 | James Thomson - 1757 - 300 pages
...unnatural blood firft ftain the fword, Who with unpitying fury firft fhall draw it ! SlFFREDI. Ihave a thought — The glorious work be thine. But it requires an awful flight of virtue. Above the paffions of the vulgar breaft, And thence from thee I hope it, noble Ofaaiul Suppofe my daughter, to... | |
 | James Thomson - 1763 - 422 pages
...firft ftain the fword, IVho with unpitying fury firft fhall draw it! Siff". I have a thought—The glorious work be thine. But it requires an awful flight of virtue, Above the paffions of the vulgar breaft, And thence from thee I hope it, noble OfiM..id Suppofc my daughter,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1766 - 310 pages
...his unnatural blood firft ftain t^ve/word, Who with unpitying fury firft lhall draw it I .§I'FFREDI. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine. But...requires an awful flight .of virtue, , A^bove the paffions of the vulgar breaft, And thence from theel hope it, noble Ofmoad •• Suppofe my daughter,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1776 - 382 pages
...» May his unnatural blood firftftain the fword, Who with unpitying fury frrft fhall draw it ! $-ff, I have a thought — The glorious work be thine. * But it requires an-awful flight of virtue, 4 Above the paflions of the vulgar breaft, * And thence from thee I hope... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1780 - 382 pages
...country, May his unnatural blood firft ftain the fword, Who with unpitying fury firft mall draw it! Sif. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine. '...it requires an awful flight of virtue, ' Above the paffions of the vulgar breaft, ' And thence from thee I hope it, noble Ofmond'— Suppofe my daughter,... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1776 - 422 pages
...May his unnatural blood firft ftain the fword, Who with unpitying fury firft fliall draw it ! Sif. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine. ' But it requires an awful flight of virtue, 4 Above the paffions of the vulgar breaft, * And thence from thee I hope it, noble Ofmond — * Suppofe... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1792 - 340 pages
...country, May his unnatural blood first stain the sword, Who with unpitying fury first shall draw it ! Sif. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine. "...sacred verge, Beneath the dread protection of the altar Osm. Ere then, by heavens! I would " devoutly shave " My holy scalp," turn whining monk myself, And... | |
 | John Bell - English drama - 1797 - 454 pages
...country, May his unnatural blood first stain the sword, Who with unpitying fury first shall draw it ! Sif. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine. "...sacred verge, Beneath the dread protection of the altar Osm. Ere then, by heavens ! I would " devoutly shave " My holy scalp," turn whining monk myself, And... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 954 pages
...May his unnatural blood first stain the sword, Who, with unpitving fury, first shall draw it ! SiJ'. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine !...— Suppose my daughter, to her god devoted, Were placed within some convent's sacred verge, Beneath the dread protection of the altar. Osia. Ere then,... | |
 | British drama - 1804 - 946 pages
...counMay his unnatural blood first stain the sword, Who, with unpitying fury, first shall draw it ! Si/'. I have a thought — The glorious work be thine !...— Suppose my daughter, to her god devoted, Were placed within some convent's sacred verge, Beneath the dread protection of the altar. Опт. Ere then,... | |
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My holy scalp," turn whining monk myself, And pray incessant for the tyrant's safety.—— What ! How ! because an insolent invader, A sacrilegious tyrant, " in contempt " Of all those noblest rights, \vhich to maintain 
