British Theatre, Volume 20J. Bell, 1796 - English drama |
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Page 36
... thou saw'st this fatal fair ; Did ever passion make so swift a progress ? Once more reflect , suppress this infant folly . Abd . Gross fires , enkindled by a mortal hand , Spread by degrees , and dread th ' oppressing stream ; The ...
... thou saw'st this fatal fair ; Did ever passion make so swift a progress ? Once more reflect , suppress this infant folly . Abd . Gross fires , enkindled by a mortal hand , Spread by degrees , and dread th ' oppressing stream ; The ...
Page 44
... thou never can'st attain : When social laws first harmonis'd the world , Superior man possess'd the charge of rule , The scale of justice , and the sword of power , Nor left us aught but flattery and state . Irene . To me my lover's ...
... thou never can'st attain : When social laws first harmonis'd the world , Superior man possess'd the charge of rule , The scale of justice , and the sword of power , Nor left us aught but flattery and state . Irene . To me my lover's ...
Page 46
... thou hide in labyrinths of sound The cause that shrinks from reason's powerful voice . Stoop from thy flight , trace back th ' entangled thought , And set the glitt'ring fallacy to view . Not power I blame , but power obtain'd by crime ...
... thou hide in labyrinths of sound The cause that shrinks from reason's powerful voice . Stoop from thy flight , trace back th ' entangled thought , And set the glitt'ring fallacy to view . Not power I blame , but power obtain'd by crime ...
Page 48
... thou call'dst in tears upon Demetrius ! Asp . Inform me rather , how thy happy courage Stemm'd in the breach the deluge of destruction , And pass'd uninjur'd through the walks of death ? Did savage anger , and licentious conquest ...
... thou call'dst in tears upon Demetrius ! Asp . Inform me rather , how thy happy courage Stemm'd in the breach the deluge of destruction , And pass'd uninjur'd through the walks of death ? Did savage anger , and licentious conquest ...
Page 50
... Thou shin'st , bright maid , superior to distress ; Unlike the trifling race of vulgar beauties , Those glitt'ring dew - drops of a vernal morn , That spread their colours to the genial beam , And sparkling quiver to the breath of May ...
... Thou shin'st , bright maid , superior to distress ; Unlike the trifling race of vulgar beauties , Those glitt'ring dew - drops of a vernal morn , That spread their colours to the genial beam , And sparkling quiver to the breath of May ...
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Abdalla Antiochus arms art thou Arvida Aspasia Bawd beauty Behold Boult breast Cali Cleon Crist Cristiern Cristina Dale Dalecarlia daughter dear death Demetrius Dionysia dost enters Ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes Fain Fainall faith fate father fear Foible fool Gent give Greece guilt Gustavus Gustavus Vasa hand hast hate hath hear heart Heaven Hell Hellicanus honour Irene king knight Lady WISHFORT ladyship Laertes Leontius liberty look lord LYSIMACHUS madam maid Marina married Marwood Mill Millamant Mincing Mira Mirabell mistress ne'er never o'er passion peace Pentapolis Pericles Petulant prince prince of Tyre rage SCENE shew Sir Rowland Sir Wil Sir Wilfull slaves smile soul sultan sure Sweden tell Thaisa Tharsus thee there's thine thing thou art thought tongue Troll Trollio tyrant Tyre virtue Wait wife Wish Witwould wretch