The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Convent Gardin, Haymarket, and Lyceum, Volume 3Mrs. Inchbald Hurst, Robinson, 1824 |
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... give , calls the husband a very silly man , and the wife a very imprudent woman : —and as a man without sense , and ... gives up her last resort , her jewels , to her husband , an audience mostly 4 REMARKS .
... give , calls the husband a very silly man , and the wife a very imprudent woman : —and as a man without sense , and ... gives up her last resort , her jewels , to her husband , an audience mostly 4 REMARKS .
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... give me but a bare sub- sistence and my husband's smiles , and I'll be the hap- piest of the poor . To me now , these lodgings want nothing but their master ! -Why do you look so at me ? Char . That I may hate my brother . Mrs Bev . Don ...
... give me but a bare sub- sistence and my husband's smiles , and I'll be the hap- piest of the poor . To me now , these lodgings want nothing but their master ! -Why do you look so at me ? Char . That I may hate my brother . Mrs Bev . Don ...
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... give it to his management . But I'll demand it from him this morning . I have a melancholy occasion for it . Mrs Bev . What occasion ? . Char . To support a sister . Mrs Bev . No ; I have no need on't . Take it , and reward a lover with ...
... give it to his management . But I'll demand it from him this morning . I have a melancholy occasion for it . Mrs Bev . What occasion ? . Char . To support a sister . Mrs Bev . No ; I have no need on't . Take it , and reward a lover with ...
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... give him a new creation , or breathe another soul into him . I'll think on't , madam . ' Ad- vice , I see , is thankless . Char . Useless I am sure it is , if , through mistaken friendship , or other motives , you feed his passion with ...
... give him a new creation , or breathe another soul into him . I'll think on't , madam . ' Ad- vice , I see , is thankless . Char . Useless I am sure it is , if , through mistaken friendship , or other motives , you feed his passion with ...
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... give him ? Bates . To knock loud and be clamorous . not you see him ? Did Stuke . No , the fool sneaked off with Jarvis . Had he appeared within doors , as directed , the note had been discharged . I waited there on purpose . I want the ...
... give him ? Bates . To knock loud and be clamorous . not you see him ? Did Stuke . No , the fool sneaked off with Jarvis . Had he appeared within doors , as directed , the note had been discharged . I waited there on purpose . I want the ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Agnes Alex Alexander Anna Arcas arms art thou Augustus Applegath Bates behold Beverley blood brave breast CALIPPUS CASSANDER Char Charlotte Clyt Clytus curses dare death despair Dionysius dost thou Douglas dread Enter EUMENES Euphrasia ev'ry Evander Exeunt Exit eyes farewell fate father fear fortune GEORGE LILLO give Glen Glenalvon gods hand happy hear heart Heaven Heph Hephestion honour hope horror Jarvis king kneel Lady Laura Lewson live lord Lysimachus madam Melanthon night noble Norval o'er Osmond Parisatis passion Perdiccas Phil Philotas Phoc Phocion pity POLYPERCHON poor pow'r rage Rand Randolph Roxana ruin SCENE scorn shalt Sicily Siffredi Sigismunda slave sorrow soul speak Stat Statira Stuke sword Tancred tears tell THEATRES ROYAL thee THESSALUS thine thou art thought Timoleon Twas tyrant vengeance virtue Wilm Wilmot wretch youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 2 - My name is NORVAL: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Página 11 - At the dead hour of night was heard the cry Of one in jeopardy. I rose, and ran To where the circling eddy of a pool, Beneath the ford, us'd oft to bring within My reach whatever floating thing the stream Had caught.
Página 27 - Randolph's favour now exalts your youth Above his veterans of famous service. Let me, who know these soldiers, counsel you. Give them all honour : seem not to command ; Else they will scarcely brook your late sprung power, Which nor alliance props, nor birth adorns. Nor. Sir, I have been accustom'd all my days To hear and speak the plain and simple truth : And tho...
Página 19 - Water his drink, his food the shepherds' alms. I went to see him, and my heart was touch'd With reverence and pity. Mild he spake, And, entering on discourse, such stories told As made me oft revisit his sad cell. For he had been a soldier in his youth ; And fought in famous battles, when the peers Of Europe, by the bold Godfredo led, Against th' usurping infidel display'd The blessed cross, and won the Holy Land.
Página 48 - Thy grief wrests to its purposes my words. I never ask'd of thee that ardent love Which in the breasts of fancy's children burns. Decent affection and complacent kindness Were all I wish'd for ; but I wish'd in vain. Hence with the less regret my eyes behold The storm of war that gathers o'er this land: If I should perish by the Danish sword, Matilda would not shed one tear the more. Lady R.
Página 5 - Heav'n will bless so gen'rous a resolve. You must, my noble dame, exert your power . You must awake : devices will be fram'd, And arrows pointed at the breast of Norval. Lady R. Glenalvon's false and crafty head will work Against a rival in his kinsman's love, If I deter him not: I only can. Bold as he is, Glenalvon will beware How he pulls down the fabric that I raise. I'll be the artist of young Norval's fortune.
Página 29 - Glen. Norval, Let not our variance mar the social hour, Nor wrong the hospitality of Randolph. Nor frowning anger, nor yet wrinkled hate, Shall stain my countenance. Smooth thou thy brow : Nor let our strife disturb the gentle dame.
Página 11 - The needy man who has known better days, One whom distress has spited at the world, Is he whom tempting fiends would pitch upon To do such deeds, as make the prosperous men Lift up their hands, and wonder who could do them...
Página 26 - I shall e'er acquire a leader's name, My speech will be less ardent. Novelty Now prompts my tongue, and youthful admiration Vents itself freely ; since no part is mine Of praise pertaining to the great in arms. Glen. You wrong yourself, brave sir; your martial deeds Have rank'd you with the great.
Página 20 - Their valiant leader hails the noble Randolph. Lord R. Mine ancient guest ! Does he the warriors lead ? Has Denmark rous'd the brave old knight to arms?