The Modern Standard Drama: Bulwer-LyttonEpes Sargent W. Taylor, 1848 - English drama |
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... Wife . 3. The Lady of Lyons . 4. Richelieu ; or , the Conspiracy . 5. The Wife ; a Tale of Mantua 6. The Honey - Moon . 7. The School for Scandal . 8. Money . With a Portrait and Memoir of MRS . A. C. NOWATT . 4. The Stranger . 10 ...
... Wife . 3. The Lady of Lyons . 4. Richelieu ; or , the Conspiracy . 5. The Wife ; a Tale of Mantua 6. The Honey - Moon . 7. The School for Scandal . 8. Money . With a Portrait and Memoir of MRS . A. C. NOWATT . 4. The Stranger . 10 ...
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Epes Sargent. ERN STANDARD DRAMA . CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES . or the Italian Wife . ady of Lyons . ie VOL . I. 5. The Wife ; a Tale of Mantua . 6. The Honey - Moon . 7. The School for Scandal . 8. Money . a Portrait and Memoir of MRS ...
Epes Sargent. ERN STANDARD DRAMA . CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES . or the Italian Wife . ady of Lyons . ie VOL . I. 5. The Wife ; a Tale of Mantua . 6. The Honey - Moon . 7. The School for Scandal . 8. Money . a Portrait and Memoir of MRS ...
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... and subdue your hearts- this , her simple suit , by me she sends-- British justice ! -Yet - as British friends ! 6 Pescara .. Hemeya .. Malec .. Hamet .. Haley . CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES VOL I The Wife; a Tale of Mantua.
... and subdue your hearts- this , her simple suit , by me she sends-- British justice ! -Yet - as British friends ! 6 Pescara .. Hemeya .. Malec .. Hamet .. Haley . CONTENTS OF THE VOLUMES VOL I The Wife; a Tale of Mantua.
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... wife ! my joy ! - [ Crosses to 1 . isite perfection ! -thou fair creature ! shall part us ? As he embraces her , PESCARA enters , L. -speak , Count Alvarez . I behold ? -don't look upon me never had beheld my face . cara - you have not ...
... wife ! my joy ! - [ Crosses to 1 . isite perfection ! -thou fair creature ! shall part us ? As he embraces her , PESCARA enters , L. -speak , Count Alvarez . I behold ? -don't look upon me never had beheld my face . cara - you have not ...
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... wife ! - . Your wife ! Ay , madam ! is there thunder in the sound ? - . You do not mean it ! no , you do not ask it ! annot think it ! - I am resolved upon it . mean these shuddering looks , these trembling hands , heav'n - turned eyes ...
... wife ! - . Your wife ! Ay , madam ! is there thunder in the sound ? - . You do not mean it ! no , you do not ask it ! annot think it ! - I am resolved upon it . mean these shuddering looks , these trembling hands , heav'n - turned eyes ...
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Popular passages
Page 19 - And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own. Well then, it now appears you need my help : Go to, then ; you come to me, and you say, 'Shylock, we would have moneys...
Page 19 - Signior Antonio, many a time and oft In the Rialto you have rated* me About my moneys and my usances :* Still have I borne it with a patient shrug; For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe. You call me misbeliever, cut-throat, dog, And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine, And all for use of that which is mine own.
Page 17 - I hate him for he is a Christian ; But more for that in low simplicity He lends out money gratis, and brings down The rate of usance here with us in Venice. If I can catch him once upon the hip, I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.
Page 50 - The quality of mercy is not strained ; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 19 - O, Sir, I will not be so hard-hearted ; I will give out divers schedules of my beauty: It shall be inventoried; and every particle, and utensil...
Page 53 - Tarry a little; there is something else. This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood; The words expressly are "a pound of flesh:" Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh: But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 50 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway ; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself ; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Shall see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 50 - And I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority: To do a great right, do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will.
Page 46 - What, are you answered yet? Some men there are love not a gaping pig; Some, that are mad if they behold a cat; And others, when the bagpipe sings i...
Page 9 - If music be the food of love, play on ; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.