The Works of Christopher Marlowe Including His TranslationsChatto & Windus, 1889 - 376 pages |
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... tell me , madam , is your grace be- trothed ? Zeno . I am - my lord -- for so you do im- port . Tamb . I am a lord , for so my deeds shall prove ; And yet a shepherd by my parentage . But , lady , this fair face and heavenly hue Must ...
... tell me , madam , is your grace be- trothed ? Zeno . I am - my lord -- for so you do im- port . Tamb . I am a lord , for so my deeds shall prove ; And yet a shepherd by my parentage . But , lady , this fair face and heavenly hue Must ...
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... tell you true , my heart is swoln with wrath On this same thievish villain , Tamburlaine , And , on that false Cosroe , my traitorous brother . Would it not grieve a king to be so abused And have a thousand horsemen ta'en away ? And ...
... tell you true , my heart is swoln with wrath On this same thievish villain , Tamburlaine , And , on that false Cosroe , my traitorous brother . Would it not grieve a king to be so abused And have a thousand horsemen ta'en away ? And ...
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... Tell him thy lord , the Turkish emperor , Dread lord of Afric , Europe , and Asia , Great king and conqueror of Græcia , The ocean Terrene , and the Coal - black sea , The high and highest monarch of the world Wills and commands ( for ...
... Tell him thy lord , the Turkish emperor , Dread lord of Afric , Europe , and Asia , Great king and conqueror of Græcia , The ocean Terrene , and the Coal - black sea , The high and highest monarch of the world Wills and commands ( for ...
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... tell how many thousand men he slew ; And when you look for amorous discourse , Will rattle forth his facts of war and blood , Too harsh a subject for your dainty ears . Zeno . As looks the Sun through Nilus ' flowing stream , Or when ...
... tell how many thousand men he slew ; And when you look for amorous discourse , Will rattle forth his facts of war and blood , Too harsh a subject for your dainty ears . Zeno . As looks the Sun through Nilus ' flowing stream , Or when ...
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... tell thee , villain ; those that lead my horse , Have to their names titles of dignity , And dar'st thou bluntly call me Bajazet ? Tamb . And know , thou Turk , that those which lead my horse , Shall lead thee captive thorough Africa ...
... tell thee , villain ; those that lead my horse , Have to their names titles of dignity , And dar'st thou bluntly call me Bajazet ? Tamb . And know , thou Turk , that those which lead my horse , Shall lead thee captive thorough Africa ...
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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 272 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 60 - Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will ? Ill have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl. And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates...
Page 306 - I'll leap up to my God! Who pulls me down? See, see where Christ's blood streams in the firmament! One drop would save my soul, half a drop, ah, my Christ!
Page 198 - It lies not in our power to love or hate, For will in us is overruled by fate. When two are stript, long ere the course begin, We wish that one should lose, the other win : And one especially do we affect Of two gold ingots, like in each respect : The reason no man knows ; let it suffice, What we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight ; Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight ?' He kneel'd ; but unto her devoutly pray'd : Chaste Hero to herself thus softly...
Page 12 - Warring within our breasts for regiment. Doth teach us all to have aspiring minds: Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 290 - Philosophy is odious and obscure; Both law and physic are for petty wits; Divinity is basest of the three, Unpleasant, harsh, contemptible, and vile: 'Tis magic, magic, that hath ravish'd me.
Page 63 - I'd give them all for Mephistophilis. By him I'll be great Emperor of the world, And make a bridge thorough the moving air, To pass the ocean with a band of men : I'll join the hills that bind the Afric shore, And make that country continent to Spain, And both contributory to my crown.
Page 88 - Give me the merchants of the Indian mines, That trade in metal of the purest mould; The wealthy Moor, that in the eastern rocks Without control can pick his "riches up, And in his house heap pearl like...
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.