Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 pages |
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... speak of him , Whom pomp and greatness sit so loose about , That he wants majesty to fill ' em out . Abdal . Haste , then , and lose no time ! - The business must be enterprised this night : We must surprise the court in its delight ...
... speak of him , Whom pomp and greatness sit so loose about , That he wants majesty to fill ' em out . Abdal . Haste , then , and lose no time ! - The business must be enterprised this night : We must surprise the court in its delight ...
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... Speak quickly , woman ; I have much to do . Almah . Where should I find the heart to speak one word ? Your voice , sir , is as killing as your sword . As you have left the lightning of your eye , So would you please to lay your thunder ...
... Speak quickly , woman ; I have much to do . Almah . Where should I find the heart to speak one word ? Your voice , sir , is as killing as your sword . As you have left the lightning of your eye , So would you please to lay your thunder ...
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... speak with you alone . Lyndar . The courage of your love I so admire That , to preserve you , you shall straight retire . [ She leads him to the door . Go , dear ! each minute does new dangers bring ; You will be taken ; I expect the ...
... speak with you alone . Lyndar . The courage of your love I so admire That , to preserve you , you shall straight retire . [ She leads him to the door . Go , dear ! each minute does new dangers bring ; You will be taken ; I expect the ...
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... speak as you were not in fault . Abdal . Now , madam , at your feet a king ' Tis evident the injury is mine ; you see ; Or , rather , if you please , a sceptred slave ; ' Tis just you should possess the power you gave . For why should ...
... speak as you were not in fault . Abdal . Now , madam , at your feet a king ' Tis evident the injury is mine ; you see ; Or , rather , if you please , a sceptred slave ; ' Tis just you should possess the power you gave . For why should ...
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... speak too much of insolence ; Her birth's a crime past pardon or defence . Know , that as Selin was not won by thee , Neither will I by Selin's daughter be . Leave her , or cease henceforth to be my son : This is my will ; and this I ...
... speak too much of insolence ; Her birth's a crime past pardon or defence . Know , that as Selin was not won by thee , Neither will I by Selin's daughter be . Leave her , or cease henceforth to be my son : This is my will ; and this I ...
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Abdal Abdelm Acres Almah Almanz Almanzor Arch Beggar's Opera Belv Belvidera Boab brother Cæsar Cato Chas Cher Cleo Cleopatra comedy Conquest of Granada dear death Dola Enter Exeunt Exit eyes Fain father Faulk Faulkland fear fellow fool fortune gentleman give hand happy Hastings hear heart Heaven honor hope Humph husband Jaff Jaffeir Juba king Lady Sneer Lady Teaz Lady Wish leave live look lord lover Lucy Lyndar madam Malaprop Marlow married Millamant Mirabell Miss Hard Miss Neville never on't passion Peach Pierr play Polly Portius pray SCENE Scrub Sealand servant Sir Anth Sir Luc Sir Oliv Sir Pet Sir Peter Sir Wil soul speak Squire Stoops to Conquer sure Surf Syphax Teazle tell thee there's thing thou thought Thumb Tom Thumb Tony Twas Vent virtue wife woman
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Page 223 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 14 - Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 329 - Alack, master, we have but one spare bed in the whole house. TONY. And to my knowledge, that's taken up by three lodgers already. (After a pause, in which the rest seem disconcerted.) I have hit it. Don't you think, Stingo, our landlady could accommodate the gentlemen by the fire-side, with three chairs and a bolster?
Page 333 - Why, really, sir, your bill of fare is so exquisite, that any one part of it is full as good as another. Send us what you please. So much for supper. And now to see that our beds are aired, and properly taken care of.
Page 328 - I'll wager the rascals a crown, They always preach best with a skinful. But when you come down with your pence, For a slice of their scurvy religion, I'll leave it to all men of sense, But you, my good friend, are the pigeon. Toroddle, toroddle, toroll ! Then come, put the jorum about, And let us be merry and clever, Our hearts and our liquors are stout, Here's the Three Jolly Pigeons for ever.
Page 414 - Here's to the maid with a bosom of snow: Now to her that's as brown as a berry : Here's to the wife with a face full of woe, And now to the damsel that's merry.
Page 121 - Beauty the lover's gift ! Lord, what is a lover, that it can give? Why, one makes lovers as fast as one pleases, and they live as long as one pleases, and they die as soon as one pleases ; and then, if one pleases, one makes more.
Page 367 - ... in geometry, that she might know something of the contagious countries; — but, above all, Sir Anthony, she should be mistress of orthodoxy, that she might not misspell and mispronounce words so shamefully as girls usually do; and likewise that she might reprehend the true meaning of what she is saying. This, Sir Anthony, is what I would have a woman know; - — and I don't think there is a superstitious article in it Sir Anth.
Page 373 - Passion is of no service, you impudent, insolent, overbearing reprobate ! There, you sneer again ! don't provoke me ! but you rely upon the mildness of my temper, you do, you dog ! you play upon the meekness of my disposition ! Yet...
Page 323 - By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.