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. CowleyCharles Gaylord, 1822 - 426 pages |
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Page 61
... Thou sittest on the memory Serenely mild , like Halcyon on the wave . Calm and unruffled as autumnal skies , When softest zephyr fans the waving leaves , And the wing'd choristers , fluttering from spray To spray , now warble forth ...
... Thou sittest on the memory Serenely mild , like Halcyon on the wave . Calm and unruffled as autumnal skies , When softest zephyr fans the waving leaves , And the wing'd choristers , fluttering from spray To spray , now warble forth ...
Page 64
... thou hast mispoke , misheard ; I have a king's oath to the contrary . Or , if thou teach me to believe this sorrow , Teach thou this sorrow how to make me die ; Lewis marry Blanch ! Oh , boy , then where art thou ? France friend with ...
... thou hast mispoke , misheard ; I have a king's oath to the contrary . Or , if thou teach me to believe this sorrow , Teach thou this sorrow how to make me die ; Lewis marry Blanch ! Oh , boy , then where art thou ? France friend with ...
Page 68
... thou canst report I will be there , The thunder of my cannon shall be heard . *** John was true to his word ; prepared for this de- fiance , he had put himself in readiness , and little now remained to be done but to collect his forces ...
... thou canst report I will be there , The thunder of my cannon shall be heard . *** John was true to his word ; prepared for this de- fiance , he had put himself in readiness , and little now remained to be done but to collect his forces ...
Page 74
... thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue , A cased lion by the mortal paw , A fasting tiger safer by the tooth , Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold . *** Philip still remained undetermined ; Lewis be- came terrified , and ...
... thou mayst hold a serpent by the tongue , A cased lion by the mortal paw , A fasting tiger safer by the tooth , Than keep in peace that hand which thou dost hold . *** Philip still remained undetermined ; Lewis be- came terrified , and ...
Page 81
... thou , who dost Colossus like Bestride the earth ; whose greedy appetite , Like the devouring sea , is never gorged ; Thou fiend ! cased in the human form divine ; That fattenest on destruction ! Ah , no throb Of pity dwells within thy ...
... thou , who dost Colossus like Bestride the earth ; whose greedy appetite , Like the devouring sea , is never gorged ; Thou fiend ! cased in the human form divine ; That fattenest on destruction ! Ah , no throb Of pity dwells within thy ...
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