THE WORKS OF THOMAS OTWAY, CONSISTING OF HIS PLAYS, POEMS AND LETTERS WITH A SKETCH OF HIS LIFE, IN TWO VOLUMES - VOL.II (YEAR 1812)1812 |
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... Belvidera , a Senator . Antonio , a fine Speaker in the Senate . Bedamar , the Spanish Ambassador . Jaffeir , Pierre ... Belvidera . Aquilina . Two Women , Attendants on Belvidera . Two Women , Servants to Aquilina . VENICE PRESERVED ...
... Belvidera , a Senator . Antonio , a fine Speaker in the Senate . Bedamar , the Spanish Ambassador . Jaffeir , Pierre ... Belvidera . Aquilina . Two Women , Attendants on Belvidera . Two Women , Servants to Aquilina . VENICE PRESERVED ...
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... Belvidera ! you Jaf . ' Tis to me you owe her ; Childless had been else , and in the grave ; Your name extinct , no more Priuli heard of . You may remember , scarce five years are past , Since , in your brigantine , you sail'd to see ...
... Belvidera ! you Jaf . ' Tis to me you owe her ; Childless had been else , and in the grave ; Your name extinct , no more Priuli heard of . You may remember , scarce five years are past , Since , in your brigantine , you sail'd to see ...
Page 323
... my soul Is fond of Belvidera : you perceive My life feeds on her , therefore thus you treat me ! Oh ! could my soul have ever known satiety ; Y 2 SCENE 1. ] A PLOT DISCOVERED . 323 Pri. You stole her from me; like a ...
... my soul Is fond of Belvidera : you perceive My life feeds on her , therefore thus you treat me ! Oh ! could my soul have ever known satiety ; Y 2 SCENE 1. ] A PLOT DISCOVERED . 323 Pri. You stole her from me; like a ...
Page 324
... Belvidera like your daughter , The daughter of a senator of Venice ; Distinction , place , attendance , and observance , Due to her birth , she always has commanded ; Out of my little fortune I've done this ; Because ( though hopeless e ...
... Belvidera like your daughter , The daughter of a senator of Venice ; Distinction , place , attendance , and observance , Due to her birth , she always has commanded ; Out of my little fortune I've done this ; Because ( though hopeless e ...
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... Belvidera ! Oh ! she is my wife- And we will bear our wayward fate together , But ne'er know comfort more . Pierre . Enter PIERRE . My friend , good - morrow ! How fares the honest partner of my heart ? What , melancholy ? not a word to ...
... Belvidera ! Oh ! she is my wife- And we will bear our wayward fate together , But ne'er know comfort more . Pierre . Enter PIERRE . My friend , good - morrow ! How fares the honest partner of my heart ? What , melancholy ? not a word to ...
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Acas arms art thou Atheist Beau Beaugard Belvidera bless brother Caius Mar CAIUS MARIUS Castalio Cham Chamont Cinna Cour Courtine curs'd curse dæmon dagger Dare Daredevil dear dost e'er Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false fate Father fear fool fortune give Gods Gratian happy hate hear heart Heaven honest honour hope Jaffeir kiss lady Lavinia Lictors live look lord lov'd madam Maid married Metel Metellus Methinks Monimia Nacky ne'er never night Nurse o'er on't peace Pierre pity Polydore poor Porcia pr'ythee rogue Rome senate shew slave sorrows soul speak Sulpitius sure swear sword Sylla tears tell thee Theo THEODORET there's thing thou art thou hast thou wilt thou'rt thought Twas twill us'd villain virtue what's wife wilt thou wretch wrong'd
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Page 320 - Ohy woman! lovely woman! nature made thee .To temper man : we had been brutes without you. Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of Heaven, Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 256 - Romeo: and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night And pay no worship to the garish sun.
Page 295 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 240 - My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Page 240 - I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens.
Page 238 - Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
Page 264 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale : look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east: Night's candles are burnt out...
Page 318 - The bitterness her tender spirit tastes of, I own myself a coward: bear my weakness, If throwing thus my arms about thy neck, I play the boy, and blubber in thy bosom. Oh! I shall drown thee with my sorrows! Pierr. Burn ! First burn, and level Venice to thy ruin. What! starve like beggars' brats in frosty weather, Under a hedge, and whine ourselves to death!
Page 279 - Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life: I'll call them back again to comfort me.
Page 323 - That's my wish too: For then, my Pierre, I might have cause with pleasure To play the hypocrite. Oh! how I could weep Over the dying dotard, and kiss him too, In hopes to smother him quite; then, when the time Was come to pay my sorrows at his funeral, For he has already made me heir to treasures, Would make me out-act a real...