The life of Christopher Marlowe. Tamberlaine the Great, pts. I-II. The Jew of MaltaW. Pickering, 1826 - Dramatists, English |
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... MATHIAS , also in love with her . MARTIN DEL Bosco , Vice - Admiral of Spain . ITHAMORE , Barabas ' Slave . BARNARDINO , Јасомо , } Friars . PILIA - BORSA , a Bully . Two MERCHANTS . THREE JEWS . BASHAWS , KNIGHTS , OFFICERS , READER ...
... MATHIAS , also in love with her . MARTIN DEL Bosco , Vice - Admiral of Spain . ITHAMORE , Barabas ' Slave . BARNARDINO , Јасомо , } Friars . PILIA - BORSA , a Bully . Two MERCHANTS . THREE JEWS . BASHAWS , KNIGHTS , OFFICERS , READER ...
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... MATHIAS . [ Aside . MATH . Who's this ? fair Abigail , the rich Jew's daughter Become a nun , her father's sudden fall Has humbled her and brought her down to this : Tut , she were fitter for a tale of love SC . II . ] 211 THE JEW OF ...
... MATHIAS . [ Aside . MATH . Who's this ? fair Abigail , the rich Jew's daughter Become a nun , her father's sudden fall Has humbled her and brought her down to this : Tut , she were fitter for a tale of love SC . II . ] 211 THE JEW OF ...
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... Mathias in a dump ? MATH . Believe me , noble Lodowick , I have seen The strangest sight , in my opinion , That ever I beheld . LOD . What was't , I pry'thee ? MATH . A fair young maid , scarce fourteen years of age , The sweetest ...
... Mathias in a dump ? MATH . Believe me , noble Lodowick , I have seen The strangest sight , in my opinion , That ever I beheld . LOD . What was't , I pry'thee ? MATH . A fair young maid , scarce fourteen years of age , The sweetest ...
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... Mathias . MATH . Farewell , Lodowick . [ Exeunt . ACT THE SECOND . SCENE I. Enter BARABAS , with a light . BAR . Thus like the sad presaging raven that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak , And in the shadow of the silent ...
... Mathias . MATH . Farewell , Lodowick . [ Exeunt . ACT THE SECOND . SCENE I. Enter BARABAS , with a light . BAR . Thus like the sad presaging raven that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak , And in the shadow of the silent ...
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... Mathias tells me she is fair . BAR . Now will I shew myself to have more of the serpent Than the dove ; that is , more knave than fool . LOD . Yond ' walks the Jew , now for fair Abigail . BAR . Aye , aye , no doubt but she's at your ...
... Mathias tells me she is fair . BAR . Now will I shew myself to have more of the serpent Than the dove ; that is , more knave than fool . LOD . Yond ' walks the Jew , now for fair Abigail . BAR . Aye , aye , no doubt but she's at your ...
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ABIG Abigail Africa ANIPPE Argier arms Bajazet Barabas bashaws blood brave Callapine CALY Calymath Casane Christians CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE conquer'd Cosroe COURT crown cursed Damascus daughter death Don Mathias doth earth emperor Enter BARABAS Enter TAMBURLAINE ev'ry Exeunt Exit farewell father fear friar friends fury give gold governor hand hast hath heart heaven hell Hero and Leander honour hundred ITHA Ithamore Jew of Malta Jove king king of Fez Kings of Morocco live Lodowick looks lord Mahomet majesty Marlowe Marlowe's MATH mighty Natolia OLYM Persian PILIA pity play poets poison'd pow'r SCENE Scythian sirrah slave Soldan soldiers soul sweet sword TAMB Tamburlaine TECH Techelles tell thee THER Theridamas thine Thomas Heywood thou shalt thousand thyself town Turk Turkish unto USUM USUMCASANE victory villain walls wilt words wound ZENO
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Page ii - Yes, trust them not: for there is an upstart crow beautified with our feathers, that with his tiger's heart, wrapt in a player's hide, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and being an absolute Johannes factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country.
Page 7 - And ride in triumph through Persepolis ! — Is it not brave to be a king, Techelles ! — Usumcasane and Theridamas, Is it not passing brave to be a king, And ride in triumph through Persepolis ? Tech.
Page 167 - tis to count this trash ! Well fare the Arabians, who so richly pay The things they traffic for with wedge of gold, Whereof a man may easily in a day Tell that which may maintain him all his life. The needy groom, that never finger'd groat, Would make a miracle of thus much coin ; But he whose steel-barr'd coffers arecramm'd full, And all his life-time hath been tired, Wearying his fingers...
Page 53 - Their minds, and muses on admired themes; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit; If these had made one poem's period, And all combin'd in beauty's worthiness, Yet should there hover in their restless heads One thought, one grace, one wonder, at the least, Which into words no virtue can digest.
Page 168 - May serve in peril of calamity To ransom great kings from captivity. This is the ware wherein consists my wealth; And thus methinks should men of judgment frame Their means of traffic from the vulgar trade, And as their wealth increaseth, so inclose Infinite riches in a little room.
Page 132 - Were not subdued with valour more divine Than you by this unconquered arm of mine. To make you fierce, and fit my appetite, You shall be fed with flesh as raw as blood, And drink in pails the strongest muscadel ; If you can live with it, then live, and draw My chariot swifter than the racking ' clouds ; If not, then die like beasts, and fit for naught But perches for the black and fatal ravens.
Page 189 - Thus, like the sad presaging raven, that tolls The sick man's passport in her hollow beak, And in the shadow of the silent night Doth shake contagion from her sable wings; Vex'd and tormented, runs poor Barrabas, With fatal curses towards these Christians.
Page v - I have purposely omitted and left out some fond and frivolous gestures, digressing, and, in my poor opinion, far unmeet for the matter, which I thought might seem more tedious unto the wise than any way else to be regarded, though haply they have been of some vain-conceited fondlings greatly gaped at, what time they were shewed upon the stage in their graced deformities...
Page 167 - Receive them free, and sell them by the weight; Bags of fiery opals, sapphires, amethysts, Jacinths, hard topaz, grass-green emeralds, Beauteous rubies, sparkling diamonds...
Page 11 - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.