Tales of the Drama: Founded on the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Massinger, Shirley, Rowe, Murphy, Lillo, and Moore, and on the Comedies of Steele, Farquhar, Cumberland, Bickerstaff, Goldsmith, and Mrs. CowleyC. Whittingham, 1834 - 424 páginas |
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... manner ; a rope round his neck , as the badge of servility ; kneeling before the throne of the emperor , and pointing out with persuasive meekness the glorious privilege of possessing power without using it , to speak of its being more ...
... manner ; a rope round his neck , as the badge of servility ; kneeling before the throne of the emperor , and pointing out with persuasive meekness the glorious privilege of possessing power without using it , to speak of its being more ...
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... manners became his , not so much from inclination as from habit . He could reason mechanically on the philosophy of ... manner , so requisite as a passport through life . When , therefore , thrown sud- denly upon the gay world , all was ...
... manners became his , not so much from inclination as from habit . He could reason mechanically on the philosophy of ... manner , so requisite as a passport through life . When , therefore , thrown sud- denly upon the gay world , all was ...
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... manners of the age , and rouse him to something like self pos- session ; bid him look thus , or thus , or speak thus , and thus . Poor Duretete would sigh , draw out his pocket glass , and ruefully examining his rueful phis- iognomy ...
... manners of the age , and rouse him to something like self pos- session ; bid him look thus , or thus , or speak thus , and thus . Poor Duretete would sigh , draw out his pocket glass , and ruefully examining his rueful phis- iognomy ...
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... manners , admired by the women , envied by the men , considered constancy as a vulgar virtue ; matrimony as a rude bondage , an insufferable restraint upon his pleasures ; and though not vitiated enough to look upon infidelity as a ...
... manners , admired by the women , envied by the men , considered constancy as a vulgar virtue ; matrimony as a rude bondage , an insufferable restraint upon his pleasures ; and though not vitiated enough to look upon infidelity as a ...
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... manner , disarmed him ; and thinking his " little filberts " would manage him best , he made an excuse to go away , that he might leave them to make the trial . Oriana felt piqued at Mirabel's indifference ; yet trusting it was assumed ...
... manner , disarmed him ; and thinking his " little filberts " would manage him best , he made an excuse to go away , that he might leave them to make the trial . Oriana felt piqued at Mirabel's indifference ; yet trusting it was assumed ...
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Página 155 - What you do, Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms; Pray so ; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Página 225 - God save him;' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home; But dust was thrown upon his sacred head, Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God (for some strong purpose) steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Página 155 - I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, and own No other function.
Página 353 - Th' inferior priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling, begins the sacred rites of Pride. Unnumber'd treasures ope at once, and here The various offerings of the world appear ; From each she nicely culls with curious toil, And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil.
Página 310 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood ; nor cut thou less nor more But just a pound of flesh : if thou tak'st more, Or less, than a just pound — be it but so much As makes it light or heavy in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple — nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate ! Gra.
Página 311 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Página 214 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Página 401 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Página 302 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Página 402 - ... breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was...