Eighteenth Century PlaysJohn Hampden J.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1928 - 408 pages |
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... virtue bold , Live o'er each scene , and be what they behold : For this the Tragic - Muse first trod the stage , Commanding tears to stream thro ' every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept , And foes to virtue wondered how ...
... virtue bold , Live o'er each scene , and be what they behold : For this the Tragic - Muse first trod the stage , Commanding tears to stream thro ' every age ; Tyrants no more their savage nature kept , And foes to virtue wondered how ...
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... virtue's gone ? A coat without its lace ; wig out of buckle ; A stocking with a hole in't . I can't live Without my virtue , or without Tom Thumb . Then let me weigh them in two equal scales , 2 In this scale put my virtue , that , Tom ...
... virtue's gone ? A coat without its lace ; wig out of buckle ; A stocking with a hole in't . I can't live Without my virtue , or without Tom Thumb . Then let me weigh them in two equal scales , 2 In this scale put my virtue , that , Tom ...
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... virtue ? Louisa . To me there's nothing due , nor anything demanded of you but your more favourable opinion for the future , if you should chance to think of me . Upon the part of virtue I'm not empowered to speak , but if hereafter ...
... virtue ? Louisa . To me there's nothing due , nor anything demanded of you but your more favourable opinion for the future , if you should chance to think of me . Upon the part of virtue I'm not empowered to speak , but if hereafter ...
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