Cumberland's British Theatre: With Remarks, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5George Daniel, John Cumberland J. Cumberland, 1826 - English drama |
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... sure , ' tis safer to Avoid what's grown , than question how ' tis born . If therefore you dare trust my honesty- That lies inclosed in this trunk , which you Shall bear along impawn'd - away to - night . Be not uncertain ; - For , by ...
... sure , ' tis safer to Avoid what's grown , than question how ' tis born . If therefore you dare trust my honesty- That lies inclosed in this trunk , which you Shall bear along impawn'd - away to - night . Be not uncertain ; - For , by ...
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... sure as this beard's gray ; what will you adventure To save this brat's life ? Ant . Any thing , my lord , That my abilities may undergo , And nobleness impose : at least , thus much- I'll pawn the little blood which I have left , To ...
... sure as this beard's gray ; what will you adventure To save this brat's life ? Ant . Any thing , my lord , That my abilities may undergo , And nobleness impose : at least , thus much- I'll pawn the little blood which I have left , To ...
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... Sure , some scape : though I am not bookish , yet I can read waiting - gentle- woman in the scape . This has been some stair - work , some behind - door work ; they were warmer that got this , than the poor thing is here . I'll take it ...
... Sure , some scape : though I am not bookish , yet I can read waiting - gentle- woman in the scape . This has been some stair - work , some behind - door work ; they were warmer that got this , than the poor thing is here . I'll take it ...
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... sure they are true . Aut . Here's one to a very doleful tune - how a usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money - bags at a burden ; and how she long'd to eat adders ' heads , and toads carbonadoed . Mop . Is it true , think you ...
... sure they are true . Aut . Here's one to a very doleful tune - how a usurer's wife was brought to bed of twenty money - bags at a burden ; and how she long'd to eat adders ' heads , and toads carbonadoed . Mop . Is it true , think you ...
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... sure , When I shall see this gentleman , thy speeches Will bring me to consider that , which may Unfurnish me of reason . They are come . Enter CLEOMENES , FLORIZEL , PERDITA , and ATTENDANTS , R. Most dearly welcome , prince ! And your ...
... sure , When I shall see this gentleman , thy speeches Will bring me to consider that , which may Unfurnish me of reason . They are come . Enter CLEOMENES , FLORIZEL , PERDITA , and ATTENDANTS , R. Most dearly welcome , prince ! And your ...
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Page 49 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 48 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my cause, and be silent, that you may hear. Believe me for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe. Censure me in your wisdom, and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 15 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators save only he Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He only, in a general honest thought And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle, and the elements So mix'd in him that Nature might stand up And say to all the world, 'This was a man!
Page 52 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 51 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 50 - O Father Abbot, An old man, broken with the storms of state, Is come to lay his weary bones among ye ; Give him a little earth for charity...
Page 48 - Dis's waggon! daffodils That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath...
Page 52 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts : I am no orator, as Brutus is ; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man...
Page 48 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Page 30 - I have not slept. Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.