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[ "Now , that 's what I call the real thing — the clean grit . The position of that bokeyis such , that none but the purest taste could conceive ,— those camellias , chastity itself . A fine combination ! Cutting the turnips and carrots to make ornaments for the cold tongue ; chusing the bokies at Covent Garden Market ; mildly tempering the brilliant light of wax and gas with the soothing hue of flowers . I have brought all my arts to bear upon this sworry . The party who is a greengrocer in the morning , is the only perfect waiter in the evening .", "Yes , Miss Agatha ; without exaggeration I may venture to say , we are lit up .", "No , Miss Agatha , he has not — since he left the house at two in the afternoon — I have n't the slightest notion where he is gone .", "No — though I did my best to ascertain ;— “ Are you going far , sir ? ” says I . He stares , and he makes me no answer . “ Shall you be long , sir ? ” says I . He stares again , and again he makes no answer . “ Because sir , ” says I , “ there 's the party this evening ! ” “ I know that , better than you do , ” says he , “ for I shall have to pay for it ! ” — just like him , Miss Agatha — ha , ha , ha !", "I hope you admire the bokies , Miss Agatha ; them camellias are quite the thing , I flatter myself ;— all my taste — ha ! ha ! You 'll be called to-morrow the Lady of the Camellias !", "Now , I thought I had said something very pretty — but she do n't look pleased .", "On the contrary , Miss Agatha — I 'm sorry to differ from you , but I rather think one has arrived , and is coffee-ing in the back parlor ;— here he is , too !", "Watch in an umbrella — come , that 's not bad !— ho , ho , ho !", "Which it is capital !— just like you , sir .", "Thwaites , at your service , sir . Cards ai n't common in our business ; but my address is ——", "And I 'll listen if you talk for an hour . If I take up the newspaper , is it to read about politics ? No ! About plays ?— No , I should rather think not ! About pictures ? bother , no ! I look to see if Mr. Whitewash has been saying something for some poor devil in the Central Criminal Court . That 's my intellectual treat !", "That 's the man of money . Give me the man of mind !", "Mr. Pawkins !", "Please , sir , the parties which is in t'other room can n't get on without you .", "At your service , sir .", "Yes , sir : I do n't think him much ‘ count , sir .", "No !", "Yes , sir !", "The deuce !", "Ca n't be done , sir ; can n't be done . Gov'ner orders the contrary .", "Mr. Ferguson .", "So , Mr. Pawkins , it was Mrs. Ferguson 's Jemima , was it ? Are you aware , sir , that I pay my attentions in that quarter ? Are you aware that I 'm Thwaites ?", "Please , sir , a knowin ’ party , as calls himself your clerk , has brought this ." ]

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[ "Why so : now haue I done a good daies work .", "You Peeres , continue this vnited League :", "I , euery day expect an Embassage", "From my Redeemer , to redeeme me hence .", "And more to peace my soule shall part to heauen ,", "Since I haue made my Friends at peace on earth .", "Dorset and Riuers , take each others hand ,", "Dissemble not your hatred , Sweare your loue", "Take heed you dally not before your King ,", "Lest he that is the supreme King of Kings", "Confound your hidden falshood , and award", "Either of you to be the others end", "Dorset , imbrace him :", "Hastings , loue Lord Marquesse", "Now Princely Buckingham , seale y this league", "With thy embracements to my wiues Allies ,", "And make me happy in your vnity", "A pleasing Cordiall , Princely Buckingham", "Is this thy Vow , vnto my sickely heart :", "There wanteth now our Brother Gloster heere ,", "To make the blessed period of this peace", "Happy indeed , as we haue spent the day :", "Gloster , we haue done deeds of Charity ,", "Made peace of enmity , faire loue of hate ,", "Betweene these swelling wrong incensed Peeres", "Who knowes not he is dead ?", "Who knowes he is ?", "Qu . All-seeing heauen , what a world is this ?", "Buc . Looke I so pale Lord Dorset , as the rest ?", "Dor . I my good Lord , and no man in the presence ,", "But his red colour hath forsooke his cheekes", "Is Clarence dead ? The Order was reuerst", "I prethee peace , my soule is full of sorrow", "Then say at once , what is it thou requests", "Haue I a tongue to doome my Brothers death ?", "And shall that tongue giue pardon to a slaue ?", "My Brother kill 'd no man , his fault was Thought ,", "And yet his punishment was bitter death .", "Who sued to me for him ? Who", "Kneel 'd and my feet , and bid me be aduis 'd ?", "Who spoke of Brother-hood ? who spoke of loue ?", "Who told me how the poore soule did forsake", "The mighty Warwicke , and did fight for me ?", "Who told me in the field at Tewkesbury ,", "When Oxford had me downe , he rescued me :", "And said deare Brother liue , and be a King ?", "Who told me , when we both lay in the Field ,", "Frozen", "to death , how he did lap me", "Euen in his Garments , and did giue himselfe", "to the numbe cold night ?", "All this from my Remembrance , brutish wrath", "Sinfully pluckt , and not a man of you", "Had so much grace to put it in my minde .", "But when your Carters , or your wayting Vassalls", "Haue done a drunken Slaughter , and defac 'd", "The precious Image of our deere Redeemer ,", "You straight are on your knees for Pardon , pardon ,", "And I", "must grant it you .", "But for my Brother , not a man would speake ,", "Nor I", "speake vnto my selfe", "For him poore Soule . The proudest of you all ,", "Haue bin beholding to him in his life :", "Yet none of you , would once begge for his life .", "O God ! I feare thy iustice will take hold", "On me , and you ; and mine , and yours for this .", "Come Hastings helpe me to my Closset .", "Ah poore Clarence .", "I will not sup to night ,", "Giue me some Inke and Paper :", "What , is my Beauer easier then it was ?", "And all my Armour laid into my Tent ?", "Cat . It is my Liege : and all things are in readinesse", "So , I am satisfied : Giue me a Bowle of Wine ,", "I haue not that Alacrity of Spirit ,", "Nor cheere of Minde that I was wont to haue .", "Set it downe . Is Inke and Paper ready ?", "Rat . It is my Lord", "Who 's there ?", "Rat . Ratcliffe , my Lord , ‘ tis I : the early Village Cock", "Hath twice done salutation to the Morne ,", "Your Friends are vp , and buckle on their Armour", "O Ratcliffe , I feare , I feare", "By the Apostle Paul , shadowes to night", "Haue stroke more terror to the soule of Richard ,", "Then can the substance of ten thousand Souldiers", "Armed in proofe , and led by shallow Richmond .", "‘ Tis not yet neere day . Come go with me ,", "Vnder our Tents Ile play the Ease-dropper ,", "To heare if any meane to shrinke from me .", "He said the truth : and what said Surrey then ? Rat . He smil 'd and said , the better for our purpose", "He was in the right , and so indeed it is . Tell the clocke there . Clocke strikes . Giue me a Kalender : Who saw the Sunne to day ? Rat . Not I my Lord", "Then he disdaines to shine : for by the Booke", "He should haue brau 'd the East an houre ago ,", "A blacke day will it be to somebody . Ratcliffe", "The Sun will not be seene to day ,", "The sky doth frowne , and lowre vpon our Army .", "I would these dewy teares were from the ground .", "Not shine to day ? Why , what is that to me", "More then to Richmond ? For the selfe-same Heauen", "That frownes on me , lookes sadly vpon him .", "Enter Norfolke .", "Come , bustle , bustle . Caparison my horse .", "Call vp Lord Stanley , bid him bring his power ,", "I will leade forth my Soldiers to the plaine ,", "And thus my Battell shal be ordred .", "My Foreward shall be drawne in length ,", "Consisting equally of Horse and Foot :", "Our Archers shall be placed in the mid'st ;", "Iohn Duke of Norfolke , Thomas Earle of Surrey ,", "Shall haue the leading of the Foot and Horse .", "They thus directed , we will follow", "In the maine Battell , whose puissance on either side", "Shall be well-winged with our cheefest Horse :", "This , and Saint George to boote .", "What think'st thou Norfolke", "A thing deuised by the Enemy .", "Go Gentlemen , euery man to his Charge ,", "Let not our babling Dreames affright our soules :", "For Conscience is a word that Cowards vse ,", "Deuis 'd at first to keepe the strong in awe ,", "Our strong armes be our Conscience , Swords our Law .", "March on , ioyne brauely , let vs too't pell mell ,", "If not to heauen , then hand in hand to Hell .", "What shall I say more then I haue inferr 'd ?", "Remember whom you are to cope withall ,", "A sort of Vagabonds , Rascals , and Run-awayes ,", "A scum of Brittaines , and base Lackey Pezants ,", "Whom their o'rehYpppHeNcloyed Country vomits forth", "To desperate Aduentures , and assur 'd Destruction .", "You sleeping safe , they bring you to vnrest :", "You hauing Lands , and blest with beauteous wiues ,", "They would restraine the one , distaine the other ,", "And who doth leade them , but a paltry Fellow ?", "Long kept in Britaine at our Mothers cost ,", "A Milke-sop , one that neuer in his life", "Felt so much cold , as ouer shooes in Snow :", "Let 's whip these straglers o 're the Seas againe ,", "Lash hence these ouer-weening Ragges of France ,", "These famish 'd Beggers , weary of their liues ,", "Who", "For want of meanes", "had hang 'd themselues .", "If we be conquered , let men conquer vs ,", "And not these bastard Britaines , whom our Fathers", "Haue in their owne Land beaten , bobb 'd , and thump 'd ,", "And on Record , left them the heires of shame .", "Shall these enioy our Lands ? lye with our Wiues ?", "Rauish our daughters ?", "Drum afarre off", "Hearke , I heare their Drumme ,", "Right Gentlemen of England , fight boldly yeomen ,", "Draw Archers draw your Arrowes to the head ,", "Spurre your proud Horses hard , and ride in blood ,", "Amaze the welkin with your broken staues .", "Enter a Messenger .", "What sayes Lord Stanley , will he bring his power ?", "Mes . My Lord , he doth deny to come", "Off with his sonne Georges head", "A thousand hearts are great within my bosom .", "Aduance our Standards , set vpon our Foes ,", "Our Ancient word of Courage , faire S", "George", "Inspire vs with the spleene of fiery Dragons :", "Vpon them , Victorie sits on our helpes .", "Alarum , excursions . Enter Catesby ." ]

