Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 16J. Bell, 1777 |
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... fields of Argos . Cho . With greater confidence I then shall speak ; Nor fear to afk the things I long to know . Elect . Secure from danger , afk me what you please . Cho . Then tell me of Oreftes , will he come ? Or is there still a ...
... fields of Argos . Cho . With greater confidence I then shall speak ; Nor fear to afk the things I long to know . Elect . Secure from danger , afk me what you please . Cho . Then tell me of Oreftes , will he come ? Or is there still a ...
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... fields to do facrifice , and make a rural ban- quet . Ver . 18. Murdered your fifier . ] This confirms what I have observed on the first act , that Iphianaffa could not be intended for Iphigenia by Sophocles , whom he fa often in ...
... fields to do facrifice , and make a rural ban- quet . Ver . 18. Murdered your fifier . ] This confirms what I have observed on the first act , that Iphianaffa could not be intended for Iphigenia by Sophocles , whom he fa often in ...
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... warriors , To fall beneath a base affaffin's ftab , Whom all the thirsty inftruments of death Had in the field of battle fought in vain . Mem . Mem . In fight of heaven and of the equal 28 THE AMBITIOUS STEP - MOTHER .
... warriors , To fall beneath a base affaffin's ftab , Whom all the thirsty inftruments of death Had in the field of battle fought in vain . Mem . Mem . In fight of heaven and of the equal 28 THE AMBITIOUS STEP - MOTHER .
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... fields of battle won ; ' Till one fine project of the ftatefman's brain , • Bereaves him of the fpoils his arms did gain , And renders all his boafted prowess vain . ' END of the SECOND ACT . } [ Exeunt . ACT III . SCENE , A Garden ...
... fields of battle won ; ' Till one fine project of the ftatefman's brain , • Bereaves him of the fpoils his arms did gain , And renders all his boafted prowess vain . ' END of the SECOND ACT . } [ Exeunt . ACT III . SCENE , A Garden ...
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... fields and flow'ry meadows on the ocean , Till leaping in , the wretch is loft for ever . Bel . Try but the common remedies of love , • And let a fecond flame expel the first . Cle . Impoffible as well thou may'st imagine , When thou ...
... fields and flow'ry meadows on the ocean , Till leaping in , the wretch is loft for ever . Bel . Try but the common remedies of love , • And let a fecond flame expel the first . Cle . Impoffible as well thou may'st imagine , When thou ...
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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