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... Dear madam ! Asp . I have done . Sit down ; and let us Upon that point fix all our eyes ; that point there . Make a dull silence , till you feel a sudden sadness Give us new souls . Enter CALIANAX . Cal . The king may do this , and he ...
... Dear madam ! Asp . I have done . Sit down ; and let us Upon that point fix all our eyes ; that point there . Make a dull silence , till you feel a sudden sadness Give us new souls . Enter CALIANAX . Cal . The king may do this , and he ...
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... dear wife ? Evad . Dear wife ! I do despise thee . Why , nothing can be baser than to sow Dissention amongst lovers . Amin . Lovers ! who ? Eoad . The king and me . Amin . O , Heaven ! Evad . Who should live long , and love without ...
... dear wife ? Evad . Dear wife ! I do despise thee . Why , nothing can be baser than to sow Dissention amongst lovers . Amin . Lovers ! who ? Eoad . The king and me . Amin . O , Heaven ! Evad . Who should live long , and love without ...
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... dear Evadne , I have been dreaming of thee . Come to bed . Evad . I am come at length , sir ; but how wel- come ? King . What pretty new device is this , Evadne ? What , do you tie me to you ? By my love , This is a quaint one . Come ...
... dear Evadne , I have been dreaming of thee . Come to bed . Evad . I am come at length , sir ; but how wel- come ? King . What pretty new device is this , Evadne ? What , do you tie me to you ? By my love , This is a quaint one . Come ...
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... dear sir , these undivided parts , That must mould up a virgin , are put on To shew her so , as borrowed ornaments , To speak her perfect love to you , or add An artificial shadow to her nature : No , Sir ; I boldly dare proclaim her ...
... dear sir , these undivided parts , That must mould up a virgin , are put on To shew her so , as borrowed ornaments , To speak her perfect love to you , or add An artificial shadow to her nature : No , Sir ; I boldly dare proclaim her ...
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... Dear lady , can you love ? Gal . Dear , prince ! how dear ? I ne'er cost you a coach yet , nor put you to the dear repent- ance of a banquet . Here's no scarlet , sir , to blash the sin out it was given for . This wire mine own hair ...
... Dear lady , can you love ? Gal . Dear , prince ! how dear ? I ne'er cost you a coach yet , nor put you to the dear repent- ance of a banquet . Here's no scarlet , sir , to blash the sin out it was given for . This wire mine own hair ...
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Acast Alic Amin arms art thou Arvida Bajazet bear behold bless blood bosom brave breast Cæsar Cali Cast Castalio Cato Ceph Cleo Cleon Cleora curse danger dare Daugh dear death DIPHILUS dost thou dreadful e'er Enter Eumenes Exeunt Exit eyes fair faith fate father fear fortune give gods grief guard hand happy hate hear heart Heaven Hengo honour hope Juba king Leosthenes live look lord Lysimachus madam Monimia ne'er Nennius never night noble o'er Palmira passion peace Philaster Photinus pity Pompey prince Ptol Pyrrhus rage revenge ruin SCENE scorn shame shew slave soldier sorrow soul speak sword Syphax Tamerlane tears tell thee thine thou art thou hast thought Twas twill Vent villain virtue vows weep wilt wish wretch wrong Zaph Zaphna Zara
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Page 31 - em grow again. Seeing such pretty helpless innocence Dwell in his face, I asked him all his story. He told me that his parents gentle died Leaving him to the mercy of the fields, Which gave him roots ; and of the crystal springs, Which did not stop their courses ; and the sun, Which still, he thanked him, yielded him his light.
Page 31 - Of which he borrowed some to quench his thirst, And paid the nymph again as much in tears. A garland lay him by...
Page 185 - Nay, stop not. Ant. Antony, — Well, thou wilt have it, — like a coward, fled, Fled while his soldiers fought ; fled first, Ventidius. Thou long'st to curse me, and I give thee leave. I know thou cam'st prepared to rail. Vent. I did.
Page 351 - 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 342 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Page 339 - Bid him disband his legions, Restore the commonwealth to liberty, Submit his actions to the public censure, And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Bid him do this, and Cato is his friend.
Page 185 - It sits too near you. Ant. Here, here it lies ; a lump of lead by day, And, in my short, distracted, nightly slumbers, The hag that rides my dreams.
Page 240 - For charitable succour ; wilt thou then, When in a bed of straw we shrink together, And the bleak winds shall whistle round our heads ; Wilt thou then talk thus to me ? Wilt thou then Hush my cares thus, and shelter me with love ? Belv.
Page 350 - 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 209 - ... silence; And is not this like lovers? I may kiss These pale, cold lips; Octavia does not see me: And, oh! 'tis better far to have him thus, Than see him in her arms.