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Lady . Nay , gentle shepherd ! ill is lost that praise That is address'd to
unattending ears : Not any boast of skill , but extreme shift How to regain my
sever'd company , Compellid me to awake the courteous Echo To give me
answer from her ...
Lady . Nay , gentle shepherd ! ill is lost that praise That is address'd to
unattending ears : Not any boast of skill , but extreme shift How to regain my
sever'd company , Compellid me to awake the courteous Echo To give me
answer from her ...
Page 90
I shall be proud to know you , lady , Pli . Brother , he calls me lady too . Kas . Ay ,
peace , I heard it . Face . The count is come . " Sub . Where is he ? “ Face . At the
door . " Sub . Why , you must entertain him . Face . What'll you doWith these the ...
I shall be proud to know you , lady , Pli . Brother , he calls me lady too . Kas . Ay ,
peace , I heard it . Face . The count is come . " Sub . Where is he ? “ Face . At the
door . " Sub . Why , you must entertain him . Face . What'll you doWith these the ...
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Come , lady ; I knew the doctor would not leave , Till he had found the very nick of
her fortune . Kas . To be a countess , say you ? A Spanish countess , sir ? Pli .
Why , is that better then an English countess ? Face . Better ! ' Slight , make you ...
Come , lady ; I knew the doctor would not leave , Till he had found the very nick of
her fortune . Kas . To be a countess , say you ? A Spanish countess , sir ? Pli .
Why , is that better then an English countess ? Face . Better ! ' Slight , make you ...
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madam , I'm the most unfortunate man in the " world , and the most cruelly used
by the ladies . Ang . Nay , now you're ... I thought " you had never asked any thing
but what a lady might modestly grant , and you confess . “ Scand . So , faith ...
madam , I'm the most unfortunate man in the " world , and the most cruelly used
by the ladies . Ang . Nay , now you're ... I thought " you had never asked any thing
but what a lady might modestly grant , and you confess . “ Scand . So , faith ...
Page 136
If you please , sir ; but first I would ask this lady one question . Sir S. Sir , you must
ask me leave first - That lady ! No , sir ; you shall ask that lady no questions , till
you have asked her blessing , sir ; that lady is to be my wife . Val . I have heard as
...
If you please , sir ; but first I would ask this lady one question . Sir S. Sir , you must
ask me leave first - That lady ! No , sir ; you shall ask that lady no questions , till
you have asked her blessing , sir ; that lady is to be my wife . Val . I have heard as
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Page 45 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 32 - So dear to Heaven is saintly chastity, that, when a soul is found sincerely so, a thousand. liveried angels lackey her, driving far off each thing of sin and guilt, and, in clear dream and solemn vision, tell her of things that no gross ear can hear...
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Page 29 - Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
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Page 46 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 21 - My best guide now : methought it was the sound Of riot and ill-managed merriment, Such as the jocund flute, or gamesome pipe, Stirs up among the loose unletter'd hinds, When, for their teeming flocks, and granges full, In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan, And thank the gods amiss.
Page 42 - I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Bell's British Theatre: Comus, by J. Milton. ... Love in a village, by I. Bickerstaff[e Volume 1 of Bell's British Theatre, John Bell |
| Contributor | John Bell |
| Published | 1797 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
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