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Pagina 42
... Aspasia ? — A floating atom , dust that falls , unheeded , Into the adverse scale , nor shakes the balance . CALI . At least , this day be calm - If we succeed , Aspasia's thine , and all thy life is rapture.- See ! Mustapha , the ...
... Aspasia ? — A floating atom , dust that falls , unheeded , Into the adverse scale , nor shakes the balance . CALI . At least , this day be calm - If we succeed , Aspasia's thine , and all thy life is rapture.- See ! Mustapha , the ...
Pagina 43
... Aspasia shine above her ! CALI . Should she , for proselytes are always zealous , With pious warmth receive our prophet's law- MUSTAPHA . Heav'n will contemn the mercenary fervour , Which love of greatness , not of truth , inflames ...
... Aspasia shine above her ! CALI . Should she , for proselytes are always zealous , With pious warmth receive our prophet's law- MUSTAPHA . Heav'n will contemn the mercenary fervour , Which love of greatness , not of truth , inflames ...
Pagina 45
... Aspasia , since my fair entreats it , With converse chase the melancholy moments . Sure , chill'd with sixty winter camps , thy blood , At sight of female charms , will glow no more . CALI . These years , unconquer'd Mahomet , demand ...
... Aspasia , since my fair entreats it , With converse chase the melancholy moments . Sure , chill'd with sixty winter camps , thy blood , At sight of female charms , will glow no more . CALI . These years , unconquer'd Mahomet , demand ...
Pagina 46
... my domain shall roar , When ev'ry wave shall beat a Turkish shore ; Then , Cali , shall the toils of battle cease , Then dream of pray'r , and pilgrimage , and peace . [ Exeunt . ACT II - SCENE I. ASPASIA , IRENE . IRENE 46 ACT I. IRENE ;
... my domain shall roar , When ev'ry wave shall beat a Turkish shore ; Then , Cali , shall the toils of battle cease , Then dream of pray'r , and pilgrimage , and peace . [ Exeunt . ACT II - SCENE I. ASPASIA , IRENE . IRENE 46 ACT I. IRENE ;
Pagina 47
... ASPASIA , yet pursue the sacred theme ; Exhaust the stores of pious eloquence , And teach me to repel the sultan's passion . Still , at Aspasia's voice , a sudden rapture Exalts my soul , and fortifies my heart ; The glitt❜ring ...
... ASPASIA , yet pursue the sacred theme ; Exhaust the stores of pious eloquence , And teach me to repel the sultan's passion . Still , at Aspasia's voice , a sudden rapture Exalts my soul , and fortifies my heart ; The glitt❜ring ...
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ABDALLA Ashbourne ASPASIA beauty Boswell breast CALI called CARAZA CHAP charms Colley Cibber danger dear death delight DEMETRIUS dread elegant essays ev'ry eyes fate fear folly Garrick Gentleman's Magazine guilt happy hear heart heav'n honour hope hour human Imlac IRENE island Johnson king labour lady learned LEONTIUS letter Lichfield live lord Lydiat MAHOMET maid mihi mind mistress mountains MUSTAPHA nature Nekayah never night nunc o'er once passion Pekuah perhaps pleased pleasure poet pow'r praise prince PRINCE OF ABISSINIA princess quæ Raarsa rage Rambler Rasselas reason rocks SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL says SCENE sir John Hawkins Skie smile soon sorrow soul square miles Streatham sultan suppose terrour thee thine thing thou thought THRALE tibi tion translation travelled truth virtue vitæ wish wonder write
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