The Works of Thomas Otway: Friendship in fashion. The history and fall of Caius Marius. The orphan, or, The unhappy marriage. The soldier's fortuneT. Turner, 1813 |
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... Rome experienced during the alternate predominancy of the parties of Marius and Sylla , and the miseries entailed upon the empire by their contentions , were adapted , without difficulty , to the circumstances of the times ; and pointed ...
... Rome experienced during the alternate predominancy of the parties of Marius and Sylla , and the miseries entailed upon the empire by their contentions , were adapted , without difficulty , to the circumstances of the times ; and pointed ...
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... Rome awake , To fix the order of our wayward state , That we may once more know each other ; know Th ' extent of laws , prerogatives , and dues ; The bounds of rules and magistracy ; who Ought first to govern , and who must obey ? It ...
... Rome awake , To fix the order of our wayward state , That we may once more know each other ; know Th ' extent of laws , prerogatives , and dues ; The bounds of rules and magistracy ; who Ought first to govern , and who must obey ? It ...
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... Rome : And yet we boast of liberty . Just gods ! That guardians of an empire should be chosen By the lewd noise of a licentious rout ! The sturdiest drinker makes the ablest statesman , Ant . Would it not anger any true - born Roman ...
... Rome : And yet we boast of liberty . Just gods ! That guardians of an empire should be chosen By the lewd noise of a licentious rout ! The sturdiest drinker makes the ablest statesman , Ant . Would it not anger any true - born Roman ...
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... Rome's better genius spoke . Let us consult and weigh this subject well . O Romans , he's the thorn that galls us all . Our harass'd state is crippled with the weight Of his ambition : we're not safe in Marius . Do I not know his rise ...
... Rome's better genius spoke . Let us consult and weigh this subject well . O Romans , he's the thorn that galls us all . Our harass'd state is crippled with the weight Of his ambition : we're not safe in Marius . Do I not know his rise ...
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... Rome , And there presents it to the sordid rabble ; Who shout to heav'n , and cry , let Marius live ! Met . He shall not have it , by the gods he shall not , There is a Roman , noble , just , and valiant , Sylla's his name , sprung from ...
... Rome , And there presents it to the sordid rabble ; Who shout to heav'n , and cry , let Marius live ! Met . He shall not have it , by the gods he shall not , There is a Roman , noble , just , and valiant , Sylla's his name , sprung from ...
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Acast art thou Beau Beaugard Bloody-B brother Caius Marius Camilla Caper Cast Castalio Cham Chamont Cinna Clum Cour Courtine cuckold dæmon dear devil dost e'er ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes faith father fear fellow fool fortune Fourbin gentleman gods gone Goodvile hang happy hate hear heart heav'n honest honour hope Lady Squ Lady SQUEAMISH ladyship Lavinia Lettice lord madam Malagene Marius Metellus methinks Monimia murder ne'er never night Nurse on't Polydore poor pow'r pr'ythee rogue Rome Romeo and Juliet Saunt Saunter servant Sir Dav Sir DAVY DUNCE Sir Jol sir Jolly sir Noble slave soul Sulp Sulpitius sure swear Sylla Sylv tell thee there's thing thou art thought Truman twas twill Valentine Vict Victoria what's whores wife wilt woman would'st wretched wrong'd
Popular passages
Page 138 - O Romeo, Romeo ! wherefore art thou Romeo ? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Page 140 - My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite.
Page 128 - Of healths five fathom deep ; and then anon Drums in his ear, at which he starts and wakes; And, being thus frighted, swears a prayer or two, And sleeps again.
Page 191 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty : Thou art not conquer'd ; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 162 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale : look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops : I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 138 - Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name; And for that name, which is no part of thee, Take all myself.
Page 254 - I'd leave the world for him that hates a woman. Woman, the fountain of all human frailty ! What mighty ills have not been done by woman ? Who was't betray'd the capitol ? A woman. Who lost Mark Antony the world ? A woman. Who was the cause of a long ten years...
Page 140 - I'll believe thee. Rom. If my heart's dear love Jul. Well, do not swear: although I joy in thee, I have no joy of this contract to-night : It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden ; Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be, Ere one can say — It lightens.
Page 140 - Do not swear at all; Or, if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is the god of my idolatry, And I'll believe thee.
Page 138 - O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds And sails upon the bosom of the air.