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[ "Mery .+ Nowe say thys againe : he hath somewhat to dooing", "Which followeth the trace of one that is wowing ,", "Specially that hath no more wit in his hedde ,", "Than my cousin Roister Doister withall is ledde .", "I am sent in all haste to espie and to marke", "How our letters and tokens are likely to warke .", "Maister Roister Doister must haue aunswere in haste", "For he loueth not to spende much labour in waste .", "Nowe as for Christian Custance by this light ,", "Though she had not hir trouth to Gawin Goodluck plight ,", "Yet rather than with such a loutishe dolte to marie ,", "I dare say woulde lyue a poore lyfe solitarie ,", "But fayne would I speake with Custance if I wist how", "To laugh at the matter , yond commeth one forth now .", "Mery .+ What is he , whome this little mouse doth so threaten ?", "Mery .+ I will call hir : Maide with whome are ye so hastie ?", "Mery .+ I knowe where she is : Dobinet hath wrought some wile .", "Mery .+ We shall haue sport anone : I like this very well . And dwell ye here with mistresse Custance faire maide ?", "Mery .+ A little message vnto hir by worde of mouth .", "Mery .+ Then help me to speke with hir .", "Mery .+ Dame Custance god ye saue .", "Mery .+ I am come to you a little matter to breake .", "Mery .+ Howe feele ye your selfe affected here of late ?", "Mery .+ Concerning mariage . Doth not loue lade you ?", "Mery .+ Doe ye feele no pangues of dotage ? aunswere me right .", "Mery .+ Oh Iesus , will ye see", "What dissemblyng creatures these same women be ?", "The gentleman ye wote of , whome ye doe so loue ,", "That ye woulde fayne marrie him , yf ye durst it moue ,", "Emong other riche widowes , which are of him glad ,", "Lest ye for lesing of him perchaunce might runne mad ,", "Is nowe contented that vpon your sute making ,", "Ye be as one in election of taking .", "Mery .+ Yea and he is as louing a worme againe as a doue .", "Een of very pitie he is willyng you to take ,", "Bicause ye shall not destroy your selfe for his sake .", "Mery .+ Is it not trowe ye ? If ye haue the grace now to offer your self , ye speede .", "Mery .+ Lo where ye be againe ,", "As though ye knewe him not .", "Mery .+ Nay sure , the partie is in good knacking earnest ,", "And haue you he will", "and haue you he must .", "Mery .+ Mary so thinketh he , vnto him alone .", "Mery .+ Ye knowe him not you by his letter and token .", "Mery .+ Ye a woman ? and your letter so long vnredde .", "Mery .+ Ah well I say .", "Mery .+ Will ye neuer leaue this dissimulation ? Ye know hym not .", "Mery .+ Then will he haue you if he may , so mote I thriue ,", "And he biddeth you sende him worde by me ,", "That ye humbly beseech him , ye may his wife be ,", "And that there shall be no let in you nor mistrust ,", "But to be wedded on sunday next if he lust ,", "And biddeth you to looke for him .", "Mery .+ When he commeth , aske hym whether he did or no ?", "Mery .+ He hath in his head .", "Mery .+ Well dame Custance , if he heare you thus play choploge .", "Mery .+ Play the deuill in the horologe .", "Mery .+ Shall I tell hym what ye say ?", "Mery .+ Then let me alone we will laugh well ye shall see ,", "It will not be long ere he will hither resorte .", "Mery .+ Nowe that the whole answere in my deuise doth rest ,", "I shall paint out our wower in colours of the best .", "And all that I say shall be on Custances mouth ,", "She is author of all that I shall speake forsoth .", "But yond commeth Roister Doister nowe in a traunce .", "Mery .+ I will not see him , but giue him a iutte in deede . I crie your mastershyp mercie .", "Mery .+ As fast as I could runne sir in poste against you . But why speake ye so faintly , or why are ye so sad ?", "Mery .+ Yea that I haue .", "Mery .+ No so God me saue .", "Mery .+ Nay a sharp answer .", "Mery .+ Ye shall not", "by hir will marry hir cat .", "Ye are such a calfe , such an asse , such a blocke ,", "Such a lilburne , such a hoball , such a lobcocke ,", "And bicause ye shoulde come to hir at no season ,", "She despised your maship out of all reason .", "Bawawe what ye say", "of such a ientman ,", "Nay I feare him not", "doe the best he can .", "He vaunteth him selfe for a man of prowesse greate ,", "Where as a good gander I dare say may him beate .", "And where he is louted and laughed to skorne ,", "For the veriest dolte that euer was borne ,", "And veriest lubber , slouen and beast ,", "Liuing in this worlde from the west to the east :", "Yet of himselfe hath he suche opinion ,", "That in all the worlde is not the like minion .", "He thinketh eche woman to be brought in dotage", "With the onely sight of his goodly personage :", "Yet none that will haue hym : we do hym loute and flocke ,", "And make him among vs , our common sporting stocke ,", "And so would I now", "saue onely bicause ,", "Better nay", "I lust not medle with dawes .", "Ye are happy", "that ye are a woman ,", "This would cost you your life in case ye were a man .", "Mery .+ No but that ye wowe hir to haue hir to your wife ,", "But I coulde not stoppe hir mouth .", "Mery .+ Be of good cheere man , and let the worlde passe .", "Mery .+ Ye shall haue choise of a thousande as good as shee ,", "And ye must pardon hir , it is for lacke of witte .", "Mery .+ In faith I can not tell .", "Mery .+ Then shall I bidde toll the bell ?", "Mery .+ God haue mercie on your soule , ah good gentleman ,", "That er ye shuld th", "s dye for an vnkinde woman .", "Will ye drinke once ere ye goe .", "Mery .+ How feele your soule to God .", "Mery .+ And shall we hence streight ?", "Mery .+ Placebo dilexi .", "Maister Doister Doister will streight go home and die . vt infra . *", "Mery .+ Holde your peace for shame sir , a dead man may not speake . Nequando : What mourners and what torches shall we haue ?", "Mery .+ Dirige . He will go darklyng to his graue ,", "Neque , lux , neque crux , neque mourners , neque clinke ,", "He will steale to heauen , vnknowing to God I thinke .", "A porta inferi , who shall your goodes possesse ?", "Mery .+ Requiem æternam . Now God reward your mastershyp .", "And I will crie halfepenie doale for your worshyp .", "Come forth sirs , heare the dolefull newes I shall you tell .", "Our good maister here will no longer with vs dwell ,", "But in spite of Custance , which hath hym weried ,", "Let vs see his mashyp solemnely buried .", "And while some piece of his soule is yet hym within ,", "Some part of his funeralls let vs here begin .", "Audiui vocem , All men take heede by this one gentleman ,", "Howe you sette your loue vpon an vnkinde woman .", "For these women be all such madde pieuishe elues ,", "They will not be wonne except it please them selues .", "But in fayth Custance if euer ye come in hell ,", "Maister Roister Doister shall serue you as well .", "And will ye needes go from vs thus in very deede ?", "Mery .+ Now Iesus Christ be your speede .", "Good night Roger olde knaue , farewell Roger olde knaue ,", "Good night Roger olde knaue , knaue knap . vt infra . **", "Pray for the late maister Roister Doisters soule ,", "And come forth parish Clarke , let the passing bell toll .", "Pray for your mayster sirs , and for hym ring a peale .", "He was your right good maister while he was in heale .", "Qui Lazarum .", "Mery .+ Dead men go not so fast In Paradisum .", "Mery .+ Soft , heare what I haue cast", "Mery .+ Whough , wellaway .", "Ye may tarie one houre , and heare what I shall say ,", "Ye were best sir for a while to reuiue againe ,", "And quite them er ye go .", "Mery .+ Ye plain .", "Mery .+ I will rubbe your temples , and fette you againe at last .", "Mery .+ Yes for twentie pounde .", "Mery .+ Fet you again out of your sound", "By this crosse ye were nigh gone in deede , I might feele", "Your soule departing within an inche of your heele .", "Now folow my counsell .", "Mery .+ If I wer you ,", "Custance should eft seeke to me , ere I woulde bowe .", "Mery .+ Then shall ye reuiue againe for an houre or two .", "Mery .+ Good happe is not hastie : yet in space com", "th grace ,", "To speake with Custance your selfe shoulde be very well ,", "What good therof may come , nor I , nor you can tell .", "But now the matter standeth vpon your mariage ,", "Ye must now take vnto you a lustie courage .", "Ye may not speake with a faint heart to Custance ,", "But with a lusty breast and countenance ,", "That she may knowe she hath to answere to a man .", "Mery .+ Then bicause ye must Custance face to face wowe ,", "Let vs see how to behaue your selfe ye can doe .", "Ye must haue a portely bragge after your estate .", "Mery .+ Well done , so loe , vp man with your head and chin ,", "Vp with that snoute man : so loe , nowe ye begin ,", "So , that is somewhat like , but prankie cote , nay whan ,", "That is a lustie brute , handes vnder your side man :", "So loe , now is it euen as it should bee ,", "That is somewhat like , for a man of your degree .", "Then must ye stately goe , ietting vp and downe ,", "Tut , can ye no better shake the taile of your gowne ?", "There loe , suche a lustie bragge it is ye must make .", "Mery .+ Else were I much to blame , I thanke your mastershyp .", "The lorde one day all to begrime you with worshyp ,", "Backe sir sauce , let gentlefolkes haue elbowe roome ,", "Voyde sirs , see ye not maister Roister Doister come ?", "Make place my maisters .", "Mery .+ Back al rude loutes .", "Mery .+ I crie your maship mercy", "Hoighdagh , if faire fine mistresse Custance sawe you now ,", "Ralph Royster Doister were hir owne I warrant you .", "Mery .+ Your good mastershyps", "Maistershyp , were hir owne Mistreshyps mistreshyps ,", "Ye were take vp for haukes , ye were gone , ye were gone ,", "But now one other thing more yet I thinke vpon .", "Mery .+ A wower be he neuer so poore", "Must play and sing before his bestbeloues doore ,", "How much more than you ?", "Mery .+ And perchaunce that woulde make hir the sooner come out .", "Mery .+ I wyll be here with them ere ye can say trey ace . Exeat .", "Mery .+ There hath grown no grasse on my heele since I went hence ,", "Lo here haue I brought that shall make you pastance .", "Mery .+ Lo where she commeth , some countenaunce to hir make", "And ye shall heare me be plaine with hir for your sake .", "Mery .+ May not folks be honest , pray you , though they be pore ?", "Mery .+ Looke partly towarde hir , and drawe a little nere .", "Mery .+ Why may not we be here ?", "Nay and ye will haze , haze : otherwise I tell you plaine ,", "And ye will not haze , then giue vs our geare againe .", "Mery .+ Ye are to tender hearted : shall she make vs dawes ? Nay dame , I will be plaine with you in my friends cause .", "Mery .+ And where will ye finde one which can doe that he can ?", "Now thys man towarde you being so kinde ,", "You not to make him an answere somewhat to his minde .", "Mery .+ And I reported it .", "Mery .+ Was I not metely plaine ?", "Mery .+ But I would not tell all , for faith if I had", "With you dame Custance ere this houre it had been bad ,", "And not without cause : for this goodly personage ,", "Ment no lesse than to ioyne with you in mariage .", "Mery .+ Ye know not where your preferment lieth I see ,", "He sending you such a token , ring and letter .", "Mery .+ Let vs see your letter .", "Mery .+ To mine owne deare coney birde , swete heart , and pigsny", "Good Mistresse Custance present these by and by ,", "Of this superscription do ye blame the stile ?", "Mery .+ Sweete mistresse where as I loue you nothing at all ,", "Regarding your substance and richesse chiefe of all ,", "For your personage , beautie , demeanour and wit ,", "I commende me vnto you neuer a whit .", "Sorie to heare report of your good welfare .", "For", "suche your conditions are ,", "That ye be worthie fauour of no liuing man ,", "To be abhorred of euery honest man .", "To be taken for a woman enclined to vice .", "Nothing at all to Vertue gyuing hir due price .", "Whersore concerning mariage , ye are thought", "Suche a fine Paragon , as nere honest man bought .", "And nowe by these presentes I do you aduertise", "That I am minded to marrie you in no wise .", "For your goodes and substance , I coulde bee content", "To take you as ye are . If ye mynde to bee my wyfe ,", "Ye shall be assured for the tyme of my lyfe ,", "I will keepe ye ryght well , from good rayment and fare ,", "Ye shall not be kepte but in sorowe and care .", "Ye shall in no wyse lyue at your owne libertie ,", "Doe and say what ye lust , ye shall neuer please me ,", "But when ye are mery , I will be all sadde ,", "When ye are sory , I will be very gladde .", "When ye seeke your heartes ease , I will be vnkinde ,", "At no tyme , in me shall ye muche gentlenesse finde .", "But all things contrary to your will and minde ,", "Shall be done : otherwise I wyll not be behinde", "To speake . And as for all them that woulde do you wrong", "I will so helpe and mainteyne , ye shall not lyue long .", "Nor any foolishe dolte , shall cumbre you but I .", "Thus good mistresse Custance , the lorde you saue and kepe ,", "From me Roister Doister , whether I wake or slepe .", "Who fauoureth you no lesse ,", "Than this letter purporteth , which ye haue vnfolde .", "Mery .+ Fie you are fowle to blame this is your owne hand .", "Mery .+ Ah that ye would in a letter shew such despite .", "Mery .+ Why ye made it your selfe ye tolde me by this light .", "Mery .+ Who can blame this woman to fume and frette and rage ?", "Tut , tut , your selfe nowe haue marde your owne marriage .", "Well , yet mistresse Custance , if ye can this remitte ,", "This gentleman other wise may your loue requitte .", "Mery .+ What weepe ? fye for shame , and blubber ? for manhods sake ,", "Neuer lette your foe so muche pleasure of you take .", "Rather play the mans parte , and doe loue refraine .", "If she despise you een despise ye hir againe .", "Mery .+ Yea and perchaunce that way ye shall much sooner speede ,", "For one madde propretie these women haue in fey ,", "When ye will , they will not : Will not ye , then will they .", "Ah foolishe woman , ah moste vnluckie Custance ,", "Ah vnfortunate woman , ah pieuishe Custance ,", "Art thou to thine harmes so obstinately bent ,", "That thou canst not see where lieth thine high preferment ?", "Canst thou not lub dis man , which coulde lub dee so well ?", "Art thou so much thine own foe .", "Mery .+ Wel I lament .", "Mery .+ Wherfor ?", "Mery .+ I mourne for an other thing .", "Mery .+ That I am not a woman myselfe for your sake ,", "I would haue you my selfe , and a strawe for yond Gill ,", "And mocke much of you though it were against my will .", "I would not I warrant you , fall in such a rage ,", "As so to refuse suche a goodly personage .", "Mery .+ And I were a woman .", "Mery .+ For though I say it , a goodly person ye bee .", "Mery .+ Yes a goodly man as ere I dyd see .", "Mery .+ By the faith that I owe to God sir , but ye bee . Woulde I might for your sake , spende a thousande pound land .", "Mery .+ Yea : And I were the fairest lady in the shiere ,", "And knewe you as I know you , and see you nowe here .", "Well I say no more .", "Mery .+ But since that can not be , will ye play a wise parte ?", "Mery .+ Refraine from Custance a while now .", "And I warrant hir soone right glad to seeke to you ,", "Ye shall see hir anon come on hir knees creeping ,", "And pray you to be good to hir salte teares weeping .", "Mery .+ In faith then farewel she . Or else if ye be wroth , ye may auenged be .", "Mery .+ Scriblerin deede he is worthy no lesse . I will call hym to you , and ye bidde me doubtlesse .", "Mery .+ Nay , if ye will kyll him , I will not fette him ,", "I will not in so muche extremitie sette him ,", "He may yet amende sir , and be an honest man ,", "Therfore pardon him good soule , as muche as ye can .", "Mery .+ Nay fayth ye shall promise that he shall no harme haue ,", "Else I will not fet him .", "Mery .+ Yea that do hardely .", "Mery .+ I returne , and bring him to you by and by . Ex .", "Mery .+ Nay I woulde I had of my purse payde fortie pens .", "Mery .+ But the ientman had rather spent fiue thousande pounde ,", "For it disgraced him at least fiue tymes so muche .", "Mery .+ Come nowe to hymselfe , and hearke what he will say .", "Mery .+ Why did ye not promise that ye would not him spill ?", "Mery .+ I can not blame him sir , though your blowes wold him greue . For he knoweth present death to ensue of all ye geue .", "Mery .+ I redde it in deede .", "Mery .+ I knocke your costarde if ye offer to strike me .", "Mery .+ Yea and rappe you againe except ye can sit in rest . And I will no longer tarie here me beleue .", "Mery .+ Ye are an other your selfe sir , the lorde vs both saue ,", "Albeit in this matter I must your pardon craue ,", "Alas woulde ye wyshe in me the witte that ye haue ?", "But as for my fault I can quickely amende ,", "I will shewe Custance it was I that did offende .", "Mery .+ But if by no entreatie she will be turned ,", "Then sette lyght by hir and bee as testie as shee ,", "And doe your force vpon hir with extremitie .", "Mery .+ That if force shall neede all may be in a readinesse ,", "And as for thys letter hardely let all go ,", "We wyll know where she refuse you for that or no .", "Mery .+ Nay alas , ye may so feare hir out of hir wit .", "Mery .+ Will ye doe no harme in deede , shall I trust your worde ?", "Mery .+ As perchance shall not chaunce againe in seuen yeare .", "Mery .+ But I woulde not haue you make hir too muche afrayde .", "Mery .+ Nay mistresse Custance , I warrant you , our letter", "Is not as we redde een nowe , but much better ,", "And where ye halfe stomaked this gentleman afore ,", "For this same letter , ye wyll loue hym now therefore ,", "Nor it is not this letter , though ye were a queene ,", "That shoulde breake marriage betweene you twaine I weene .", "Mery .+ And though I haue here his letter of loue with me ,", "Yet his ryng and tokens he sent , keepe safe with ye .", "Mery .+ As long as it will hold .", "Mery .+ Why nowe may ye see what it comth too in the ende ,", "To make a deadly foe of your most louing frende :", "And ywis this letter if ye woulde heare it now .", "Mery .+ In faith would rauishe you .", "Mery .+ As ten yeare . How say ye , wil ye haue him ?", "Mery .+ Wil ye take him ?", "Mery .+ At my word ?", "Mery .+ This one faulte with twaine shall be mended , ye shall see .", "Gentle mistresse Custance now , good mistresse Custance ,", "Honey mistresse Custance now , sweete mistresse Custance ,", "Golden mistresse Custance now , white mistresse Custance ,", "Silken mistresse Custance now , faire mistresse Custance .", "Mery .+ Then I can say no more , to speede we are not like ,", "Except ye rappe out a ragge of your Rhetorike .", "Mery .+ Too hir , that is well sayd .", "Mery .+ Wel sayd yet .", "Mery .+ Wel sir , ye perceiue ,", "For all your kinde offer , she will not you receiue .", "Mery .+ Lo dame , ye may see what an husbande ye haue lost .", "Mery .+ Ah , ye will not beleue how this doth my heart wounde .", "How shoulde a mariage betwene you be towarde ,", "If both parties drawe backe , and become so frowarde .", "Mery .+ Nay for the passion of God sir , do not so .", "Mery .+ Nay for the paishe of God , let me now treate peace ,", "For bloudshed will there be in case this strife increace .", "Ah good dame Custance , take better way with you .", "Mery .+ Yeld in time .", "Mumb .+ And I am here too at length .", "Mumbl .+ I with my distaffe will reache hym one rappe ,", "Mery .+ Custance and Trustie both , I doe you here well finde .", "Mery .+ Nowe for altogether ye must your answere tell . Will ye haue this man , woman ? or else will ye not ? Else will he come neuer bore so brymme nor tost so hot .", "Mery .+ The more fond of you both hardly yat mater gesse .", "Mery .+ Why do ye thinke dame Custance", "That in this wowyng I haue ment ought but pastance ?", "Mery .+ But well might ye iudge I spake it all in mockage ? For why ? Is Roister Doister a fitte husband for you ?", "Mery .+ No to God I vow .", "And dyd not I knowe afore of the insurance", "Betweene Gawyn Goodlucke , and Christian Custance ?", "And dyd not I for the nonce , by my conueyance ,", "Reade his letter in a wrong sense for daliance ?", "That if you coulde haue take it vp at the first bounde ,", "We should therat such a sporte and pastime haue founde ,", "That all the whole towne should haue ben the merier .", "Mery .+ This should both haue made sport , and shewed your honestie", "And Goodlucke I dare sweare , your witte therin would low .", "Mery .+ And nothing yet to late , for when I come to him ,", "Hither will he repaire with a sheepes looke full grim ,", "By plaine force and violence to driue you to yelde .", "Mery .+ Let vs see , be bolde .", "Mery .+ If occasion serue , takyng his parte full brim ,", "I will strike at you , but the rappe shall light on him .", "When we first appeare .", "Mery .+ And I wil set him on . Then will he looke as fierce as a Cotssold lyon .", "Mery .+ That do I very nowe .", "Mery .+ Wel god haue mercy on you . Ex .", "Mery .+ I am loth to tell you .", "Mery .+ Forsooth sir , I haue spoken for you all that I can .", "But if ye winne hir , ye must een play the man ,", "Een to fight it out , ye must a mans heart take .", "Mery .+ By this crosse I haue seene you eate your meate as well ,", "As any that ere I haue seene of or heard tell ,", "A stomacke quod you ? he that will that denie", "I know was neuer at dynner in your companie .", "Mery .+ Nay the stomacke of a horse or a dogge I weene .", "Mery .+ Ten men can scarce match you with a spoone in a pie .", "Mery .+ I neuer sawe your stomacke cloyed yet in my lyfe .", "Mery .+ We shall see how ye will strike nowe being angry .", "Mery .+ Nay then haue at your pate agayne by this day ,", "Mery .+ I can not in fight make to you suche warrantise :", "But as for your foes here let them the bargaine bie .", "Mery .+ If I were as ye be , by gogs deare mother ,", "I woulde not leaue one stone vpon an other .", "Though she woulde redeeme it with twentie thousand poundes .", "Mery .+ Bee not at one with hir vpon any amendes .", "Mery .+ On .", "Mery .+ Forth .", "Mery .+ On .", "Mery .+ That tender heart of yours wyll marre altogether ,", "Thus will ye be turned with waggyng of a fether .", "Mery .+ On forth , while this geare is hot", "Mery .+ What lacke we now ?", "Mery .+ Backe for the pashe of God , backe sirs , backe againe . What is the great mater ?", "Mery .+ Well remembred of a captaine by sainct Marie .", "Mery .+ Let vs haue it then .", "Mery .+ Then wote not I when . But what is it ?", "Mery .+ Tut so will ye be , when ye haue studied a weke . But tell me what it is ?", "Mery .+ The kitchen collocauit , the best hennes to grece ,", "Runne , fet it Dobinet , and come at once withall ,", "And bryng with thee my potgunne , hangyng by the wall ,", "I haue seene your head with it full many a tyme ,", "Couered as safe as it had bene with a skrine :", "And I warrant it saue your head from any stroke ,", "Except perchaunce to be amased with the smoke :", "I warrant your head therwith , except for the mist ,", "As safe as if it were fast locked vp in a chist :", "And loe here our Dobinet commeth with it nowe .", "Mery .+ Let me see it on .", "Mery .+ There can be no fitter thing . Now ye must vs tell", "What to do .", "Mery .+ Now sainct George to borow , Drum dubbe a dubbe afore .", "Mery .+ And he were a loute she coulde haue done no more . She hath calde him foole , and dressed him like a foole . Mocked him lyke a foole , vsed him like a foole .", "Mery .+ And hangman and all .", "Mery .+ And what then , will ye thus forgo and lese your right ?", "Mery .+ Tushe tushe sir do not . Be good maister to hir .", "Mery .+ Tush I say do not . And what shall your people here returne streight home ?", "Mery .+ Do not off your harnesse sirs I you aduise ,", "At the least for this fortnight in no maner wise ,", "Perchaunce in an houre when all ye thinke least ,", "Our maisters appetite to fight will be best .", "But soft , ere ye go , haue once at Custance house .", "Mery .+ Once discharge my harquebouse", "And for my heartes ease , haue once more with my potgoon .", "Mery .+ And it cost me my life .", "Mery .+ By the matte but I will . Haue once more with haile shot . I will haue some penyworth , I will not leese all .", "Merygreeke . C. Custance . R. Roister . Tib . T. An . Alyface .", "M. Mumblecrust . Trupenie . Dobinet Doughtie . Harpax .+", "Two drummes with their Ensignes .", "Mery .+ Ah sirrha now Custance if ye had so muche wit", "I woulde see you aske pardon , and your selues submit .", "Mery .+ Here ye what she saith ?", "Mery .+ Dubba dub sirrha .", "Mery .+ Dubbadub .", "Mery .+ Now sirs , quite our selues like tall men and hardie .", "Mery .+ God sende vs a faire day .", "Mery .+ Stand .", "Mery .+ Kepe .", "Mery .+ Strike .", "Mery .+ Hold thine owne Harpax , downe with them Dobinet .", "Mery .+ Saue your selfe sir , for gods sake .", "Mery .+ Saue your self .", "Mery .+ Nay then , haue at you mistresse .", "Mery .+ I wil strike at Custance here .", "Mery .+ So I wil . Nay mistresse Custance .", "Mery .+ Saue your self sir .", "Mery .+ Truce , hold your hands , truce for a pissing while or twaine :", "Nay how say you Custance , for sauing of your life ,", "Will ye yelde and graunt to be this gentmans wife ?", "Mery .+ He loued a while euen like a turtle doue .", "Mery .+ I am sory for you : he could loue you yet so he coulde .", "Mery .+ Why so ?", "Mery .+ What then ? sainct George to borow , our Ladies knight .", "Mery .+ How then ?", "Mery .+ Nay sticke to it , like an hardie man and a tall .", "Mery .+ Away for the pashe of our sweete Lord Iesus Christ .", "Merygreeke . Ralph Roister . Gawyn Goodlucke . Tristram Trustie . C. Custance .+", "Mery .+ Yond I see Gawyn Goodlucke , to whome lyeth my message ,", "I will first salute him after his long voyage ,", "And then make all thing well concerning your behalfe .", "Mery .+ Hence out of sight ye calfe ,", "Till I haue spoke with them , and then I will you fet ,", "Mery .+ What master Gawin Goodluck wel met", "And from your long voyage I bid you right welcome home .", "Mery .+ I come to you from an honest mome .", "Mery .+ Roister Doister that doughtie kite .", "Mery .+ Ye must take him to fauour , and pardon all past ,", "He heareth of your returne , and is full yll agast .", "Mery .+ Ye nere had better sport .", "Mery .+ Why , suche a foole it is ,", "As no man for good pastime would forgoe or misse .", "Mery .+ He will be a glad man . Ex .", "Mery .+ I warrant you on my worde ,", "They say they shall be sicke , but ye be at theyr borde .", "Mery .+ Yes at first , and made strange", "But when I sayd your anger to fauour shoulde change ,", "And therewith had commended you accordingly ,", "They were all in loue with your mashyp by and by .", "And cried you mercy that they had done you wrong .", "Mery .+ We feare", "he will be auenged one day ,", "Then for a peny giue all our liues we may .", "Mery .+ Did they ? yea , euen with one voice", "He will forgiue all", "Oh how they did reioyce .", "Mery .+ Goe fette hym", "while he is in good moode ,", "For haue his anger who lust , we will not by the Roode .", "Mery .+ I warrant you , be bolde", "Too them , and salute them .", "Mery .+ Why so ? better nay : Wherfore ?", "Mery .+ When tooke he gaine of money to any mans harmes ?", "Mery .+ Well , he shall with you talke therof more at leasure . Vpon your good vsage , he will now shake your hande .", "Mery .+ Be not afearde Gawyn to let him shake your fyst .", "Mery .+ He shall not say you nay and I too , by Iesus . Bicause ye shall be friends , and let all quarels passe .", "Mery .+ Then let me fet your quier that we may haue a song .", "Mery .+ Come on sirs quickly .", "Mery .+ God graunt hir as she doth , the Gospell to protect ,", "Learning and vertue to aduaunce , and vice to correct ." ]

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[ "O Romeo , Romeo , braue Mercutio 's is dead ,", "That Gallant spirit hath aspir 'd the Cloudes ,", "Which too vntimely here did scorne the earth", "Here comes the Furious Tybalt backe againe", "Romeo , away be gone :", "The Citizens are vp , and Tybalt slaine ,", "Stand not amaz 'd , the Prince will Doome thee death", "If thou art taken : hence , be gone , away", "Why dost thou stay ?", "There lies that Tybalt", "O Noble Prince , I can discouer all", "The vnluckie Mannage of this fatall brall :", "There lies the man slaine by young Romeo ,", "That slew thy kinsman braue Mercutio", "Tybalt here slaine , whom Romeo 's hand did slay ,", "Romeo that spoke him faire , bid him bethinke", "How nice the Quarrell was , and vrg 'd withall", "Your high displeasure : all this vttered ,", "With gentle breath , calme looke , knees humbly bow 'd", "Could not take truce with the vnruly spleene", "Of Tybalts deafe to peace , but that he Tilts", "With Peircing steele at bold Mercutio 's breast ,", "Who all as hot , turnes deadly point to point ,", "And with a Martiall scorne , with one hand beates", "Cold death aside , and with the other sends", "It back to Tybalt , whose dexterity" ]

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[ "How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night !", "She has a strange look . She is like a little princess who wears a yellow veil , and whose feet are of silver . She is like a princess who has little white doves for feet . You would fancy she was dancing .", "How beautiful is the Princess Salome to-night !", "She is very beautiful to-night .", "How pale the Princess is ! Never have I seen her so pale . She is like the shadow of a white rose in a mirror of silver .", "The Princess has hidden her face behind her fan ! Her little white hands are fluttering like doves that fly to their dove-cots . They are like white butterflies . They are just like white butterflies .", "The Princess rises ! She is leaving the table ! She looks very troubled . Ah , she is coming this way . Yes , she is coming towards us . How pale she is ! Never have I seen her so pale .", "She is like a dove that has strayed .... She is like a narcissus trembling in the wind .... She is like a silver flower .", "You have just left the feast , Princess ?", "Will you be seated , Princess ?", "Is it your pleasure that I bid them bring your litter , Princess ? The night is fair in the garden .", "Pardon me , Princess , but if you do not return some misfortune may happen .", "Princess , it were better to return . Suffer me to lead you in .", "Would it not be better to return to the banquet ?", "I fear him not , Princess ; there is no man I fear . But the Tetrarch has formally forbidden that any man should raise the cover of this well .", "Princess , I cannot , I cannot .", "Let the prophet come forth .... The Princess Salome desires to see him .", "She has a strange look ! She is like a little princess , whose eyes are eyes of amber . Through the clouds of muslin she is smiling like a little princess .", "You can never tell , Princess .", "Oh , no , Princess .", "Do not stay here , Princess , I beseech you .", "Do not stay here , Princess . I pray you do not stay here .", "No , no , Princess .", "Princess ! Princess !", "Princess ! Princess ! Princess !", "Princess , I beseech thee to go within .", "Princess , Princess , thou who art like a garden of myrrh , thou who art the dove of all doves , look not at this man , look not at him ! Do not speak such words to him . I cannot suffer them .... Princess , Princess , do not speak these things .", "Ah !" ]

