The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket ...Mrs. Inchbald Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - 341 pages |
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Alcanor Almeria ALONZO Alphonso Angelica behold Bellamy better Body o'me canst Clar Clarinda COVENT GARDEN d'ye daughter dear death devil dost thou DRURY LANE Enter JEREMY Epictetus Exeunt Exit JEREMY eyes faith father fear FORESIGHT fortune Frank Frankly Garcia give hand hear heart Heav'n Heli honour hope husband Jacintha King kiss lady Laura look lord Love for Love Lucetta madam Mahomet marry matter mean Mecca Mirvan Miss never night o'er Osmond Osmyn Palm Palmira passion Phar PHARON poor pow'r rage Ranger rogue Scand Scandal SCENE secret Sicily SIFFREDI Sigismunda Sir Sampson slave soul speak Strict Strictland Tancred Tatt Tattle tell THEATRES ROYAL thee there's thing thou art thou hast thought Trapl tyrant Valentine virtue what's woman young Zaph Zaphna Zara
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Page 4 - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
Page 19 - And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a dullness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
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Page 32 - What, I warrant my son thought nothing belonged to a father but forgiveness and affection ; no authority, no correction, no arbitrary power; nothing to be done, but for him to offend, and me to pardon. I warrant you, if he danced till doomsday, he thought I was to pay the piper.
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