British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison. 1791J. Bell, 1791 |
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... thought myself not quite unhappy , so long as I had hopes this way yet to recompense my disappointment past : when I considered also , that poetry might claim right to a little share in your favour ; for Tasso , and Ariosto , some of ...
... thought myself not quite unhappy , so long as I had hopes this way yet to recompense my disappointment past : when I considered also , that poetry might claim right to a little share in your favour ; for Tasso , and Ariosto , some of ...
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... thoughts , which still have sway'd His pride much doubting , trembling and afraid Of what is to his want of merit due , And aw'd by ev'ry excellence in you , The author sends to beg you will be kind , And spare those many faults you ...
... thoughts , which still have sway'd His pride much doubting , trembling and afraid Of what is to his want of merit due , And aw'd by ev'ry excellence in you , The author sends to beg you will be kind , And spare those many faults you ...
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... thoughts and wishes , " And kind companion of her harmless pleasures . " Ern . You mean the beauteous orphan , fair Mo- nimia . " Paul . The same , the daughter of the brave Cha- mont . " He was our lord's companion in the wars ...
... thoughts and wishes , " And kind companion of her harmless pleasures . " Ern . You mean the beauteous orphan , fair Mo- nimia . " Paul . The same , the daughter of the brave Cha- mont . " He was our lord's companion in the wars ...
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... thought to have lodg'd my spear , The desperate savage rush'd within my force , And bore me headlong with him down the rock . Pol . But then- Cast . Ay , then , my brother , my friend Polydore , Like Perseus mounted on his winged steed ...
... thought to have lodg'd my spear , The desperate savage rush'd within my force , And bore me headlong with him down the rock . Pol . But then- Cast . Ay , then , my brother , my friend Polydore , Like Perseus mounted on his winged steed ...
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... , Which you , and only you can satisfy . Will you be free and candid to your friend ? Cast . Have I a thought my Polydore should not Pol . Nay , I'll conjure you too , By. know ? What can this mean ? A & Ι . THE ORPHAN . 15.
... , Which you , and only you can satisfy . Will you be free and candid to your friend ? Cast . Have I a thought my Polydore should not Pol . Nay , I'll conjure you too , By. know ? What can this mean ? A & Ι . THE ORPHAN . 15.
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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...