British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison. 1791J. Bell, 1791 |
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... Heav'n . Cast . I will . 120 Pol . And should I chance to touch it nearly , bear it With all the suff'rance of a tender friend . Cast . As calmly as the wounded patient bears The artist's hand that minister's his cure . Pol . That's ...
... Heav'n . Cast . I will . 120 Pol . And should I chance to touch it nearly , bear it With all the suff'rance of a tender friend . Cast . As calmly as the wounded patient bears The artist's hand that minister's his cure . Pol . That's ...
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... Heav'n , I love My Polydore beyond all worldly joys ; And would not shock his quiet , to be blest With greater happiness than man e'er tasted . Pol . And by that Heaven eternally I swear , To keep the kind Castalio in my heart . Whose ...
... Heav'n , I love My Polydore beyond all worldly joys ; And would not shock his quiet , to be blest With greater happiness than man e'er tasted . Pol . And by that Heaven eternally I swear , To keep the kind Castalio in my heart . Whose ...
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... heav'n - born maid , like you , appear'd , Strange pleasures fill'd his eyes , and fir'd his heart , 340 Unloos'd his tongue , and his first talk was love . Mon. The first created pair indeed were bless'd ; They were the only objects of ...
... heav'n - born maid , like you , appear'd , Strange pleasures fill'd his eyes , and fir'd his heart , 340 Unloos'd his tongue , and his first talk was love . Mon. The first created pair indeed were bless'd ; They were the only objects of ...
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... Heav'n ordain'd it so , to make me happy . Hence with this peevish virtue , ' tis a cheat , " And those who taught it first were hypocrites . " Come , these soft tender limbs were made for yielding . Mon. Here on my knees , by Heaven's ...
... Heav'n ordain'd it so , to make me happy . Hence with this peevish virtue , ' tis a cheat , " And those who taught it first were hypocrites . " Come , these soft tender limbs were made for yielding . Mon. Here on my knees , by Heaven's ...
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... Heav'n may raise some friend . Then sighed , Kiss'd me again ; so bless'd us , and expir'd . Pardon my grief . Acast . It speaks an honest nature . 180 Cha . The friend Heav'n rais'd was you ; you took her up An infant , to the desert ...
... Heav'n may raise some friend . Then sighed , Kiss'd me again ; so bless'd us , and expir'd . Pardon my grief . Acast . It speaks an honest nature . 180 Cha . The friend Heav'n rais'd was you ; you took her up An infant , to the desert ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acast AMBROSE PHILIPS Andr Andromache arms Astyanax bear beauty behold blest blood brave brother Cæsar Cast Castalio Cato Cato's Ceph Cephisa Chamont Chap charms Cleo Cleone death Decius dost thou e'er Enter Epirus ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes false fate father fear fortune friendship give gods Greece Greeks grief guards happy hate hear heart Heav'n Hector Hermione honour hope Juba king live lord lov'd Lucia Lucius madam maid Marc Marcia Marcus Monimia ne'er never Numidian o'er Orest passion Phan Pharsalia Phoenix pity Polydore Portius Pr'ythee prince Pylades Pyrrhus rage Roman Roman senate Rome SCENE scorn Sempronius senate shew sorrows soul speak sure sword Syph Syphax tears tell thee thou hast thought Troy Twas Twill tyrant unhappy virtue vows wilt thou woman wouldst thou wretch wrong'd
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 78 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Seite 79 - 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.
Seite 79 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Seite 78 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Seite 79 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite x - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Seite 18 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Seite 34 - CATO. Let|| not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of REASON : True FORTITUDE is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides: All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction.
Seite 24 - Then rises fresh, pursues his wonted game, And if the following day he chance to find A new repast, or an untasted spring, Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Seite 63 - Forbear, Sempronius ! — see they suffer death, But in their deaths remember they are men. Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous. Lucius, the base degenerate age requires Severity, and justice in its rigour; This awes an impious...