British Theatre, Volume 11J. Bell, 1791 - English drama |
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... give his beauties to the public eye : His the pure essence , ours the grosser mean Thro ' which his spirit is in aćtion seen . Observe the force , observe the flame divine That glows , breathes , acts , in each harmonious line . Great ...
... give his beauties to the public eye : His the pure essence , ours the grosser mean Thro ' which his spirit is in aćtion seen . Observe the force , observe the flame divine That glows , breathes , acts , in each harmonious line . Great ...
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... gives , " After this mortal change , to her true servants " Amongst the enthron'd gods on sainted seats . " Yet some there are that by due steps aspire " To lay their just hands on that golden key " That opes the palace of Eternity ...
... gives , " After this mortal change , to her true servants " Amongst the enthron'd gods on sainted seats . " Yet some there are that by due steps aspire " To lay their just hands on that golden key " That opes the palace of Eternity ...
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... gives them leave to wear their sapphire crowns , " And wield their little tridents ; but this isle , " The greatest and the best of all the main , " He quarters to his blue - hair'd deities ; " And all this track that fronts the falling ...
... gives them leave to wear their sapphire crowns , " And wield their little tridents ; but this isle , " The greatest and the best of all the main , " He quarters to his blue - hair'd deities ; " And all this track that fronts the falling ...
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... give him safe convoy , " As now I do ; and opportune thou com'st " To share an office which thy nature loves . " This be our task ; but first I must put off " These my sky robes spun out of Iris ' woof , " And take the weeds and ...
... give him safe convoy , " As now I do ; and opportune thou com'st " To share an office which thy nature loves . " This be our task ; but first I must put off " These my sky robes spun out of Iris ' woof , " And take the weeds and ...
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... give it false presentments , lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment , And put the damsel to suspicious flight ; Which must not be , for that's against my course . I , under fair pretence of friendly ends , And well ...
... give it false presentments , lest the place And my quaint habits breed astonishment , And put the damsel to suspicious flight ; Which must not be , for that's against my course . I , under fair pretence of friendly ends , And 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...