Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays, Volume 16J. Bell, 1777 |
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... Thou trueft friend that ever ferv'd his prince , 25 . How does thy love to me fhine out confpicuous ! And , as the gen'rous steed when weak with age ,. Starts into rage , and scents the diftant battle ; So you , though prefs'd with ...
... Thou trueft friend that ever ferv'd his prince , 25 . How does thy love to me fhine out confpicuous ! And , as the gen'rous steed when weak with age ,. Starts into rage , and scents the diftant battle ; So you , though prefs'd with ...
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... thou with deep attention mark my words ; prepare ; And where my youth fhall err , with wifdom guide it . Know , when I went to afk the Pythian god What method I fhould take in my revenge , He thus in exprefs terms fpoke his high ...
... thou with deep attention mark my words ; prepare ; And where my youth fhall err , with wifdom guide it . Know , when I went to afk the Pythian god What method I fhould take in my revenge , He thus in exprefs terms fpoke his high ...
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... thou haft undertook : We , Pylades , wil ! hence , time preffes hard ; Time , on whofe friendly call the iffues hang . Of all our mortal actions . Elect . Oh ! my fortune- 75 Sa [ Groaning from within .. Gov. Hark ! fure I heard the ...
... thou haft undertook : We , Pylades , wil ! hence , time preffes hard ; Time , on whofe friendly call the iffues hang . Of all our mortal actions . Elect . Oh ! my fortune- 75 Sa [ Groaning from within .. Gov. Hark ! fure I heard the ...
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... Thou fcorn of Heav'n ! Have none but thou been griev❜d ? Art thou the only one whofe father dy'd ? Be trebly curft , and may th ' infernal pow'rs 295 Never release thee from the woe thou'rt fond of . Such is her language ; -but whene ...
... Thou fcorn of Heav'n ! Have none but thou been griev❜d ? Art thou the only one whofe father dy'd ? Be trebly curft , and may th ' infernal pow'rs 295 Never release thee from the woe thou'rt fond of . Such is her language ; -but whene ...
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... thou up the fuppliant fruits on high ; Which , offer'd to the facred God of Day , Shall free me from the fears which now I bear . 125 [ To her Attendant . Oh , Phoebus ! thou , whofe hallow'd image stands Before this palace , hear my ...
... thou up the fuppliant fruits on high ; Which , offer'd to the facred God of Day , Shall free me from the fears which now I bear . 125 [ To her Attendant . Oh , Phoebus ! thou , whofe hallow'd image stands Before this palace , hear my ...
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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