Tales of the Drama, Founded on the Tragedies of Shakspeare, Massinger, Shirley Etc., and on the Comedies of Steele, Farquhar, Cumberland, EtcC. Gaylord, 1834 |
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Page 195
... Bevil a gentleman of ancient family , were extremely desirous of a union between Miss Sealand and young Bevil . Their dispositions were amiable and their filial obedience were almost proverbial . The treaty of marriage had been closed ...
... Bevil a gentleman of ancient family , were extremely desirous of a union between Miss Sealand and young Bevil . Their dispositions were amiable and their filial obedience were almost proverbial . The treaty of marriage had been closed ...
Page 196
... Bevil , in an old fashioned court suit of his grand- father's , the grotesque appearance of which attract- ed the notice of a pert young nobleman in a clown's dress ; who , presuming upon his rank , as entitling him to be impertinent ...
... Bevil , in an old fashioned court suit of his grand- father's , the grotesque appearance of which attract- ed the notice of a pert young nobleman in a clown's dress ; who , presuming upon his rank , as entitling him to be impertinent ...
Page 197
... Bevil that he must postpone the intended marriage , until this mystery was cleared up . Sir John was strenuous in defence of his son's honour - Mr . Sealand had no desire to dispute it - yet appearances were certainly against him ...
... Bevil that he must postpone the intended marriage , until this mystery was cleared up . Sir John was strenuous in defence of his son's honour - Mr . Sealand had no desire to dispute it - yet appearances were certainly against him ...
Page 198
... Bevil had been carefully educated : his principles were good ; and he had not manifested any propensity to the various vices which taint the morals of young men . There was not therefore any danger in the trust reposed in him by the ...
... Bevil had been carefully educated : his principles were good ; and he had not manifested any propensity to the various vices which taint the morals of young men . There was not therefore any danger in the trust reposed in him by the ...
Page 199
... Bevil eagerly desirous for the match , he resolved to waive all considerations , and dismiss Myrtle without ceremony : Mrs. Sea- land also readily agreed to the proposal of discard- ing Mr. Myrtle , but then she had her own motives for ...
... Bevil eagerly desirous for the match , he resolved to waive all considerations , and dismiss Myrtle without ceremony : Mrs. Sea- land also readily agreed to the proposal of discard- ing Mr. Myrtle , but then she had her own motives for ...
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Page 135 - I'd have you do it ever : when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so ; and, for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too : When you do dance, I wish you A wave o...
Page 205 - God save him!' No joyful tongue gave him his welcome home; But dust was thrown upon his sacred head; Which with such gentle sorrow he shook off, His face still combating with tears and smiles, The badges of his grief and patience, That had not God, for some strong purpose, steel'd The hearts of men, they must perforce have melted, And barbarism itself have pitied him.
Page 363 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike.
Page 290 - Therefore, prepare thee to cut off the flesh. Shed thou no blood ; nor cut thou less nor more But just a pound of flesh : if thou tak'st more, Or less, than a just pound — be it but so much As makes it light or heavy in the substance, Or the division of the twentieth part Of one poor scruple — nay, if the scale do turn But in the estimation of a hair — Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate ! Gra.
Page 291 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Page 282 - Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished! Reply, reply. It is engendered in the eyes. With gazing fed ; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies. Let us all ring fancy's knell : I'll begin it, — Ding, dong, bell.
Page 135 - What you do, Still betters what is done. When you speak, sweet, I'd have you do it ever: when you sing, I'd have you buy and sell so ; so give alms ; Pray so; and for the ordering your affairs, To sing them too. When you do dance, I wish you A wave o' the sea, that you might ever do Nothing but that ; move still, still so, and own No other function.
Page 194 - And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol, or a harp ; Or like a cunning instrument cas'd up, Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony.
Page 381 - Why should that name be sounded more than yours? Write them together, yours is as fair a name; Sound them, it doth become the mouth as well; Weigh them, it is as heavy; conjure with 'em, Brutus will start a spirit as soon as Caesar.
Page 397 - This was the noblest Roman of them all: All the conspirators, save only he, Did that they did in envy of great Caesar; He, only, in a general honest thought, And common good to all, made one of them. His life was gentle; and the elements So mix'd in him, that Nature might stand up, And say to all the world, This was a man!