Cato: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's ServantsJ. Tonson, 1713 - 62 pages |
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... prefent Woes , May ftill grow bright , and fmile with happier Hours . So the pure limpid Stream , when foul with Stains Of rufhing Torrents , and defcending Rains , Work's it felf clear , and as it runs , refines ; Till by Degrees , the ...
... prefent Woes , May ftill grow bright , and fmile with happier Hours . So the pure limpid Stream , when foul with Stains Of rufhing Torrents , and defcending Rains , Work's it felf clear , and as it runs , refines ; Till by Degrees , the ...
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... prefent Danger . When Love once plead's Admiffion to our Hearts ( In fpight of all the Virtue we can boaft ) The Woman that Deliberates is loft . [ Exeunt . Enter Sempronius , drefs'd like Juba , with Numidian Guards . Semp . The Deer ...
... prefent Danger . When Love once plead's Admiffion to our Hearts ( In fpight of all the Virtue we can boaft ) The Woman that Deliberates is loft . [ Exeunt . Enter Sempronius , drefs'd like Juba , with Numidian Guards . Semp . The Deer ...
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... prefent , his Auditors were fill'd with a Noble Fire , that feem'd to infpire them to the Daring even of Impoffibilities ; but that Couragious Heat foon relax'd , and gave Way to the viler Counsels of preferving their Perfons with their ...
... prefent , his Auditors were fill'd with a Noble Fire , that feem'd to infpire them to the Daring even of Impoffibilities ; but that Couragious Heat foon relax'd , and gave Way to the viler Counsels of preferving their Perfons with their ...
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... prefent Attempt But to avoid his Fate , I fhall lay down fuch Rules of my Cenfure , as are founded on Reason and Nature , and have been establish'd above these 2000 Years ; and which I am confident , that the Gentleman , whofe Play I ...
... prefent Attempt But to avoid his Fate , I fhall lay down fuch Rules of my Cenfure , as are founded on Reason and Nature , and have been establish'd above these 2000 Years ; and which I am confident , that the Gentleman , whofe Play I ...
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Abfurdities Action againſt Anfwer becauſe beft behold Brother Cæfar Cafar Cato Cato's Caufe Cauſe Character Compaffion cou'd Country Death Decius Defign Dyrrachium ev'ry Fable faid fame Fate Father fays fecond feems feen felf fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon Friends Friendſhip ftand ftill fuch fure gedy give Gods Grief Guards Heart Heav'n himſelf Honour Juba Juba's juft laft leaft leaſt Liberty loft Love Lover Lucia Lucius Manners Marc Marcia Marcus moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Number Numidian o'er obferve Occafion Paffion Perfons Philofophy Play pleafing pleaſe Poet Pompey Port Portius prefent preferve Prince Queftion Reaſon Refolution reft rife Roman Roman Senate Rome Scene Semp Sempronius Senate Sifter Soul ſpeak Stoick Succefs Sword Syph Syphax Tears tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thro Tragedy Tragical Traytor Utica Virtue whofe wou'd wou'dft thou
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Page 57 - ... 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 12 - Have faces flush'd with more exalted charms ; The sun that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and colour in their cheeks ; Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon forget The pale, unripen'd beauties of the North.
Page 42 - Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights, The generous plan of power deliver'd down, From age to age, by your renown'd forefathers, (So dearly bought, the price of so much blood) O let it never perish in your hands ! But piously transmit it to your children.
Page 5 - I'll straight away, And while the fathers of the senate meet In close debate to weigh th' events of war, I'll animate the soldiers' drooping courage, With love of freedom, and contempt of life. Ill thunder in their ears their country's cause, And try to rouse up all that's Roman in 'em.
Page 19 - Rome fall a moment ere her time? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 18 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng"d legions, and charge home upon him.
Page 12 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 62 - Tis this that shakes our country with alarms, And gives up Rome a prey to Roman arms, Produces fraud, and cruelty, and strife, . And robs the guilty world of Cato's life.
Page 46 - I've track'd her to her covert. Be sure you mind the word, and when I give it, Rush in at once, and seize upon your prey. Let not her cries or tears have force to move you. How will the young Numidian rave, to see His mistress lost! If aught could glad my soul, Beyond th' enjoyment of so bright a prize, 'Twould be to torture that young gay barbarian.
Page 9 - That render man thus tractable and tame ? Are they not only to disguise our passions, To set our looks at variance with our thoughts, To check the starts and sallies of the soul, And break off all its commerce...