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... them in their after - state . Great ? -ay , thy king is great , for he hath reared Pyramids that shall mark his grave when dead , To make the slaves remember to curse on The tyrant they detested ; a sage deed , For A RECORD OF [ SCENE I.
... them in their after - state . Great ? -ay , thy king is great , for he hath reared Pyramids that shall mark his grave when dead , To make the slaves remember to curse on The tyrant they detested ; a sage deed , For A RECORD OF [ SCENE I.
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... tyrant , but he first Did make or mould them to his will , his tools , His sharpened tools - to overthrow all props Which time and law so long had sanctified ! Free ! -dar'st thou call the Egyptians free ? -is stern Submission bowing to ...
... tyrant , but he first Did make or mould them to his will , his tools , His sharpened tools - to overthrow all props Which time and law so long had sanctified ! Free ! -dar'st thou call the Egyptians free ? -is stern Submission bowing to ...
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... tyrant's downfal ? or hast thou beheld . The slavery of Egypt and not felt ? And , oh ! hast thou forgot - though Amasis , Conscious of what thou art , has loaded thee With gauds that do insult thy manhood - he Usurps the throne of the ...
... tyrant's downfal ? or hast thou beheld . The slavery of Egypt and not felt ? And , oh ! hast thou forgot - though Amasis , Conscious of what thou art , has loaded thee With gauds that do insult thy manhood - he Usurps the throne of the ...
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... tyrant's gift , his half of manhood's fled ; Nay , from that hour when I did hesitate To follow thee , my heart , my heart was gone ! And I was , then , the slave I am . ( Kneeling . ) Stern image Of our great sire , take again the ...
... tyrant's gift , his half of manhood's fled ; Nay , from that hour when I did hesitate To follow thee , my heart , my heart was gone ! And I was , then , the slave I am . ( Kneeling . ) Stern image Of our great sire , take again the ...
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... . NUBIAN . To spend them In curses deep as is our bondage on The tyrant who oppresseth us . SEGED . Peace , peace ! Discontent is the infirmity of will , The sickly moanings of a mind diseased , Made impotent SCENE II. ...
... . NUBIAN . To spend them In curses deep as is our bondage on The tyrant who oppresseth us . SEGED . Peace , peace ! Discontent is the infirmity of will , The sickly moanings of a mind diseased , Made impotent SCENE II. ...
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A Record of the Pyramids: A Drama, in Ten Scenes (Classic Reprint) John Edmund Reade Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2018 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
altar Amasis BABYLONIAN bear beautiful Behold beneath blessed breath brother brow brute Cambyses CATILINE chains CHIEF HIEROPHANT CHIEF PREFECT crown crushed dared death deeds descend divinity Dost thou doth Drama dwell earth Egypt EGYPTIAN embruted EPIMETHEUS eternal eyes falchion fear feel fellow-men felt fire flame forgot freedom gathered glory gods guard hands hath hear heard heart heaven Herodotus honour hope human immortal infinite inspiration ITALY JOHN EDMUND READE justice king labour lake Liberty LILIS living look mankind MEMPHIAN Memphis mighty heart mind moral Moris MULTITUDE Nature never Nile NOTE NUBIAN o'er Osiris passion pediment PHOENICIAN Plato Poem poet Poland priests PROMETHEUS Pyramids ratified records rise round ruins SCENE SEGED shew slavery slaves soul spirit stand strength sublime temple Thebes thee thine thou art thou dost thou hast thought throne triumph truth tyranny tyrants voice Voices of prophecy worship
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 83 - It were all one That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in hia sphere.
Seite 41 - Heaven doth with us as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves; for, if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike
Seite 95 - of beaten brass, Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron. Can be retentive to the strength of spirit!" ' I am fire and air; my other element* I give to baser life.
Seite 7 - It is the mind that makes the body rich ; And, as the sun breaks through the darkest cloud, So honour peereth in the meanest habit.
Seite xvii - GOD hath made all things beautiful in their seasons ; also, He hath placed the world in man's heart: yet cannot man find out the work which GOD worketh from the beginning to the end.
Seite 29 - Wilt thou draw near the nature of the gods ? Draw near them, then, in being merciful; Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge
Seite 95 - my duty, An doth a rock against the chiding flood, Should the approach of this wild river break, And stand unshaken yours
Seite xxi - If I am traduced by tongues which neither know My faculties nor person, yet will be The chronicles of my doing.
Seite 115 - The land we were now in had anciently been cultivated, as there appeared many stumps of palm and other trees nearly petrified. I also observed the vine in great plenty. The scene here was beautiful; the silence of the night, the beams of the radiant moon shining on the still
Seite 111 - using, as vehicles, every species of terrestrial, winged, and aquatic animals, it finally enters, a second time, into the human body. They affirm that it undergoes all these changes in the space of three thousand