Fatal curiosity, a tragedy. Marina, a play. Elmerick; or, Justice triumphant, a tragedy. Britannia and Batavia, a masque. Arden of Feversham, a tragedyW. Lowndes, 1810 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alic Alicia Arden art thou Batavia Bath BATHORI Bawd bear Belus betray'd blood Bolt bosom Brad Britannia Buda Char Charlot Conr Conrade dare death despair dost thou dreadful e'er Elmerick Enter Ephesus Eust ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes fair fame fatal fate fear Feversham Frank Franklin give Gods grief guilt hand happy hear heart Heav'n honest honour hope Hungary isle of Sheppey Ismena Ithuriel justice King Leon Lillo live lord lost lov'd Lysimachus Madam Marina Matilda Michael Moravia Mosby murder ne'er never o'er Olmutz pain passion peace Penryn Pericles pity poison'd pow'r pray Prince Prince of Tyre Queen rage Rand royal ruin SCENE scorn Shake shame sorrow soul speak tears Thaisa Tharsus thee thou hast thought Vald vengeance villain virtue weep Wilm Wilmot woes wretch wrong'd Zenomira
Pasajes populares
Página 92 - Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread, But as the marigold at the sun's eye ; And in themselves their pride lies buried, For, at a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories once foil'd, Is from the book of honour razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd : Then happy I, that love and am beloved, Where I may not remove, nor be removed.
Página 98 - Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir; Give me a gash, put me to present pain; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me, O'erbear the shores of my mortality, And drown me with their sweetness.
Página 15 - The frequent instances of others' woe, Must give a gen'rous mind a world of pain. But you forget you promised me to sing. Though cheerfulness and I have long been strangers, Harmonious sounds are still delightful to me.
Página 19 - I had, the night last past, repeated twice, A strange and awful dream : I would not yield To fearful superstition, nor despise The admonition of a friendly power That wish'd my good.
Página 40 - Plenty, content, and pow'r, might take their turn, And lofty pride bare its aspiring head At our approach, and once more bend before us.
Página 37 - Bat she, perhaps, hath purposed to enrich You with herself, and end her fruitless sorrow For one whom death alone can justify For leaving her so long. If it be so, May you repair his loss, and be to Charlotte A second, happier Wilmot. Partial nature, Who only favours youth, as feeble age Were not her offspring or below her care, Has seal'd our doom : no second hope shall spring From my dead loins, and Agnes' steril womb, To dry our tears, and dissipate despair.
Página 43 - I'm wrought up to thy purpose. The poor, ill-fated, unsuspecting victim, Ere he reclined him on the fatal couch, From which he's ne'er to rise, took off the sash And costly dagger that thou saw'st him wear; And thus, unthinking, furnished us with arms Against himself.
Página 28 - Chariot! lovely, virtuous maid! Can thy firm mind, in spite of time and absence, Remain unshaken, and support its truth ; And yet thy frailer memory retain No image, no idea of thy lover ? Why dost thou gaze so wildly ? Look on me : Turn thy dear eyes this way ; observe me well...
Página 16 - I'll not despair : Patience shall cherish hope } Nor wrong his honour by unjust suspicion. I know his truth, and will preserve my own. But, to prevent all future...
Página 14 - Thou'st seen by me, and those who now despise me, How men of fortune fall, and beggars rise ; Shun my example ; treasure up my precepts ; /The world's before thee — be a knave, and prosper.