Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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Page 52
... dear one ; My mistress . Alex . Then your mistress ; In mighty arms renowned above mankind , But , in soft pity to the opprest , a god ; This message sends the mournful Cleopatra To her departing lord . Vent . Smooth sycophant ! Your ...
... dear one ; My mistress . Alex . Then your mistress ; In mighty arms renowned above mankind , But , in soft pity to the opprest , a god ; This message sends the mournful Cleopatra To her departing lord . Vent . Smooth sycophant ! Your ...
Page 75
... dear relics Of my immortal love ! O let no impious hand remove you hence : But rest for ever here ! Let Egypt give His death that peace , which it denied his life.- Reach me the casket . Iras . The aspic lies . Underneath the fruit Cleo ...
... dear relics Of my immortal love ! O let no impious hand remove you hence : But rest for ever here ! Let Egypt give His death that peace , which it denied his life.- Reach me the casket . Iras . The aspic lies . Underneath the fruit Cleo ...
Page 83
... dear . May all your joys in her prove false like mine ; Yes ! wronged me , in the A sterile fortune , and a barren bed , Attend you both ; continual discord make Your days and nights bitter and grievous : still The honor of my house ...
... dear . May all your joys in her prove false like mine ; Yes ! wronged me , in the A sterile fortune , and a barren bed , Attend you both ; continual discord make Your days and nights bitter and grievous : still The honor of my house ...
Page 93
... dear ! my life ! my love ! Jaff . Belv . Speak to me . Jaff . Oh.friends ! Take her from my heart ; She'll gain such hold else , I shall ne'er get loose . I charge thee take her , but with tenderest care Relieve her troubles and assauge ...
... dear ! my life ! my love ! Jaff . Belv . Speak to me . Jaff . Oh.friends ! Take her from my heart ; She'll gain such hold else , I shall ne'er get loose . I charge thee take her , but with tenderest care Relieve her troubles and assauge ...
Page 100
... dear by all The strictest ties of nature ; though one hour Had given us birth , one fortune fed our wants , One only love , and that but of each other , Still filled our minds : could I have such a friend Joined in this cause , and had ...
... dear by all The strictest ties of nature ; though one hour Had given us birth , one fortune fed our wants , One only love , and that but of each other , Still filled our minds : could I have such a friend Joined in this cause , and had ...
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