The mourning bride. The way of the world. The judgment of Paris. Semele. Poems on several occasionsT. Lowndes, T. Caslon, T. Davies, W. Nicoll, S. Bladon and R. Snagg, 1774 |
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... Look down , good Heav'n , with Pity on her Sor → rows , And grant , that Time may bring her fome Relief . Alm . O no ! Time gives Increase to my Afflictions . The circling Hours , that gather all the Woes , Which are diffus'd thro ...
... Look down , good Heav'n , with Pity on her Sor → rows , And grant , that Time may bring her fome Relief . Alm . O no ! Time gives Increase to my Afflictions . The circling Hours , that gather all the Woes , Which are diffus'd thro ...
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William Congreve. Firft , die ten thoufand Deaths - Look down , look down , [ Kneels . Alphonfo , hear the facred Vow I make ; One Moment , ceafe to gaze on perfect Blifs , And bend thy glorious Eyes to Earth and me ; And thou Anfelmo ...
William Congreve. Firft , die ten thoufand Deaths - Look down , look down , [ Kneels . Alphonfo , hear the facred Vow I make ; One Moment , ceafe to gaze on perfect Blifs , And bend thy glorious Eyes to Earth and me ; And thou Anfelmo ...
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... looks as thou didst mourn for him : Juft fo , Thy fenfeless Vow appear'd to bear its Date Not from that Hour wherein thou wert preferv'd , But that wherein the curs'd Alphonfo perish'd . Ha ! What ? thou doft not weep to think of that ...
... looks as thou didst mourn for him : Juft fo , Thy fenfeless Vow appear'd to bear its Date Not from that Hour wherein thou wert preferv'd , But that wherein the curs'd Alphonfo perish'd . Ha ! What ? thou doft not weep to think of that ...
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... look with Loathing on myself ; And scorn vile Slavery , tho ' doubly hid Beneath Mock - Praifes , and diffembled State . K. Thofe Bonds ! ' Twas my Command you be free . How durft you , Perez , difobey ? Per . Great Sir , fhould Your ...
... look with Loathing on myself ; And scorn vile Slavery , tho ' doubly hid Beneath Mock - Praifes , and diffembled State . K. Thofe Bonds ! ' Twas my Command you be free . How durft you , Perez , difobey ? Per . Great Sir , fhould Your ...
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... looks concern'd . K. I'll have Enquiry made ; perhaps his Friend Yet lives , and is a Prisoner . His Name ? Za . Heli . K. Garcia , that Search fhall be your Care : It shall be mine to pay Devotion here ; At this fair Shrine to lay my ...
... looks concern'd . K. I'll have Enquiry made ; perhaps his Friend Yet lives , and is a Prisoner . His Name ? Za . Heli . K. Garcia , that Search fhall be your Care : It shall be mine to pay Devotion here ; At this fair Shrine to lay my ...
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Almeria Alphonfo Amyntas Arms ATHAMA behold Bleffings Breaft CADMUS Caufe Charms cou'd dear Death Defire doft thou ev'ry Eyes Face facred fafe faid Fain Fainall falfe fame Fate fave fear feem feen fhall fhew fhou'd fing firft flain foft Foible fome foon Friend ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Gonf Grief Hafte hear Heart Heav'n Heli himſelf Honour Hufband Jove JUNO JUPITER King Lady WISHFORT laft lefs loft Love Lover Lyre Madam Marwood Mill Millamant Mirabell moft moſt mourn Mufe Mufick muft muſt myſelf Numbers Nymph o'er Ofmyn Ovid Paffion Perfon Petulant Pindar pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Pow'r prefent Priam Reft rife SCENE SEMELE Senfe ſhall ſhe Sir Rowland Sir Wil Sir Wilfull Song ſpeak thee thefe theſe Thing thofe thoſe thought thro Verfes weep whofe Wife Witw Witwoud wou'd Zara
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Page 102 - I'll tell thee, Fainall, she once used me with that insolence that in revenge I took her to pieces, sifted her, and separated her failings: I studied 'em and got 'em by rote. The catalogue was so large that I was not without hopes, one day or other, to hate her heartily. To which end I so used myself to think of 'em, that at length, contrary...
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Page 27 - Whistling thro' hollows of this vaulted aisle; We'll listenLeonora. Hark! Almeria. No, all is hush'd and still as death, — Tis dreadful! How reverend is the face of this tall pile, Whose ancient pillars rear their marble heads, To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof, By its own weight made stedfast and immoveable, Looking tranquillity!
Page 160 - Sunday in a new chariot, to provoke eyes and whispers; and then never to be seen there together again; as if we were proud of one another the first week, and ashamed of one another ever after. Let us never visit together, nor go to a play together, but let us be very strange...
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Page 176 - Pray do but hear me, madam; he could not marry your ladyship, madam. No indeed, his marriage was to have been void in law; for he was married to me first, to secure your ladyship. He could not have bedded your ladyship, for if he had consummated with your ladyship, he must have run the risk of the law, and been put upon his clergy.
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Page 28 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.