The Dramatic Works of James Sheridan Knowles, Volume 1E. Moxon, 1841 |
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Page 175
... leech . Sen. Not fear the leech ! Agn . E'er since you spoke of him , She has done nothing , sir , but talk of lancets , Caustics , and blisters ; powders , nauseous draughts , With fifty other shocking things , that much I fear me ...
... leech . Sen. Not fear the leech ! Agn . E'er since you spoke of him , She has done nothing , sir , but talk of lancets , Caustics , and blisters ; powders , nauseous draughts , With fifty other shocking things , that much I fear me ...
Page 176
... leech is here , sir . Enter MICHAEL , with Jagheli , disguised as a Leech . Mic . Sir , I've brought the gentleman , And all the articles you bade me get . Sen. Good lad , and active ! Welcome , sir ! Methinks He's very young ! Art sure ...
... leech is here , sir . Enter MICHAEL , with Jagheli , disguised as a Leech . Mic . Sir , I've brought the gentleman , And all the articles you bade me get . Sen. Good lad , and active ! Welcome , sir ! Methinks He's very young ! Art sure ...
Page 177
... leech.— Mic . But half an ounce . Sen. Good youth , I would not wrong The worthy man , by asking him to take A single drop . I'm sure he is a leech ! One needs but look at him to know that he Can bleed ; and for his years , to see him ...
... leech.— Mic . But half an ounce . Sen. Good youth , I would not wrong The worthy man , by asking him to take A single drop . I'm sure he is a leech ! One needs but look at him to know that he Can bleed ; and for his years , to see him ...
Page 195
... leech for me . Mic . Get thee a leech ? I'll be in want of one Myself ! Thy sickness is infectious . Would A scalded foot had kept me to the house- A K 2 WILLIAM TELL . 195.
... leech for me . Mic . Get thee a leech ? I'll be in want of one Myself ! Thy sickness is infectious . Would A scalded foot had kept me to the house- A K 2 WILLIAM TELL . 195.
Page 196
... leech ! I was as sound As reckless laughter , then ; could eat or drink With him that ask'd me - could go here or there , And find me ample fund of mirth , where'er I went could sing - could dance - could keep awake Or sleep as well as ...
... leech ! I was as sound As reckless laughter , then ; could eat or drink With him that ask'd me - could go here or there , And find me ample fund of mirth , where'er I went could sing - could dance - could keep awake Or sleep as well as ...
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Page 170 - Ye are the things that tower, that shine, whose smile Makes glad, whose frown is terrible, whose forms, Robed or unrobed, do all the impress wear Of awe divine. Ye guards of liberty, I'm with you once again! I call to you With all my voice! I hold my hands to you, To show they still are free...
Page 170 - Scaling yonder peak, I saw an eagle wheeling near its brow, O'er the abyss. His broad expanded wings Lay calm and motionless upon the air, As if he floated there without their aid, By the sole act of his unlorded will, That buoyed him proudly up.
Page 186 - I sat In my boat at night, when midway o'er the lake The stars went out, and down the mountain gorge The wind came roaring, — I have sat and eyed The thunder...
Page 225 - GES. That is your ground. Now shall they measure thence A hundred paces. Take the distance. TELL. Is the line a true one ? GES. True or not, what is't to thee? TELL. What is't to me? A little thing, A very little thing — a yard or two Is nothing here or there — were it a wolf I shot at.
Page 227 - Tell. How looks he? Ver. Clear and smilingly. If you doubt it, look yourself. Tell. No, no, my friend : To hear it is enough. Ver. He bears himself so much above his years — Tell. I know ! I know ! Ver. With constancy so modest — Tell. I was sure he would — Ver.
Page 216 - Tell. Ay; They watch no more the avalanche. Ges. Why so? Tell. Because they look for thee! The hurricane Comes unawares upon them ; from its bed The torrent breaks, and finds them in its track— Ges. What do they, then ? Tell. Thank heaven, it is not thou ! Thou hast perverted nature in them.
Page 226 - I cannot see to shoot against the sun — I will not shoot against the sun! Ges. Give him his way! Thou hast cause to bless my mercy. Tell. I shall remember it.
Page 228 - tis better than the first, But yet not good enough for such an aim As I'm to take.
Page 229 - QALBERT opens his father's vest, and an arrow drops — TELL starts, fixes his eyes on ALBERT, and clasps him to his breast. Tell. My boy ! my boy ! Ges. For what Hid you that arrow in your breast ? Speak, slave ! Tell.
Page 214 - He grasps His chains as he would make a weapon of them To lay the smiter dead. What kind of man Is this, that looks in thraldom more at large Than they who lay it on him ? Rod.