The Modern British Drama: TragediesWalter Scott William Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... queen , through grief , on her dead sons ex- pired . One child alone survived ; a female infant , Amidst these horrors , in the cradle smiled . Cur . What of that infant ? Post . Stung with sharp remorse , The victor took , and gave her ...
... queen , through grief , on her dead sons ex- pired . One child alone survived ; a female infant , Amidst these horrors , in the cradle smiled . Cur . What of that infant ? Post . Stung with sharp remorse , The victor took , and gave her ...
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... queen And her two murdered sons . She frowned upon me , And pointed at their wounds ! How throbbed my heart ! How shook my couch ! and when the morning came , The formidable picture still subsisted , And slowly vanished from my waking ...
... queen And her two murdered sons . She frowned upon me , And pointed at their wounds ! How throbbed my heart ! How shook my couch ! and when the morning came , The formidable picture still subsisted , And slowly vanished from my waking ...
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... queen . While you deserved , iny passion was sincere : You change , my passion dies . But , pardon , sir , If my vain mind thinks anger is too much ; Take my neglect , I can afford no more . Dem . No ? rage ! flame ! thunder ! give a ...
... queen . While you deserved , iny passion was sincere : You change , my passion dies . But , pardon , sir , If my vain mind thinks anger is too much ; Take my neglect , I can afford no more . Dem . No ? rage ! flame ! thunder ! give a ...
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... queen . [ Exit . Per . When I have worked him up to violence , Bring thou the king , and pity my distress . [ To PERICLES , who goes out . Dem . On what extremes extreme distress com- pels me ! In things impossible I put my trust : I ...
... queen . [ Exit . Per . When I have worked him up to violence , Bring thou the king , and pity my distress . [ To PERICLES , who goes out . Dem . On what extremes extreme distress com- pels me ! In things impossible I put my trust : I ...
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... Queen , Guards , Messengers , Attendants . SCENE , A Room of State in Herod's Palace at Jerusalem , ACT I. The brightest angel , when his hand unsheaths. BY WHEN breathing statues mould'ring waste away , And tombs , unfaithful to their ...
... Queen , Guards , Messengers , Attendants . SCENE , A Room of State in Herod's Palace at Jerusalem , ACT I. The brightest angel , when his hand unsheaths. BY WHEN breathing statues mould'ring waste away , And tombs , unfaithful to their ...
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