The Works of Christopher Marlowe Including His TranslationsChatto & Windus, 1889 - 376 pages |
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... falling occasionally almost into numerous prose , lines of fourteen syllables being very common in all our old dramatists , but regular and harmonious at other times , as the most accurate ear could require . " No man reaped greater ...
... falling occasionally almost into numerous prose , lines of fourteen syllables being very common in all our old dramatists , but regular and harmonious at other times , as the most accurate ear could require . " No man reaped greater ...
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... fall from his sphere , Drive all their horses headlong down the Than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome . hill . Tech . Come , let us march ! Tamb . Stay ! ask a parle first . The Soldiers enter . Open the mails , yet guard the treasure ...
... fall from his sphere , Drive all their horses headlong down the Than Tamburlaine be slain or overcome . hill . Tech . Come , let us march ! Tamb . Stay ! ask a parle first . The Soldiers enter . Open the mails , yet guard the treasure ...
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... fall like mellowed fruit with shakes of death , In fair Persia , noble Tamburlaine Shall be my regent and remain as king . Orty . In happy hour we have set the crown Upon your kingly head that seeks our honour , In joining with the man ...
... fall like mellowed fruit with shakes of death , In fair Persia , noble Tamburlaine Shall be my regent and remain as king . Orty . In happy hour we have set the crown Upon your kingly head that seeks our honour , In joining with the man ...
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... fall upon the earth , Nor sun reflex his virtuous beams thereon , The ground is mantled with such multitudes . Baj . All this is true as holy Mahomet ; And all the trees are blasted with our breaths . K. of Fez . What thinks your ...
... fall upon the earth , Nor sun reflex his virtuous beams thereon , The ground is mantled with such multitudes . Baj . All this is true as holy Mahomet ; And all the trees are blasted with our breaths . K. of Fez . What thinks your ...
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... fall shall make me famous through the world . I will not tell thee how I'll handle thee , But every common soldier of my camp Shall smile to see thy miserable state . K. of Fez . What means the mighty Turkish emperor , To talk with one ...
... fall shall make me famous through the world . I will not tell thee how I'll handle thee , But every common soldier of my camp Shall smile to see thy miserable state . K. of Fez . What means the mighty Turkish emperor , To talk with one ...
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Abig Abigail Æneas Anippe arms art thou Ascanius Bajazet Barabas blood Carthage crown cursed death devil Dido Doctor Faustus dost doth Duke of Guise Dyce earth ELEGIA Emperor Enter Exeunt Exit eyes fair farewell father Faustus fear fire Friar friends Gaveston give gold grace Guise hand hate hath head heart heaven hell Hero Hero and Leander honour horse Iarbas Itha Ithamore Jove Kent king kiss Leander leave live look lord Lucifer madam maid majesty Malta Marlowe Master Doctor means Meph Mephistophilis mighty Mortimer ne'er never night Pilia pray princely Queen SCENE Scythian Sergestus sirrah soldiers soul speak stay sweet sword Tamb Tambur Tamburlaine Techelles tell thee Ther Theridamas thine thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thyself Turk unto Venus villain wench wilt word Zenocrate
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Page 296 - Have not I made blind Homer sing to me Of Alexander's love and CEnon's death? And hath not he, that built the walls of Thebes With ravishing sound of his melodious harp, Made* music with my Mephistophilis...
Page 272 - The shepherd swains shall dance and sing For thy delight each May morning: If these delights thy mind may move, Then live with me and be my love.