British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison. 1791 |
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So , Polydore , methinks we might in war Rush on together ; thou shouldst be my guard , And I be thine ; what is't could hurt us then ? Now half the youth of Europe are in arms , How fulsome must it be to stay behind , And die of rank ...
So , Polydore , methinks we might in war Rush on together ; thou shouldst be my guard , And I be thine ; what is't could hurt us then ? Now half the youth of Europe are in arms , How fulsome must it be to stay behind , And die of rank ...
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No ; Not with my Polydore ; though I must own My nature obstinate , and void of suffrance : Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart , Attended on his throne by all his guards Of furious wishes , fears , and nice suspicions .
No ; Not with my Polydore ; though I must own My nature obstinate , and void of suffrance : Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart , Attended on his throne by all his guards Of furious wishes , fears , and nice suspicions .
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Ye gods that guard the innocent , and guide The weak , protect , and take me to your care . 300 Oh , but I love him ! There's the rock will wreck me ! Why was I made with all my sex's softness , Yet want the cunning to conceal its ...
Ye gods that guard the innocent , and guide The weak , protect , and take me to your care . 300 Oh , but I love him ! There's the rock will wreck me ! Why was I made with all my sex's softness , Yet want the cunning to conceal its ...
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... Beat down her guard of honour all before me , Surfeit on joys , till ev'n desire grows sick ; Then , by long absence , liberty regain , And quite forget the pleasure and the pain . [ Exeunt Pol . and Page . ACT II . SCENE 1 .
... Beat down her guard of honour all before me , Surfeit on joys , till ev'n desire grows sick ; Then , by long absence , liberty regain , And quite forget the pleasure and the pain . [ Exeunt Pol . and Page . ACT II . SCENE 1 .
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... I appear as great as Hercules himself , Supported by the pillars he had rais'd . Cast . My lord , your chaplain . Acast . Let the good man enter . Enter Chaplain . Chap . Heav'n guard your lordship , and restore your health .
... I appear as great as Hercules himself , Supported by the pillars he had rais'd . Cast . My lord , your chaplain . Acast . Let the good man enter . Enter Chaplain . Chap . Heav'n guard your lordship , and restore your health .
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Page 78 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Page 79 - 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 79 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 78 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Page 79 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page x - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 18 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 34 - CATO. Let|| not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of REASON : True FORTITUDE is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides: All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction.
Page 24 - Then rises fresh, pursues his wonted game, And if the following day he chance to find A new repast, or an untasted spring, Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Page 63 - Forbear, Sempronius ! — see they suffer death, But in their deaths remember they are men. Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous. Lucius, the base degenerate age requires Severity, and justice in its rigour; This awes an impious...