British Theatre, Volume 20J. Bell, 1796 - English drama |
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... fate . Dem . A thousand horrid prodigies foretold it . A feeble government , eluded laws , A factious populace , luxurious nobles , And all the maladies of sinking states . When public villany , too strong for justice , Shows his bold ...
... fate . Dem . A thousand horrid prodigies foretold it . A feeble government , eluded laws , A factious populace , luxurious nobles , And all the maladies of sinking states . When public villany , too strong for justice , Shows his bold ...
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... Leon . Some virgin martyr , Perhaps , enamour'd of resembling virtue , With gentle hand restrain'd the streams of life , And snatch'd her timely from her country's fate . Dem . From those bright regions of eternal day , ΤΟ AB 1 . IRENE .
... Leon . Some virgin martyr , Perhaps , enamour'd of resembling virtue , With gentle hand restrain'd the streams of life , And snatch'd her timely from her country's fate . Dem . From those bright regions of eternal day , ΤΟ AB 1 . IRENE .
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... fate Fills all th ' astonish'd empire with confusion , My policy shall raise an easy throne ; The Turkish powers from Europe shall retreat , And harrass Greece no more with wasteful war . A galley mann'd with Greeks , thy charge ...
... fate Fills all th ' astonish'd empire with confusion , My policy shall raise an easy throne ; The Turkish powers from Europe shall retreat , And harrass Greece no more with wasteful war . A galley mann'd with Greeks , thy charge ...
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... fate ; Break through the politicians tedious forms , Aspasia calls me , let me fly to save her . Leo . Did Mahomet reproach or praise her virtue ? Cali . His offers oft repeated , still refus'd , At length rekindled his accustom'd fury ...
... fate ; Break through the politicians tedious forms , Aspasia calls me , let me fly to save her . Leo . Did Mahomet reproach or praise her virtue ? Cali . His offers oft repeated , still refus'd , At length rekindled his accustom'd fury ...
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... to belief , And folly , frighted at her own chimeras , Habitual cowardice usurps the soul . ; Irene . Not all like thee can brave the shocks of fate , Thy soul by nature great , enlarg'd by knowledge , 22 Aa II . IRENE .
... to belief , And folly , frighted at her own chimeras , Habitual cowardice usurps the soul . ; Irene . Not all like thee can brave the shocks of fate , Thy soul by nature great , enlarg'd by knowledge , 22 Aa II . IRENE .
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