The Siege of Damascus: A Tragedy, by John Hughes, Esq. As Performed at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane. Regulated from the Prompt-book, ... by Mr. Hopkins, PrompterJohn Bell, and C. Etherington, at York, 1776 - 69 pages |
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Afide anſwer art thou Artamon aſk Behold blood brave breaft Caled caliph Canft caufe cauſe chriftian conqueft cou'd cruel curfe Damafcus death defpair doft thou e'en Enter Abudah Enter Phocyas Eudocia Eumenes Eutyches ev'ry Exeunt Exit fafe faid faith farewel father fave fcorn fear feen fent fervice feven fhall fhew fight filent filks fince firft firſt flain flave foldiers fome foon foul fpeak ftill fudden fure fword gate giv'n hear heart Heav'n Heraclius Herb Herbis honour itſelf juft laft laſt loft Lordship Mahomet Methinks muft muſt myſelf o'er paffion peace perfons pleaſure pow'rs prophet publiſhed rife Saracen ſeems ſhall ſhare SIEGE of DAMASCUS ſtill tell tent thefe theſe thine THOMAS HULL thou art Thou know'ft thought thouſand thro thyfelf twas twill wilt thou Worfe wou'd wou'dft wretched wrong'd
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Page 53 - A conquer'd city ? — View yon vale of palms : Behold the vanquish'd christian triumph still, Rich in his flight, and mocks thy barren war. Cal. The vale of palms ! Dar. Beyond those hills, the place Where they agreed this day to meet and halt, To gather all their forces ; there disguis'd, Just now Pveview'd their camp — O, I could curse Aly eyes for what they've seen.
Page 37 - Do murderers then preach morality ? But how to think of what the living know not, And the dead cannot, or else may not tell? What art thou, O...
Page 21 - ... lance When all at once, as at a signal given, We heard the Tecbir, so these Arabs call Their shouts of onset, when with loud appeal They challenge Heaven, as if demanding conquest. The battle joined, and through the barbarous host, Fight, fight, and paradise ! was all the cry.
Page 44 - Eternal justice!—Know, the doom from heaven Falls on your towers, resistless as the bolt That fires the cedars on your mountain tops. Be meek, and learn with humble awe to bear The mitigated ruin. Worse had follow'd, Had ye oppos'd our numbers.
Page 15 - Has canton'd out the kingdoms of the earth, In frantic fits of visionary power, To sooth his pride, and bribe his fellow madmen ! Cal. Was it for this you sent to ask a parley, T...
Page 24 - And therefore will not hold thee lohg in doubt. Thou must not think of her. Pho. Not think of her ! Impossible. — She's ever present to me, My life, my soul ! She animates my being, And kindles up my thoughts to worthy actions. And why, Eumenes, why not think of her ? Is not my rank Eum. Forbear What need a herald, To tell me who thou art ? — Yet once again Since thou wilt force me to a repetition, I say, thou must not think of her.
Page 67 - I'd not lose this death ! Alas ! I but keep in my fleeting breath A few short moments, till I have...
Page 43 - Hear all ! — Prepare ye now for boldest deeds, And know, the prophet will reward your valour. Think that we all to certain triumph move; Who falls in fight yet meets the prize above. There, in the gardens of eternal spring, While birds of Paradise around you...
Page 38 - The general knows thee brave, and 'tis for that He seeks alliance with thy noble virtues. Pho. He knows me brave ! — Why does he then thus treat me? No ; he believes I am so poor of soul, That, barely for the privilege to live, I would be bought his slave.
Page 38 - Thou speak'st me fair. Abu. What dost thou think of life? Pho. I think not of it; death was in my thoughts. On hard conditions, life were but a load, And I will lay it down. Abu. Art thou rcsolv'd ? Pho.