Bell's British Theatre: Douglas, by J. Home. ... The alchymist, altered from B. Jonson1797 |
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... fortune to meet with any little share of it , I shall always look upon it as much more to me than the general applause of the theatre , or even the praise of a good critick . Your Grace's name is the best protection this play can hope ...
... fortune to meet with any little share of it , I shall always look upon it as much more to me than the general applause of the theatre , or even the praise of a good critick . Your Grace's name is the best protection this play can hope ...
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... fortune for their preservation ! What duty , what submission shall they not pay to that authority which the Queen has delegated to a person so dear to them ? And with what honour , what respect , shall they receive your Grace , when ...
... fortune for their preservation ! What duty , what submission shall they not pay to that authority which the Queen has delegated to a person so dear to them ? And with what honour , what respect , shall they receive your Grace , when ...
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... fortunes so abandon'd , That nothing but a miracle could raise ' em : My father's bounty , and the state's ingratitude , Had stripp'd him bare , nor left him ev❜n a grave . Undone myself and sinking with his ruin , I had no wealth to ...
... fortunes so abandon'd , That nothing but a miracle could raise ' em : My father's bounty , and the state's ingratitude , Had stripp'd him bare , nor left him ev❜n a grave . Undone myself and sinking with his ruin , I had no wealth to ...
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... I swear thou'lt spoil thy pretty face with crying , And thou hast beauty that may make thy fortune : 240 Some keeping cardinal shall doat upon thee , And barter C iij A & I. 21 THE FAIR PENITENT . To meet the keeper of her secrets here ...
... I swear thou'lt spoil thy pretty face with crying , And thou hast beauty that may make thy fortune : 240 Some keeping cardinal shall doat upon thee , And barter C iij A & I. 21 THE FAIR PENITENT . To meet the keeper of her secrets here ...
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... fortune , " Replete with blessings , giving wealth and honour ? " The dowry which she brings is peace and pleasure , " And everlasting joys are in her arms . Hor . It had been better thou had'st liv'd a beggar , And fed on scraps at ...
... fortune , " Replete with blessings , giving wealth and honour ? " The dowry which she brings is peace and pleasure , " And everlasting joys are in her arms . Hor . It had been better thou had'st liv'd a beggar , And fed on scraps at ...
Términos y frases comunes
Alic Altamont Anna arms beauty behold bless bosom brave breast brother Cæsar Calista Cato Cato's charms Child Maurice Curiatius curse dear death Decius dost thou Douglas dreadful e'er Enter Ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes fair FAIR PENITENT fame fatal fate father fear foes fond forgive friendship gentle give Glen Glenalvon Glost grace grief hand happy hear heart Heav'n honour Horatia JANE SHORE Juba live look Lord HASTINGS Loth Lothario lov'd Lucia Lucius maid Marcia Marcus never NICHOLAS ROWE noble Norval Numidian o'er passion peace Pharsalia pity Portius pow'r prince rage Roman Roman senate Rome SCENE Sciolto scorn Sempronius shalt shame sorrows soul speak sword Syph Syphax tears tell tender thee thine thou art thou hast thought Twas Valeria vengeance virtue weep woes wretch youth
Pasajes populares
Página 77 - It must be so — Plato, thou reason'st 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 heav'n 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 and...
Página 77 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Página 77 - 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.
Página 77 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age and nature sink in years : But thou shall flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter and the crush of worlds.
Página 31 - My voice is still for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ? No ; let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his thronged legions, and charge home upon him.
Página 45 - 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.
Página 25 - 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.
Página viii - 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...
Página 33 - Afric's heat, and season'd to the sun; Numidia's spacious kingdom lies behind us, Ready to rise at its young prince's call. While there is hope, do not distrust the gods ; But wait, at least, till Caesar's near approach Force us to yield.
Página 73 - How beautiful is death when earned by virtue ! Who would not be that youth ? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country...