The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays,: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury-Lane, Covent-Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1808 |
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... his lines on Addison's death , where he has this passage : " He taught us how to live ; and , oh ! too high A price for knowledge , taught us how to die . " CATO PORTIUS MARCUS DRAMATIS PERSONÆ . Mr. Cooke . Mr. REMARKS .
... his lines on Addison's death , where he has this passage : " He taught us how to live ; and , oh ! too high A price for knowledge , taught us how to die . " CATO PORTIUS MARCUS DRAMATIS PERSONÆ . Mr. Cooke . Mr. REMARKS .
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... PORTIUS MARCUS DRAMATIS PERSONÆ . Mr. Cooke . Mr. Siddons . Mr. H. Johnston . SEMPRONIUS Mr. Cory . JUBA Mr. Brunton . SYPHAX Mr. Murray . LUCIUS Mr. Claremont . DECIUS LUCIA MARCIA Mr. Williams . Miss Marriott . Mrs. Litchfield ...
... PORTIUS MARCUS DRAMATIS PERSONÆ . Mr. Cooke . Mr. Siddons . Mr. H. Johnston . SEMPRONIUS Mr. Cory . JUBA Mr. Brunton . SYPHAX Mr. Murray . LUCIUS Mr. Claremont . DECIUS LUCIA MARCIA Mr. Williams . Miss Marriott . Mrs. Litchfield ...
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... PORTIUS and MARCUS . Por . The dawn is overcast , the morning low'rs , And heavily in clouds brings on the day , The great , th ' important day , big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome- our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of ...
... PORTIUS and MARCUS . Por . The dawn is overcast , the morning low'rs , And heavily in clouds brings on the day , The great , th ' important day , big with the fate Of Cato and of Rome- our father's death Would fill up all the guilt of ...
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... Portius ! is there not some chosen curse , Some hidden thunder in the stores of Heav'n , Red with uncommon wrath , to blast the man , Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? Por . Believe me , Marcus , ' tis an impious great ...
... Portius ! is there not some chosen curse , Some hidden thunder in the stores of Heav'n , Red with uncommon wrath , to blast the man , Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? Por . Believe me , Marcus , ' tis an impious great ...
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... Portius , no more ! your words leave stings behind them . Whene'er did Juba , or did Portius , show A virtue , that has cast me at a distance , And thrown me out in the pursuits of honour ? Por . Marcus , I know thy gen'rous temper well ...
... Portius , no more ! your words leave stings behind them . Whene'er did Juba , or did Portius , show A virtue , that has cast me at a distance , And thrown me out in the pursuits of honour ? Por . Marcus , I know thy gen'rous temper well ...
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Page 59 - 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 59 - 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 58 - 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.
Page 17 - O'ercast with gloomy cares, and discontent ; Then tell me, Syphax, I conjure thee, tell me, What' are the thoughts that knit thy brow in frowns, And turn thine eye thus coldly on thy prince ? SYPHAX. 'Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sun-shine in my face, , When discontent sits heavy at my heart.
Page 7 - Dear Bob, — I have not anything to leave thee, to perpetuate my memory, but two helpless girls ; look upon them, sometimes ; and think of him that was, to the last moment of his life, thine, — GEORGE FARQUHAR.
Page 45 - ARCH. Madam, the ladies pay best; the honour of serving them is sufficient wages; there is a charm in their looks that delivers a pleasure with their commands, and gives our duty the wings of inclination. MRS.
Page 30 - The resolution fits a Roman senate. But, Cato, lend me for a while thy patience, And condescend to hear a young man speak. My father, when some days before his death He...
Page 20 - 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 32 - Exacts severity from all our thoughts : It is not now a time to talk of aught But chains or conquest, liberty or death.
Page 20 - His counsels bade me yield to thy directions: Then, Syphax, chide me in severest terms, Vent all thy passion, and I'll stand its shock, Calm and unruffled as a summer sea, When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface.