The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ...Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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4. oldal
... most fatal event of the whole play -- but amongst the mistakes of the self- same kind , which Shakspeare , and a number of other dramatists , have introduced in their works , this , by Otway , is far the most natural of any that REMARKS .
... most fatal event of the whole play -- but amongst the mistakes of the self- same kind , which Shakspeare , and a number of other dramatists , have introduced in their works , this , by Otway , is far the most natural of any that REMARKS .
5. oldal
... natural of any that has yet been invented . The author's disappointment , both as a soldier , and a courtier , may be ... nature , may be con- ceived by the following lines in an epilogue to one of his plays ; wherein he treats the ...
... natural of any that has yet been invented . The author's disappointment , both as a soldier , and a courtier , may be ... nature , may be con- ceived by the following lines in an epilogue to one of his plays ; wherein he treats the ...
6. oldal
... nature , however deservedly inflicted - was driven to the lowest haunts of the poor , to shield him from the contempt , to which his necessitous state would have reduced him , from the rich.- Near the close of his days , it is allowed ...
... nature , however deservedly inflicted - was driven to the lowest haunts of the poor , to shield him from the contempt , to which his necessitous state would have reduced him , from the rich.- Near the close of his days , it is allowed ...
11. oldal
... nature obstinate and void of suff'rance ; Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart , Attended on his throne by all his guards Of furious wishes , fears , and nice suspicions . I could not bear a rival in my friendship , I am so much in ...
... nature obstinate and void of suff'rance ; Love reigns a very tyrant in my heart , Attended on his throne by all his guards Of furious wishes , fears , and nice suspicions . I could not bear a rival in my friendship , I am so much in ...
18. oldal
... Nature's riches at my feet ; I'd rather run a savage in the woods , Amongst brute beasts , grow wrinkled and deform❜d , As wildness and most rude neglect could make me , So I might still enjoy my honour safe , From the destroying wiles ...
... Nature's riches at my feet ; I'd rather run a savage in the woods , Amongst brute beasts , grow wrinkled and deform❜d , As wildness and most rude neglect could make me , So I might still enjoy my honour safe , From the destroying wiles ...
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Acast Alon Alonzo arms art thou BEGGAR'S OPERA Belvidera better Bevil blood bosom brother Captain Cast Castalio Cham Chamont Cimb Cimberton CONSCIOUS LOVERS COVENT GARDEN curs'd curse dagger dare daugh dear death Don Carlos DRURY LANE e'er Enter Exeunt Exit eyes false father fear Filch fortune give happy hath hear heart Heaven honour hope Humph husband hussy ISABELLA Jaff Jaffier lady leave Leon Leonora Lockit lord lov'd Lucinda Lucy MACHEATH madam marriage married Monimia Myrt Myrtle ne'er never night pain passion Peach PEACHUM Phil Phillis Pierre Polly Polydore poor Pr'ythee Priuli RENAULT revenge ruin SCENE Seal SEALAND sorrows soul speak sure tears tell thee there's thing THOMAS OTWAY thou art thou hast thought Twas Venice villain virtue wench wife wilt woman wretch wrong'd Zanga
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9. oldal - A sterile fortune, and a barren bed, Attend you both; continual discord make Your days and nights bitter and grievous: still May the hard hand of a vexatious need Oppress, and grind you; till at last you find The curse of disobedience all your portion.
16. oldal - Oh woman, lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ; Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There 's in you all that we believe of Heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
52. oldal - Polly. I have no excuse for my own behaviour, madam, but my misfortunes — and really, madam, I suffer too upon your account. Lucy. But, Miss Polly, in the way of friendship, will you give me leave to propose a glass of cordial to you ? Polly.
20. oldal - Yes, indeed, the sex is frail. But the first time a woman is frail, she should be somewhat nice, methinks, for then or never is the time to make her fortune. After that, she hath nothing to do but to guard herself from being found out, and she may do what she pleases.
59. oldal - That Jemmy Twitcher should peach me, I own surprised me! Tis a plain proof that the world is all alike, and that even our gang can no more trust one another than other people.
52. oldal - Mercy, kind Heaven, has surely endless stores Hoarded for thee of blessings yet untasted ; Let wretches loaded hard with guilt as I am, Bow...
61. oldal - If cold white mortals censure this great deed, Warn them, they judge not of superior beings, Souls made of fire, and children of the sun, With whom Revenge is virtue.
33. oldal - Let us drink and sport to-day, Ours is not to-morrow. Love with youth flies swift away, Age is nought but sorrow. Dance and sing, Time's on the wing, Life never knows the return of spring.
14. oldal - Burn ! First burn, and level Venice to thy ruin. What ! starve like beggars' brats in frosty weather, Under a hedge, and whine ourselves to death...
38. oldal - Should there, my friends, be found amongst us one False to this glorious enterprise, what fate, What vengeance were enough for such a villain ? Eliot. Death here without repentance, hell hereafter.