 | William Congreve - 1753 - 82 pages
...arofe ; For thee'I've been ambitious, bafe, and bloody ^ For thee I've plung'd into this fea of fin ; Stemming the tide with only one weak hand, While t'other bore the crown, (to wreath thy brow) Whofe weight has funk me e'er I reach'd the flioar. Gar. Fatal ambition ! hark ! the... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1762 - 464 pages
...For thee I've been ambitious, bafe and bloody ; For thee I've plung'd into this fea of fin ; , ; \~ Stemming the tide with only one weak hand, ,,-. ,,)..."While t'other bore the crown, (to wreathe thy brow), "Whofe weight has funk me ere I reach'd the fhore. Mourning Bride, aff 5. fc. 6. j ; . .'....•-.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1765 - 578 pages
...arofe. For thee I've been ambitious, bafe and bloody : For thee I've plung'd into this fea of fin ; Stemming the tide with only one weak hand, While t'other bore the crown, (to wreathe thy brow), Whofe weight has funk me ere I reach'd the fhore. Mourning Bride, a£l 5. fc . 6. The finefl picture... | |
 | William Congreve - 1774 - 438 pages
...from the blind Dotage Of a Father's Fondnefs thefe Ills arofe ; For thee I've been ambitious, bafe, and bloody : For thee I've plung'd into this Sea of...only one weak Hand, While t'other bore the Crown (to wreath thy Brow) Whofe Weight has funk me ere I reach'd the Shore. VOL. II. D Gar. . Gar. Fatal Ambition... | |
 | William Jones - English drama - 1795 - 446 pages
...I've been ambitious, bafe, and bloody : Forthee I've plung'd into this fea of fin ; . . 'iStemming the tide with only one weak hand, While t'other bore the crown (to wreathe thy browj Whofe weight has funk me, ere I reach'd the fhore. Gar. Fatal ambttion ! Hark ! the foe is enter'd:... | |
 | English drama - 1804 - 516 pages
...this to rip up my own bowels, And bathe it to the hilt, in far less damnable Seff-murder. Gons. Oh, my son ! from the blind dotage Of a father's fondness...I've been ambitious, base, and bloody : For thee I've plunged into this sea of sin ; Stemming the tide with only one weak hand, While the other bore the... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...this to rip up my own bowels, And bathe it to the hilt, in far less damnable Self-murder. Gons. Oh, my son ! from the blind dotage Of a father's fondness these ills arose. For thce I've been ambitious, base, and bloody : For thee I've plunged into this sea of sin ; Stemming... | |
 | English drama - 1811 - 718 pages
...And bathe it to the hilt, in far less damnai' Self-murder. Cons. Oh, my son ! from the bliad ¿-JOf a father's fondness these ills arose. For thee I've been ambitious, base, and '' ' For thee I've plunged into this sea ut"*:"-, Stemming the tide with only one и eat to1While the... | |
 | British drama - 1811 - 712 pages
...bathe it to the hilt, in far less damuablt Self-murder. Gons. Oh, my son ! from the blind dot»LOf a father's fondness these ills arose. For thee I've been ambitious, base, and bkw¡' For thee I've plunged into this sea of sin ; Stemming the tide with only one weak ham!. While... | |
 | Thomas Dibdin - English drama - 1815 - 450 pages
...what? alone this murder with a greater! The horror of that thought has damp'd my rage. Gora. O, my son! from the blind dotage Of a father's fondness...I've been ambitious, base, and bloody ; For thee I've plungM into this sea of sin; Stemming the tide with only one weak hand, While t'other bore the crown... | |
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O my son ! from the blind dotage Of a father's fondness these ills arose; For thee I've been ambitious, base, and bloody: For thee I've... 
