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Page 14
... once , And throwing all himself into her bosom , There softly sighed- Oh , night of ecstacy ! When shall we meet again ? -Don Carlos , then , Led Leonora forth . Alon . Oh , oh my heart ! [ He sinks into a chair . Zan . Groan on , and ...
... once , And throwing all himself into her bosom , There softly sighed- Oh , night of ecstacy ! When shall we meet again ? -Don Carlos , then , Led Leonora forth . Alon . Oh , oh my heart ! [ He sinks into a chair . Zan . Groan on , and ...
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... once is blasted . That dagger , found , will cause her to enquire ; Enquiry will discover all ; my hopes Of vengeance perish ; I myself am lost Curse on the coward's heart ! wither his hand , Which held the steel in vain ! What can be ...
... once is blasted . That dagger , found , will cause her to enquire ; Enquiry will discover all ; my hopes Of vengeance perish ; I myself am lost Curse on the coward's heart ! wither his hand , Which held the steel in vain ! What can be ...
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... once Rome's good ally , The king of Thrace ! Why is she not restored ? For our next meeting you'll provide an answer ; What now has past , for his sake we forgive . [ Pointing to Demetrius . But mark this well : there lies some little ...
... once Rome's good ally , The king of Thrace ! Why is she not restored ? For our next meeting you'll provide an answer ; What now has past , for his sake we forgive . [ Pointing to Demetrius . But mark this well : there lies some little ...
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... once fixed , he'll settle on the winner , And swear his prayers drew down the victory- But what success had you , sir , with your bro- ther ? Per . All , all my hopes are at the point of death ! The boy triumphant keeps his hold in love ...
... once fixed , he'll settle on the winner , And swear his prayers drew down the victory- But what success had you , sir , with your bro- ther ? Per . All , all my hopes are at the point of death ! The boy triumphant keeps his hold in love ...
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... once a bride and queen . [ Exit . Per . When I have worked him up to violence , Bring thou the king , and pity my distress . [ To PERICLES , who goes out . Dem . On what extremes extreme distress com- pels me ! In things impossible I ...
... once a bride and queen . [ Exit . Per . When I have worked him up to violence , Bring thou the king , and pity my distress . [ To PERICLES , who goes out . Dem . On what extremes extreme distress com- pels me ! In things impossible I ...
Common terms and phrases
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Popular passages
Page 566 - I do not think my sister so to seek, Or so unprincipled in virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight.
Page 570 - 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 564 - 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 563 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole ; Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 569 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 570 - 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 574 - Hours Thither all their bounties bring. There eternal Summer dwells, And west winds with musky wing About the cedarn alleys fling Nard and cassia's balmy smells.
Page 565 - Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots ; Their port was more than human, as they stood : I took it for a faery vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 572 - 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 565 - And yet is most pretended : in a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I cannot be, that I should fear to change it. Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportioned strength ! Shepherd, lead on.