Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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Page 59
... 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 Know , I ...
... 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 Know , I ...
Page 60
... Husband ! Both Child . Ant . I am vanquished : take me , Octavia ; take me , children ; share me all . [ Embracing them . I've been a thriftless debtor to your loves , And run out much , in riot , from your stock ; But all shall be ...
... Husband ! Both Child . Ant . I am vanquished : take me , Octavia ; take me , children ; share me all . [ Embracing them . I've been a thriftless debtor to your loves , And run out much , in riot , from your stock ; But all shall be ...
Page 79
... husband , whose lust of revenge she vainly seeks to allay in a scene unrivalled for clinging devotion , to a desperate abandonment which is quick to welcome Pierre's fatal suggestion . Again she stands in pathetic futility without help ...
... husband , whose lust of revenge she vainly seeks to allay in a scene unrivalled for clinging devotion , to a desperate abandonment which is quick to welcome Pierre's fatal suggestion . Again she stands in pathetic futility without help ...
Page 97
... husband's love : " And in my arms then pressed , and would have clasped me ; Dead on the earth , and then thou wilt be safe : But with my cries I scared his coward heart , Murder my father ! though his cruel nature Till he withdrew ...
... husband's love : " And in my arms then pressed , and would have clasped me ; Dead on the earth , and then thou wilt be safe : But with my cries I scared his coward heart , Murder my father ! though his cruel nature Till he withdrew ...
Page 98
... husband - that were well . Who's there ? Jaff . Ren . A man . My friend , my near ally ! The hostage of your faith , my beauteous charge , Is very well . Jaff . Sir , are you sure of that ? Stands she in perfect health ? beats her pulse ...
... husband - that were well . Who's there ? Jaff . Ren . A man . My friend , my near ally ! The hostage of your faith , my beauteous charge , Is very well . Jaff . Sir , are you sure of that ? Stands she in perfect health ? beats her pulse ...
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