Representative English Dramas from Dryden to SheridanOxford University Press, American Branch, 1914 - 459 Seiten |
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... passion common to you with a brother , the most excellent of kings ; and in your two persons are eminent the characters which Homer has given us of heroic virtue : the commanding part in Agamemnon , and the executive in Achilles . " It ...
... passion common to you with a brother , the most excellent of kings ; and in your two persons are eminent the characters which Homer has given us of heroic virtue : the commanding part in Agamemnon , and the executive in Achilles . " It ...
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... passion , when I show I dare be wretched , not to make her so : And , while another passion fills her breast , I'll be all wretched rather than half blest . Abdal . May your heroic act so prosperous be , That Almahide may sigh you set ...
... passion , when I show I dare be wretched , not to make her so : And , while another passion fills her breast , I'll be all wretched rather than half blest . Abdal . May your heroic act so prosperous be , That Almahide may sigh you set ...
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... passion , and refuse a tear ! But do not talk of dying any more , Unless you mean that I should die before . Name anything , good dear , but that thing more . Abdelm . Now I too late perceive I am undone ; Living and seeing , to my ...
... passion , and refuse a tear ! But do not talk of dying any more , Unless you mean that I should die before . Name anything , good dear , but that thing more . Abdelm . Now I too late perceive I am undone ; Living and seeing , to my ...
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... You will excuse his unperforming play : Weakness sometimes great passion does ex- press ; He had pleased better , had he loved you less . ALL FOR LOVE THE Preface and Prologue to Dryden's All 38 EPILOGUE THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA.
... You will excuse his unperforming play : Weakness sometimes great passion does ex- press ; He had pleased better , had he loved you less . ALL FOR LOVE THE Preface and Prologue to Dryden's All 38 EPILOGUE THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA.
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... passion , " and declare that " Shakspere would never have opposed the capti- vating , brilliant and meretricious Cleopatra to the noble and chaste Octavia . " On the other hand Furness praises the dignity of the scene and Churton ...
... passion , " and declare that " Shakspere would never have opposed the capti- vating , brilliant and meretricious Cleopatra to the noble and chaste Octavia . " On the other hand Furness praises the dignity of the scene and Churton ...
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Abdal Abdelm Acres Almah Almanz Almanzor Arch Beggar's Opera Belv Belvidera Boab brother Cæsar Cato Chas Cher Cleo Cleopatra comedy Conquest of Granada dear death Dola Enter Exeunt Exit eyes Fain father Faulk Faulkland fear fellow fool fortune gentleman give hand happy Hastings hear heart Heaven honor hope Humph husband Jaff Jaffeir Juba king Lady Sneer Lady Teaz Lady Wish leave live look lord lover Lucy Lyndar madam Malaprop Marlow married Mirabell Miss Hard Miss Neville Myrt never on't passion Peach Pierr play Polly Portius pray SCENE Scrub Sealand servant Sir Anth Sir Luc Sir Oliv Sir Pet Sir Peter Sir Wil soul speak Squire Stoops to Conquer sure Surf Syphax Teazle tell thee there's thing thou thought Thumb Tom Thumb Tony twas Vent virtue wife woman
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 223 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter. And intimates eternity to man.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.