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Page 132
... Mahomet may dance . Hard is his lot that , here by fortune plac'd , Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play , And chase the new - blown bubbles of the day . Ah ! let not censure term our fate ...
... Mahomet may dance . Hard is his lot that , here by fortune plac'd , Must watch the wild vicissitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice must play , And chase the new - blown bubbles of the day . Ah ! let not censure term our fate ...
Page 135
... Mahomet the great , first emperor of the Turks , is the hinge , on which the fable is made to move . The substance of the story is shortly this : -In 1453 , Mahomet laid siege to Constantinople , and , having reduced the place , became ...
... Mahomet the great , first emperor of the Turks , is the hinge , on which the fable is made to move . The substance of the story is shortly this : -In 1453 , Mahomet laid siege to Constantinople , and , having reduced the place , became ...
Page 140
... , the suppliant strain , With merit needless , and without it vain . In reason , nature , truth , he dares to trust : Ye fops , be silent : and , ye wits , be just ! PERSONS OF THE DRAMA MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , MUSTAPHA 140 PROLOGUE.
... , the suppliant strain , With merit needless , and without it vain . In reason , nature , truth , he dares to trust : Ye fops , be silent : and , ye wits , be just ! PERSONS OF THE DRAMA MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , MUSTAPHA 140 PROLOGUE.
Page 141
Samuel Johnson. PERSONS OF THE DRAMA MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , MUSTAPHA , MEN Emperour of the Turks , First vizier , A Turkish aga , Mr. BARRY . Mr. BERRY . Mr. SOWDEN . Mr. HAVARD . ABDALLA , HASAN , An officer , Mr. USHER , Turkish ...
Samuel Johnson. PERSONS OF THE DRAMA MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , MUSTAPHA , MEN Emperour of the Turks , First vizier , A Turkish aga , Mr. BARRY . Mr. BERRY . Mr. SOWDEN . Mr. HAVARD . ABDALLA , HASAN , An officer , Mr. USHER , Turkish ...
Page 151
... Mahomet's unskilful hand . This fir'd the youthful king's ambitious breast : He murmurs vengeance , at the name of Cali , And dooms my rash fidelity to ruin . DEMETRIUS Unhappy lot of all that shine in courts , For forc'd compliance ...
... Mahomet's unskilful hand . This fir'd the youthful king's ambitious breast : He murmurs vengeance , at the name of Cali , And dooms my rash fidelity to ruin . DEMETRIUS Unhappy lot of all that shine in courts , For forc'd compliance ...
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ABDALLA adesse ASPASIA bassa beauty Behold boast bosom breast CALI CARAZA charms crimes crowds death delight DEMETRIUS doom dread ev'ry eyes fair fame fatal fate fear foes folly gen'ral gen'rous Greece Greek guilt Hæc happy HASAN hear heart heav'n honour hope hour Idler IRENE Irene's Johnson joys justice kings labour LEONTIUS live MAHOMET maid mankind ment mihi millia mind MURZA musick MUSTAPHA nature never night nunc o'er once palace passion pater peace pleasure pow'r praise pride publick quæ quam Quid quod rage rapture reason SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL SATURDAY SCENE scorn semper shades shine sibi sighs Sir Joshua Reynolds slaves smile soul square miles Stella STRETHAM sultan sword tell terrours thee thine Thomas Warton thou thought tibi tion toil tongue truth Turkish tyrant virtue vitæ voice wealth wish woes