their curling smoke On the soft morning air ? Do the flocks bleat, and the wild creatures bound In antic happiness?
Page 337 - Have spent my peaceful days, and shar'd my crust With her who would have cheer'd me, rather far Than on this throne ; but, being what I am, I'll be it nobly.
Page 270 - So thus ye lie, who with the morning sun liose cheerily, and girt your armour on With all the vigour, and capacity, And comeliness, of strong and youthful men : Ye also, taken in your manhood's wane, With grizzled pates, from mates whose wither'd hands For some good thirty years had...