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Page 9
Still to be haunted , still to be pursued , Still to be frighted with false apparitions Of pageant majesty , and new - coin'd greatness , As if we were a mockery king in state , Only ordain'd to lavish sweat and blood , In scorn and ...
Still to be haunted , still to be pursued , Still to be frighted with false apparitions Of pageant majesty , and new - coin'd greatness , As if we were a mockery king in state , Only ordain'd to lavish sweat and blood , In scorn and ...
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... Of the just Powers above , to utter ruin And desolation , had reign'd on , but that Mercy did gently sheath the sword of justice , In lending to this blood - shrunk commonwealth A new soul , new birth , in your sacred person . Daw .
... Of the just Powers above , to utter ruin And desolation , had reign'd on , but that Mercy did gently sheath the sword of justice , In lending to this blood - shrunk commonwealth A new soul , new birth , in your sacred person . Daw .
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Sir , if no other abler reasons else Of duty or allegiance could divert A headstrong resolution , yet the dangers So lately past by men of blood and fortunes In Lambert Simnel's party , ' must command More than a fear , a terror to ...
Sir , if no other abler reasons else Of duty or allegiance could divert A headstrong resolution , yet the dangers So lately past by men of blood and fortunes In Lambert Simnel's party , ' must command More than a fear , a terror to ...
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Jolly gentleman ! More fit to be a swabber to the Flemish , After a drunken surfeit . Enter URSWICK . Urs . Gracious sovereign , Please you peruse this paper . [ The king reads . Dur . The king's countenance Gathers a sprightly blood .
Jolly gentleman ! More fit to be a swabber to the Flemish , After a drunken surfeit . Enter URSWICK . Urs . Gracious sovereign , Please you peruse this paper . [ The king reads . Dur . The king's countenance Gathers a sprightly blood .
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So hourly chats and tattles in mine ear , The piece of royalty that is stitch'd up In my Kate's blood , that ' tis as dangerous For thee , young lord , to perch so near an eaglet , As foolish for my gravity to admit it : I have spoke ...
So hourly chats and tattles in mine ear , The piece of royalty that is stitch'd up In my Kate's blood , that ' tis as dangerous For thee , young lord , to perch so near an eaglet , As foolish for my gravity to admit it : I have spoke ...
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| Title | The Dramatic Works of John Ford |
| Author | W. Gifford |
| Published | 1827 |
| Original from | Austrian National Library |
| Digitized | 6 Jun 2014 |
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