Cato: A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, by Her Majesty's ServantsJ. Tonson, 1713 - 62 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 29
Seite
... Live o'er each Scene , and Be what they behold : For this the Tragic - Mufe first trod the Stage , Commanding Tears to ftream thro ' every Age ; Tyrants no more their Savage Nature kept , And Foes to Virtue wonder'd how they wept . Our ...
... Live o'er each Scene , and Be what they behold : For this the Tragic - Mufe first trod the Stage , Commanding Tears to ftream thro ' every Age ; Tyrants no more their Savage Nature kept , And Foes to Virtue wonder'd how they wept . Our ...
Seite 10
... lives upon his Bow , But better practises these boafted Virtues . Coarfe are his Meals , the Fortune of the Chafe , Amidft the running Stream he flakes his Thirft , Toil's all the Day , and at th ' approach of Night On the first ...
... lives upon his Bow , But better practises these boafted Virtues . Coarfe are his Meals , the Fortune of the Chafe , Amidft the running Stream he flakes his Thirft , Toil's all the Day , and at th ' approach of Night On the first ...
Seite 16
... Lives , difcolour'd with our prefent Woes , May ftill grow bright , and fmile with happier Hours . So the pure limpid Stream , when foul with Stains Of rufhing Torrents , and defcending Rains , Work's it felf clear , and as it runs ...
... Lives , difcolour'd with our prefent Woes , May ftill grow bright , and fmile with happier Hours . So the pure limpid Stream , when foul with Stains Of rufhing Torrents , and defcending Rains , Work's it felf clear , and as it runs ...
Seite 18
... Lives to Honour , Or wear them out in Servitude and Chains . Roufe up for Shame ! our Brothers of Pharfalia Point at their Wounds , and cry aloud - To Battel ! Great Pompey's Shade complain's that we are flow , And Scipio's Ghoft walk's ...
... Lives to Honour , Or wear them out in Servitude and Chains . Roufe up for Shame ! our Brothers of Pharfalia Point at their Wounds , and cry aloud - To Battel ! Great Pompey's Shade complain's that we are flow , And Scipio's Ghoft walk's ...
Seite 22
... Lives , while he neglect's his own . Semp . Sempronius give's no Thanks on this Account . Lucius feem's fond of Life ; but what is Life ? ' Tis not to stalk about , and draw fresh Air From time to time , or gaze upon the Sun , ' Tis to ...
... Lives , while he neglect's his own . Semp . Sempronius give's no Thanks on this Account . Lucius feem's fond of Life ; but what is Life ? ' Tis not to stalk about , and draw fresh Air From time to time , or gaze upon the Sun , ' Tis to ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abfurdities Action againſt Anfwer becauſe beft behold Brother Cæfar Cafar Cato Cato's Caufe Cauſe Character Compaffion cou'd Country Death Decius Defign Dyrrachium ev'ry Fable faid fame Fate Father fays fecond feems feen felf fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome foon Friends Friendſhip ftand ftill fuch fure gedy give Gods Grief Guards Heart Heav'n himſelf Honour Juba Juba's juft laft leaft leaſt Liberty loft Love Lover Lucia Lucius Manners Marc Marcia Marcus moft moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Number Numidian o'er obferve Occafion Paffion Perfons Philofophy Play pleafing pleaſe Poet Pompey Port Portius prefent preferve Prince Queftion Reaſon Refolution reft rife Roman Roman Senate Rome Scene Semp Sempronius Senate Sifter Soul ſpeak Stoick Succefs Sword Syph Syphax Tears tell thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thro Tragedy Tragical Traytor Utica Virtue whofe wou'd wou'dft thou
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 57 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite 12 - Have faces flush'd with more exalted charms ; The sun that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and colour in their cheeks ; Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon forget The pale, unripen'd beauties of the North.
Seite 42 - Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights, The generous plan of power deliver'd down, From age to age, by your renown'd forefathers, (So dearly bought, the price of so much blood) O let it never perish in your hands ! But piously transmit it to your children.
Seite 5 - I'll straight away, And while the fathers of the senate meet In close debate to weigh th' events of war, I'll animate the soldiers' drooping courage, With love of freedom, and contempt of life. Ill thunder in their ears their country's cause, And try to rouse up all that's Roman in 'em.
Seite 19 - Rome fall a moment ere her time? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty; And let me perish, but in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Seite 18 - Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng"d legions, and charge home upon him.
Seite 12 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin that I admire. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Seite 62 - Tis this that shakes our country with alarms, And gives up Rome a prey to Roman arms, Produces fraud, and cruelty, and strife, . And robs the guilty world of Cato's life.
Seite 46 - I've track'd her to her covert. Be sure you mind the word, and when I give it, Rush in at once, and seize upon your prey. Let not her cries or tears have force to move you. How will the young Numidian rave, to see His mistress lost! If aught could glad my soul, Beyond th' enjoyment of so bright a prize, 'Twould be to torture that young gay barbarian.
Seite 9 - That render man thus tractable and tame ? Are they not only to disguise our passions, To set our looks at variance with our thoughts, To check the starts and sallies of the soul, And break off all its commerce...