British Theatre: The orphan, by Thomas Otway. 1791. Cato, by Joseph Addison. 1791J. Bell, 1791 |
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... Caesar's power with Cato's virtue join'd . Mean while , bright princess , who with graceful ease , And native majesty art form'd to please , Behold those arts with a propitious eye , That suppliant to their great protectress fly ; Then ...
... Caesar's power with Cato's virtue join'd . Mean while , bright princess , who with graceful ease , And native majesty art form'd to please , Behold those arts with a propitious eye , That suppliant to their great protectress fly ; Then ...
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... Cæsar , ' midst triumphal cars , The spoils of nations , and the pomp of wars , Ignobly vain , and impotently great , Shew'd Rome her Cato's figure drawn in state ; As her dead father's rev'rend image past , The pomp was darken'd , and ...
... Cæsar , ' midst triumphal cars , The spoils of nations , and the pomp of wars , Ignobly vain , and impotently great , Shew'd Rome her Cato's figure drawn in state ; As her dead father's rev'rend image past , The pomp was darken'd , and ...
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... Cæsar , - Men . Mr. Kemble . Packer . { Mr. Barrymore . Mr. Bannister , Jun.` Mr. Aickin . Mr. Palmer . { Mr. Brereton . Mr. Chaplin . MARCIA , Daughter to Cato , LUCIA , Daughter to Lucius , - Women . Mrs. Ward . Miss E. Kemble . Men ...
... Cæsar , - Men . Mr. Kemble . Packer . { Mr. Barrymore . Mr. Bannister , Jun.` Mr. Aickin . Mr. Palmer . { Mr. Brereton . Mr. Chaplin . MARCIA , Daughter to Cato , LUCIA , Daughter to Lucius , - Women . Mrs. Ward . Miss E. Kemble . Men ...
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... Cæsar Has ravag'd more than half the globe , and sees Mankind grown thin by his destructive sword : Should he go farther , numbers would be wanting To form new battles , and support his crimes . Ye gods , what havock does ambition make ...
... Cæsar Has ravag'd more than half the globe , and sees Mankind grown thin by his destructive sword : Should he go farther , numbers would be wanting To form new battles , and support his crimes . Ye gods , what havock does ambition make ...
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... Cæsar ? Pent up in Utica , he vainly forms A poor epitome of Roman greatness , And , cover'd with Numidian guards , directs A feeble army , and an empty senate , Remnants of mighty battles fought in vain . By Heav'n , such virtues ...
... Cæsar ? Pent up in Utica , he vainly forms A poor epitome of Roman greatness , And , cover'd with Numidian guards , directs A feeble army , and an empty senate , Remnants of mighty battles fought in vain . By Heav'n , such virtues ...
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Acast AMBROSE PHILIPS Andr Andromache arms Astyanax bear beauty behold blest blood brave brother Cæsar Cast Castalio Cato Cato's Ceph Cephisa Chamont Chap charms Cleo Cleone death Decius dost thou e'er Enter Epirus ev'n ev'ry Exeunt Exit eyes false fate father fear fortune friendship give gods Greece Greeks grief guards happy hate hear heart Heav'n Hector Hermione honour hope Juba king live lord lov'd Lucia Lucius madam maid Marc Marcia Marcus Monimia ne'er never Numidian o'er Orest passion Phan Pharsalia Phoenix pity Polydore Portius Pr'ythee prince Pylades Pyrrhus rage Roman Roman senate Rome SCENE scorn Sempronius senate shew sorrows soul speak sure sword Syph Syphax tears tell thee thou hast thought Troy Twas Twill tyrant unhappy virtue vows wilt thou woman wouldst thou wretch wrong'd
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Сторінка 78 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Сторінка 79 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Сторінка 79 - The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness rest upon it. Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Сторінка 78 - Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, The post of honour is a private station.
Сторінка 79 - ... 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.
Сторінка x - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Сторінка 18 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Сторінка 34 - CATO. Let|| not a torrent of impetuous zeal Transport thee thus beyond the bounds of REASON : True FORTITUDE is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides: All else is tow'ring frenzy and distraction.
Сторінка 24 - Then rises fresh, pursues his wonted game, And if the following day he chance to find A new repast, or an untasted spring, Blesses his stars, and thinks it luxury.
Сторінка 63 - Forbear, Sempronius ! — see they suffer death, But in their deaths remember they are men. Strain not the laws to make their tortures grievous. Lucius, the base degenerate age requires Severity, and justice in its rigour; This awes an impious...