“The” British Theatre: Or, a Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket. Printed Under Authority of the Managers from the Prompt Books ; in Twenty-five Volumes, Volume 11Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - 317 páginas |
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“The” British Theatre: Or, a Collection of Plays, which are Acted ..., Volume 11 Mrs. Inchbald Visualização integral - 1808 |
The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted ..., Volume 11 Mrs. Inchbald Visualização de excertos - 1808 |
“The” British Theatre: Or, a Collection of Plays, which are Acted ..., Volume 11 Mrs. Inchbald Visualização de excertos - 1808 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 12 - I would not that they should, unless his merit recommends him more. A noble birth and fortune, though they make not a bad man good, yet they are a real advantage to a worthy one, and place his virtues in the fairest light.
Página 37 - Be in itself the less or greater crime : Howe'er we may deceive ourselves or others, We act from inclination, not by rule, Or none could act amiss. And that all err, None but the conscious hypocrite denies. O, what is man, his excellence and strength, When, in an hour of trial and desertion, Reason, his noblest power, may be suborned To plead the cause of vile assassination ! Agnes.
Página 37 - Tis yet unperformed. What if I quit my bloody purpose, and fly the place! (going, then stops) But whither, oh whither, shall I fly? My master's once friendly doors are ever shut against me; and without money Millwood will never see me more, and life is not to be endured without her.
Página 31 - Is virtue inconsistent with itself, or are vice and virtue only empty names? Or do they depend on accidents, beyond our power to produce or to prevent— -wherein we have no part, and yet must be determined by the event? But why should I attempt to reason? All is confusion, horror, and remorse.
Página 16 - If you mean the love of women, I have not thought of it at all. My youth and circumstances make such thoughts improper in me yet. But if you...
Página 28 - Humanity obliges me to wish you well. Why will you thus expose yourself to needless troubles? LUCY. Nay, there's no help for it. She must quit the town immediately, and the kingdom as soon as possible; it was no small matter, you may be sure, that could make her resolve to leave you.
Página 55 - Oh ! say not so, but fly, abhor, and leave me to my fate ! Consider what you are : — how vast your fortune, and how bright your fame ; have pity on your youth, your beauty, and unequalled virtue, for which so many noble peers have sighed in vain...
Página 10 - On these terms to defend us, is to make our protection a benefit worthy her who confers it, and well worth our acceptance.
Página 19 - ... Love, madam, love — In short, madam, I believe he has thought of nothing but your ladyship ever since he left Lisbon. I am sure he could not, if I may judge of his heart by my own.
Página 16 - Mill. The interest I have in all that relates to you (the reason of which you shall know hereafter) excites my curiosity; and were I sure you would pardon my presumption, I should desire to know your real sentiments on a very particular affair.