Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 16J. Bell, 1777 |
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... Some Phocian men , appointed to the task , Strait burnt his body , and have brought , inurn'd , His duft , the poor remains of all his greatness , To find a tomb in his paternal foil . Such was his death ; how terrible to hear ! But ...
... Some Phocian men , appointed to the task , Strait burnt his body , and have brought , inurn'd , His duft , the poor remains of all his greatness , To find a tomb in his paternal foil . Such was his death ; how terrible to hear ! But ...
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... Some friend has plac'd them there , the monuments Of dead Oreftes ' love .. Chry . · Deceitful joy ! Lhafted , ravifh'd with the ftrong delight , Nor dreamt of this difaftrous turn of fate .. But now too well I find our former ills 655 ...
... Some friend has plac'd them there , the monuments Of dead Oreftes ' love .. Chry . · Deceitful joy ! Lhafted , ravifh'd with the ftrong delight , Nor dreamt of this difaftrous turn of fate .. But now too well I find our former ills 655 ...
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... inform the royal houfe , Some Phocian men have bufinefs with Egyfthus ? 5 Elect . Oh , heav'ns ! are these the meffengers of fate , Who bring the proofs of the report we heard ? Oreft Oreft . I know not what you heard ; but 34 ELECTR A.
... inform the royal houfe , Some Phocian men have bufinefs with Egyfthus ? 5 Elect . Oh , heav'ns ! are these the meffengers of fate , Who bring the proofs of the report we heard ? Oreft Oreft . I know not what you heard ; but 34 ELECTR A.
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... Some , who favour Sophocles's opinion , will have her derive her name from her fingle ftate , quafi aλéulgar , i . e . fine Thalamo . Ælian in his Various Hi- ftory informs us , that Xanthus , the Lyrick poet , fays her first name was ...
... Some , who favour Sophocles's opinion , will have her derive her name from her fingle ftate , quafi aλéulgar , i . e . fine Thalamo . Ælian in his Various Hi- ftory informs us , that Xanthus , the Lyrick poet , fays her first name was ...
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... Some people , whofe judgment I ought to have a deference for , have told me , that they wished I had given the latter part of the ftory quite another turn ; that Ar- taxerxes and Ameftris ought to have been preserved , and made happy in ...
... Some people , whofe judgment I ought to have a deference for , have told me , that they wished I had given the latter part of the ftory quite another turn ; that Ar- taxerxes and Ameftris ought to have been preserved , and made happy in ...
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Afide Ameftris Archbishop of Sens arms art thou Arta Artaban Artaxerxes behold blefs blood bofom breaſt Bufiris caufe cauſe Chry Clytemnestra curfe death doft thou dreadful Elect Electra Enter Eurydice ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes facred fafe fame fate father fave fcorn fear fhall fhame fhould fighs fight fince flave fome forrow foul fpeak ftand ftill fuch fure fword glory gods guilt hear heart Heav'n honour hope horror juft King Leon Leonidas loft Lord Mand Mandane Medon Memnon Mirza moft moſt muft muſt Myron myſelf numbers o'er Oreft paffion Periander Pheron Phocis pity pleaſure pow'r prefent Prince Procles Pythian games Queen rage reafon revenge Ribemont rife ſhall Sophocles ſpeak ſtate ſtill Syph tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand thro tyrant vengeance whofe woes wretched