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[ "Hey , fellow , let thy vis-a-vis come to the door .", "Sir , I will venture as soon as I can expose myself to the ladies .", "My wound !— I would not be in eclipse another day , though I had as many wounds in my body as I have had in my heart . So mind , Varole , let these cards be left as directed ; for this evening I shall wait on my future father-in-law , Sir Tunbelly , and I mean to commence my devoirs to the lady , by giving an entertainment at her father 's expense ; and hark thee , tell Mr. Loveless I request he and his company will honour me with their presence , or I shall think we are not friends .", "So well that I have ardered my coach to the door — so there 's no danger of death this baut , Tam .", "That I believe a lie .—", "Because I remember mine did so when I heard my uncle was shot through the head .", "Pr'ythee , why so ?", "Well !— Naw , strike me dumb ! he starved me ; he has let me want a thausand women for want of a thausand paund .", "If I was a younger brother I should think so too .", "Never , stap my vitals !", "Because she 's a woman of insolent virtue , and I thought myself piqued in honour to debauch her .", "The greatness of your necessities , Tam , is the worst argument in the waurld for your being patiently heard . I do believe you are going to make a very good speech , but , strike me dumb ! it has the worst beginning of any speech I have heard this twelvemonth .", "I do believe thou art : but , come , let 's know the affair quickly .", "Why , faith , Tam , to give you my sense of the thing , I do think taking a purse the best remedy in the waurld ; for if you succeed , you are relieved that way , if you are taken, you are relieved t'other .", "Why , do you then really think it a reasonable thing , that I should give you five hundred paunds ?", "Then thou art willing to receive it anyhow , strike me speechless ! But these are damned times to give money in ; taxes are so great , repairs so exorbitant , tenants such rogues , and bouquets so dear , that the devil take me I 'm reduced to that extremity in my cash , I have been forced to retrench in that one article of sweet pawder , till I have brought it down to five guineas a maunth — now judge , Tam , whether I can spare you five paunds .", "All I can say is , you should have been a better husband .", "Do n't be in a passion , Tam , for passion is the most unbecoming thing in the waurld — to the face . Look you , I do n't love to say anything to you to make you melancholy , but upon this occasion I must take leave to put you in mind that a running horse does require more attendance than a coach-horse . Nature has made some difference twixt you and me .", "That is not all , Tam .", "Ask the ladies .", "I do , stap my vitals !", "Sir , I am proud at being at the head of so prevailing a party .", "Look you , Tam , you know I have always taken you for a mighty dull fellow , and here is one of the foolishest plats broke out that I have seen a lang time . Your poverty makes life so burdensome to you , you would provoke me to a quarrel , in hopes either to slip through my lungs into my estate , or to get yourself run through the guts , to put an end to your pain . But I will disappoint you in both your designs ; far , with the temper of a philasapher , and the discretion of a statesman — I shall leave the room with my sword in the scabbard ." ]

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[ "Good morning , Woodcutter .", "Good morning , Woodcutter .", "Do n't you ever say anything except good morning ?", "You are a cross woodcutter to-day .", "You are still cutting wood ? Do n't you ever do anything else ?", "Now , that 's not fair , Woodcutter . You can n't say I was a Princess yesterday , when I came and helped you stack your wood . Or the day before , when I tied up your hand where you had cut it . Or the day before that , when we had our meal together on the grass . Was I a Princess then ?", "I think you 're perfectly horrid . I 've a good mind never to speak to you again . And — and I would , if only I could be sure that you would notice I was n't speaking to you .", "Yes , but the trouble is that you do n't interrupt your work .", "I wish I thought you were .", "Yes , that 's just it . That 's why I want your help . Particularly in the matter of the Princes .", "Three suitors . And I hate them all .", "I do n't know . Father has n't made up his mind yet .", "Why , of course ! You should read the History Books , Woodcutter . The suitors to the hand of a Princess are always set some trial of strength or test of quality by the King , and the winner marries his daughter .", "Woodcutter !", "I do n't want to be married .I mean , not to any of those three .", "I know . That 's why I wanted you to help me .", "Well , perhaps a simple one could n't , but a clever one might .", "His reward would be that the Princess , not being married to any of her three suitors , would still be able to help him chop his wood in the mornings . . . . I am helping you , are n't I ?", "I thought I was .", "I 'm not very great .", "And one man happy ?", "I wonder who he 'll be . . . . Woodcutter , if you were a Prince , would you be my suitor ?", "Oo , would you kill the others ? With that axe ?", "Yes ?", "Well , she 's only got three at present .", "Oh , I just thought you might want to be doing something to your axe .", "Yes . You see , she has made up her mind .", "That 's where you 'll have the advantage of them , when it comes to axes .", "Woodcutter ! My woodcutter ! My , oh so very slow and uncomprehending , but entirely adorable woodcutter !", "All sorts of things . . . . Do you really love me , woodcutter , or have I proposed to you under a misapprehension ?", "I thought you did . But I wanted to hear you say it . If I had been a simple peasant , I suppose you would have said it a long time ago ?", "Yes . . . . Well , now we must think of a plan for making Mother like you .", "Well , I do n't quite see how I am to stop you .", "Oh , Woodcutter , woodcutter , why did n't you do that the first day I saw you ? Then I need n't have had the bother of proposing to you .What is it ?", "Oh ! I must fly !", "Perhaps .", "Well , Woodcutter , what did I tell you ?", "Did n't you listen to what they said ?", "Well , I could n't help listening . And unless you stop it somehow , I shall be married to one of them to-night .", "The one with the kindest heart — whichever that is .", "They wo n't . They never have . In our circles when three Princes come together , one of them has a kind heart and the other two have n't .Have n't you read any History at all ?", "What do you mean ?", "Oh , how clever of you ! But what do you want me to do ?", "I obey my lord 's commands .", "Father !", "My mother ?", "But what 's the matter ?", "Oh , sir , you have saved my mother 's life !", "It is my mother , the Queen , who asks you .", "You will be very welcome , sir .", "I will do my best , father ." ]

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[ "Where is the Master , Boson ?", "Hang cur , hang , you whoreson insolent Noyse-maker , we are lesse afraid to be drownde , then thou art .", "Let 's all sinke with ’ King", "At a word , I am not", "To tell you true , I counterfet him", "At a word I am not", "Me , a n't shall please you ? I am Anthony Dull", "Beleeue me no , I thanke my fortune for it ,", "My ventures are not in one bottome trusted ,", "Nor to one place ; nor is my whole estate", "Vpon the fortune of this present yeere :", "Therefore my merchandize makes me not sad", "Fie , fie", "Thou knowst that all my fortunes are at sea ,", "Neither haue I money , nor commodity", "To raise a present summe , therefore goe forth", "Try what my credit can in Venice doe ,", "That shall be rackt euen to the vttermost ,", "To furnish thee to Belmont to faire Portia .", "Goe presently enquire , and so will I", "Where money is , and I no question make", "To haue it of my trust , or for my sake .", "No more then I am wel acquitted of", "I once did lend my bodie for thy wealth ,", "Which but for him that had your husbands ring", "Had quite miscarried . I dare be bound againe ,", "My soule vpon the forfeit , that your Lord", "Will neuer more breake faith aduisedlie" ]

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[ "In sooth , I know not why I am so sad ;", "It wearies me ; you say , it wearies you ;", "But how I caught it , found it , or came by it ,", "What stuff ‘ tis made of , whereof it is born ,", "I am to learn ;", "And such a want-wit sadness makes of me ,", "That I have much ado to know myself .", "Believe me , no : I thank my fortune for it ,", "My ventures are not in one bottom trusted ,", "Nor to one place ; nor is my whole estate", "Upon the fortune of this present year :", "Therefore my merchandize makes me not sad .", "Fie , fie !", "Your worth is very dear in my regard .", "I take it your own business calls on you ,", "And you embrace the occasion to depart .", "I hold the world but as the world , Gratiano ;", "A stage , where every man must play a part ,", "And mine a sad one .", "Farewell : I 'll grow a talker for this gear .", "Is that any thing now ?", "Well ; tell me now , what lady is the same", "To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage ,", "That you to-day promis 'd to tell me of ?", "I pray you , good Bassanio , let me know it ;", "And , if it stand , as you yourself still do ,", "Within the eye of honour , be assur 'd", "My purse , my person , my extremest means ,", "Lie all unlock 'd to your occasions .", "You know me well ; and herein spend but time ,", "To wind about my love with circumstance ;", "Then do but say to me what I should do ,", "That in your knowledge may by me be done ,", "And I am prest unto it :", "therefore speak .", "Thou know'st that all my fortunes are at sea ;", "Neither have I money , nor commodity", "To raise a present sum : therefore go forth ,", "Try what my credit can in Venice do ;", "That shall be rack 'd , even to the uttermost ,", "To furnish thee to Belmont , to fair Portia .", "Go , presently inquire , and so will I ,", "Where money is ; and I no question make ,", "To have it of my trust , or for my sake .", "FOOTNOTES :", "Shylock , albeit , I neither lend nor borrow ,", "By taking , nor by giving of excess .", "Yet , to supply the ripe wants of my friend ,", "I 'll break a custom :— - Is he yet possess 'd", "How much you would ?", "And for three months .", "I do never use it .", "And what of him ? did he take interest ?", "This was a venture , Sir , that Jacob serv 'd for ;", "A thing not in his power to bring to pass ,", "But sway 'd and fashion 'd by the hand of Heaven .", "Was this inserted to make interest good ?", "Or is your gold and silver ewes and rams ?", "Mark you this , Bassanio ,", "The devil can cite scripture for his purpose .", "An evil soul producing holy witness", "Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ;", "A goodly apple rotten at the heart ;", "O , what a goodly outside falsehood hath !", "Well , Shylock , shall we be beholden to you ?", "I am as like to call thee so again ,", "To spet on thee again , to spurn thee too .", "If thou wilt lend this money , lend it not", "As to thy friends ;", "But lend it rather to thine enemy ;", "Who , if he break , thou may'st with better face", "Exact the penalties .", "This were kindness .", "Content , in faith ; I 'll seal to such a bond ,", "And say , there is much kindness in the Jew .", "Why , fear not , man ; I will not forfeit it ;", "Within these two months , that 's a month before", "This bond expires , I do expect return", "Of thrice three times the value of this bond .", "Yes , Shylock , I will seal unto this bond .", "Hie thee , gentle Jew . This Hebrew will turn Christian ; he grows kind .", "Come , on ; in this there can be no dismay ,", "My ships come home a month before the day .", "FOOTNOTES :", "Hear me yet , good Shylock .", "I pray thee , hear me speak .", "Let him alone ;", "I 'll follow him no more with bootless prayers .", "He seeks my life .", "The duke cannot deny the course of law ,", "For the commodity that strangers have", "With us in Venice , if it be denied ,", "‘ Twill much impeach the justice of the state ;", "Since that the trade and profit of the city", "Consisteth of all nations .", "Well , gaoler , on :— Pray heaven , Bassanio come", "To see me pay his debt , and then I care not .", "FOOTNOTES :", "Ready , so please your grace .", "Duke , I am sorry for thee : them art come to answer", "A stony adversary , an inhuman wretch ,", "Uncapable of pity , void and empty", "From any dram of mercy .", "I have heard", "Your grace hath ta'en great pains to qualify", "His rigorous course ; but since he stands obdurate ,", "And that no lawful means can carry me", "Out of his envy 's reach ,", "I do oppose", "My patience to his fury ; and am arm 'd", "To suffer , with a quietness of spirit ,", "The very tyranny and rage of his .", "I pray you , think you question with the Jew .", "You may as well go stand upon the beach ,", "And bid the main flood bate his usual height ;", "Yon may as well use question with the wolf ,", "Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb ;", "You may as well forbid the mountain pines", "To wag their high tops , and to make no noise ,", "When they are fretted with the gusts of heaven ;", "You may as well do anything most hard ,", "As seek to soften that", "His Jewish heart :— Therefore , I do beseech you ,", "Make no more offers , use no further means ,", "But , with all brief and plain conveniency ,", "Let me have judgment , and the Jew his will .", "Bas , For thy three thousand ducats here are six .", "I am a tainted wether of the flock ,", "Meetest for death ; the weakest kind of fruit", "Drops earliest to the ground , and so let me :", "You cannot better be employ 'd , Bassanio ,", "Than to live still , and write mine epitaph .", "Ay , so he says .", "I do .", "Most heartily I do beseech the court", "To give the judgment .", "But little ; I am arm 'd and well prepar 'd .—", "Give me your hand , Bassanio ; fare you well !", "Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you ;", "For herein fortune shows herself more kind", "Than is her custom : it is still her use ,", "To let the wretched man outlive his wealth ,", "To view with hollow eye and wrinkled brow ,", "An age of poverty : from which lingering penance", "Of such a misery doth she cut me off .", "Commend me to your honorable wife :", "Tell her the process of Antonio 's end ;", "Say , how I lov 'd you , speak me fair in death ;", "And , when the tale is told , bid her be judge", "Whether Bassanio had not once a love .", "Repent not you that you shall lose your friend ,", "And he repents not that he pays your debt ;", "For , if the Jew do cut but deep enough ,", "I 'll pay it instantly with all my heart .", "So please my lord the duke , and all the court ,", "To quit the fine for one half of his goods ;", "I am content , so he will let me have", "The other half in use ,", "to render it ,", "Upon his death , unto the gentleman", "That lately stole his daughter ;", "Two things provided more ,— That for this favour ,", "He presently become a Christian ;", "The other , that he do record a gift ,", "Here in the court , of all he dies possess 'd ,", "Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter .", "And stand indebted , over and above ,", "In love and service to you evermore .", "My lord Bassanio , let him have the ring ;", "Let his deservings , and my love withal ,", "Be valued ‘ gainst your wife 's commandment .", "No more than I am well acquitted of .", "I am the unhappy subject of these quarrels .", "I once did lend my body for his wealth ;", "Which , but for him that had your husband 's ring ,", "Had quite miscarried : I dare be bound again ,", "My soul upon the forfeit , that your lord", "Will never more break faith advisedly .", "Here , lord Bassanio ; swear to keep this ring .", "Sweet lady , you have given me life , and living ;", "For here I read for certain , that my ships", "Are safely come to road ." ]

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[ "I am not , my friend ; my story is short , and you shall hear it . It was my luck , call it bad or good , to be born in France , in the town of Castlenaudary , where my parents , good honest peasants , cultivated a small farm on the borders of the canal of Midi . I was useful , though young ; we were well enough to live , and I received from the parish school a good education , was taught to love my country , my parents , and my friends ; a happy temper , a common advantage in my country , made all things easy to me ; I never looked for to-morrow to bring me more joy than I experienced to-day .", "Novelty , a desire for change , an ardent disposition to visit foreign countries . Passing through the streets of Toulouse one bright morning in spring , the lively drum and fife broke on my ear , as I was counting my gains from a day 's marketing . A company of soldiers neatly dressed , with white cockades , passed me with a brisk step ; I followed them through instinct — the sergeant informed me that they were on their way to Bordeaux , from thence to embark for America , to aid the cause of liberty in the new world , and were commanded by the Marquis de la Fayette . That name was familiar to me ; La Fayette was a patriot — I felt like a patriot , and joined the ranks immediately .", "I did . We had a boisterous passage to America , and endured many hardships during the revolution . I was wounded at Yorktown , which long disabled me , but what then ? I served under great men , and for a great cause ; I saw the independence of the thirteen states acknowledged , I was promoted to a sergeancy by the great Washington , and I sheathed my sword , with the honest pride of knowing , that I had aided in establishing a powerful and happy republic .", "I have , indeed . When the army was disbanded , I travelled on foot to explore the uncultivated territory which I had assisted in liberating . I purchased a piece of land near the great lakes , and with my axe levelled the mighty oaks , cleared my meadows , burnt out the wolves and bears , and then built that cottage there .", "In a short time , Jenkins , everything flourished ; my cottage was neat , my cattle thriving , still I wanted something — it was a wife . I was tired of a solitary life , and married Kate , the miller 's daughter ; you knew her .", "She was a good wife — ever cheerful and industrious , and made me happy : poor Kate ! I was without children for several years ; at length my Christine was born , and I have endeavoured , in cultivating her mind , and advancing her happiness , to console myself for the loss of her mother .", "She left the cottage early this morning with Lenox , to climb the mountains and see the sun rise ; it is time for them to return to breakfast .", "An honest lieutenant of infantry , with a gallant spirit and a warm heart . He was wounded at Niagara , and one stormy night , he presented himself at our cottage door , pale and haggard . His arm had been shattered by a ball , and he had received a flesh wound from a bayonet : we took him in — for an old soldier never closes his door on a wounded comrade — Christine nursed him , and he soon recovered . But I wish they were here — it is growing late : besides , this is a busy day , friend Jenkins .", "You know Jerry Mayflower , the wealthy farmer ; he has offered to marry my Christine . Girls must not remain single if they can get husbands , and I have consented to the match , and he will be here to-day to claim her hand .", "Oh , she may make a few wry faces , as she does when swallowing magnesia , but the dose will go down . There is some credit due to a wife who improves the intellect of her husband ; aye , and there is some pride in it also . Girls should marry . Matrimony is like an old oak ; age gives durability to the trunk , skill trims the branches , and affection keeps the foliage ever green . But come , let us in .", "Ah ! Lenox , my boy , good morning to you . Why Christine , you have had a long ramble with the invalid .", "Well , he goes in good time , and may success attend him . Ods my life , when I was young , the sound of the drum and fife was like the music of the spheres , and the noise and bustle of a battle was more cheering to me , than “ the hunter 's horn in the morning . ” You will not forget us , Lenox , will you ?", "Well — quite well — and these are all your neighbours ?", "Well , farmer , you are an honest man , but I fear my Christine will not approve this match , commenced without her advice , and concluded without her consent . Then her education has been so different from —", "But I 'm not sure that she will like you .", "Indeed !", "And did you share in the glory of that spirited battle ?", "Well , and you panted to be at them ? clubb 'd your rifles , and dashed over ?", "And you did not cross ?", "No doubt . Admirable sophistry , that can shield cowards and traitors , under a mistaken principle of civil government ! I 've heard of those scruples , which your division felt when in sight of the enemy . Was that a time to talk of constitutions — when part of our gallant army was engaged with unequal numbers ? Could you calmly behold your fellow citizens falling on all sides , and not avenge their death ? Could you , with arms in your hands , the enemy in view , with the roar of cannon thundering on your ear , and the flag of your country waving amidst fire and smoke — could you find a moment to think of constitutions ? Was that a time to pause and suffer coward scruples to unnerve the arm of freemen ?", "I pray you pardon me . I am an old soldier , and fought for the liberty which you enjoy , and , therefore , claim some privilege in expressing my opinion . But come , your friends are idle , let us have breakfast before our cottage door .— Ah , Jerry , my Crissy would make a fine soldier 's wife : do you know that I have given her a military education ?", "Aye , she can crack a bottle at twelve paces with a pistol .", "And then she can bring down a buck , at any distance .", "Christine , here is farmer Mayflower and his friends , who have come to visit our cottage , and you in particular .", "Come here , farmer — give me your hand — Christine , yours —— there ; may you live long and happy , and my blessings ever go with you .", "Come , let us have breakfast in the open air — help me to arrange the table .", "Come , sit down , farmer and neighbours ; and you , my pretty lads and lasses , let 's have a dance . Ah , here is a foraging party .Party dance — several pastoral and fancy dances — and as the whole company retires , CHRISTINE comes from the cottage with cautious steps — she is dressed in a frock coat , pantaloons and hat .", "Impossible !", "Refuse an honest man ? A wealthy one , too ? And one whom her father gives to her ? Trifling girl ! Insensible to her happiness and interest . What objections had she to you , farmer ?", "Mere coyness — maiden bashfulness .", "I will seek and expostulate with the stubborn girl . Ah , Jerry , times have strangely altered , when young women choose husbands for themselves , with as much ease and indifference , as a ribbon for their bonnet .", "She is nowhere to be found — she has gone off and left her poor old father . In her room , I found these lines scrawled with a pencil : “ You have driven your daughter from you , by urging a match that was hateful to her . Was her happiness not worth consulting ? ” What 's to be done ? Where has she gone ? Ah , a light breaks in upon me — to the camp — to the camp !", "Cruel girl ! to desert her old father , who has ever been kind and affectionate .", "We cannot be far from the outposts , let us continue our search .", "Nowhere to be found . I have asked everybody in the camp in vain — she is lost to me . Unhappy , cruel girl ! to quit her old and fond father thus .", "Impossible ! we must return , dejected and disappointed .", "Where is she ? where is my daughter ?", "Come to my arms , dear wanderer . Could you leave your poor old father thus ? You 've nearly broke my heart , Christine .", "I do — I do ! and further prove my love , by making you happy . Take her , Lenox , she is yours ; and never let father attempt to force his child into a marriage which her heart abhors ." ]

