Tales of the Drama: Founded on the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Massinger, Shirley, Rowe, Murphy, Lillo, and Moore, and on the Comedies of Steele, Farquhar, Cumberland, Bickerstaff, Goldsmith, and Mrs. CowleyC. Whittingham, 1834 - 424 pàgines |
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Pàgina 239
... , and burning sacred viands , she thus conveyed nourishment to Evander soothing his spirits with the cheering hope of Timoleon's triumph over the usurper Dionysius : and his own restora- tion. THE GRECIAN DAUGHTER . 239.
... , and burning sacred viands , she thus conveyed nourishment to Evander soothing his spirits with the cheering hope of Timoleon's triumph over the usurper Dionysius : and his own restora- tion. THE GRECIAN DAUGHTER . 239.
Pàgina 242
... Timoleon prepared for instant battle , and Dionysius , being defeated , fled from the field , closely pursued by a band of Greeks who in their eagerness to obtain the honour of destroying the tyrant , rushed on their own destruction ...
... Timoleon prepared for instant battle , and Dionysius , being defeated , fled from the field , closely pursued by a band of Greeks who in their eagerness to obtain the honour of destroying the tyrant , rushed on their own destruction ...
Pàgina 244
... Timoleon had begged a truce ; and the ravages of war were suspended for a time , that the rights of sepulture might be granted to the piles of dead , which lay in scattered heaps on the bloody field . It was during this truce , that ...
... Timoleon had begged a truce ; and the ravages of war were suspended for a time , that the rights of sepulture might be granted to the piles of dead , which lay in scattered heaps on the bloody field . It was during this truce , that ...
Pàgina 246
... life . He also disclosed to her the treachery of Dionysius , in his intention of assaulting the camp of Timoleon at midnight , and that Phocion with a passport from Melanthon had left the city to give information 246 TALES OF THE DRAMA .
... life . He also disclosed to her the treachery of Dionysius , in his intention of assaulting the camp of Timoleon at midnight , and that Phocion with a passport from Melanthon had left the city to give information 246 TALES OF THE DRAMA .
Pàgina 247
... Timoleon , one of these dangerous foes might fall , and a con- quest over Timoleon would confirm him at once in all his doubtful rights ! Calippus watched from the tower the motions of the enemy . All was still , and tranquil , and ...
... Timoleon , one of these dangerous foes might fall , and a con- quest over Timoleon would confirm him at once in all his doubtful rights ! Calippus watched from the tower the motions of the enemy . All was still , and tranquil , and ...
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Tales of the Drama: Founded on the Tragedies of Shakespeare, Massinger ... Miss Macauley (Elizabeth Wright) Visualització completa - 1833 |
Tales of the Drama: Founded on the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Massinger ... Miss Macauley (Elizabeth Wright) Visualització completa - 1834 |
Tales of the Drama: Founded on the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Massinger ... Miss Macauley (Elizabeth Wright) Visualització completa - 1822 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 155 - What you do, Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms; Pray so ; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Pàgina 225 - God save him;' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home; But dust was thrown upon his sacred head, Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God (for some strong purpose) steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Pàgina 155 - I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, and own No other function.
Pàgina 353 - Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil.
Pàgina 310 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood ; nor cut thou less nor more But just a pound of flesh : if thou tak'st more, Or less, than a just pound — be it but so much As makes it light or heavy in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple — nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate ! Gra.
Pàgina 311 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Pàgina 214 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Pàgina 401 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Pàgina 302 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Pàgina 402 - ... breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was...