Plays of Edwin Booth, Volumen3

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Penn publishing Company, 1899
 

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Página 2 - He who ascends to mountain-tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below.
Página 37 - Beneath the rule of men entirely great The pen is mightier than the sword.
Página 72 - O'ertask your health ! Rich, [to JOSEPH]. I'm patient, see ! Bar. [aside]. His mind And life are breaking fast ! Rich, [overhearing him.~\ Irreverent ribald ! If so, beware the falling ruins ! Hark ! I tell thee, scorner of these whitening hairs. When this snow melteth there shall come a flood ! Avaunt ! my name is Richelieu — I defy thee ! Walk blindfold on ; behind thee stalks the headsman. Ha ! ha ! — how pale he is ! Heaven save my country ! [Falls back in Joseph's arms.
Página 61 - ... of grief, My heart is bursting. Nature must have way. I will perform all that a Roman should— I cannot feel less than a father ought!
Página 88 - Thro' gain and loss — thro' glory and disgrace — Along the plains, where passionate Discord rears Eternal Babel — still the holy stream Of human happiness glides on! Louis. And must we Thank for that also — our prime Minister?
Página 47 - Rang out shrill answer ; — hastening from the house, My footstep in the stirrup, Marion stole Across the threshold, whispering " Lose no moment, Ere Richelieu have the packet : tell him too — 140 Murder is in the winds of Night, and Orleans Swears, ere the dawn the Cardinal shall be clay.
Página 38 - O my countrymen ! You all can witness when that she went forth It was a holiday in Rome; old age Forgot its crutch, labor its task, — all ran, And mothers, turning to their daughters, cried, " There, there 's Lucretia !
Página 2 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Página 95 - Time rushes o'er us; thick as evening clouds, Ages roll back: — what calls them from their shrouds? What in full vision brings their good and great, The men whose virtues make the nation's fate, The far, forgotten stars of humankind ? The STAGE — the mighty telescope of mind!
Página 47 - Thou dost drink, and dance, and sing, Happier than the happiest king ! All the fields which thou dost see, All the plants belong to thee, All that summer hours produce. Fertile made with early juice : Man for thee does sow and plough ; Farmer he and landlord thou ! Thou dost innocently joy, Nor does thy luxury destroy.

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