The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,John Murray, 1835 |
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Page 46
... conspirators by the natural impulse of love and misery , and the Doge by a resentment so outrageous as to exclude all sympathy , and that the disclosure , which is produced by love in the old play , is here ascribed to mere friendship ...
... conspirators by the natural impulse of love and misery , and the Doge by a resentment so outrageous as to exclude all sympathy , and that the disclosure , which is produced by love in the old play , is here ascribed to mere friendship ...
Page 46
... has most sense and vigour , Otway has by far the most passion and pathos ; and that though his conspirators are better orators and reasoners than the gang of Pierre - - and Reynault , the tenderness of Belvidere is as much 46.
... has most sense and vigour , Otway has by far the most passion and pathos ; and that though his conspirators are better orators and reasoners than the gang of Pierre - - and Reynault , the tenderness of Belvidere is as much 46.
Page 47
... conspirators , not by the natural and intelligible motives of poverty , aggravated by the sufferings of a beloved wife , and a deep and well - grounded resentment of oppression , but by his outrageous anger for a private wrong of no ...
... conspirators , not by the natural and intelligible motives of poverty , aggravated by the sufferings of a beloved wife , and a deep and well - grounded resentment of oppression , but by his outrageous anger for a private wrong of no ...
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... the full assembly of the conspirators , instead of monotonously placing him always in dialogue with the same individuals . For the real facts , I refer to the Appendix . DRAMATIS PERSONE . MEN . MARINO FALIERO , Doge of PREFACE . 63.
... the full assembly of the conspirators , instead of monotonously placing him always in dialogue with the same individuals . For the real facts , I refer to the Appendix . DRAMATIS PERSONE . MEN . MARINO FALIERO , Doge of PREFACE . 63.
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... Conspirators . Signor of the Night , { “ Signore di Notte , " one of the Offi- First Citizen . Second Citizen . Third Citizen . VINCENZO , PIETRO , BATTISTA , } cers belonging to the Republic . Officers belonging to the Ducal Palace ...
... Conspirators . Signor of the Night , { “ Signore di Notte , " one of the Offi- First Citizen . Second Citizen . Third Citizen . VINCENZO , PIETRO , BATTISTA , } cers belonging to the Republic . Officers belonging to the Ducal Palace ...
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Page 251 - The angels all were singing out of tune, And hoarse with having little else to do, Excepting to wind up the sun and moon, Or curb a runaway young star or two, Or wild colt of a comet, which too soon Broke out of bounds o'er the ethereal blue, Splitting some planet with its playful tail, As boats are sometimes by a wanton whale.
Page 8 - 1 viso; Ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso Esser baciato da cotanto amante , Questi , che mai da me non fia diviso , La bocca mi baciò tutto tremante. Galeotto fu il libro, e chi lo scrisse; Quel giorno più non vi leggemmo avante.
Page 20 - Fame! — if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover She thought that I was not unworthy to love her. There chiefly I sought thee, there only I found thee; Her glance was the best of the rays that surround thee; When it sparkled o'er aught that was bright in my story, I knew it was love, and I felt it was glory.
Page 245 - ... footsteps, as with even tread He paced around his prison : not to him Did Nature's fair varieties exist ; He never saw the sun's delightful beams, Save when through yon high bars he pour'da sad And broken splendour.
Page 256 - God save the king!" It is a large economy In God to save the like: but if he will Be saving, all the better; for not one am I Of those who think damnation better still...
Page 19 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story ; The days of our youth are the days of our glory ; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Page 209 - Did clap their bloody hands. He nothing common did or mean Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try; Nor call'd the Gods, with vulgar spite, To vindicate his helpless right But bow'd his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 11 - Alone we were, and no Suspicion near us. Oft-times by that reading Our eyes were drawn together, and the hue Fled from our alter'd cheek.
Page 211 - Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [ The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sword the scene closes.
Page 15 - Sweet hour of twilight ! — in the solitude Of the pine forest, and the silent shore Which bounds Ravenna's immemorial wood...