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[ "“ The Young Man 's best Companion ” — a very excellent book for youth ; but at Mr. Niggle 's age , he ought to possess his best companion in a devoted and amiable wife ; heigho ! What a treasure I should be to any man that could properly understand me .“ The Epistles of Abelard and Heloise . ” I am pleased to see this book on his table , it proves that he possesses a taste for sentiment of the highest order , and can admire devotedness and passion under the most trying circumstances . “ The Newgate Calender . ” Bless the man , what can induce him to have such a book as this in his house ; surely he can have no sympathy with housebreakers and assassins ? I must look to this : should I ever be the mistress here , some of these volumes must be removed — this furniture too — very well for a bachelor ; but when he is married , a change must be made . And those curtains , how slovenly they are put up . Ah , any one can discover the want of a presiding female hand in a bachelor 's house — where is the neatness , the order , and the good taste that prevails in all the arrangements , where the master of the house is a married man . If ever I am Mrs. Niggle , down shall come those curtains , away shall go that sideboard , off shall go those chairs , and as for this table — let me look at its legs ——", "Oh ! how you frightened me .", "Good morning , Mr. Damper , I was merely observing Mr. Niggle 's table legs .", "What a censorious man you are , Mr. Damper , you rail at our sex as if you considered it man 's natural enemy , instead of his best friend . Is it possible that you have never loved a woman in all your life ?", "For , like most first great causes , you do n't understand us .", "It is entirely through your interference , I have been told , that he is in a state of celibacy ; and , though the poor gentleman is now fifty-five , yet ever since he arrived at years of discretion , he has been sighing and pining for a wife .", "How did you save him ?", "And he had to pay five hundred pounds damages , in an action for breach of promise .", "Oh , you monster , you ought to be poisoned .", "I have been waiting for him this half hour , to solicit his vote for a beadle .", "I am sure , sir , I was not aware that my friendly visits could cause anybody to talk , or at least be annoying to you ; however , I shall not intrude again — you know why I called yesterday .", "For what , sir ? He complained , a few days since , that he was without a pincushion , and could never recollect to purchase one ; and where was the harm , sir , in my supplying such a trifling want : I shall not be so attentive again , be assured . As for my call this morning , it was on parish business — a motive of charity ; but since my little acts of friendship are so sternly checked , of course those of charity must suffer at the same time . And I did hope to have your company to tea , to-morrow .", "Insulting creature !", "Do you allude to Miss Coy ?", "I think I can guess the nature of the report — quite a full-grown young man , I hear .", "Shocking ! shocking !", "Relating to the party you alluded to , Miss Skylark ?", "Very indeed !", "We ought really to tell him what we have heard , and break off the match .", "And cards too !", "Can it be ? Is it a fact ?It is , indeed , true ; and if he is not already married , he will be so very soon . I could n't have thought it , after — after ——", "Well , I hope he 'll be happy — I 'm sure he will — such an excellent temper — such taste in all matters .", "In elegance of costume , Mr. Boss , you completely bear away the palm .", "A young man of Mr. Boss 's figure , must in time strike those who would think it little trouble to conquer the faults of habit and nature , and make herself as near , what he may consider to be perfection , as possible .", "In an eminent degree .", "What a strange turn in affairs , and what a singular lady is that Miss Skylark .", "Nothing decided yet , she tells me . He still continues writing the most glowing letters that ever were penned . I am to see a few of them shortly ; but when the poor fellow is in her presence , he can scarcely utter a word , and though he has written nearly fifty most passionate billets , he has never once verbally alluded to the state of his feelings .", "And of course he can n't find courage to utter a word .", "You are very kind !", "Beautiful !", "Exquisite !", "Oh , that I do , from the extreme point of your boot , to the loftiest summit of your hair .", "Good morning , Mr. Pinkey .", "You wish to see me ?", "‘ Tis a general invitation to all our friends . You will find a card at your house , Miss Skylark . Perhaps Mr. P. will escort you .", "If you please .", "Do !", "We 'll leave them together ; he may overcome his bashfulness when he gets used to being alone with his object . He is fond of her , no doubt — true love is never very loquacious .", "Ah , you will know it some day .", "For me to attempt to explain , would be to confess that I have experienced the emotion myself .", "No !", "No , I declare .", "If I am much in your society , there is no knowing what I may experience .MISS SKYLARK seated , R ., looking after them ; sings . “ Is there a heart that never loved , Or felt soft woman 's sigh ! ”", "And is that basket full of Mr. Pinkey 's letters ?", "How very strange that he can never get courage to express the feelings , that you say he so beautifully describes in his epistles . What can be done to make him speak out ?", "Then where is the language of love ?", "And yet you tell me he writes so beautifully .", "Try me first with a little despair , then the enthusiasm will relish all the better afterwards .", "Poor fellow , how badly he must want a night 's rest .", "Pray do n't begin singing your love letters — we shall never get to the end of one of them .", "Eh ! Bless me , those words are very familiar to me !", "I have that letter in my pocket at this very moment !", "Nay , nay , the case is not so bad as you suppose it to be , though I have a similar letter in my possession , it is not from Mr. Pinkey .", "You see this book — look at its title .", "Mr. Pinkey 's despairing epistle is copied word for word , from that book .", "Look and be convinced — turn to page 20 .", "Eighteen-pence .", "Hush ! he 's here .", "Come in . Re-enter PINKEY with a paper in his hand , F. E. L .", "You 're very kind , I 'll go to them directly . What do you think ?— the young man that I have watched walking in the fields , every now and then , with the neice of the old maid at the cottage , and that we suspect is related to Miss Coy , is actually come here to tea this evening .", "I caught him making a sketch of my little house here , and I told him as he seemed so taken with the beauty of its exterior that he was welcome to step in and survey the interior . Then I told him that two friends of his were coming here this evening , and that I should be happy to see him meet them . And he is actually come ?", "Excellent ! I long to understand the mystery that not only seems to surround him , but Miss Coy , and the other two ladies . So what with them , and Niggle and Damper , who are both coming ——", "Oh , yes ; Mr. Boss of course .", "Now do n't look so sly at me — I confess the soft impeachment ; but it is purely platonic , it is indeed . Well , when we are altogether , I expect my tea party will go off with eclat . Come to us as soon as you can .", "Oh , no sir ; offer your arm to the lady that has the greatest right to it .", "Hand Miss Skylark some toast Mr. P. Put some coals on the fire , and bring me Mr. Damper 's cup .", "Do you intend permanently residing in this town ?", "Coals , Mr. Pinkey , and you do n't attend to Miss", "Skylark .", "No I do not .It 's a friend of your 's , Mr. Niggle . Pray walk in , Miss Coy ; pray walk in .", "Tea , Miss Coy ?", "Madam .", "What have I said .", "I see nothing offensive in the remark .", "What an extraordinary series of events , for one afternoon , and no learning who or what Miss Macaw and her neice are .", "And avoid copying letters .", "Now , Mr. Boss , will you step and look at my little parterre ?", "But you always make some valuable observation , whatever you may be regarding — you can n't help it — your natural good taste is so prevailing .", "Sincerely I do .", "It requires little effort to be agreeable where you are .", "Ah !", "Oh !", "Step this way , my dear .", "MISS SKYLARK enters following MISS SNARE , D. F .", "Ah ! Mr. Narcissus , I was looking for you .", "Take a seat for one moment , I beg .", "What is the matter , have you refused him ?", "I have no faith in platonic affections .", "We might as well think of playing at snow-balls in July . The ice-cellar of propriety may yield the snow , but the moment it becomes exposed to the warm air of temptation , it dissolves into its original liquid !", "Oh , flatterer .", "I trust that I possess the candle of the sage , and have used it with more success than he did .", "That with its light I have discovered in you , not only an honest , but an elegant man .", "Oh !", "Sir , that is a liberty I do not allow — there are certain bounds to familiarity , which once passed , we are in the highway of contempt . We have merely been friends , not lovers . You could not venture on a greater piece of indecorum , even after an accepted proposal ! Good evening sir !", "How very strange there is no one to receive us . Ah , Mr. Niggle !", "A little disagreement ; and as this gentleman had called at my house , he politely offered to bring me here , as I expressed an anxiety to see our new neighbour .BOSS enters , with MISS COY on his arm , C. D .", "Surely he is not going to throw himself away on Miss Coy . She can never appreciate him , I 'm sure .", "If I must confess , he attempted to salute me , before making a formal declaration !", "All the improprieties of life are impulses ." ]

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[ "There 's Uncle , back from the Fair .", "Put down that mug afore you damage it , May ; and , Annet , do you go and help your uncle in .", "If ever there was a careless little wench , ‘ tis she . I never did hold with the bringing up of other folks children and if I 'd had my way , ‘ tis to the poor-house they 'd have went , instead of coming here where I 've enough to do with my own .", "I 'm not one that can be taken by surprise , Dan . May , lay that parcel on the table at once , and put away your uncle 's hat and overcoat .", "I daresay you 'll be told all in good season . Here , take up and get on with that sewing , I dislike to see young people idling away their time .", "I do n't hold with drinking nor with taking bites atween meals , but as your uncle has come a good distance , and the day is warm , you make take the key of the pantry , Annet , and draw a glass of cider for him .", "I would n't encourage the child in her nonsense , if I was you , Dan . She 's old enough to know better than to ask to be taken to such places . Why in all my days I never set my foot within a fair , pleasure or business , nor wanted to , either .", "Certainly not . I wonder at your asking such a question , May . But you do say some very unsuitable things for a little child of your age .", "No , Father , ‘ twill spoil your next meal as it is .", "They do n't want to hear about anything sensible , Dan . They 're like all the maids now , with their thoughts set on pleasuring and foolishness .", "And that they were . Why , when I was your age , Annet , I should have been ashamed if I could n't have held my own in any proper or suitable conversation .", "Ah — I recollect .", "And a good thing if there were others of the same pattern now , I 'm thinking .", "Come , Father .", "Come , Father , such talk is hardly suited to little girls , who should know better than to ask so many teasing questions .", "And did you have company on the way home , Father ?", "Along of Andrew ? Girls , you may now go outside into the garden for a while . Yes , put aside your work .", "You heard what I said ? Go off into the garden , and stop there till I send for you . And take uncle 's glass and wash it at the spout as you go .", "She 's got old enough to be put to service , and if I 'd have had my way , ‘ tis to service she 'd have gone this long time since , and that it is .", "Well , you must please yourself about it Father , as you do most times . But ‘ tis uncertain work taking up with other folks children as I told you from the first . See what a lot of trouble you and me have had along of Giles .", "No , Father , Giles has never sent a letter since the day he left home . But very often there is no need for letters to keep remembrance green . ‘ Tis a plant what thrives best on a soil that is bare .", "All I say is that I hope he may get it then .", "Well , that 's not my fault , Father .", "And you may pitch , Father . You may lead the mare down to the pond , but she 'll not drink if she has n't the mind to . You know what Millie is . ‘ Tis n't from my side that she gets it either .", "Yes , there you are , Father .", "Well , if you think you can shew her that , Father , ‘ tis a fortunate job on all sides .", "May , what are you a-doing here I should like to know ? Did n't I send you out into the garden along of your sister ?", "Then you can be off again , and shut the door this time , do your hear ?", "Get along off , you tiresome child .— One word might do for some , but it takes twenty to get you to move .— Run along now , do you hear me ?Well , Father , I 've done my share with Millie and she do n't take a bit of notice of what I say . So now it 's your turn .", "All right , Father , just you try your way — I 'll have nothing more to do with it .", "There , Father , I told you what to expect .", "And so I told you , Father , from the start .", "I 'm not deaf , Father .", "Millie has not shown any backwardness in clothing herself as though for church .", "Well , ‘ tis to be hoped the young people have fixed it up for good and all this time .", "I think we 've all had quite enough of Millie 's tongue ,", "Father . Let her give it a rest if she 've a mind .", "And supper just about to be served ? I 'm surprised at you , Father . No , I can n't hear of cider being drawn so needless like .", "Millie , do you call your cousins in to supper .", "So that 's where you 've been , you deceitful little wench .", "And how long may you have bid there , I should like to know ?", "There , run along quick and find your sister . Supper 's late already , and that it is .", "Stop a moment , Millie . What are you thinking of to go trailing out in the dew with that beautiful cloak and bonnet . Take and lay them in the box at once , do you hear ?", "Off with the cloak this minute , Millie .", "I do n't know what 's come to the maid . She do n't act like herself to-day .", "I 'd be content with a suitable behaviour , Father . I 'm not hard to please .", "‘ Tis all very well for you to talk , Father but ‘ tis I who have got to do .", "Well , Father , I 'm not detaining you . There 's the door , and the food has been cooling on the table this great while .", "And what do you want to run about in the garden for when", "I 've just smoothed your hair and got you all ready to go to church ?", "You should know better then . Did n't I tell you to sit still in that chair with your hands folded nicely till we were ready to start .", "This 'll be the last time as I tie your ribbon , mind .", "What 's your cousin doing now , Annet ?", "In all my days I never did hear tell of such a thing , I do n't know what 's coming to the world , I do n't .", "Crying ? She 'll have something to cry about if she does n't look out , when her father comes in , and hears how she 's a - going on .", "Look you , May , you get and run up , and knock at the door and tell her that ‘ twill soon be time for us to set off to church and that she have got to make haste in her dressing .", "Now Annet , no idling here , if you please . Set the nosegay in water , and when you 've given a look round to see that everything is in its place , upstairs with you , and on with your bonnet , do you hear ? Uncle wo n't wish to be kept waiting for you , remember .", "Millie has not seen fit to shew herself this morning , Father . She 's biding up in her room with the door locked , and nothing that I 've been able to say has been attended to , so perhaps you 'll kindly have your try .", "I 'm fairly tired of sending up to her , Father . You 'd best go yourself .", "There , Father ,— perhaps you 'll believe what I tell you another time . Millie has got that hardened and wayward , there 's no managing of her , there 's not .", "‘ Tis all very well to talk of young Andrew , but who 's a - going to get her to church with him I 'd like to know .", "Very well , Father , and we shall all be much obliged to you .", "You 'd best take sommat and go and break open the door , Father . ‘ Tis the sensiblest thing as you can do , only you 'd never think of anything like that by yourself .", "There , there , Father — there 's no need to bluster in this fashion . Take up the poker and go and break into the door quiet and decent , like anyone else would do . And girls — off for your bonnets this moment I tell you .", "Good-morning , Andrew .", "‘ Tis Father at a little bit of carpentering .", "We know what young men be upon their wedding morn ! I warrant as the clock can n't run too fast for them at such a time .", "You 'll have enough words presently . Hark , she 's coming down with Father now .", "I would n't make such a show of myself if I was you , Mill . Go upstairs this minute and wash your face and smooth your hair and put yourself ready for church .", "I do n't know what 's come to the house this morning , and that 's the truth . Andrew , I 'll not have you keep Millie beyond a five minutes . ‘ Tis enough of one another as you 'll get later on , like . Father , go you off upstairs for your coat . ‘ Tis hard work for me , getting you all to act respectable , that ‘ tis .", "Millie , what are you stopping for ? Come you up here and get your gown on , do .", "There , father , come along down and give your face a wash at the pump .", "If you think that your neckerchief is put on right ‘ tis time you should know different , Father .", "‘ Tis altogether wrong . ‘ Tis like the two ears of a heifer sticking out more than anything else that I can think on .", "Thrown there in a fine fit of temper , I warrant .", "We all hear a great deal about your word , Father , but ‘ twould be better for there to be more do and less say about you .", "I have n't patience with the wenches now-a-days . Lay down that nosegay at once , Annet , and call your cousin from her room . I warrant she has finished tricking of herself up by now .", "Too late — I should think it was . What 's come to the maid ! In my time girls did n't use to spend a quarter of the while afore the glass as they do now . Suppose you was to holler for her again , Father .", "She 's right enough in the clothing of her , but ‘ twould be better if her looks did match the garments more . Come , Millie , can n't you appear pleasanter like on your wedding day ?", "And what next , I should like to know ?", "Run along and get some for your cousin , May .", "Who 's that , I should like to know ?", "We do n't want no beggars nor roadsters here to-day , if you please .", "I never knowed you so careful of a poor wretch afore ,", "Millie . ‘ Tis quite a new set out , this .", "Please to come to your right senses , Millie .", "No , Father , I 'll leave you to manage this affair . ‘ Tis you who have spoiled Mill and brought her up so wayward and unruly , and ‘ tis to you I look for to get us out of this unpleasant position .", "And who are these persons , Giles ?", "And who may you be , I should like to know ? You appear to be making very free with my parlour .", "Old Missis , indeed . Father , you shall speak to these persons .", "Put them both out of the door , Father , do you hear me ? ‘ Tis to the cider as they 've been getting . That 's clear .", "Depend upon it ‘ tis two wicked thieves we have got among us , flying from justice .", "Do you hear that , Father ? O you shocking liars — ‘ tis stolen goods that you 've been and brought to our innocent house this day . But , Father , do you up and fetch in the constable , do you hear ?", "Well — ‘ tis a respectabler end than I thought as you 'd come to , Giles . And different nor what you deserved .", "I shall be deaf before I 've done , but it appears to me that Annet 's not lost any time in making the most of her chances .", "I 'll have no cider drinking out of meal times here .", "And that 'll not be till this day next year if this sort of thing goes on any longer ." ]

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[ "Unto earth 's utmost boundary we have come ,", "To Scythia 's realm , th ’ untrodden wilderness .", "Hephaestus , now it is thy part to do", "The Almighty Father 's bidding , and to bind", "This arch-deceiver to yon lowering cliff", "With bonds of everlasting adamant .", "Thy attribute , all-fabricating fire ,", "He stole and gave to man . Such is the crime", "For which he pays the penalty to Heaven ,", "That he may learn henceforth meekly to bear", "The rule of Zeus and less befriend mankind .", "To work ! A truce to these weak wails of ruth .", "Whom the gods hate why dost thou not abhor —", "Him that betrayed thy attribute to man ?", "True , but to disobey the Almighty Sire", "How canst thou dare ? Fearest thou not this more ?", "Thy wailings are no medicines for his woes ;", "Then waste no pains on that which profits naught .", "Why dost thou curse it ? Simple truth to say ,", "Thy art is no way guilty of these ills .", "The one thing to the gods themselves deniedIs sovereignty , for Zeus alone is free .", "Be quick , then , and make fast this sinner 's chain ,", "Lest the Almighty see thee loitering .", "Grasp him , and with thy hammer round his arms", "Strike and strike hard and clench them to the rock .", "Strike harder , clench , leave nothing loose ; his craft ,", "E'en in extremity , can find a way .", "Clench now the other firmly ; let him know", "That all his cunning is no match for Zeus .", "Drive then the ruthless spike of adamant", "Right through the sinner 's breast and see it holds .", "Thou loiterest , moaning for the foe of Zeus ;", "One day thou mayest be moaning for thyself .", "I see yon sinner meeting his desert . Proceed , make fast the fetters round his sides .", "Press thee I will , and shout into thine ear . Go down and clench the gyves about his legs .", "Now let thy hammer all the bonds make fast ;", "The overseer of this thy work is stern .", "Be thou soft-hearted an thou wilt , but spare", "To flout my sternness and my strong resolve .", "There revel in thy insolence , there rob", "Gods of their attributes to give to man .", "Can mortal man in aught thy durance ease ?", "Ill chosen was the name that thou hast borne .", "Foresight it means , but thou dost foresight need", "To set thy limbs free from his handiwork ." ]

