The British drama; a collection of the most esteemed tragedies, comedies, operas, and farces, in the English language, 1. köide1824 |
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... fortune , or my genius ; Which may perhaps find out some happy means , As yet unthought of , to supply your wants . O. Wil . Thou tortur'st me - I hate all obli- gations Which I can ne'er return . And who art thou , That I should stoop ...
... fortune , or my genius ; Which may perhaps find out some happy means , As yet unthought of , to supply your wants . O. Wil . Thou tortur'st me - I hate all obli- gations Which I can ne'er return . And who art thou , That I should stoop ...
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... fortune in the hands [ well - Of wretches mad with anguish , Agn . By what means Shall we effect his death ? What art thou gazing on ? -Fie , ' tis not This casket was deliver'd to you clos'd : Why have you open'd it ? Should this be ...
... fortune in the hands [ well - Of wretches mad with anguish , Agn . By what means Shall we effect his death ? What art thou gazing on ? -Fie , ' tis not This casket was deliver'd to you clos'd : Why have you open'd it ? Should this be ...
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... fortune , and out - lived your credit , as your pockets and my belly can testify : your father has disowned you ; all your friends forsook you , except myself , who am starving with you . Now , Sir , if you marry this young lady , who ...
... fortune , and out - lived your credit , as your pockets and my belly can testify : your father has disowned you ; all your friends forsook you , except myself , who am starving with you . Now , Sir , if you marry this young lady , who ...
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... fortune goes to his creditors , and you and your chil- dren are to live comfortably upon the remain- der . Mel . I cannot think him base . Kitty . Well , I must run home - farewell ! - But do you hear ? Get something substantial Kitty ...
... fortune goes to his creditors , and you and your chil- dren are to live comfortably upon the remain- der . Mel . I cannot think him base . Kitty . Well , I must run home - farewell ! - But do you hear ? Get something substantial Kitty ...
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... fortune , as a reward for both your fidelities . Sharp . I fancy , Madam , ' twould be better to halve the small fortune between us , and keep us both single ; for as we shall live in the same house , in all probability we may taste the ...
... fortune , as a reward for both your fidelities . Sharp . I fancy , Madam , ' twould be better to halve the small fortune between us , and keep us both single ; for as we shall live in the same house , in all probability we may taste the ...
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Aladin alguazil arms art thou Arvida Belvidera better bless Capt Castalio Cato Cham Char Clarinda colonel COVENT GARDEN curse dare dear death devil dost thou Eger Enter Euph Exeunt Exit eyes father Faulkland fear fellow fortune gentleman give hand happy hear heart Heaven honour hope husband Juba Kitty Lady Lady L leave live look lord Lucy Madam Malaprop marriage marry master MIRABEL Miss H mistress ne'er never night Nysa o'er passion Pertinax Philotas Phocion pity poor Pr'ythee pray Rackett Rand Re-enter Sackbut SCENE Selim servant Sir G Snacks soul speak Stuke sure sword Syphax tears tell thee there's thing thou art thou hast thought Timoleon Tony twas villain virtue what's wife wish woman wretch young Zounds
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Page 308 - 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 309 - The soul, secured in her existence, smiles At the drawn dagger, and defies its point. 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 250 - Oh woman ! lovely woman! Nature made thee To temper man: we had been brutes without you; Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of heav'n, Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 392 - Squire Lumpkin was the finest gentleman I ever set my eyes on. For winding the straight horn, or beating a thicket for a hare, or a wench, he never had his fellow.
Page 392 - No, sir, but if you can inform us — Tony. Why, gentlemen, if you know neither the road you are going, nor where you are, nor the road you came, the first thing I have to inform you is, that — you have lost your way.
Page 308 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Page 390 - Eh ! you have frozen me to death again. That word reserved has undone all the rest of his accomplishments. A reserved lover, it is said, always makes a suspicious husband.
Page 161 - One stormy night, as I remember well, The wind and rain beat hard upon our roof: Red came the river down, and loud and oft The angry spirit of the water shriek'd.
Page 398 - Ah ! could you but see Bet Bouncer, of these parts, you might then talk of beauty. Ecod, she has two eyes as black as sloes, and cheeks as broad and red as a pulpit cushion.
Page 295 - 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...