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... daughter Lucia . Marcia , my daughter- Oh , bend me forward ! -Juba loves thee , Marcia . A senator of Rome , while Rome surviv'd , Would not have match'd his daughter with a king- But Caesar's arms have thrown down all dis- tinction- I ...
... daughter Lucia . Marcia , my daughter- Oh , bend me forward ! -Juba loves thee , Marcia . A senator of Rome , while Rome surviv'd , Would not have match'd his daughter with a king- But Caesar's arms have thrown down all dis- tinction- I ...
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... daughter saw this Moor ? Gon . If Osmyn be , as Zara has related , Alphonso's friend , ' tis not impossible But she ... daughter's an accomplice , And plots in private with this hellish Moor . Gon . That were too hard a thought - but see ...
... daughter saw this Moor ? Gon . If Osmyn be , as Zara has related , Alphonso's friend , ' tis not impossible But she ... daughter's an accomplice , And plots in private with this hellish Moor . Gon . That were too hard a thought - but see ...
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... daughter , Now calls me murderer and parricide . King . Rise , I command thee - and , if thou wouldst Acquit thyself of those detested names , Swear thou hast never seen that foreign dog , Now doom'd to die , that most accursed Osmyn ...
... daughter , Now calls me murderer and parricide . King . Rise , I command thee - and , if thou wouldst Acquit thyself of those detested names , Swear thou hast never seen that foreign dog , Now doom'd to die , that most accursed Osmyn ...
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... daughter privately with him conferr'd , And wert the spy and pander to their meeting . Per . By all that's holy , I'm amaz'd— King . Thou ly'st . Thou art accomplice too with Zara : here , Where she sets down - Still will I set thee ...
... daughter privately with him conferr'd , And wert the spy and pander to their meeting . Per . By all that's holy , I'm amaz'd— King . Thou ly'st . Thou art accomplice too with Zara : here , Where she sets down - Still will I set thee ...
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... daughter and three sons , my heart's proud Do not forsake me at this dawn of hope ; hopes , Strengthen my heart , too feeble for this joy . Were all torn from me in their tend'rest Madam ! Nerestan ! -Help me , Chatillon ! years : ber ...
... daughter and three sons , my heart's proud Do not forsake me at this dawn of hope ; hopes , Strengthen my heart , too feeble for this joy . Were all torn from me in their tend'rest Madam ! Nerestan ! -Help me , Chatillon ! years : ber ...
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