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" ... .In Sophocles, when the unfortunate Deianira discovers her mistake in having sent a . poisoned vestment to her husband Hercules; her surprise and sorrow are unspeakable, and she answers not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off... "
A General View of the Stage: By Mr. Wilkes - Page 123
by Samuel Derrick - 1759 - 335 pages
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The Adventurer, Volume 2

1793 - 310 pages
...feM a poifoned veftment to her hufband Hercules, her turprize and for row are unfpeakable, and fte anfwers not her fon who acquaints her with the difafter,...unacquainted with nature and the heart, would have put it into her mouth twenty florid jambics, in which fhe 'would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes,...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 24

British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would...put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
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Select British Classics, Volume 20

1803 - 240 pages
...not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would...put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

James Ferguson - 1819 - 334 pages
...not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would...put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
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The Adventurer, Volume 2

John Hawkesworth - 1823 - 302 pages
...not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes ott' the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart would...put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators that she was going to...
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The British Essayists: Adventurer

Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 650 pages
...not her son who acquaints her with the disaster, but goes off the stage without uttering a syllable. A writer unacquainted with nature and the heart, would...put into her mouth twenty florid Iambics, in which she would bitterly have bewailed her misfortunes, and informed the spectators tjhat she was goirig...
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