Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 16J. Bell, 1777 |
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... fall by the like furprise ! Elect . Oh , gen'rous maids , and worthy your high Kindly you come to foften my diftrefs ; I know you do , to charm me into comfort . But , Oh ! I must be deaf to the inchantment ; Nor ever cease to mourn my ...
... fall by the like furprise ! Elect . Oh , gen'rous maids , and worthy your high Kindly you come to foften my diftrefs ; I know you do , to charm me into comfort . But , Oh ! I must be deaf to the inchantment ; Nor ever cease to mourn my ...
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... fall not into rath offence ; 450 But , e'er it be too late , avoid pollution . And , dearest fifter , let no part of thofe Defign'd oblations touch my father's tomb ; For ' tis not just , to bring his injur'd shade Unhallow'd off'rings ...
... fall not into rath offence ; 450 But , e'er it be too late , avoid pollution . And , dearest fifter , let no part of thofe Defign'd oblations touch my father's tomb ; For ' tis not just , to bring his injur'd shade Unhallow'd off'rings ...
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... fall'n fecure , And had a fare of Agamemnon's tomb ! 35 Now far from home , ftretch'd on a foreign shore You perifh'd- There no fifter was at hand , - To wash thy cold and stiffen❜d limbs , or bear A torch to kindle up thy fun'ral ...
... fall'n fecure , And had a fare of Agamemnon's tomb ! 35 Now far from home , ftretch'd on a foreign shore You perifh'd- There no fifter was at hand , - To wash thy cold and stiffen❜d limbs , or bear A torch to kindle up thy fun'ral ...
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... fall'n ? Oreft . Do you but now begin to apprehend You've parly'd with the man , imagin'd dead ? Egyft . Alas ! I understand the vaunting fpeech , And fear Oreftes spoke it . Oreft , Boaft thy felf No more a prophet , who fo long haft ...
... fall'n ? Oreft . Do you but now begin to apprehend You've parly'd with the man , imagin'd dead ? Egyft . Alas ! I understand the vaunting fpeech , And fear Oreftes spoke it . Oreft , Boaft thy felf No more a prophet , who fo long haft ...
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... fall , broke his neck . Oenomaus expiring , conjured Pelops to revenge his death ; who afterwards , when Myrtilus demanded the reward of his treachery , threw him from a rock into the fea , which from his name was called the Myrtoan sea ...
... fall , broke his neck . Oenomaus expiring , conjured Pelops to revenge his death ; who afterwards , when Myrtilus demanded the reward of his treachery , threw him from a rock into the fea , which from his name was called the Myrtoan sea ...
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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