The works of Beaumont and Fletcher, with an intr. by G. Darley, Volume 21862 |
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art thou Bacha Bianca bless BONDUCA brave captain Clar Cunn danger dare Daugh dear devil Dioclesian dost Drusius Duch Duke Enter Euph Exeunt Exit eyes fair faith Farewell fear fool for't fortune Gent gentleman Geta give Gond grace Greg Guard hath hear heart Heaven Hengo honest honour hope Isab Ismenus Jaques king kiss lady Lapet Learch Leuc LEUCIPPUS live Livia look lord Lucio madam Maria marry Mart master Master Constable master Humphrey Methinks mistress Mont mother Mountf ne'er Nennius never Niece Niger night noble Nove on't Petron Petru Pompey poor Pr'ythee Pray Quisar Ralph Rowl SCENE servant shew soldier Soph Sophocles soul speak sure sweet sword tell thank thee THEODORET There's thou art thou hast thou shalt twas twill unto Viola virtue wench wife woman
Popular passages
Page 47 - They are no more. Car. Where is your conquest then ? Why are your altars crown'd with wreaths of flowers, The beasts with gilt horns waiting for the fire ? The holy Druides composing songs Of everlasting life to Victory ? Why are these triumphs, lady ? for a may-game ? For hunting a poor herd of wretched Romans ? Is it no more ? Shut up your temples, Britons, And let the husbandman redeem his heifers ; Put out...
Page 93 - I would not be a serving-man To carry the cloak-bag still, Nor would I be a falconer The greedy hawks to fill ; But I would be in a good house, And have a good master too ; But I would eat and drink of the best, And no work would I do.
Page 77 - I shall : then, first and foremost, for relief I call to you, if that you can afford it; I care not at what price, for, on my word, it Shall be repaid again, although it cost me More than I'll speak of now ; for love hath tost me In furious blanket like a tennis-ball, And now I rise aloft, and now I fall.
Page 66 - See if one fear, one shadow of a terror, One paleness dare appear but from my anger, To lay hold on your mercies.
Page 529 - Peace, Calveskin ! your thin sole takes water. Calve. 'Tis want of liquor then. — Some more drink, sirrah ! Black. Which of you all can hold out tack with Blacksnout...
Page 79 - Mer. Farewell, good wife; I expect it not: all I have to do in this world, is to be merry; which I shall, if the ground be not taken from me ; and if it be, [Sings. When earth and seas from me are reft, The skies aloft for me are left.
Page 48 - And he that in the head on'a troop defies me, Bending my manly body with his sword, I make a mistress. Yellow-tressed Hymen Ne'er tied a longing virgin with more joy, Than I am married to that man that wounds me : And are not all these...
Page 47 - tis the bearing of your fortunes : You put too much wind to your sail; discretion And hardy valour are the twins of honour, And, nursed together, make a conqueror; Divided, but a talker. "Tis a truth, That Rome has fled before us twice, and routed; A truth we ought to crown the gods for, lady, And not our tongues...
Page 83 - Am to this castle well by fortune brought; Where, hearing of the goodly entertain Your knight of holy order of the Bell Gives to all damsels and all errant knights, « I thought to knock, and now am bold to enter.
Page 71 - Thou shall live still, I hope, boy. Shall I draw it? Hengo. You draw away my soul, then. I would live A little longer— spare me, Heavens ! — but only To thank you for your tender love : good uncle, Good noble uncle, weep not.