The Works of John Dryden: Dramatic worksPaterson, 1882 |
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... SCENE - Thebes . [ Cast : -Jupiter , Betterton ; Mercury , Lee ; Phoebus , Bow- man ; Amphitryon , Williams ; Sosia , Nokes ; Gripus , Sandford ; Polidas , Bright ; Tranio , Bowen ; Alcmena , Mrs. Barry ; Phædra , Mrs. Montfort ; Bromia ...
... SCENE - Thebes . [ Cast : -Jupiter , Betterton ; Mercury , Lee ; Phoebus , Bow- man ; Amphitryon , Williams ; Sosia , Nokes ; Gripus , Sandford ; Polidas , Bright ; Tranio , Bowen ; Alcmena , Mrs. Barry ; Phædra , Mrs. Montfort ; Bromia ...
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... wisdom to be silent . Merc . Why , that's the point ; this same arbitrary power is a knock - down argument ; ' tis but a word and a blow . Now methinks , our father speaks out like an honest barefaced god , as SCENE I. 19 AMPHITRYON .
... wisdom to be silent . Merc . Why , that's the point ; this same arbitrary power is a knock - down argument ; ' tis but a word and a blow . Now methinks , our father speaks out like an honest barefaced god , as SCENE I. 19 AMPHITRYON .
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John Dryden, Walter Scott George Saintsbury. SCENE II . — Amphitryon's Palace . Enter ALCMENA . Alc . Why was I married to the man I love ! For , had he been indifferent to my choice , Or had been hated ... SCENE II . 25 AMPHITRYON .
John Dryden, Walter Scott George Saintsbury. SCENE II . — Amphitryon's Palace . Enter ALCMENA . Alc . Why was I married to the man I love ! For , had he been indifferent to my choice , Or had been hated ... SCENE II . 25 AMPHITRYON .
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... , are our foes destroyed ? * [ Scott , " cooing ; " but " colling " = " halsing " = putting the arms round the neck , has ample authority , from Chaucer downwards . — En . ] For , now I find you safe , I should SCENE II . 27 AMPHITRYON .
... , are our foes destroyed ? * [ Scott , " cooing ; " but " colling " = " halsing " = putting the arms round the neck , has ample authority , from Chaucer downwards . — En . ] For , now I find you safe , I should SCENE II . 27 AMPHITRYON .
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... hour preferred ; And when Jove loves , a lover shall be heard . * [ Exit . [ In original , " oraisons , " one of Dryden's too numerous Gallicisms . ED . ] ACT II . SCENE I. — A Night Scene of SCENE II . 31 AMPHITRYON .
... hour preferred ; And when Jove loves , a lover shall be heard . * [ Exit . [ In original , " oraisons , " one of Dryden's too numerous Gallicisms . ED . ] ACT II . SCENE I. — A Night Scene of SCENE II . 31 AMPHITRYON .
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