Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, 3. köideJohn Bell and under the direction of George Cawthorn, British Library, Strand, 1797 |
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... tears , and only Shore . This play bespeaks Italian reading , and yet of Italian , Rowe knew so little that he sounds SCIOLTO a tris- syllable . What is his merit it may be asked ? -moral purpose ? not always . Versification is nearly ...
... tears , and only Shore . This play bespeaks Italian reading , and yet of Italian , Rowe knew so little that he sounds SCIOLTO a tris- syllable . What is his merit it may be asked ? -moral purpose ? not always . Versification is nearly ...
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... to bring , nothing to succour him , But fruitless tears . Hor . Yet what thou could'st , thou didst , And didst it like a son ; when his hard creditors , Urg'd and assisted by Lothario's father , ( Foe to 14 Act I. THE FAIR PENITENT .
... to bring , nothing to succour him , But fruitless tears . Hor . Yet what thou could'st , thou didst , And didst it like a son ; when his hard creditors , Urg'd and assisted by Lothario's father , ( Foe to 14 Act I. THE FAIR PENITENT .
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... tears , The mourner and redeemer of thy father , I set thee down , and seal'd thee for my own : Thou art my son , ev'n near me as Calista . Horatia and Lavinia too are mine ; [ Embraces HOR . All are my children , and shall share my ...
... tears , The mourner and redeemer of thy father , I set thee down , and seal'd thee for my own : Thou art my son , ev'n near me as Calista . Horatia and Lavinia too are mine ; [ Embraces HOR . All are my children , and shall share my ...
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... tears let fall , And then she sigh'd , as if her heart were breaking . With all the tend'rest eloquence of love I begg'd to be a sharer in her grief : But she , with looks averse , and eyes that froze me , Sadly reply'd , her sorrows ...
... tears let fall , And then she sigh'd , as if her heart were breaking . With all the tend'rest eloquence of love I begg'd to be a sharer in her grief : But she , with looks averse , and eyes that froze me , Sadly reply'd , her sorrows ...
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... and illness , Escap'd the persecution . Two nights since , By message urg'd and frequent importunity , Again I saw her . Straight with tears and sighs Cij A & I. 19 THE FAIR PENITENT . Are gently lifted up and down by tides. ...
... and illness , Escap'd the persecution . Two nights since , By message urg'd and frequent importunity , Again I saw her . Straight with tears and sighs Cij A & I. 19 THE FAIR PENITENT . Are gently lifted up and down by tides. ...
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Page 79 - 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 and changes must we pass ; The wide, th...
Page 36 - 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 78 - When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Page 79 - 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 and changes must we pass? The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon 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 33 - My voice is still for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate 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 thronged legions, and charge home upon him.
Page 79 - 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 79 - 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. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 53 - With all the strength and heats of eloquence Fraternal love and friendship can inspire. Tell her thy brother languishes to death, And fades away, and withers in his bloom...
Page 36 - Whom, with a troop of fifty chosen men, I met advancing. The pursuit I led, Till we o'ertook the spoil-encumber'd foe. We fought and conquer'd. E're a sword was drawn, An arrow from my bow had pierc'd their chief, Who wore that day the arms which now I wear.