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... wretch ; Alas ! I know him not , and do forgive him . Coun . He's hurt too ; he cannot go far ; I made my father's old fox fly about his ears . Pha . How will you have me kill him ? Are . Not at all ; ' Tis some distracted fellow . Pha ...
... wretch ; Alas ! I know him not , and do forgive him . Coun . He's hurt too ; he cannot go far ; I made my father's old fox fly about his ears . Pha . How will you have me kill him ? Are . Not at all ; ' Tis some distracted fellow . Pha ...
Page 48
... wretch as I ; I shall die loathed . Enjoy your kingdoms peaceably , whilst I For ever sleep , forgotten with my faults ! Every just servant , every maid in love , Will have a piece of me , if ye be true . Are . My dear lord , say not so ...
... wretch as I ; I shall die loathed . Enjoy your kingdoms peaceably , whilst I For ever sleep , forgotten with my faults ! Every just servant , every maid in love , Will have a piece of me , if ye be true . Are . My dear lord , say not so ...
Page 108
... wretch- ed ; The stars are not more distant from the earth , Than profit is from honesty ; all the power , Prerogative , and greatness of a prince Are lost , if he descend once but to steer His course , as what is right guides him : Let ...
... wretch- ed ; The stars are not more distant from the earth , Than profit is from honesty ; all the power , Prerogative , and greatness of a prince Are lost , if he descend once but to steer His course , as what is right guides him : Let ...
Page 172
... wretch . I ne'er had worth , nor is it possible That all the blood , which I shall lose this day , Should merit this rich sorrow from your eyes . Par . The king , I know , is bent to thy destruc- tion ; Now by command they forced me ...
... wretch . I ne'er had worth , nor is it possible That all the blood , which I shall lose this day , Should merit this rich sorrow from your eyes . Par . The king , I know , is bent to thy destruc- tion ; Now by command they forced me ...
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... wretch ! Let her not linger out a life in torments , Be these her last words , and at once dispatch her . Sys . No , by the everlasting fire I swear , By my Darius ' soul , I never more Will dare to look on Alexander's face , If you ...
... wretch ! Let her not linger out a life in torments , Be these her last words , and at once dispatch her . Sys . No , by the everlasting fire I swear , By my Darius ' soul , I never more Will dare to look on Alexander's face , If you ...
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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.