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[ "Brother Cosroe , I find myself agriev 'd ;", "Yet insufficient to express the same ,", "For it requires a great and thundering speech :", "Good brother , tell the cause unto my lords ;", "I know you have a better wit than I .", "Brother , I see your meaning well enough ,", "And through", "your planets I perceive you think", "I am not wise enough to be a king :", "But I refer me to my noblemen ,", "That know my wit , and can be witnesses .", "I might command you to be slain for this ,—", "Meander , might I not ?", "I mean it not , but yet I know I might .—", "Yet live ; yea , live ; Mycetes wills it so .—", "Meander , thou , my faithful counsellor ,", "Declare the cause of my conceived grief ,", "Which is , God knows , about that Tamburlaine ,", "That , like a fox in midst of harvest-time ,", "Doth prey upon my flocks of passengers ;", "And , as I hear , doth mean to pull my plumes :", "Therefore ‘ tis good and meet for to be wise .", "Full true thou speak'st , and like thyself , my lord ,", "Whom I may term a Damon for thy love :", "Therefore ‘ tis best , if so it like you all ,", "To send my thousand horse incontinent", "To apprehend that paltry Scythian .", "How like you this , my honourable lords ?", "Is it not a kingly resolution ?", "Then hear thy charge , valiant Theridamas ,", "The chiefest", "captain of Mycetes ’ host ,", "The hope of Persia , and the very legs", "Whereon our state doth lean as on a staff ,", "That holds us up and foils our neighbour foes :", "Thou shalt be leader of this thousand horse ,", "Whose foaming gall with rage and high disdain", "Have sworn the death of wicked Tamburlaine .", "Go frowning forth ; but come thou smiling home ,", "As did Sir Paris with the Grecian dame :", "Return with speed ; time passeth swift away ;", "Our life is frail , and we may die to-day .", "Go , stout Theridamas ; thy words are swords ,", "And with thy looks thou conquerest all thy foes .", "I long to see thee back return from thence ,", "That I may view these milk-white steeds of mine", "All loaden with the heads of killed men ,", "And , from their knees even to their hoofs below ,", "Besmear 'd with blood that makes a dainty show .", "Theridamas , farewell ten thousand times .", "Ah , Menaphon , why stay'st thou thus behind ,", "When other men press", "forward for renown ?", "Go , Menaphon , go into Scythia ,", "And foot by foot follow Theridamas .", "Unless they have a wiser king than you ! These are his words ; Meander , set them down .", "Well , here I swear by this my royal seat —", "Emboss 'd with silk as best beseems my state ,", "To be reveng 'd for these contemptuous words !", "O , where is duty and allegiance now ?", "Fled to the Caspian or the Ocean main ?", "What shall I call thee ? brother ? no , a foe ;", "Monster of nature , shame unto thy stock ,", "That dar'st presume thy sovereign for to mock !—", "Meander , come : I am abus 'd , Meander .", "Come , my Meander , let us to this gear .", "I tell you true , my heart is swoln with wrath", "On this same thievish villain Tamburlaine ,", "And of", "that false Cosroe , my traitorous brother .", "Would it not grieve a king to be so abus 'd ,", "And have a thousand horsemen ta'en away ?", "And , which is worse ,", "to have his diadem", "Sought for by such scald knaves as love him not ?", "I think it would : well , then , by heavens I swear ,", "Aurora shall not peep out of her doors ,", "But I will have Cosroe by the head ,", "And kill proud Tamburlaine with point of sword .", "Tell you the rest , Meander : I have said .", "Was there such brethren , sweet Meander , say ,", "That sprung of teeth of dragons venomous ?", "And ‘ tis a pretty toy to be a poet .", "Well , well , Meander , thou art deeply read ;", "And having thee , I have a jewel sure .", "Go on , my lord , and give your charge , I say ;", "Thy wit will make us conquerors to-day .", "He tells you true , my masters ; so he does .—", "Drums , why sound ye not when Meander speaks ?", "Accurs 'd be he that first invented war !", "They knew not , ah , they knew not , simple men ,", "How those were", "hit by pelting cannon-shot", "Stand staggering", "like a quivering aspen-leaf", "Fearing the force of Boreas ’ boisterous blasts !", "In what a lamentable case were I ,", "If nature had not given me wisdom 's lore !", "For kings are clouts that every man shoots at ,", "Our crown the pin", "that thousands seek to cleave :", "Therefore in policy I think it good", "To hide it close ; a goodly stratagem ,", "And far from any man that is a fool :", "So shall not I be known ; or if I be ,", "They cannot take away my crown from me .", "Here will I hide it in this simple hole .", "Thou liest .", "Away ! I am the king ; go ; touch me not .", "Thou break'st the law of arms , unless thou kneel ,", "And cry me “ mercy , noble king ! ”", "Ay , marry ,am I : have you any suit to me ?", "So I can when I see my time .", "Ay : didst thou ever see a fairer ?", "Such another word , and I will have thee executed . Come , give it me .", "You lie ; I gave it you .", "No ; I mean I let you keep it .", "O gods , is this Tamburlaine the thief ? I marvel much he stole it not away ." ]

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[ "I perceive , from the tea cups , Crichton , that the great function is to take place here .", "The servants ’ hall coming up to have tea in the drawing-room !No wonder you look happy , Crichton .", "Do you know , Crichton , I think that with an effort you might look even happier .You do n't approve of his lordship 's compelling his servants to be his equals — once a month ?", "Certainly not . And , after all , it is only once a month that he is affable to you .", "Tea cups ! Life , Crichton , is like a cup of tea ; the more heartily we drink , the sooner we reach the dregs .", "Crichton , in case I should be asked to say a few words to the servants , I have strung together a little speech .I was wondering where I should stand .", "Suppose you were all little fishes at the bottom of the sea —", "And how are my little friends to-day ?", "You poor over-worked things .Rest your weary limbs .", "Why ?You see , as the servants are to be the guests I must be butler . I was practising . This is a tray , observe .Tea , my lady ?", "Had a very tiring day also , Mary ?", "What 's that ?Is it Brocklehurst ?You have given your warm young heart to Brocky ?I do n't wish to fatigue you , Mary , by insisting on a verbal answer , but if , without straining yourself , you can signify Yes or No , wo n't you make the effort ?The ring ! Then I am too late , too late !May I ask , Mary , does Brocky know ? Of course , it was that terrible mother of his who pulled this through . Mother does everything for Brocky . Still , in the eyes of the law you will be , not her wife , but his , and , therefore , I hold that Brocky ought to be informed . Now —If you girls are shamming sleep in the expectation that I shall awaken you in the manner beloved of ladies , abandon all such hopes .", "I knew that was it , though I do n't know everything . Agatha , I 'm not young enough to know everything .", "Do n't you see ? I 'm not young enough to know everything .", "Look here , Treherne , I 'm not young enough to know everything .", "I mean what I say .", "I 'm — not — young — enough — to — know — everything .", "No , I do n't .", "I am not young enough , Crichton , to know everything .", "Ah , if you had that fellow 's head , Treherne , you would find something better to do with it than play cricket . I hear you bowl with your head .", "Congratulations , Brocky .", "Mother pleased ?", "That 's good . Do you go on the yacht with us ?", "Mother do n't like it ?", "But , my dear uncle , I have prepared nothing .", "Oh — well — if anything strikes me on the spur of the moment .", "You stick to me , Brocky , and I 'll pull you through .", "The chef .", "If I might venture , Miss Fisher", "At last we meet . Wo n't you sit down ?", "Brocklehurst , this is John . I think you have already met on the door-step .", "How do you do , Gladys . You know my uncle ?", "No you do n't , it wo n't do , Brocky .You are too pretty , my dear . Mother would n't like it .Here 's something safer . Charming girl , Brocky , dying to know you ; let me introduce you . Tweeny , Lord Brocklehurst — Lord Brocklehurst , Tweeny .", "I cordially agree .", "Selfish brute , only thinking of himself . What about my speech ?", "Pooh ! You must do for yourselves , that 's all .", "How is his lordship now ?", "I have no pity for you girls , I —", "And uncommon glad I am to go . Ta-ta , all of you . He asked me to say a few words . I came here to say a few words , and I 'm not at all sure that I could n't bring an action against him .", "This is what I have written . ‘ Wrecked , wrecked , wrecked ! on an island in the Tropics , the following : the Hon . Ernest Woolley , the Rev . John Treherne , the Ladies Mary , Catherine , and Agatha Lasenby , with two servants . We are the sole survivors of Lord Loam 's steam yacht Bluebell , which encountered a fearful gale in these seas , and soon became a total wreck . The crew behaved gallantly , putting us all into the first boat . What became of them I cannot tell , but we , after dreadful sufferings , and insufficiently clad , in whatever garments we could lay hold of in the dark ’ —", "— ‘ succeeded in reaching this island , with the loss of only one of our party , namely , Lord Loam , who flung away his life in a gallant attempt to save a servant who had fallen overboard . ’", "Well , you know , it was rather silly of uncle to fling away his life by trying to get into the boat first ; and as this document may be printed in the English papers , it struck me , an English peer , you know —", "— ‘ By night the cries of wild cats and the hissing of snakes terrify us extremely ’ —— ‘ terrify the ladies extremely . Against these we have no weapons except one cutlass and a hatchet . A bucket washed ashore is at present our only comfortable seat ’ —", "H'sh ! Oh , do be quiet .— ‘ To add to our horrors , night falls suddenly in these parts , and it is then that savage animals begin to prowl and roar . ’", "No , that 's all . I end up , ‘ Rescue us or we perish . Rich reward . Signed Ernest Woolley , in command of our little party . ’ This is written on a leaf taken out of a book of poems that Crichton found in his pocket . Fancy Crichton being a reader of poetry . Now I shall put it into the bottle and fling it into the sea .The tide is going out , we must n't miss the post .", "The tide , Crichton , is a postman who calls at our island twice a day for letters .", "Poor Crichton ! I sometimes think he is losing his sense of humour . Come along , Agatha .", "Danger ! Crichton , a tiger-cat !", "Look out , Crichton .", "The grass is moving . It 's coming .", "Uncle , uncle , dear old uncle .", "But you are also idling , Crichton .We must n't waste time . To work , to work .", "Sniff , uncle .", "You are actually wearing boots , uncle . It 's very unsafe , you know , in this climate .", "We have all abandoned them , you observe . The blood , the arteries , you know .", "O Lord , yes .", "I only wanted the loan of them .", "Oh , very well .I do n't want your old boots .You do n't think you could spare me one boot ?", "Quite so . Well , all I can say is I 'm sorry for you .", "Excuse me , uncle , I 'm thinking . I 'm planning out the building of this hut .", "That do n't matter .", "Please , please , this is important .", "What !", "Not at all . The great thing is , ‘ I 've got ‘ em , I 've got ‘ em . ’", "This is my answer .", "Crichton , look here .", "Pooh !", "My case ?", "Thank you , Crichton .", "I should like to see you try to do it , uncle .", "A strong man . You mean a stout man . You are one of mind to two of matter .", "Oh , all right .", "Are n't you all forgetting that this is an island ?", "We do n't have any , uncle . They all belong to Crichton .", "Rot ! If I could have your socks , Crichton —", "What is that about an egg ? Why should you have an egg ?", "Nor mine for nearly three months . It was only last week , Tweeny , that he said to me , ‘ Ernest , the water cure has worked marvels in you , and I question whether I shall require to dip you any more . ’Of course that sort of thing encourages a fellow .", "Thank you , Tweeny , that 's very precious to me .", "Shells ! He 'll like that . He likes sets of things .", "Rather .", "John , it sometimes gives me the creeps .", "I think he looks too regal in it .", "I say , John , I want a word with you .", "Dash it all , you know , you 're a clergyman .", "Then — would you , John ?", "Officiate at a marriage ceremony , John ?", "Odd ? Seems to me it 's natural . And whatever is natural , John , is right .", "By one of the women ?", "By Jove !I say , John , what an observant beggar he is .", "I do not hesitate to affirm , John , that he has seen the love-light in my eyes . You answered —", "You 're a brick .", "Make your mind easy about that .", "Agatha ? What made you think it was Agatha ?", "Pooh ! Agatha 's all very well in her way , John , but I 'm flying at bigger game .", "Tweeny , of course .", "Her cooking has very little to do with it .", "Yes , John , I believe I may say so . I am unworthy of her , but I think I have touched her heart .", "I 'm sorry , John .", "Thank you , John . How 's the little black pig to-day ?", "Are you very busy , Tweeny ?", "There 's something I should like to say to you if you could spare me a moment .", "What an ass I used to be , Tweeny .", "I 'm no great shakes even now . But listen to this , Tweeny ; I have known many women , but until I knew you I never knew any woman .", "I did n't mean it in that way .Ah , Tweeny , I do n't undervalue the bucket , but what I want to say now is that the sweet refinement of a dear girl has done more for me than any bucket could do .", "More than that . I want to build a little house for you — in the sunny glade down by Porcupine Creek . I want to make chairs for you and tables ; and knives and forks , and a sideboard for you .", "Not often ; but just occasionally there would be your adoring husband .", "It is n't as if I should be much there .", "Twice a week I should be away altogether — at the dam . On the other days you would never see me from breakfast time to supper .If you like I 'll even go fishing on Sundays .", "Thank you , Tweeny ; it can n't be helped .Tweeny , we shall be disappointing the Gov .", "He wanted us to marry .", "Where did you get it ?", "Is this necessary ? Think how it would pain him .", "You need n't be alarmed ; it 's only me .", "Do you mind if I do n't cook fish to-night ?I think you might all be a little sorry for a chap .I 'm particularly disappointed in you , Aggy ; seeing that I was half engaged to you , I think you might have had the good feeling to be a little more hurt .", "I shall now go and lie down for a bit .", "Thank you .", "Long life to you both , sir .", "You 'll get a lot of tit-bits out of this , Daddy .", "I dare say I shall have to clean out the dam now .", "Polly , Gov ., the boat has turned back . They are English sailors ; they have landed ! We are rescued , I tell you , rescued !", "Eh ?", "Happy ? Lord , yes .", "Forget it ? The man who could forget it would be a selfish wretch and a — But I say , this makes a difference !", "A mighty difference !", "Here is another .", "That 's how it strikes them , you know . Here 's another one .", "As the author —", "I say it was you who taught us how to obtain a fire by rubbing two pieces of stick together .", "The papers ! The papers are guides that tell us what we ought to do , and then we do n't do it .", "I thought —— I shall go and dress .", "How do you do , Lady Brocklehurst .", "Oh , I do n't know .", "Thanks , awfully .The fact is —", "The fact is —", "Dear old Daddy — he was our monkey . You remember our monkey , Agatha ?", "The fact is —" ]

