Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 páginas |
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... leave no room for a wilder flight to the extravagance of posterity . All the rays of romantick heat , whether amorous or warlike , glow in Alman- zor by a kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all restraints ...
... leave no room for a wilder flight to the extravagance of posterity . All the rays of romantick heat , whether amorous or warlike , glow in Alman- zor by a kind of concentration . He is above all laws ; he is exempt from all restraints ...
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... leave man so weak defence , To trust frail reason with the rule of sense ! ' Tis overpoised and kicked up in the air , While sense weighs down the scale , and keeps it there ; Or , like a captive king , ' tis borne away , And forced to ...
... leave man so weak defence , To trust frail reason with the rule of sense ! ' Tis overpoised and kicked up in the air , While sense weighs down the scale , and keeps it there ; Or , like a captive king , ' tis borne away , And forced to ...
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... leave thee to despair . Ozmyn . Thy idle menaces I do not fear : My business was to die or conquer here . Sister , for you I grieve I could no more : a My present state betrays my want of power ; But , when true courage is of force ...
... leave thee to despair . Ozmyn . Thy idle menaces I do not fear : My business was to die or conquer here . Sister , for you I grieve I could no more : a My present state betrays my want of power ; But , when true courage is of force ...
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... leave your side . Honor is what myself , and friends , I owe ; And none can lose it who forsake a foe . Since , then , your foes now happen to be mine , Though not in friendship , we'll in interest join : So while my loved revenge is ...
... leave your side . Honor is what myself , and friends , I owe ; And none can lose it who forsake a foe . Since , then , your foes now happen to be mine , Though not in friendship , we'll in interest join : So while my loved revenge is ...
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... Leave me alone to mourn my misery ; I cannot cease to love you , but I'll die . [ Leans her head on his arm . Abdelm . What man but I so long un- moved could hear [ Weeping . Such tender passion , and refuse a tear ! But do not talk of ...
... Leave me alone to mourn my misery ; I cannot cease to love you , but I'll die . [ Leans her head on his arm . Abdelm . What man but I so long un- moved could hear [ Weeping . Such tender passion , and refuse a tear ! But do not talk of ...
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Página 223 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 223 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man.
Página 143 - ... familiar — I shall never bear that — good Mirabell, don't let us be familiar or fond, nor kiss before folks, like my lady Fadler, and sir Francis : nor go to...
Página 367 - Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge. It blossoms through the year ! And depend on it, Mrs. Malaprop, that they who are so fond of handling the leaves will long for the fruit at last.
Página 333 - Why, really, sir, your bill of fare is so exquisite, that any one part of it is full as good as another. Send us what you please. So much for supper. And now to see that our beds are aired, and properly taken care of.
Página 87 - Sure, all ill stories of thy sex are false ! 0 woman ! lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ! Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of heaven; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Página 330 - Diggory, you are too talkative. — Then, if I happen to say a good thing, or tell a good story at table, you must not all burst out a-laughing, as if you made part of the company.
Página 330 - You must not be so talkative, Diggory. You must be all attention to the guests. You must hear us talk, and not think of talking ; you must see us drink and not think of drinking ; you must see us eat and not think of eating.
Página 325 - Ay, and bring back vanity and affectation to last them the whole year. I wonder why London cannot keep its own fools at home. In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stage-coach. Its fopperies come down, not only as inside passengers, but in the very basket.
Página 323 - By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.