TragediesEdward Moxon, 1844 - 276 pages |
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... happy to attribute much of the success of the two first Dramas to personal regards , I feel that it was an honest success ; for , believing that the liberal issue of orders has conduced greatly to impair the love for the Drama , and to ...
... happy to attribute much of the success of the two first Dramas to personal regards , I feel that it was an honest success ; for , believing that the liberal issue of orders has conduced greatly to impair the love for the Drama , and to ...
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... Happy , indeed , shall I be to find the hopes and the struggles of those who have achieved the emancipation of the Stage not lost in the destruction of that for the freedom of which they have fought and conquered ! T. N. T. LONDON ...
... Happy , indeed , shall I be to find the hopes and the struggles of those who have achieved the emancipation of the Stage not lost in the destruction of that for the freedom of which they have fought and conquered ! T. N. T. LONDON ...
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... happy days , when he first awakened within me the sense of classical grace , and of those after - seasons , when the exquisite representations of Greek Tragedy , which he superintended , B 2 To Miss ADELAIDE KEMBLE, WHEN ABOUT TO RETIRE ...
... happy days , when he first awakened within me the sense of classical grace , and of those after - seasons , when the exquisite representations of Greek Tragedy , which he superintended , B 2 To Miss ADELAIDE KEMBLE, WHEN ABOUT TO RETIRE ...
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... happy constitution of his own nature , which passion could rarely disturb , and evil had no power to stain . His system of education was animated by a portion of his own spirit : it was framed to enkindle and to quicken the best ...
... happy constitution of his own nature , which passion could rarely disturb , and evil had no power to stain . His system of education was animated by a portion of his own spirit : it was framed to enkindle and to quicken the best ...
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... happy by his presence . Such was he to the last , amidst the infirmities which accidents rather than age had accumulated around him ; the gentlest of monitors , and the most consi- derate of sufferers - until he was withdrawn from those ...
... happy by his presence . Such was he to the last , amidst the infirmities which accidents rather than age had accumulated around him ; the gentlest of monitors , and the most consi- derate of sufferers - until he was withdrawn from those ...
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Adras Adrastus AGENOR ALASTER Argos arm'd Athenian Athens bear beauty bless blood brave breathe brother CALCHAS canst CASSANDER clansmen CLEMANTHE CLEON Corinth Creon Creusa CRYTHES Ctes CTESIPHON dare death delightful Dost thou Drama duty embrace Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fancy fate father fear feel friends gaze Glen Glencoe Glenlyon glorious glory gods grace grief Habra HALBERT hand happy hath HAYMARKET THEATRE hear heart Heaven Helen Helen Faucit HENRY MACDONALD honour hope hour HYLLUS IPHITUS IRUS ISMENE king kneel LADY MACDONALD leave live look Lycus Mac Ian Macready MEDON mortal mournful noble o'er palace passion Pentheus PHOCION rock SCENE seek shame slave soldiers solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strange sweet sword thee thine Thoas thou art thou hast thou wilt thought TIMOCLES tremble twas voice wait word wouldst youth
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Page 35 - Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of common comfort which by daily use Has almost lost its sense ; yet on the ear Of him who thought to die unmourned 'twill fall Like choicest music...
Page 35 - Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of common comfort which by daily use Has almost lost its sense ; yet on the ear Of him who thought to die...
Page 35 - Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.
Page 168 - The hand that mingled in the meal At midnight drew the felon steel, And gave the host's kind breast to feel Meed for his hospitality...
Page 270 - Hill, however, sympathised with the distress, and even tears of the old chieftain, and gave him a letter to Sir Colin Campbell of Ardkinlas, Sheriff of Argyleshire, requesting him to receive the "lost sheep...
Page 273 - You are to have especial care,' that the old fox and his sons do upon no account escape your hands. You are to secure all the avenues, that no man escape. This you are to put in execution at five...
Page 93 - Prithee no more. Argives ! I have a boon To crave of you ; — whene'er I shall rejoin In death the father from whose heart in...
Page 92 - And learn'd the need of luxury. I grant For thee and thy brave comrades, ample share Of such rich treasure as my stores contain, To grace thy passage to some distant land, Where, if an honest cause engage thy sword, May glorious laurels wreath it ! In our realm We shall not need it longer.
Page 90 - I do ! I do ! ION. If for thy brother's and thy father's sake Thou art content to live, the healer, Time. Will reconcile thee to the lovely things Of this delightful world, — and if another, A happier — no, I cannot bid thee love Another ! — I did think I could have said it, But 'tis in vain. CLEMANTHE. Thou art mine own then still ? ION.
Page 53 - ... Faint-hearted from the reckoning of our span Of mortal days, we pamper the fond wish For long duration in a line of kings : If the rich pageantry of thoughts must fade All unsubstantial as the regal hues Of eve which purpled them, our cunning frailty Must robe a living image with their pomp, And wreath a diadem around its brow, In which our sunny fantasies may live Empearl'd, and gleam, in fatal splendour, far On after ages.