The Dramatic Works of Mary Russell Mitford, Volume 1Hurst & Blackett, 1854 |
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The Dramatic Works of Mary Russell Mitford, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint) Mary Russell Mitford No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 25 - In one short hour The pretty, harmless boy was slain! I saw The corse, the mangled corse, and then I cried For vengeance! Rouse ye, Romans! Rouse ye, slaves! Have ye brave sons? — Look in the next fierce brawl To see them die! Have ye fair daughters?
Page 19 - Sunday Times. SPAIN AS IT IS. BY GA HOSKINS, ESQ. 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s. '* To the tourist this work will prove invaluable. It is the most complete and interesting portraiture of Spain that has ever come under our notice.
Page 24 - To crimson glory and undying fame, But base, ignoble slaves — slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants ; feudal despots ; lords, Rich in some dozen paltry villages ; Strong in some hundred spearmen ; only great In that strange spell — a name.
Page 24 - We are slaves! The bright sun rises to his course, and lights A race of slaves!
Page 25 - Yet, this is Rome, That sat on her seven hills, and from her throne Of beauty ruled the world ! Yet, we are Roman*.
Page 24 - Was struck — struck like a dog — by one who wore The badge of Ursini; because, forsooth, He tossed not high his ready cap in air, Nor lifted up his voice in servile shouts, At sight of that great ruffian! Be we men, And suffer such dishonor? men, and wash not The stain away in blood?
Page 29 - Ha ! the bell, the bell ! The knell of tyranny, the mighty voice, That, to the city and the plain, to earth, And listening heaven, proclaims the glorious tale Of Rome re-born, and Freedom.
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