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[ "Believe ‘ t , I will .", "Sirrah , I 'll strip you —", "Rogue , rogue ! — out of all your sleights .", "Sirrah —", "You most notorious whelp , you insolent slave ,", "Dare you do this ?", "Why , who", "Am I , my mungrel ? who am I ?", "Speak lower , rogue .", "Will you be so loud ?", "By your means , doctor dog !", "Why , I pray you , have I", "Been countenanced by you , or you by me ?", "Do but collect , sir , where I met you first .", "Not of this , I think it .", "But I shall put you in mind , sir ; — at Pie-corner ,", "Taking your meal of steam in , from cooks ’ stalls ,", "Where , like the father of hunger , you did walk", "Piteously costive , with your pinch'dhYpppHeNhornhYpppHeNnose ,", "And your complexion of the Roman wash ,", "Stuck full of black and melancholic worms ,", "Like powder corns shot at the artillery-yard .", "When you went pinn 'd up in the several rags", "You had raked and pick 'd from dunghills , before day ;", "Your feet in mouldy slippers , for your kibes ;", "A felt of rug , and a thin threaden cloke ,", "That scarce would cover your no buttocks —", "When all your alchemy , and your algebra ,", "Your minerals , vegetals , and animals ,", "Your conjuring , cozening , and your dozen of trades ,", "Could not relieve your corps with so much linen", "Would make you tinder , but to see a fire ;", "I gave you countenance , credit for your coals ,", "Your stills , your glasses , your materials ;", "Built you a furnace , drew you customers ,", "Advanced all your black arts ; lent you , beside ,", "A house to practise in —", "Where you have studied the more thriving skill", "Of bawdry since .", "You might talk softlier , rascal .", "The place has made you valiant .", "Sirrah —", "I shall turn desperate , if you grow thus loud .", "Hang thee , collier ,", "And all thy pots , and pans , in picture , I will ,", "Since thou hast moved me —", "Write thee up bawd in Paul 's , have all thy tricks", "Of cozening with a hollow cole , dust , scrapings ,", "Searching for things lost , with a sieve and sheers ,", "Erecting figures in your rows of houses ,", "And taking in of shadows with a glass ,", "Told in red letters ; and a face cut for thee ,", "Worse than Gamaliel Ratsey 's .", "I will have", "A book , but barely reckoning thy impostures ,", "Shall prove a true philosopher 's stone to printers .", "Out , you dog-leech ! The vomit of all prisons —", "Still spew 'd out", "For lying too heavy on the basket .", "Bawd !", "Conjurer !", "Witch !", "Away , this brach ! I 'll bring thee , rogue , within", "The statute of sorcery , tricesimo tertio", "Of Harry the Eighth : ay , and perhaps thy neck", "Within a noose , for laundring gold and barbing it .", "‘ Tis his fault ;", "He ever murmurs , and objects his pains ,", "And says , the weight of all lies upon him .", "‘ Slid , prove to-day , who shall shark best .", "For which at supper , thou shalt sit in triumph ,", "And not be styled Dol Common , but Dol Proper ,", "Dol Singular : the longest cut at night ,", "Shall draw thee for his Doll Particular .", "O , fear not him . While there dies one a week", "O ’ the plague , he 's safe , from thinking toward London .", "Beside , he 's busy at his hop-yards now ;", "I had a letter from him . If he do ,", "He 'll send such word , for airing of the house ,", "As you shall have sufficient time to quit it :", "Though we break up a fortnight , ‘ tis no matter .", "O ,", "My lawyer 's clerk , I lighted on last night ,", "In Holborn , at the Dagger . He would have", "a familiar ,", "To rifle with at horses , and win cups .", "Get you", "Your robes on : I will meet him as going out .", "Not be seen ; away !", "Seem you very reserv 'd .", "God be wi ’ you , sir ,", "I pray you let him know that I was here :", "His name is Dapper . I would gladly have staid , but —", "Who 's that ? — He 's come , I think , doctor .", "Good faith , sir , I was going away .", "But I thought", "Sure I should meet you .", "This is his worship .", "Yes .", "Ay .", "Faith , he does make the matter , sir , so dainty", "I know not what to say .", "Would I were fairly rid of it , believe me .", "I cannot think you will , sir . But the law", "Is such a thing — and then he says , Read 's matter", "Falling so lately .", "It was a clerk , sir .", "Nay , hear me , sir . You know the law", "Better , I think —", "You did so .", "What 's that ?", "I 'll tell the doctor so .", "Come , noble doctor , pray thee let 's prevail ;", "This is the gentleman , and he is no chiaus .", "Tut , do not say so .", "You deal now with a noble fellow , doctor ,", "One that will thank you richly ; and he is no chiaus :", "Let that , sir , move you .", "He has", "Four angels here .", "Doctor , wherein ? to tempt you with these spirits ?", "I draw you ! a horse draw you , and a halter ,", "You , and your flies together —", "That know no difference of men .", "Good deeds , sir , doctor dogs-meat . ‘ Slight , I bring you", "No cheating Clim o ’ the Cloughs or Claribels ,", "That look as big as five-and-fifty , and flush ;", "And spit out secrets like hot custard —", "Nor any melancholic under-scribe ,", "Shall tell the vicar ; but a special gentle ,", "That is the heir to forty marks a year ,", "Consorts with the small poets of the time ,", "Is the sole hope of his old grandmother ;", "That knows the law , and writes you six fair hands ,", "Is a fine clerk , and has his cyphering perfect .", "Will take his oath o ’ the Greek Testament ,", "If need be , in his pocket ; and can court", "His mistress out of Ovid .", "Did you not tell me so ?", "Hang him , proud stag , with his broad velvet head ! —", "But for your sake , I 'd choak , ere I would change", "An article of breath with such a puckfist :", "Come , let 's be gone .", "I am sorry", "I e'er embark 'd myself in such a business .", "Will he take then ?", "Not a syllable , ‘ less you take .", "Upon no terms but an assumpsit .", "Why now , sir , talk . Now I dare hear you with mine honour . Speak . So may this gentleman too .", "No whispering .", "Wherein ? for what ?", "How !", "You are mistaken , doctor .", "Why he does ask one but for cups and horses ,", "A rifling fly ; none of your great familiars .", "‘ Slight , that is a new business !", "I understood you , a tame bird , to fly", "Twice in a term , or so , on Friday nights ,", "When you had left the office , for a nag", "Of forty or fifty shillings .", "Why , this changes quite the case . Do you think that I dare move him ?", "What ! for that money ?", "I cannot with my conscience ; nor should you", "Make the request , methinks .", "Why then , sir ,", "I 'll try . —", "Say that it were for all games , doctor .", "Indeed !", "Speak you this from art ?", "What ! is he ?", "What ?", "Will he win at cards too ?", "A strange success , that some man shall be born to .", "Faith , I have confidence in his good nature :", "You hear , he says he will not be ingrateful .", "Troth , do it , doctor ; think him trusty , and make him .", "He may make us both happy in an hour ;", "Win some five thousand pound , and send us two o n't .", "And you shall , sir .", "You have heard all ?", "Nothing !", "Well , a rare star", "Reign 'd at your birth .", "The doctor", "Swears that you are —", "Allied to the queen of Fairy .", "Yes , and that", "You were born with a cawl on your head .", "Come ,", "You know it well enough , though you dissemble it .", "How !", "Swear by your fac , and in a thing so known", "Unto the doctor ? How shall we , sir , trust you", "In the other matter ? can we ever think ,", "When you have won five or six thousand pound ,", "You 'll send us shares i n't , by this rate ?", "Go to . Go thank the doctor : he 's your friend ,", "To take it so .", "So ! Another angel .", "Must you ! ‘ slight ,", "What else is thanks ? will you be trivial ? — Doctor ,", "When must he come for his familiar ?", "Not , if she danced , to-night .", "Did you never see", "Her royal grace yet ?", "Your aunt of Fairy ?", "Well , see her grace ,", "Whate'er it cost you , for a thing that I know .", "It will be somewhat hard to compass ; but", "However , see her . You are made , believe it ,", "If you can see her . Her grace is a lone woman ,", "And very rich ; and if she take a fancy ,", "She will do strange things . See her , at any hand .", "‘ Slid , she may hap to leave you all she has :", "It is the doctor 's fear .", "Let me alone , take you no thought . Do you", "But say to me , captain , I 'll see her grace .", "Enough .", "Can you remember this ?", "Well then , away . It is but your bestowing", "Some twenty nobles ‘ mong her grace 's servants ,", "And put on a clean shirt : you do not know", "What grace her grace may do you in clean linen .", "What ! my honest Abel ? Though art well met here .", "He shall do any thing . — Doctor , do you hear ?", "This is my friend , Abel , an honest fellow ;", "He lets me have good tobacco , and he does not", "Sophisticate it with sack-lees or oil ,", "Nor washes it in muscadel and grains ,", "Nor buries it in gravel , under ground ,", "Wrapp 'd up in greasy leather , or piss 'd clouts :", "But keeps it in fine lily pots , that , open 'd ,", "Smell like conserve of roses , or French beans .", "He has his maple block , his silver tongs ,", "Winchester pipes , and fire of Juniper :", "A neat , spruce , honest fellow , and no goldsmith .", "Already , sir , have you found it ? Lo thee , Abel !", "Sir !", "What , and so little beard ?", "‘ Slid , doctor , how canst thou know this so soon ? I am amused at that !", "Which finger 's that ?", "Why , this is strange ! Is it not , honest Nab ?", "That 's a secret , Nab !", "Why , how now , Abel ! is this true ?", "Nay , I 'll not counsel thee .", "Thou hear'st what wealth", "Thou'rt like to come to .", "A crown ! and toward such a fortune ? heart ,", "Thou shalt rather gi ’ him thy shop . No gold about thee ?", "Out on thee , Nab ! ‘ Slight , there was such an offer —", "Shalt keep't no longer , I 'll give't him for thee . Doctor ,", "Nab prays your worship to drink this , and swears", "He will appear more grateful , as your skill", "Does raise him in the world .", "What is't , Nab ?", "That he shall , Nab :", "Leave it , it shall be done , ‘ gainst afternoon .", "Now , Nab ,", "Art thou well pleased , Nab ?", "Away .", "Why , now , you smoaky persecutor of nature !", "Now do you see , that something 's to be done ,", "Beside your beech-coal , and your corsive waters ,", "Your crosslets , crucibles , and cucurbites ?", "You must have stuff brought home to you , to work on :", "And yet you think , I am at no expense", "In searching out these veins , then following them ,", "Then trying them out . ‘ Fore God , my intelligence", "Costs me more money , than my share oft comes to ,", "In these rare works .", "Sir , he 'll come to you by and by .", "The evening will set red upon you , sir ;", "You have colour for it , crimson : the red ferment", "Has done his office ; three hours hence prepare you", "To see projection .", "Like a wench with child , sir ,", "That were but now discover 'd to her master .", "No , sir ! buy", "The covering off o ’ churches .", "Yes .", "Let them stand bare , as do their auditory ;", "Or cap them , new , with shingles .", "I have blown , sir ,", "Hard for your worship ; thrown by many a coal ,", "When ‘ twas not beech ; weigh 'd those I put in , just ,", "To keep your heat still even ; these blear 'd eyes", "Have wak 'd to read your several colours , sir ,", "Of the pale citron , the green lion , the crow ,", "The peacock 's tail , the plumed swan .", "Yes , sir .", "At his prayers , sir , he ;", "Good man , he 's doing his devotions", "For the success .", "Good , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "Both blood and spirit , sir .", "And I shall carry it ?", "Sir , I 'll go look", "A little , how it heightens .", "Anon , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "Which ? on D , sir ?", "Whitish .", "I will , sir .", "Sir , please you ,", "Shall I not change the filter ?", "The ground black , sir .", "Yes , sir , and then married them ,", "And put them in a bolt'shYpppHeNhead nipp 'd to digestion ,", "According as you bade me , when I set", "The liquor of Mars to circulation", "In the same heat .", "Yes , by the token , sir , the retort brake ,", "And what was saved was put into the pellican ,", "And sign 'd with Hermes ’ seal .", "Yes , sir ,", "He 's ripe for inceration , he stands warm ,", "In his ash-fire . I would not you should let", "Any die now , if I might counsel , sir ,", "For luck 's sake to the rest : it is not good .", "Nay , I know't , sir ,", "I have seen the ill fortune . What is some three ounces", "Of fresh materials ?", "No more , sir . Of gold , t'amalgame with some six of mercury .", "Ask him , sir .", "Yes , sir .", "Ay .", "Sir .", "Wherein , sir ?", "‘ Twas not my fault , sir ; she would speak with you .", "I dare not , sir .", "A lord 's sister , sir .", "She 's mad , sir , and sent hither —", "He 'll be mad too . —", "Sir , to be cured .", "Lo you ! — Here , sir !", "Softly , sir ; speak softly . I meant", "To have told your worship all . This must not hear .", "You are very right , sir , she is a most rare scholar ,", "And is gone mad with studying Broughton 's works .", "If you but name a word touching the Hebrew ,", "She falls into her fit , and will discourse", "So learnedly of genealogies ,", "As you would run mad too , to hear her , sir .", "O divers have run mad upon the conference :", "I do not know , sir . I am sent in haste ,", "To fetch a vial .", "I dare not , in good faith .", "He is extreme angry that you saw her , sir .", "O , the most affablest creature , sir ! so merry !", "So pleasant ! she 'll mount you up , like quicksilver ,", "Over the helm ; and circulate like oil ,", "A very vegetal : discourse of state ,", "Of mathematics , bawdry , any thing —", "I 'll come to you again , sir .", "Here 's one from Captain Face , sir ,Desires you meet him in the Temple-church , Some half-hour hence , and upon earnest business . Sir ,if you please to quit us , now ; and come Again within two hours , you shall have My master busy examining o ’ the works ; And I will steal you in , unto the party , That you may see her converse . — Sir , shall I say , You 'll meet the captain 's worship ?", "Sir , he does pray , you 'll not forget .", "But do so , good sir , to avoid suspicion . This gentleman has a parlous head .", "As my life , sir .", "O , what else , sir ?", "And that you 'll make her royal with the stone ,", "An empress ; and yourself , King of Bantam .", "Will I , sir !", "Send your stuff , sir , that my master", "May busy himself about projection .", "Your jack , and all , sir .", "Not I , sir !", "Away , sir .", "Good , sir , go .", "And swallowed , too , my Subtle . I have given him line , and now he plays , i'faith .", "Thorough both the gills .", "A wench is a rare bait , with which a man", "No sooner 's taken , but he straight firks mad .", "Well said , sanguine !", "His jack too ,", "And 's iron shoeing-horn ; I have spoke to him . Well ,", "I must not lose my wary gamester yonder .", "Ay ,", "If I can strike a fine hook into him , now !", "The Temple-church , there I have cast mine angle .", "Well , pray for me . I 'll about it .", "Sir !", "Yes , sir . And save the ground ?", "Sir , putrefaction ,", "Solution , ablution , sublimation ,", "Cohobation , calcination , ceration , and", "Fixation .", "After mortification .", "‘ Tis the pouring on", "Your aqua regis , and then drawing him off ,", "To the trine circle of the seven spheres .", "Malleation .", "Antimonium .", "A very fugitive , he will be gone , sir .", "By his viscosity ,", "His oleosity , and his suscitability .", "With the calce of egg-shells ,", "White marble , talc .", "Shifting , sir , your elements ,", "Dry into cold , cold into moist , moist into hot ,", "Hot into dry .", "‘ Tis a stone ,", "And not a stone ; a spirit , a soul , and a body :", "Which if you do dissolve , it is dissolved ;", "If you coagulate , it is coagulated ;", "If you make it to fly , it flieth .", "He is busy with his spirits , but we 'll upon him .", "I told you , he would be furious . — Sir , here 's Nab ,", "Has brought you another piece of gold to look on :", "— We must appease him . Give it me , — and prays you ,", "You would devise — what is it , Nab ?", "Ay , a good lucky one , a thriving sign , doctor .", "‘ Slight , do not say so ,", "He will repent he gave you any more —", "What say you to his constellation , doctor ,", "The Balance ?", "Nab !", "Abel , thou art made .", "Six o ’ thy legs more will not do it , Nab . He has brought you a pipe of tobacco , doctor .", "Out with it , Nab .", "Good ! a bona roba ?", "Very good , Abel .", "No matter , Abel .", "What ! dost thou deal , Nab ?", "Good— On , Nab .", "Ods lid , Nab , send her to the doctor , hither .", "Hurt it ! ‘ tis the way", "To heal it , if ‘ twere hurt ; to make it more", "Follow 'd and sought : Nab , thou shalt tell her this .", "She 'll be more known , more talk 'd of ; and your widows", "Are ne'er of any price till they be famous ;", "Their honour is their multitude of suitors .", "Send her , it may be thy good fortune . What !", "Thou dost not know .", "What ! and dost thou despair , my little Nab ,", "Knowing what the doctor has set down for thee ,", "And seeing so many of the city dubb 'd ?", "One glass o ’ thy water , with a madam I know ,", "Will have it done , Nab : what 's her brother , a knight ?", "How ! to quarrel ?", "‘ Slid , Nab , the doctor is the only man", "In Christendom for him . He has made a table ,", "With mathematical demonstrations ,", "Touching the art of quarrels : he will give him", "An instrument to quarrel by . Go , bring them both ,", "Him and his sister . And , for thee , with her", "The doctor happ'ly may persuade . Go to :", "‘ Shalt give his worship a new damask suit", "Upon the premises .", "He shall ;", "He is the honestest fellow , doctor . — Stay not ,", "No offers ; bring the damask , and the parties .", "And thy will too , Nab .", "He 'll send you a pound , doctor .", "He will do't .", "It is the goodest soul ! — Abel , about it .", "Thou shalt know more anon . Away , be gone .", "A miserable rogue , and lives with cheese ,", "And has the worms . That was the cause , indeed ,", "Why he came now : he dealt with me in private ,", "To get a med'cine for them .", "A wife , a wife for one on us , my dear Subtle !", "We 'll e'en draw lots , and he that fails , shall have", "The more in goods , the other has in tail .", "Ay , or be such a burden ,", "A man would scarce endure her for the whole .", "Content : but Dol must have no breath o n't .", "‘ Pray God I have not staid too long .", "Good pox ! yond ’ costive cheater", "Never came on .", "I have walk 'd the round", "Till now , and no such thing .", "Quit him ! an hell would quit him too , he were happy .", "‘ Slight ! would you have me stalk like a mill-jade ,", "All day , for one that will not yield us grains ?", "I know him of old .", "Let him go , black boy !", "And turn thee , that some fresh news may possess thee .", "A noble count , a don of Spain , my dear", "Delicious compeer , and my party-bawd ,", "Who is come hither private for his conscience ,", "And brought munition with him , six great slops ,", "Bigger than three Dutch hoys , beside round trunks ,", "Furnished with pistolets , and pieces of eight ,", "Will straight be here , my rogue , to have thy bath ,", "and to make his battery", "Upon our Dol , our castle , our cinque-port ,", "Our Dover pier , our what thou wilt . Where is she ?", "She must prepare perfumes , delicate linen ,", "The bath in chief , a banquet , and her wit ,", "For she must milk his epididimis .", "Where is the doxy ?", "Are they within then ?", "How much ?", "Why , this is a lucky day . Ten pounds of Mammon !", "Three of my clerk ! A portague of my grocer !", "This of the brethren ! beside reversions ,", "And states to come in the widow , and my count !", "My share to-day will not be bought for forty —", "Pounds , dainty Dorothy ! art thou so near ?", "As with the few that had entrench 'd themselves", "Safe , by their discipline , against a world , Dol ,", "And laugh 'd within those trenches , and grew fat", "With thinking on the booties , Dol , brought in", "Daily by their small parties . This dear hour ,", "A doughty don is taken with my Dol ;", "And thou mayst make his ransom what thou wilt ,", "My Dousabel ; he shall be brought here fetter 'd", "With thy fair looks , before he sees thee ; and thrown", "In a down-bed , as dark as any dungeon ;", "Where thou shalt keep him waking with thy drum ;", "Thy drum , my Dol , thy drum ; till he be tame", "As the poor black-birds were in the great frost ,", "Or bees are with a bason ; and so hive him", "In the swan-skin coverlid , and cambric sheets ,", "Till he work honey and wax , my little God'shYpppHeNgift .", "An adalantado ,", "A grandee , girl . Was not my Dapper here yet ?", "Nor my Drugger ?", "A pox on ‘ em ,", "They are so long a furnishing ! such stinkards", "Would not be seen upon these festival days . —", "How now ! have you done ?", "‘ Slid , Nab shall do't against he have the widow ,", "To furnish household .", "I pray he keep away", "Till our new business be o'erpast .", "A spirit", "Brought me th ’ intelligence in a paper here ,", "As I was conjuring yonder in my circle", "For Surly ; I have my flies abroad . Your bath", "Is famous , Subtle , by my means . Sweet Dol ,", "You must go tune your virginal , no losing", "O ’ the least time : and , do you hear ? good action .", "Firk , like a flounder ; kiss , like a scallop , close ;", "And tickle him with thy mother tongue . His great", "Verdugoship has not a jot of language ;", "So much the easier to be cozen 'd , my Dolly .", "He will come here in a hired coach , obscure ,", "And our own coachman , whom I have sent as guide ,", "No creature else .", "Who 's that ?", "O no , not yet this hour .", "God 's will then , queen of Fairy , On with your tire ;and , doctor , with your robes . Let 's dispatch him for God 's sake .", "I warrant you , take but the cues I give you ,", "It shall be brief enough .", "‘ Slight , here are more !", "Abel , and I think the angry boy , the heir ,", "That fain would quarrel .", "No ,", "Not that I see . Away !", "O sir , you are welcome .", "The doctor is within a moving for you ;", "I have had the most ado to win him to it ! —", "He swears you 'll be the darling of the dice :", "He never heard her highness dote till now .", "Your aunt has given you the most gracious words", "That can be thought on .", "See her , and kiss her too . —", "What , honest Nab !", "Hast brought the damask ?", "‘ Tis well done , Nab ; thou'lt bring the damask too ?", "Where 's the widow ?", "O , is it so ? good time . Is your name Kastril , sir ?", "Wherein , sir ?", "It seems , sir , you are but young", "About the town , that can make that a question .", "Sir , for the duello ,", "The doctor , I assure you , shall inform you ,", "To the least shadow of a hair ; and shew you", "An instrument he has of his own making ,", "Wherewith no sooner shall you make report", "Of any quarrel , but he will take the height o n't", "Most instantly , and tell in what degree", "Of safety it lies in , or mortality .", "And how it may be borne , whether in a right line ,", "Or a half circle ; or may else be cast", "Into an angle blunt , if not acute :", "And this he will demonstrate . And then , rules", "To give and take the lie by .", "Yes , in oblique he 'll shew you , or in circle ;", "But never in diameter . The whole town", "Study his theorems , and dispute them ordinarily", "At the eating academies .", "Anything whatever .", "You cannot think that subtlety , but he reads it .", "He made me a captain . I was a stark pimp ,", "Just of your standing , ‘ fore I met with him ;", "It is not two months since . I 'll tell you his method :", "First , he will enter you at some ordinary .", "For why , sir ?", "Why , would you be", "A gallant , and not game ?", "Spend you ! it will repair you when you are spent :", "How do they live by their wits there , that have vented", "Six times your fortunes ?", "Ay , forty thousand .", "Ay , sir , And gallants yet . Here 's a young gentleman Is born to nothing , —forty marks a year , Which I count nothing : — he is to be initiated , And have a fly of the doctor . He will win you , By unresistible luck , within this fortnight , Enough to buy a barony . They will set him Upmost , at the groom porter 's , all the Christmas : And for the whole year through , at every place , Where there is play , present him with the chair ; The best attendance , the best drink ; sometimes Two glasses of Canary , and pay nothing ; The purest linen , and the sharpest knife , The partridge next his trencher : and somewhere The dainty bed , in private , with the dainty . You shall have your ordinaries bid for him , As play-houses for a poet ; and the master Pray him aloud to name what dish he affects , Which must be butter 'd shrimps : and those that drink To no mouth else , will drink to his , as being The goodly president mouth of all the board .", "‘ Ods my life ! do you think it ?", "You shall have a cast commander ,", "Will , by most swift posts , dealing", "with him ,", "Arrive at competent means to keep himself ,", "His punk and naked boy , in excellent fashion ,", "And be admired for't .", "He will do more , sir : when your land is gone ,", "As men of spirit hate to keep earth long ,", "In a vacation , when small money is stirring ,", "And ordinaries suspended till the term ,", "He 'll shew a perspective , where on one side", "You shall behold the faces and the persons", "Of all sufficient young heirs in town ,", "Whose bonds are current for commodity ;", "On th ’ other side , the merchants ’ forms , and others ,", "That without help of any second broker ,", "Who would expect a share , will trust such parcels :", "In the third square , the very street and sign", "Where the commodity dwells , and does but wait", "To be deliver 'd , be it pepper , soap ,", "Hops , or tobacco , oatmeal , woad , or cheeses .", "All which you may so handle , to enjoy", "To your own use , and never stand obliged .", "Why , Nab here knows him .", "And then for making matches for rich widows ,", "Young gentlewomen , heirs , the fortunat'st man !", "He 's sent to , far and near , all over England ,", "To have his counsel , and to know their fortunes .", "I 'll tell you , sir ,", "What he did tell me of Nab . It 's a strange thing : —", "By the way , you must eat no cheese , Nab , it breeds melancholy ,", "And that same melancholy breeds worms ; but pass it : —", "He told me , honest Nab here was ne'er at tavern", "But once in 's life !", "And then he was so sick —", "How should I know it ?", "And he has no head", "To bear any wine ; for what with the noise of the fidlers ,", "And care of his shop , for he dares keep no servants —", "And he was fain to be brought home ,", "The doctor told me : and then a good old woman —", "Ay , that was with the grief", "Thou took'st for being cess 'd at eighteen-pence ,", "For the water-work .", "Thy hair went off ?", "Nay , so says the doctor .", "Sir , he is busy now :", "But if you have a sister to fetch hither ,", "Perhaps your own pains may command her sooner ;", "And he by that time will be free .", "Drugger , she 's thine : the damask ! —", "Subtle and I", "Must wrestle for her .", "— Come on , master Dapper ,", "You see how I turn clients here away ,", "To give your cause dispatch ; have you perform 'd", "The ceremonies were enjoin 'd you ?", "‘ Tis well : that shirt may do you", "More worship than you think . Your aunt 's a-fire ,", "But that she will not shew it , t ’ have a sight of you .", "Have you provided for her grace 's servants ?", "Good !", "Very good !", "O , you are too just . I would you had had the other noble in Maries .", "Ay , those same", "Are best of all : where are they ? Hark , the doctor .", "He is come .", "Yes .", "Thrice , you must answer .", "If you have , say .", "She need not doubt him , sir . Alas , he has nothing ,", "But what he will part withal as willingly ,", "Upon her grace 's word — throw away your purse —", "As she would ask it ; — handkerchiefs and all —", "She cannot bid that thing , but he 'll obey . —", "If you have a ring about you , cast it off ,", "Or a silver seal at your wrist ; her grace will send", "Her fairies here to search you , therefore deal", "Directly with her highness : if they find", "That you conceal a mite , you are undone .", "All what ?", "Keep nothing that is transitory about you .", "Bid Dol play music . —", "Look , the elves are come .", "To pinch you , if you tell not truth . Advise you .", "Ti , ti . They knew't , they say .", "Ti , ti-ti-ti .", "In the other pocket .", "Nay , pray you , hold : he is her grace 's nephew ,", "Ti , ti , ti ? What care you ? good faith , you shall care . —", "Deal plainly , sir , and shame the fairies . Shew", "You are innocent .", "I thought ‘ twas something . And would you incur", "Your aunt 's displeasure for these trifles ? Come ,", "I had rather you had thrown away twenty half-crowns .", "You may wear your leaden heart still . —", "How now !", "‘ Ods lid , we never thought of him till now ! Where is he ?", "O , by no means .", "What shall we do with this same puffin here ,", "Now he 's on the spit ?", "Who 's there ? sir Epicure ,", "My master 's in the way . Please you to walk", "Three or four turns , but till his back be turned ,", "And I am for you . — Quickly , Dol !", "Sir , he shall", "Hold out , an ‘ twere this two hours , for her highness ;", "I can assure you that . We will not lose", "All we have done . —", "For that we 'll put , sir ,", "A stay in 's mouth .", "Of gingerbread .", "Make you it fit . He that hath pleas 'd her grace", "Thus far , shall not now crincle for a little . —", "Gape , sir , and let him fit you .", "Are they perfumed , and his bath ready ?", "Sir Epicure , I am yours , sir , by and by .", "O sir , you 're come in the only finest time . —", "Now preparing for projection , sir . Your stuff will be all changed shortly .", "To gold and silver , sir .", "Yes , sir , a little to give beggars .", "At hand here . I have told her such brave things of you ,", "Touching your bounty , and your noble spirit —", "As she is almost in her fit to see you .", "But , good sir , no divinity in your conference ,", "For fear of putting her in rage . —", "Six men", "will not hold her down : and then ,", "If the old man should hear or see you —", "The very house , sir , would run mad . You know it ,", "How scrupulous he is , and violent ,", "‘ Gainst the least act of sin . Physic , or mathematics ,", "Poetry , state , or bawdry , as I told you ,", "She will endure , and never startle ; but", "No word of controversy .", "And you must praise her house , remember that ,", "And her nobility .", "Why , this is yet", "A kind of modern happiness , to have", "Dol Common for a great lady .", "To him , Dol , suckle him . — This is the noble knight ,", "I told your ladyship —", "Well said , my Guinea bird .", "O , we shall have most fierce idolatry .", "Very like !", "Her father was an Irish costermonger .", "I 'll be sworn , I heard it .", "I 'll in , and laugh .", "Sir , you are too loud . I hear you every word", "Into the laboratory . Some fitter place ;", "The garden , or great chamber above . How like you her ?", "But do you hear ? Good sir , beware , no mention of the rabbins .", "O , it is well , sir . — Subtle !", "Dost thou not laugh ?", "All 's clear .", "And your quarrelling disciple ?", "I must to my captainship again then .", "So I meant . What is she ? A bonnibel ?", "We 'll draw lots :", "You 'll stand to that ?", "O , for a suit ,", "To fall now like a curtain , flap !", "You 'll have the first kiss , ‘ cause I am not ready .", "Who would you speak with ?", "Gone , sir ,", "About some business .", "He 'll return straight . But master doctor , his lieutenant , is here .", "Good master Kastril ! Is this your sister ?", "I shall be proud to know you , lady .", "The count is come .", "At the door .", "What will you do", "With these the while ?", "‘ Fore God ,", "She is a delicate dab-chick ! I must have her .", "Where are you , doctor ?", "I will have this same widow , now I have seen her ,", "On any composition .", "Have you disposed of them ?", "Subtle , in troth , I needs must have this widow .", "Nay , but hear me .", "Nay , thou art so violent now — Do but conceive ,", "Thou art old , and canst not serve —", "Nay ,", "But understand : I 'll give you composition .", "Well , sir , I am silent . Will you go help to fetch in Don in state ?", "Peace , Subtle .", "Or , what do you say to a collar of brawn , cut down", "Beneath the souse , and wriggled with a knife ?", "Perhaps some Fleming or some Hollander got him", "In d'Alva ' s time ; count Egmont 's bastard .", "Praises the house , I think ;", "I know no more but 's action .", "Cozen 'd , do you see ,", "My worthy Donzel , cozen 'd .", "Full .", "Milked , in troth , sweet Don .", "Of the sennora .", "‘ Slid , Subtle , how shall we do ?", "Why Dol 's employ 'd , you know .", "Stay ! that he must not by no means .", "Unless you 'll mar all . ‘ Slight , he will suspect it :", "And then he will not pay , not half so well .", "This is a travelled punk-master , and does know", "All the delays ; a notable hot rascal ,", "And looks already rampant .", "Mammon ! in no case .", "Think : you must be sudden .", "Mi vida ! ‘ Slid , Subtle , he puts me in mind of the widow .", "What dost thou say to draw her to it , ha !", "And tell her ‘ tis her fortune ? all our venture", "Now lies upo n't . It is but one man more ,", "Which of us chance to have her : and beside ,", "There is no maidenhead to be fear 'd or lost .", "What dost thou think o n't , Subtle ?", "The credit of our house too is engaged .", "O , by that light", "I 'll not buy now : You know your doom to me .", "E'en take your lot , obey your chance , sir ; win her ,", "And wear her out , for me .", "It is the common cause ; therefore bethink you . Dol else must know it , as you said .", "That 's now no reason , sir .", "You hear the Don too ? by this air , I call ,", "And loose the hinges : Dol !", "Will you then do ?", "Yes , and I 'll take her too with all her faults ,", "Now I do think o n't better .", "As you please .", "Remember now , that upon any change ,", "You never claim her .", "Come , lady : I knew the Doctor would not leave ,", "Till he had found the very nick of her fortune .", "Better ! ‘ Slight , make you that a question , lady ?", "Ask from your courtier , to your inns-of-court-man ,", "To your mere milliner ; they will tell you all ,", "Your Spanish gennet is the best horse ; your Spanish", "Stoup is the best garb ; your Spanish beard", "Is the best cut ; your Spanish ruffs are the best", "Wear ; your Spanish pavin the best dance ;", "Your Spanish titillation in a glove", "The best perfume : and for your Spanish pike ,", "And Spanish blade , let your poor captain speak —", "Here comes the doctor .", "I have told her all , sir ,", "And her right worshipful brother here , that she shall be", "A countess ; do not delay them , sir ; a Spanish countess .", "By this good rush , persuade her ,", "She will cry strawberries else within this twelvemonth .", "Indeed , sir !", "Nay , good sir ,", "Be not so fierce .", "And kiss 'd , and ruffled !", "And then come forth in pomp !", "Of keeping all the idolaters of the chamber", "Barer to her , than at their prayers !", "And has her pages , ushers ,", "Footmen , and coaches —", "Nay , eight !", "Yes , and have", "The citizens gape at her , and praise her tires ,", "And my lord 's goose-turd bands , that ride with her !", "It is the count come :", "The doctor knew he would be here , by his art .", "Is't not a gallant language that they speak ?", "No , Spanish , sir .", "List , sir .", "He admires your sister .", "‘ Tis true he tells you , sir :", "His art knows all .", "That he does , sir .", "O no , sir .", "Does he not use her bravely ?", "Nay , he will use her better .", "Into the garden , sir ;", "Take you no thought : I must interpret for her .", "What 's the matter , sir ?", "Death , sir ,", "We are undone !", "My master will hear !", "Nay , you must never hope to lay her now .", "How did you put her into't ?", "Out of Broughton ! I told you so . ‘ Slid , stop her mouth .", "She 'll never leave else . If the old man hear her ,", "We are but faeces , ashes .", "O , we are lost ! Now she hears him , she is quiet .", "O , sir , we are defeated ! all the works", "Are flown in fumo , every glass is burst ;", "Furnace , and all rent down , as if a bolt", "Of thunder had been driven through the house .", "Retorts , receivers , pelicans , bolt-heads ,", "All struck in shivers !", "Help , good sir ! alas ,", "Coldness and death invades him . Nay , sir Mammon ,", "Do the fair offices of a man ! you stand ,", "As you were readier to depart than he .", "Who 's there ? my lord her brother is come .", "His coach is at the door . Avoid his sight ,", "For he 's as furious as his sister 's mad .", "My brain is quite undone with the fume , sir ,", "I ne'er must hope to be mine own man again .", "Faith , very little , sir ;", "A peck of coals or so , which is cold comfort , sir .", "And so am I , sir .", "Nay , certainties , sir .", "Nay , look , sir ,", "You grieve him now with staying in his sight :", "Good sir , the nobleman will come too , and take you ,", "And that may breed a tragedy .", "Ay , and repent at home , sir . It may be ,", "For some good penance you may have it yet ;", "A hundred pound to the box at Bethlem —", "For the restoring such as — have their wits .", "I 'll send one to you to receive it .", "All flown , or stinks , sir .", "I cannot tell , sir . There will be perhaps ,", "Something about the scraping of the shards ,", "Will cure the itch , — though not your itch of mind , sir .", "It shall be saved for you , and sent home . Good sir ,", "This way , for fear the lord should meet you .", "Ay .", "Yes , and as heavily", "As all the gold he hoped for were in 's blood .", "Let us be light though .", "Now to our don .", "Good sir .", "Very well , sir . Will you go fetch Don Diego off , the while ?", "Why , you can do't as well , if you would set to't . I pray you prove your virtue .", "How , Surly !", "Why , now 's the time , if ever you will quarrel", "Well , as they say , and be a true-born child :", "The doctor and your sister both are abused .", "A very errant rogue , sir , and a cheater ,", "Employ 'd here by another conjurer", "That does not love the doctor , and would cross him ,", "If he knew how .", "Well said , sir ! He is", "The impudent'st rascal —", "By no means : bid him be gone .", "There is not such a foist in all the town ,", "The doctor had him presently ; and finds yet ,", "The Spanish count will come here .", "— Bear up , Subtle .", "And yet this rogue would come in a disguise ,", "By the temptation of another spirit ,", "To trouble our art , though he could not hurt it !", "Do not believe him , sir . He is the lying'st swabber ! Come your ways , sir .", "Nay , here 's an honest fellow , too , that knows him ,", "And all his tricks . Make good what I say , Abel ,", "This cheater would have cozen 'd thee o ’ the widow . —", "He owes this honest Drugger here , seven pound ,", "He has had on him , in two-penny'orths of tobacco .", "And what does he owe for lotium ?", "Nay , sir , you must quarrel him out o ’ the house .", "No , sir .", "Yes , indeed , sir .", "O , you must follow , sir , and threaten him tame :", "He 'll turn again else .", "Drugger , this rogue prevented us for thee :", "We had determin 'd that thou should'st have come", "In a Spanish suit , and have carried her so ; and he ,", "A brokerly slave ! goes , puts it on himself .", "Hast brought the damask ?", "Thou must borrow", "A Spanish suit . Hast thou no credit with the players ?", "I know not , Nab : — Thou shalt , if I can help it . —", "Hieronimo 's old cloak , ruff , and hat will serve ;", "I 'll tell thee more when thou bring'st ‘ em .", "What did he come for ?", "I conceive . Come , Subtle ,", "Thou art so down upon the least disaster !", "How wouldst thou ha ’ done , if I had not help't thee out ?", "Who would have look 'd it should have been that rascal ,", "Surly ? he had dyed his beard and all . Well , sir .", "Here 's damask come to make you a suit .", "He is gone to borrow me a Spanish habit ;", "I 'll be the count , now .", "Within , with my lord 's sister ; madam Dol", "Is entertaining her .", "You will not offer it .", "Stand to your word ,", "Or — here comes Dol , she knows —", "Strict for my right . — How now , Dol !", "Hast", "told her ,", "The Spanish count will come ?", "Who 's that ?", "She lies ,", "This is some trick . Come , leave your quiblins , Dorothy .", "‘ Tis he , by this good day .", "We are undone , and taken .", "No : ‘ twas within the walls .", "Be silent : not a word , if he call or knock .", "I 'll into mine old shape again and meet him ,", "Of Jeremy , the butler . In the mean time ,", "Do you two pack up all the goods and purchase ,", "That we can carry in the two trunks . I 'll keep him", "Off for to-day , if I cannot longer : and then", "At night , I 'll ship you both away to Ratcliff ,", "Where we will meet to-morrow , and there we 'll share .", "Let Mammon 's brass and pewter keep the cellar ;", "We 'll have another time for that . But , Dol ,", "‘ Prythee go heat a little water quickly ;", "Subtle must shave me : all my captain 's beard", "Must off , to make me appear smooth Jeremy .", "You 'll do it ?", "And not cut my throat , but trim me ?", "What mean you , sir ?", "Good sir , come from the door .", "Yet farther , you are too near yet .", "The house , sir , has been visited .", "No , sir ,", "I had it not .", "Yes , sir , my fellow ,", "The cat that kept the buttery , had it on her", "A week before I spied it ; but I got her", "Convey 'd away in the night : and so I shut", "The house up for a month —", "Purposing then , sir ,", "To have burnt rose-vinegar , treacle , and tar ,", "And have made it sweet , that you shou 'd ne'er have known it ;", "Because I knew the news would but afflict you , sir .", "How , sir !", "Sir ,", "Their wisdoms will not say so .", "They did pass through the doors then ,", "Or walls , I assure their eye-sights , and their spectacles ;", "For here , sir , are the keys , and here have been ,", "In this my pocket , now above twenty days :", "And for before , I kept the fort alone there .", "But that ‘ tis yet not deep in the afternoon ,", "I should believe my neighbours had seen double", "Through the black pot , and made these apparitions !", "For , on my faith to your worship , for these three weeks", "And upwards the door has not been open 'd .", "Did you see me at all ?", "Surly come ! And Mammon made acquainted ! they 'll tell all . How shall I beat them off ? what shall I do ? Nothing 's more wretched than a guilty conscience .", "What mean you , sir ?", "Another man 's house !", "Here is the owner , sir : turn you to him ,", "And speak your business .", "The gentleman is distracted , sir ! No lungs ,", "Nor lights have been seen here these three weeks , sir ,", "Within these doors , upon my word .", "Yes , sir , I am the housekeeper ,", "And know the keys have not been out of my hands .", "You do mistake the house , sir :", "What sign was't at ?", "I cannot tell , sir .", "I NEI . These are two of the gallants", "That we do think we saw .", "Two of the fools !", "Your talk as idly as they . Good faith , sir ,", "I think the moon has crazed ‘ em all . —", "O me ,", "The angry boy come too ! He 'll make a noise ,", "And ne'er away till he have betray 'd us all .", "Who would you speak with , sir ?", "Upon my trust , the doors were never open , sir .", "Ananias too ! And his pastor !", "These are all broke loose ,", "Out of St. Katherine 's , where they use to keep", "The better sort of mad-folks .", "Peace , you drunkards ! Sir ,", "I wonder at it : please you to give me leave", "To touch the door , I 'll try an the lock be chang 'd .", "Good faith , sir , I believe", "There 's no such thing : ‘ tis all deceptio visus . —", "Would I could get him away .", "Our clerk within , that I forgot !", "I know not , sir .", "Ha !", "Illusions , some spirit o ’ the air —", "His gag is melted ,", "And now he sets out the throat .", "Would you were altogether .", "Believe it , sir , in the air .", "Or you will else , you rogue .", "Dismiss this rabble , sir . —", "What shall I do ? I am catch 'd .", "Sir , you were wont to affect mirth and wit —", "But here 's no place to talk o n't in the street .", "Give me but leave to make the best of my fortune ,", "And only pardon me the abuse of your house :", "It 's all I beg . I 'll help you to a widow ,", "In recompence , that you shall give me thanks for ,", "Will make you seven years younger , and a rich one .", "‘ Tis but your putting on a Spanish cloak :", "I have her within . You need not fear the house ;", "It was not visited .", "It is true , sir . ‘ Pray you forgive me .", "How now ! is his mouth down ?", "A pox , I heard him , and you too .", "— He 's undone then . —", "I have been fain to say , the house is haunted", "With spirits , to keep churl back .", "Sure , for this night .", "Did you not hear the coil", "About the door ?", "Show him his aunt , and let him be dispatch 'd :", "I 'll send her to you .", "Have you done there ?", "Where 's Subtle ?", "Drugger is at the door , go take his suit ,", "And bid him fetch a parson , presently ;", "Say , he shall marry the widow . Thou shalt spend", "A hundred pound by the service !", "Now , queen Dol ,", "Have you pack 'd up all ?", "And how do you like", "The lady Pliant ?", "Give me them .", "Yes ; I 'll come to you presently .", "What now ! a billing ?", "Drugger has brought his parson ; take him in , Subtle ,", "And send Nab back again to wash his face .", "If you can get him .", "A trick that Dol shall spend ten pound a month by .", "Is he gone ?", "I 'll go bestow him .", "Come , my venturers ,", "You have pack 'd up all ? where be the trunks ? bring forth .", "Let us see them . Where 's the money ?", "Mammon 's ten pound ; eight score before :", "The brethren 's money , this . Drugger 's and Dapper 's .", "What paper 's that ?", "If she should have precedence of her mistress ?", "What box is that ?", "We 'll wet it to-morrow ; and our silver-beakers", "And tavern cups . Where be the French petticoats ,", "And girdles and hangers ?", "Is Drugger 's damask there ,", "And the tobacco ?", "Give me the keys .", "‘ Tis true , you shall not open them , indeed ;", "Nor have them forth , do you see ? Not forth , Dol .", "No , my smock rampant . The right is , my master", "Knows all , has pardon 'd me , and he will keep them ;", "Doctor , ‘ tis true — you look — for all your figures :", "I sent for him , indeed . Wherefore , good partners ,", "Both he and she be satisfied ; for here", "Determines the indenture tripartite", "‘ Twixt Subtle , Dol , and Face . All I can do", "Is to help you over the wall , o ’ the back-side ,", "Or lend you a sheet to save your velvet gown , Dol .", "Here will be officers presently , bethink you", "Of some course suddenly to ‘ scape the dock :", "For thither you will come else .", "Hark you , thunder .", "Dol , I am sorry for thee i'faith ; but hear'st thou ?", "It shall go hard but I will place thee somewhere :", "Thou shalt have my letter to mistress Amo —", "Or madam Caesarean .", "Subtle ,", "Let 's know where you set up next ; I will send you", "A customer now and then , for old acquaintance :", "What new course have you ?", "Sir , have you done ? Is it a marriage ? perfect ?", "Off with your ruff and cloak then ; be yourself , sir .", "Ay , he would have built", "The city new ; and made a ditch about it", "Of silver , should have run with cream from Hogsden ;", "That every Sunday , in Moorfields , the younkers ,", "And tits and tom-boys should have fed on , gratis .", "If I can hear of him , sir , I 'll bring you word ,", "Unto your lodging ; for in troth , they were strangers", "To me , I thought them honest as my self , sir .", "No , this was Abel Drugger . Good sir , go ,", "And satisfy him ; tell him all is done :", "He staid too long a washing of his face .", "The doctor , he shall hear of him at West-chester ;", "And of the captain , tell him , at Yarmouth , or", "Some good port-town else , lying for a wind .", "If you can get off the angry child , now , sir —", "Yes ; but go in and take it , sir .", "“ So I will , sir . ”", "“ Gentlemen ,", "My part a little fell in this last scene ,", "Yet ‘ twas decorum . And though I am clean", "Got off from Subtle , Surly , Mammon , Dol ,", "Hot Ananias , Dapper , Drugger , all", "With whom I traded : yet I put my self", "On you , that are my country : and this pelf", "Which I have got , if you do quit me , rests", "To feast you often , and invite new guests . ”", ", appearance ." ]

