British Theatre, Volume 11J. Bell, 1791 - English drama |
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... beauty as enabled him to bear the evils of blindness and adversity , soothed by the nightly harmonies of heaven , and sustained un- faulteringly by the holy fervour of inspired POESY . COMUS . THI'S beautiful MASK has given rise to much ...
... beauty as enabled him to bear the evils of blindness and adversity , soothed by the nightly harmonies of heaven , and sustained un- faulteringly by the holy fervour of inspired POESY . COMUS . THI'S beautiful MASK has given rise to much ...
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... the SECOND - Dr . JOHNSON has hinted at the ridiculous expedient to celebrate the beauty of Phi- losophy , and the sanctity of Virginity , in the disputation of the Brothers overtaken by night ; and by darkness COMUS. ...
... the SECOND - Dr . JOHNSON has hinted at the ridiculous expedient to celebrate the beauty of Phi- losophy , and the sanctity of Virginity , in the disputation of the Brothers overtaken by night ; and by darkness COMUS. ...
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... beauty to delude the sight . S. Spi . " Lose they the mem'ry of their former state ? F. Spi . " No , they ( so perfect is their misery ) " Not once perceive their foul disfigurement , " But boast themselves more comely than before ...
... beauty to delude the sight . S. Spi . " Lose they the mem'ry of their former state ? F. Spi . " No , they ( so perfect is their misery ) " Not once perceive their foul disfigurement , " But boast themselves more comely than before ...
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... beauty can give ; The bowl's frolick joys let him teach her to prove , And she in return yield the raptures of love . 391 Without love and wine , wit and beauty are vain , All grandeur insipid , and riches a pain , The most splendid ...
... beauty can give ; The bowl's frolick joys let him teach her to prove , And she in return yield the raptures of love . 391 Without love and wine , wit and beauty are vain , All grandeur insipid , and riches a pain , The most splendid ...
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... Beauty , like the fair Hesperian tree " Laden with blooming gold , had need the guard " Of dragon watch with unenchanted eye , " To save her blossoms , and defend her fruit " From the rash hand of bold Incontinence . " You may as well ...
... Beauty , like the fair Hesperian tree " Laden with blooming gold , had need the guard " Of dragon watch with unenchanted eye , " To save her blossoms , and defend her fruit " From the rash hand of bold Incontinence . " You may as well ...
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affair Bacchanals beauty believe better bless bliss brother charms Clar CLARISSA Colonel OLDBOY Comus dare daugh daughter dear Dian DIANA Dibdin ev'ry FANNY farmer father favour fear fellow Flowerdale's fortune gentleman Giles gipsies girl give happy Harman hear heart Heaven hither honour hope ISAAC BICKERSTAFF Jenny JESSAMY joys justice of peace LADY SYCAMORE Lion Lionel live look Lord AIMWORTH Lord Harry lordship Madam marriage marry Master Fairfield master Jenkins MERVIN mind Miss Naiads never night nymph Oldboy's papa Patty pleasure poor pow'r pray Ralph SCENE XII servant shew Sir Harry Sir John Flowerdale SONG soul speak Spirit sure sweet talk tell thee THEODOSIA there's thing thou thought thro told vex'd vext virtue what's wish word young lady youth Zounds
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Page 47 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 48 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 17 - But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger...
Page 31 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 60 - Yet should I try, the uncontrolled worth Of this pure cause would kindle my rapt spirits To such a flame of sacred vehemence...
Page 23 - My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 48 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come,- and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 56 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Page 34 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...