The Greek tragic theatre: containing Æschylus by dr. Potter, Sophocles by dr. Francklin, and Euripides by M. Wodhull. With a dissertation on ancient tragedy, by T. Francklin, Band 1 |
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... thou , a god , regardless Of the gods ' anger , honouredst mortal man With courtesies , which justice not approves . Therefore the joyless station of this rock Unsleeping , unreclining , shalt thou keep , And many ' a groan , many ' a ...
... thou , a god , regardless Of the gods ' anger , honouredst mortal man With courtesies , which justice not approves . Therefore the joyless station of this rock Unsleeping , unreclining , shalt thou keep , And many ' a groan , many ' a ...
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... thou mayst see them . STRENGTH . Bind them around his hands ; with all thy force Strike , nail them fast , drive ... thou linger ? Still bewail the foes Of Jove ? Take heed lest thou bewail thyself . VULCAN . Thou seest an object ...
... thou mayst see them . STRENGTH . Bind them around his hands ; with all thy force Strike , nail them fast , drive ... thou linger ? Still bewail the foes Of Jove ? Take heed lest thou bewail thyself . VULCAN . Thou seest an object ...
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... thou find to remedy that ill ? PROMETHEUS . I sent blind Hope t'inhabit in their hearts . CHORUS . A blessing hast thou given to mortal man . ( 10 ) We are not informed for what cause Jupiter was so offended with the un- happy race of ...
... thou find to remedy that ill ? PROMETHEUS . I sent blind Hope t'inhabit in their hearts . CHORUS . A blessing hast thou given to mortal man . ( 10 ) We are not informed for what cause Jupiter was so offended with the un- happy race of ...
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... thou no hope ? Dost thou not see that thou hast much offended ? But to point out th ' offence to me were painful , And might sound harsh to thee : forbear we then ; Bethink thee how thy ills may find an end . PROMETHEUS . How easy ...
... thou no hope ? Dost thou not see that thou hast much offended ? But to point out th ' offence to me were painful , And might sound harsh to thee : forbear we then ; Bethink thee how thy ills may find an end . PROMETHEUS . How easy ...
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... thou say thou hast a friend More firm , more constant , than Oceanus . PROMETHEUS . Ah me ! What draws thee hither ? Art thou come Spectator of my toils ? How hast thou ventur'd To leave the ocean waves , from thee so call'd , Thy rock ...
... thou say thou hast a friend More firm , more constant , than Oceanus . PROMETHEUS . Ah me ! What draws thee hither ? Art thou come Spectator of my toils ? How hast thou ventur'd To leave the ocean waves , from thee so call'd , Thy rock ...
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Ægisthus Ægyptus Agamemnon altar antient ANTIGONE ANTISTROPHE Apollo Argive Argos arms Athenians Athens ATOSSA awful behold beneath blood bold breast breathe Brumoy CASSANDRA CHORUS CLYTEMNESTRA DANAUS daring Darius daughter dead death deed deep drama dreadful earth ELECTRA Eschylus ETEOCLES Euripides ev'n ev'ry eyes fall'n fate father fear fierce flames friends Furies genius glory gods grace Grecians Greece Greek grief hallow'd hand hast hath hear heart Heav'n hence HERALD honour horrid impious ISMENE Jove judgement Jupiter justice king lord MINERVA mortal murder night numbers o'er OCEANUS ORESTES Pauw Pelasgia PELASGUS Persian poet pow'r pride PROMETHEUS proud race rage realms reverence roll royal rude ruin sacred says scene seat SEMICHORUS shade shalt shrine solemn song Sophocles sorrows soul speak spear strain STROPHE suppliant theatre thee thou thy words toils tomb tow'rs tragedy vengeance virgin voice whilst woes wretched Xerxes καὶ
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Seite 150 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Seite xxxvii - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale Edged with poplar pale The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn.
Seite 395 - Jupiter, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times.
Seite 37 - By'r lady, your ladyship is nearer to heaven, than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine.
Seite 192 - Chrysa's shores : If e'er with wreaths I hung thy sacred fane, Or fed the flames with fat of oxen slain ; God of the silver bow ! thy shafts employ, Avenge thy servant, and the Greeks destroy." 60 Thus Chryses pray'd : the fav'ring power attends, And from Olympus
Seite 377 - Little conceiving of the wiles of Greece And gods averse, to all the naval leaders Gave his high charge: — "Soon as yon sun shall cease To dart his radiant beams, and dark'ning night Ascends the temple of the sky, arrange In three divisions your well-ordered ships, And guard each pass, each outlet of the seas: Others enring around this rocky isle Of Salamis. Should Greece escape her fate, And work her way by secret flight, your heads Shall answer the neglect.
Seite 234 - I struck him twice, and twice He groan'd ; then died ; a third time as he lay I gored him with a wound ; a grateful present To the stern god, that in the realms below Reigns o'er the dead : there let him take his seat. He lay : and, spouting from his wounds a stream Of blood, brdew'd me with these crimson drops. I glory in them, like the genial earth, When the warm showers of heaven descend, and wake The tiowrets to unfold their vermeil leaves.
Seite xxxiii - Obscure they went through dreary shades, that led Along the waste dominions of the dead. Thus wander travellers in woods by night, By the moon's doubtful and malignant light, When Jove in dusky clouds involves the skies, And the faint crescent shoots by fits before their eyes.
Seite 131 - Clad in these proud habiliments, he stands Close to the river's margin, and with shouts Demands the war, like an impatient steed, That pants upon the foaming curb, and waits With fiery expectation the known signal, Swift at the trumpet's sound to burst away.
Seite xxiii - ... judices, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut voluptas avocarjt aut denique somnus retardant ? Quare quis tandem me reprehendat aut quis mihi jure succenseat, si quantum ceteris ad suas res obeundas...