Bell's British Theatre: Consisting of the Most Esteemed English PlaysJ. Bell; & C. Etherington, 1776 - English drama |
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... tear with ceaseless pangs my tortur'd foul ? Words are unequal to the woes I feel , And language leffens what my heart endures . Paffion repuls'd with fcorn , and proud difdain , Recoils indignant on my fhrinking foul , Beats back my ...
... tear with ceaseless pangs my tortur'd foul ? Words are unequal to the woes I feel , And language leffens what my heart endures . Paffion repuls'd with fcorn , and proud difdain , Recoils indignant on my fhrinking foul , Beats back my ...
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... tear th ' applauded wreath from Effex ' brow ; His honeft laurel , held aloft by fame , • Above thy blasting reach , shall safely flourish , ' Shall bloom immortal to the latest times : Whilft thou , amidst thy tangling fnares involv❜d ...
... tear th ' applauded wreath from Effex ' brow ; His honeft laurel , held aloft by fame , • Above thy blasting reach , shall safely flourish , ' Shall bloom immortal to the latest times : Whilft thou , amidst thy tangling fnares involv❜d ...
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... tear my trophies from their pillar'd bafe , Eclipfe my glory and difgrace my deeds ? 2. This ardent language , and this glow of soul , Were nobly graceful in a better caufe ; Where virtue warrants , and where truth infpires : But injur ...
... tear my trophies from their pillar'd bafe , Eclipfe my glory and difgrace my deeds ? 2. This ardent language , and this glow of soul , Were nobly graceful in a better caufe ; Where virtue warrants , and where truth infpires : But injur ...
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... tears Would needs inform thee of their wicked fchemes . ' I dreaded Cecil's malice , and my heart , Longing to fee thee , with impatience listen'd To its own alarms ; and prudence funk beneath The force of love . Effex . Forbear , my ...
... tears Would needs inform thee of their wicked fchemes . ' I dreaded Cecil's malice , and my heart , Longing to fee thee , with impatience listen'd To its own alarms ; and prudence funk beneath The force of love . Effex . Forbear , my ...
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... tear my erring heart , with these Revenging hands ! -What bleffings have I loft ! What clemency abus'd ! -Now could I wifh For lengthen'd life , -indeed for endless years . A whole eternity's too fhort , to fhew My pious forrows , and ...
... tear my erring heart , with these Revenging hands ! -What bleffings have I loft ! What clemency abus'd ! -Now could I wifh For lengthen'd life , -indeed for endless years . A whole eternity's too fhort , to fhew My pious forrows , and ...
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