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[ "Heigho ! Six dark and weary miles , and not yet at the camp . How tediously affliction paces !— Come , Gregory ! come on . Why , how you lag behind !— Poor simple soul ! what cares has he to weigh him down ? Oh , yes ,— he has served me from my cradle ; and his plain honest heart feels for his mistress 's fallen fortunes , and is heavy .— Come , my good fellow , come !", "What , with only six miles this morning ?— Fie !", "Then , you are weary of my service — you wish you had not followed me .", "Well , well ; we must to the wars , my good fellow .", "Then you had best return . We now , Gregory , are approaching", "King Henry 's camp .", "Do n't you observe the light breaking through the tents yonder ?", "Why , whither should I go , poor simpleton ? My home is wretchedness . The wars I seek have made it so ; they have robbed me of my husband ; comfort now is lost to me . Oh ! Gondibert , too faithful to a weak cause , our ruin is involved with our betters !", "Peace ! peace , man !— half such a word , spoken at random , might cost your life . The times , Gregory , are dangerous .", "Ay , Gregory ; was it not unkind ? And yet I will not call him so — the times are cruel — not my husband .— His affection had too much thought in it to change . His regular love , corrected by the steady vigour of his mind , knew not the turbulence of boyish raptures ; but , like a sober river in its banks , flowed with a sweet and equal current . Oh ! it was such a placid stream of tenderness !— How long is it since your master left us , Gregory ?", "And , from that day to this , I have in vain cherished hopes of his return .— Fearful , no doubt , of being surprised , he keeps concealed .— Thus is he torn from me — torn from his children — poor tender blossoms ! too weak to be exposed to the rude tempest of the times , and leaves their innocence unsheltered !", "To seek him in the camp . The Lancasters again are making head , here , in the north . If he have had an opportunity of joining them , ‘ tis more than probable he is in their army . Thither will we ;— and for this purpose have I doff 'd my woman 's habit ; leaving my house to the care of a trusty friend : and , thus accoutred , have led you , Gregory , the faithful follower of my sorrows , a weary journey half over England .", "What , man , afraid ! Come , come ; we run but little risk . Example , too , will animate us . The very air of the camp , Gregory , will brace your courage to the true pitch .", "Pshaw ! pr'ythee , man , put but a confident look on the matter , and we shall do , I warrant . A bluff and blustering outside often conceals a chicken heart . Mine aches , I am sure ! but I will hide my grief under the veil of airy carelessness .— Down , sorrow ! I 'll be all bustle , like the occasion . Come , Gregory ! Mark your mistress , man , and learn : see how she 'll play the pert young soldier . SONG .— ADELINE . The mincing step , the woman 's air , The tender sigh , the soften 'd note , Poor Adeline must now forswear , Nor think upon the petticoat . Since love has led me to the field , The soldier 's phrase I 'll learn by rote ; I 'll talk of drums , of sword and shield , And quite forget my petticoat . When the loud cannon 's roar I hear , And trumpets bray with brazen throat , With blust'ring , then , I 'll hide my fear , Lest I betray my petticoat . But ah ! how slight the terrors past , If he on whom I fondly dote , Is to my arms restored at last ;— Then — give me back my petticoat !", "Tremble not now , Gregory , for your life !", "Pooh ! pr'ythee — we are here among friends . Did you not mark the courtesy of the centinels ; who , upon signifying our intentions , bid us pass on , till we should find a leader , to whom we might tender our services ?", "Tut , tut , man ! your fears have made you blind ; this motley gentleman 's occupation has nothing terrible in it , I 'll answer for it — we will accost him . How now , fellow ?", "What , sirrah ? call you me fool ?", "Why do you follow the camp , fool ?", "I come , partly , indeed , among other purposes , to offer my weak aid to the army .", "If I could find your leader , I would vouch , too , for the integrity of this my follower , to be received into the ranks .", "Lead us to your General , and you shall be well remember 'd by me .", "Yes , madam , if it please you ;", "And , if my youth should lack ability ,", "I do beseech you , let my honest will", "Atone for its defect :— yet I will say —", "And yet I would not boast — that a weak boy", "May show you that he is zealous in your service :", "For tho ’ but green in years , alas ! misfortune", "Has sorely wrung my heart !— and the proud world ,", "— must know", "What ‘ tis to suffer , ere its thoughtless breast ,", "Callous in happiness , can warm with feeling", "For others in distress .", "Whither shall I fly ! Fatigue and despair so wear and press me , I scarcely know what course to take .", "Even where chance shall carry us , Gregory .", "Then , here , my good fellow , we must rest ourselves .", "Good faith even here !— here , for necessity demands it , we must pass the night : and , in the morning , the ring-dove , cooing to its mate , will wake us to our journey homeward . This is a retreat , were but the mind at ease , a king might well repose in .", "Oh ! this world ! this world ! I am weary o n't ! ‘ Would I had been some villager !— ‘ twere well , now , to be a shepherd 's boy — he has no cares — but while his sheep browse on the mountain 's side , with vacant mind — happy in ignorance — he sinks to sleep , o'ercanopied with heaven , and makes the turf his pillow .", "Fie ! Gregory ; be content , be content . Think that we are happy in this forest , in having thus escaped the enemy 's fire , and be grateful in the change .", "Truce now , Gregory ; and consider how we can best dispose ourselves here , till the morning .", "Peace , fool ! nor let thy grosser mind , half fears , half levity , thus trifle with my feelings ! I have borne me up against affliction , till my o'ercharged bosom can contain no longer .", "Pr'ythee , no more , Gregory ! bear with , my pettishness — for , now and then , the tongue of disappointment will needs let fall some of the acid drops which misery sprinkles the heart withal .", "Why , why should fortune sport with a weak woman thus ! why , fickle goddess , wanton as boys in giddy cruelty , torture a silly fly before you kill it ?", "The thunder rolls awful on the ear , and strikes the soul with terror . The plunderer , too , perhaps catching the sulphurous flash , explores his wretched prey , and stalks to midnight murder .", "Is it thus you stand by me , Gregory ? I , at least , hoped you had valour enough to —", "Heavens ! when will my miseries end ! Speak , friends , what would you have ?", "If it is our lives you seek , they are so care worn , that in resigning them , we part with that which is scarce worth the keeping .", "I scarce know whither ; but I came far inland ; sent by my father to the wars ; his sword the sole inheritance his age can leave me . This man , a faithful servant of our cottage , in simple love has followed me .", "It is , it is my lord !— Oh Heaven ! my heart !— to find him thus , too !— Yet , to find him any how is transport .", "‘ Tis brief .— I have been sorely wrung , sir , by the keen pressure of mishap .— I once had friends : they have left me . One whom I thought a special one — a noble gentleman — who pledged himself , by all the ties that are most binding to a man , to guard my uninstructed youth — even he , to whom my soul looked up ; whom , I might say , I loved as with a woman 's tenderness ,— even he has , now , deserted me .", "I hope not so , sir .", "Now , by my holy dame , he had none to suspect me . Yet , from the pressure of the time ,— some trying chance — but , I am wandering . This is my suit to you .— If you should find me fit to be entrusted with the secrets of your party , I could wish to be enrolled among you .", "Attempt not to dissuade me ; I am fix 'd .", "Yet there is one soft tie , which , when I think", "The cruel edge of keen necessity", "Has cut asunder , almost bursts my heart .", "That , which from my youth ,—", "For I have scarcely yet told one and twenty ,—", "Might , haply , not be thought ;— yet so it is ;—", "Know , then , that I am married .", "Oh ! witness for me , Heaven ! The pure and holy warmth that fills my bosom .", "And have you felt this !", "Wherefore should I return ? return to witness", "The bitter load of misery , which circumstance", "Has brought upon my house ? My infant children —", "An if I thought ‘ twere so ?—", "Oh ! my dear , loved lord !", "Here cease those pangs ;— here , in the ecstacy of joy ,", "Behold your Adeline , now rushing to the arms", "Of a beloved husband .", "Well , and in safety .", "Nay , pr'ythee , now , no more of this :—", "Blot from thy memory all former sorrow :—", "Or , if we think o n't , be it at some moment ,", "When calm content smiles round our happy board .", "And , trust me , now , I think our storms are over :—", "For , on my way , I learn , the House of York", "Has now sent forth free pardon to all those ,", "Who , long attach 'd to the Lancastrian party ,", "Have not engaged in their late enterprise .", "Oh ! ‘ tis my man : I pray you conduct him hither .", "Poor simpleton ! ‘ tis Gregory , who , in pure zeal , and honest attachment , has followed me .", "A weak one , madam ;— and a woman too .", "Your pardon , madam , if , to seek a husband ,—", "Happy has been my search — more than the cause ,", "Altho ’ my heart is warm i n't — brought me hither ." ]

