Doctor Faustus, by C. Marlowe. Lust's dominion. Mother Bombie; Midas, by John LylyWhittingham and Rowland, 1814 - English drama |
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... soul immortal , With rubbish mix'd , and glitt'ring in the dust . " We would , however , rather wish to take this cha- racter with some degree of abatement , and allowing that Mr. Marlowe might be inclinable to free - thinking , yet ...
... soul immortal , With rubbish mix'd , and glitt'ring in the dust . " We would , however , rather wish to take this cha- racter with some degree of abatement , and allowing that Mr. Marlowe might be inclinable to free - thinking , yet ...
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... soul , And heap God's heavy wrath upon thy head . Read , read the scriptures ; -that is blasphemy . * The original editions read , " help to me ; " but as it was un- necessary to the sense , and destructive of the metre , I struck it ...
... soul , And heap God's heavy wrath upon thy head . Read , read the scriptures ; -that is blasphemy . * The original editions read , " help to me ; " but as it was un- necessary to the sense , and destructive of the metre , I struck it ...
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... soul ! Come show me some demonstrations magical , That I may conjure in some bushy grove , And have these joys in full possession . Val . Then haste thee to some solitary grove , And bear wise Bacon's and Albanus ' works , The Hebrew ...
... soul ! Come show me some demonstrations magical , That I may conjure in some bushy grove , And have these joys in full possession . Val . Then haste thee to some solitary grove , And bear wise Bacon's and Albanus ' works , The Hebrew ...
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... soul would make me mourn ; But come , let us go and inform the Rector , It may be his grave council may reclaim him . 1 Scho . I fear me nothing will reclaim him now . 2 Scho . Yet let us see what we can do . [ Exeunt . Thunder . Enter ...
... soul would make me mourn ; But come , let us go and inform the Rector , It may be his grave council may reclaim him . 1 Scho . I fear me nothing will reclaim him now . 2 Scho . Yet let us see what we can do . [ Exeunt . Thunder . Enter ...
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... soul : Nor will we come unless he use such means , Whereby he is in danger to be damn'd . Therefore the shortest cut ... souls , Tell me , what is that Lucifer thy lord ? Meph . Arch regent and commander of all spirits . Faust . Was not ...
... soul : Nor will we come unless he use such means , Whereby he is in danger to be damn'd . Therefore the shortest cut ... souls , Tell me , what is that Lucifer thy lord ? Meph . Arch regent and commander of all spirits . Faust . Was not ...
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Accius Alvero Apollo arms ass's ears Balt Baltazar beard Benv Benvolio blood Cand Candius Card cardinal cittern Clown Cole cozened Crab crown damn'd daughter death devil Doctor Faustus dost doth Drom Dromio Eleaz Eleazar Enter Erist Exeunt Exit eyes father Faustus fool Friars gold Half Halfpenny hand hath head hear heart heaven hell here's honour horse Horten Hortenzo king Lesbos Licio Livia lord Lucifer LUST'S DOMINION Maria Mart Martius master Master Doctor Mellacrites Memphio Mendoza Meph Mephostophilis Midas Moor Mother Bombie Motto never Phil Philip Phrygia Pope Prince Prince Philip Pris Prisius queen Risio SCENE Scho Silena slave soul Spain Sper stand Stel Stellio Stinkard sweet tell thee thine thou art thou hast thou shalt tongue villain word Zarack Zounds
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Page 347 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew"d, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-kneed and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 80 - Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, And burnt the topless towers of Ilium ? Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss! Her lips suck forth my soul ! See, where it flies ! Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again. Here will I dwell, for Heaven is in these lips, And all is dross that is not Helena.
Page 80 - O, thou art fairer than the evening air Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars...
Page 15 - I'll have them read me strange philosophy And tell the secrets of all foreign kings; I'll have them wall all Germany with brass, And make swift Rhine circle fair Wittenberg; I'll have them fill the public schools with silk...
Page 31 - Ay, and body too: but what of that? Think'st thou that Faustus is so fond to imagine That, after this life, there is any pain? Tush, these are trifles and mere old wives
Page 87 - It strikes, it strikes ; now, body, turn to air, Or Lucifer will bear thee quick to Hell. [Thunder and lightning. O soul, be changed into little water-drops, And fall into the ocean : ne'er be found.
Page 86 - Stand still, you ever-moving spheres of Heaven, That time may cease, and midnight never come; Fair Nature's eye, rise, rise again and make Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul! O lente, lente, currite noctis equi!
Page 32 - When I behold the heavens, then I repent, And curse thee, wicked Mephistophilis, Because thou hast deprived me of those joys.
Page vii - ... plays. This however is certain, that he is the first who taught either tragedy or comedy to please, there being no theatrical piece of any older writer, of which the name is known, except to antiquaries and collectors of books, which are sought because they are scarce, and would not have been scarce, had they been much esteemed.
Page 22 - So he will spare him four and twenty years, Letting him live in all voluptuousness; Having thee ever to attend on me; To give me whatsoever I shall ask, To tell me whatsoever I demand, To slay mine enemies, and aid my friends, And always be obedient to my will.