British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, from the Most Classic Writers : with Biography, Critical Account and Explanatory NotesF. Fleischer, 1828 - 908 pages |
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... We took up arms , not to revenge ourselves , And name your terms . But free the commonwealth ; when this end fails , Arms have no further use . Our country's The Roman knight : he carries in his looks Impatience , and demands to speak ...
... We took up arms , not to revenge ourselves , And name your terms . But free the commonwealth ; when this end fails , Arms have no further use . Our country's The Roman knight : he carries in his looks Impatience , and demands to speak ...
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... name . He blushed , and , bow- Mill . How do I look to - day , Lucy ? ing very low , answered George Barnwell . I Lucy . O , killingly , madam ! A little more begged his pardon for the freedom I had red , and you'll be irresistible ...
... name . He blushed , and , bow- Mill . How do I look to - day , Lucy ? ing very low , answered George Barnwell . I Lucy . O , killingly , madam ! A little more begged his pardon for the freedom I had red , and you'll be irresistible ...
Page 66
... name . Before I saw true , the youth has his scruples ; but she'll your grief I felt it . E'en now , though igno- soon teach him to answer them , by stifling rant of the cause , your sorrow wounds me to his conscience . Oh , the lad is ...
... name . Before I saw true , the youth has his scruples ; but she'll your grief I felt it . E'en now , though igno- soon teach him to answer them , by stifling rant of the cause , your sorrow wounds me to his conscience . Oh , the lad is ...
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... answer To what was most unfit for you to speak , Or me to hear , borrow of my just anger ; You durst not then , on ... other , I must make use of my authority , And , as a princess , punish it . Isa . A princess ! It would appear gross ...
... answer To what was most unfit for you to speak , Or me to hear , borrow of my just anger ; You durst not then , on ... other , I must make use of my authority , And , as a princess , punish it . Isa . A princess ! It would appear gross ...
Page 88
... he's private with her . Sfor . Let me go , Of thousand enemies , and outfac'd the anger Of a great emperor , that vow'd your ruin , Though by a desperate , a glorious way , That had no precedent ? Have you given proof , to this hour of ...
... he's private with her . Sfor . Let me go , Of thousand enemies , and outfac'd the anger Of a great emperor , that vow'd your ruin , Though by a desperate , a glorious way , That had no precedent ? Have you given proof , to this hour of ...
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| Pealkiri | British Theatre: Comprising Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, and Farces, from the Most Classic Writers : with Biography, Critical Account and Explanatory Notes |
| Autor | Owen Williams |
| Publisher | F. Fleischer, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 28 mär. 2007 |
| Length | 908 pages |
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