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[ "Chamberlain ! Maid ! Cherry ! Daughter Cherry ! All asleep ? all dead ?", "You deserve to have none , you young minx :— The company of the Warrington coach has stood in the hall this hour , and nobody to show them to their chambers .", "But they threaten to go to another inn to-night .", "Welcome ladies .", "This way , this way , gentlemen .", "Yes , sir , I 'm old Will Boniface , pretty well known upon this road , as the saying is .", "O , sir ,—— what will your honour please to drink , as the saying is ?", "Sir , I have now in my cellar ten tun of the best ale in Staffordshire ; ‘ tis smooth as oil , sweet as milk , clear as amber , and strong as brandy , and will be just fourteen years old the fifth day of next March .", "As punctual , sir , as I am in the age of my children : I 'll show you such ale —— Here , tapster , broach number 1792 , as the saying is :—— Sir , you shall taste my Anno Domini —— I have lived in Litchfield , man and boy , above eight and fifty years , and I believe have not consumed eight and fifty ounces of meat .", "Not in my life , sir ; I have fed purely upon ale : I have eat my ale , drank my ale , and I always sleep upon ale . Enter TAPSTER , with a Tankard . Now , sir , you shall see : your worship 's health : ha ! delicious , delicious —— fancy it Burgundy , only fancy it , and ‘ tis worth ten shillings a quart .", "Strong ! it must be so ; or how would we be strong that drink it ?", "Eight and fifty years , upon my credit , sir ; but it killed my wife , poor woman , as the saying is .", "I do n't know how , sir ; she would not let the ale take its natural course , sir : she was for qualifying it every now and then with a dram , as the saying is , and an honest gentleman , that came this way from Ireland , made her a present of a dozen bottles of Usquebaugh —— but the poor woman was never well after ; but , however , I was obliged to the gentleman , you know .", "My Lady Bountiful said so — she , good lady , did what could be done ; she cured her of three tympanies , but the fourth carried her off ; but she 's happy , and I 'm contented , as the saying is .", "‘ Ods my life , sir , we 'll drink her health .My Lady Bountiful is one of the best of women : her last husband , Sir Charles Bountiful , left her worth a thousand pounds a year ; and I believe she lays out one half o n't in charitable uses , for the good of her neighbours : she cures all disorders incidental to men , women and children ; in short , she has cured more people in and about Litchfield within ten years , than the doctors have killed in twenty , and that 's a bold word .", "Yes , sir , she has a daughter by Sir Charles , the finest woman in all our country , and the greatest fortune : she has a son too by her first husband , ‘ Squire Sullen , who married a fine lady from London t'other day ; if you please , sir , we 'll drink his health .", "Why , sir , the man 's well enough ; says little , thinks less , and does — nothing at all , ‘ faith : but he 's a man of great estate , and values nobody .", "Yes , sir , he 's a man of pleasure ; he plays at whist , and smokes his pipe eight-and-forty hours together sometimes .", "Ay , and to a curious woman , sir — but he 's a —— He wants it here , sir .", "That 's none of my business ; he 's my landlord , and so a man , you know , would not —— but I'cod he 's no better than — sir , my humble service to you .Though I value not a farthing what he can do to me ; I pay him his rent at quarter day ; I have a good running trade ; I have but one daughter , and I can give her — but no matter for that .", "A power of fine ladies ; and then we have the French Officers .", "So well , as the saying is , that I could wish we had as many more of them ; they are full of money , and pay double for every thing they have ; they know , sir , that we paid good round taxes for the taking of them , and so they are willing to reimburse us a little ; one of them lodges in my house .", "I 'll wait on them —— Does your master stay long in town , as the saying is ?", "Come from London ?", "Going to London , mayhap ?", "An odd fellow this ;I beg your worship 's pardon , I 'll wait on you in half a minute .", "What will your worship please to have for supper ?", "Sir , we have a delicate piece of beef in the pot , and a pig at the fire .", "Please to bespeak something else ; I have every thing in the house .", "Veal , sir ! we had a delicate loin of veal on Wednesday last .", "As for fish , truly , sir , we are an inland town , and indifferently provided with fish , that 's the truth o n't ; but then for wild fowl !— We have a delicate couple of rabbits .", "Fricasseed ! Lard , sir , they 'll eat much better smothered with onions .", "Cherry , daughter Cherry .", "Ay , child , you must lay by this box for the gentleman , ‘ tis full of money .", "I do n't know what to make of him ; he talks of keeping his horses ready saddled , and of going , perhaps , at a minute 's warning ; or of staying , perhaps , till the best part of this be spent .", "A highwayman ! upon my life , girl , you have hit it , and this box is some new purchased booty .— Now , could we find him out , the money were ours .", "What horses have they ?", "A black ! ten to one the man upon the black mare : and since he do n't belong to our fraternity , we may betray him with a safe conscience : I do n't think it lawful to harbour any rogues but my own . Lookye , child , as the saying is , we must go cunningly to work ; proofs we must have ; the gentleman 's servant loves drink ; I 'll ply him that way , and ten to one he loves a wench ; you must work him t'other way .", "Consider , child , there 's two hundred pound , to boot .Coming , coming — child , mind your business .", "Well , daughter , as the saying is , have you brought Martin to confess ?", "Young ! why , you jade , as the saying is , can any woman wheedle that is not young ? Your mother was useless at five and twenty ! Would you make your mother a whore , and me a cuckold , as the saying is ? I tell you , silence confesses it , and his master spends his money so freely , and is so much a gentleman every manner of way , that he must be a highwayman .", "O , Mr. Gibbet , what 's the news ?", "But , harkye , where 's Hounslow and Bagshot ?", "D'ye know of any other gentlemen o ’ the pad on this road ?", "I fancy , that I have two that lodge in the house just now .", "Why , the one is gone to church .", "And the other is now in his master 's chamber : he pretends to be a servant to the other ; we 'll call him out , and pump him a little .", "Mr. Martin ! Mr. Martin !", "What think you now ?", "Ha ! ha ! ha ! Mr. Martin , you 're very arch — This gentleman is only travelling towards Chester , and would be glad of your company , that 's all — Come , Captain , you 'll stay to-night , I suppose ; I 'll show you a chamber —— Come , Captain .", "Mr. Martin , as the saying is — yonder 's an honest fellow below , my Lady Bountiful 's butler , who begs the honour , that you would go home with him , and see his cellar .", "I shall do your worship 's commands , as the saying is .", "Yes , sir , there 's a captain below , as the saying is , that arrived about an hour ago .", "Who shall I tell him , sir , would ——", "I obey your commands , as the saying is .", "There 's another gentleman below , as the saying is , that , hearing you were but two , would be glad to make the third man , if you 'd give him leave .", "A clergyman , as the saying is .", "O , sir , he 's a priest , and chaplain to the French officers in town .", "Yes , sir ; born at Brussels .", "Very well , sir ; you may know him , as the saying is , to be a foreigner by his accent , and that 's all .", "Never , sir , but he 's a master of languages , as the saying is — he talks Latin ; it does me good to hear him talk Latin .", "Not I , sir , as the saying is ;— but he talks it so very fast , that", "I 'm sure it must be good .", "Here he is , as the saying is .", "Upon the table , as the saying is .", "Ay , ay , Mr. Bagshot , as the saying is , knives and forks , cups and cans , tumblers and tankards .— There 's one tankard , as the saying is , that 's near upon as big as me : it was a present to the ‘ squire from his godmother , and smells of nutmeg and toast , like an East India ship .", "Yes , Mr. Hounslow , as the saying is —— at one end of the gallery lies my Lady Bountiful and her daughter , and at the other , Mrs. Sullen — as for the ‘ squire .——", "‘ Tis now twelve , as the saying is — gentlemen , you must set out at one .", "A chicken , as the saying is — you 'll have no creature to deal with but the ladies .", "In plate , jewels , and money , as the saying is , you may .", "And what think you , then , of my daughter Cherry for a wife ?", "Coming , coming — a coach and six foaming horses at this time o'night ! some great man , as the saying is , for he scorns to travel with other people .", "Sir , I a n't abed , as the saying is .", "All but the ‘ squire himself , sir , as the saying is ; he 's in the house .", "Why , sir , there 's the constable , Mr. Gage , the exciseman , the hunch-backed barber , and two or three other gentlemen .", "Sir , here 's the ‘ squire .", "I never heard your worship , as the saying is , talk so much before .", "Pray , sir , as the saying is , let me ask you one question : are not man and wife one flesh ?" ]

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[ "Sir , Black Moll hath sent word her Trial comes on in the Afternoon , and she hopes you will order Matters so as to bring her off .", "Tom Gagg , Sir , is found guilty .", "Betty hath brought more Goods into our Lock to-year than any five of the Gang ; and in truth , ‘ tis a pity to lose so good a Customer .", "Without dispute , she is a fine Woman ! ‘ Twas to her I was obliged for my Education , andshe hath trained up more young Fellows to the Business than the Gaming table .", "‘ Tis Woman that seduces all Mankind ,", "By her we first were taught the wheedling Arts :", "Her very Eyes can cheat ; when most she 's kind ,", "She tricks us of our Money with our Hearts .", "For her , like Wolves by Night we roam for Prey ,", "And practise ev'ry Fraud to bribe her Charms ;", "For Suits of Love , like Law , are won by Pay ,", "And Beauty must be fee 'd into our Arms .", "When a Gentleman is long kept in suspence , Penitence may break his Spirit ever after . Besides , Certainty gives a Man a good Air upon his Trial , and makes him risk another without Fear or Scruple . But I 'll away , for ‘ tis a Pleasure to be the Messenger of Comfort to Friends in Affliction .", "I ply 'd at the Opera , Madam ; and considering ‘ twas neither dark nor rainy , so that there was no great Hurry in getting Chairs and Coaches , made a tolerable Hand o n't . These seven Handkerchiefs , Madam .", "And this Snuff-box .", "I had a fair Tug at a charming Gold Watch . Pox take the Tailors for making the Fobs so deep and narrow ! It stuck by the way , and I was forc 'd to make my Escape under a Coach . Really , Madam , I fear I shall be cut off in the Flower of my Youth , so that every now and thenI have Thoughts of taking up and going to Sea .", "I beg you , Madam , do n't ask me ; for I must either tell a Lye to you or to Miss Polly ; for I promis 'd her I would not tell .", "I shall lead a sad Life with Miss Polly , if ever she comes to know that I told you . Besides , I would not willingly forfeit my own Honour by betraying any body .", "Madam , here 's Miss Polly come to wait upon you ." ]

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[ "I hate these old sums ! Mother 's always making me do sums in the holidays . It is n't fair . Seven times three is — what 's father reading ?That 's French , I know . Father 's always reading French . G. Y. P . Gyp ? I wonder what it 's about .Seven times three is — twenty-one . Put down one and carry two . Oh , but it 's pence and shillings . I can n't do pence and shillings !Horrid old things ! they 're always coming wrong .I say , what fun to make a libation to Demeter ! I will ! Let 's see . I wish I had mother 's Greek dress . I must have one of father 's rags . This 'll do .It 's awfully jolly dressing up . But I have no wine . Oh , I know — I 'll take some of father 's painting water — though it 's rather black-and-whity .Hail , Demeter ! I have no wine for you , but here 's some water .I suppose I should pray for something now . Oh , I do wish you 'd stop mother persecuting me in the holidays like this ! But you can n't , you dear old thing . Father says the old gods are dead . I wish they 'd come alive again .", "It 's very hard to have to do sums in the holidays .", "Let 's see — twenty-one ?", "I suppose two shillings and one penny .", "Twelve — I suppose .", "But , father , I think there ought to be ten pence in a shilling .", "Oh , because then , do n't you see , you could count on your fingers all right , but now there are too many pennies for your fingers , and so you never can tell how many are over .", "Nine ?", "Oh , you jolly old father ! I should like to do my sums with you always .", "Father ! Father !", "I say , FATHER !", "But , father —", "Do the Greeks worship Demeter now ?", "The old Greeks were the cleverest people that ever lived , and they had the nicest gods . Do n't you wish there were goddesses now , father ?", "Goddesses sometimes fell in love with people , father — did n't they ?", "And one might fall in love with you , father . That would be fun !", "She 'd give me all sorts of jolly things .", "Oh , bother these horrid old sums !", "Please , mother , I only made a libation .", "But , mother , I only —", "I was n't climbing trees . I only climbed one tree .", "But you 're hurting me .", "Not all .", "I do n't know .", "Yes , mother .", "I do n't know .", "Father , I 'm going to bring you some buttercups , to put on your table and make your work look pretty .", "I will .", "I 'll bring you some speedwell , mother .", "And I 'll make a daisy chain for Demeter .", "Good-bye .", "Mother ! Are you sick ?", "I 'm sorry , mother .", "May I go and play with Maude and Bertie after school to-morrow , and stay to tea ?", "Oh , but why ? They want me to stay to tea .", "But I forgot — I really did .", "Well , I promise . But it 's very hard to remember promises , when you want to do a thing very much .", "You said you wished I was dead , and I thought you did n't want me any more . I thought perhaps you were going to kill me with a knife , like Medea , and I did n't like that . I thought the river would be kinder .", "But I thought you meant what you said . You ought n't to say what you do n't mean , mother .", "Yes , you know I 'll always forgive you , mother . But you said I had brought shame upon father .I do n't want to bring shame upon father !", "But there 's no use promising . Oh , I am so tired !", "Yes ." ]

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[ "Mr. Ventimore do n't seem to be in , after all , sir . Unless he 's in his bedroom .Mr. Ventimore ! A gentleman and two ladies to see you .No , sir , he has n't come in yet — but he wo n't be long now .", "Well , sir , he said as how he 'd be in early , to make sure as everythink was as it should be .If you must know , he 's expecting company to dinner this evening .", "Well , sir , to tell you the truth , I ‘ ave a good deal on my ‘ ands just now .", "Did you ring for me , sir ?— or was it only to let the gentleman out ?", "Lor , yes , sir . That wo n't make no difference !", "Me , sir ? Let to a Asiatic ! No ,— nor would n't ! Why , there was Rapkin 's own sister-in-law let her droring-room floor to one . And —— reason she ‘ ad to repent of it — for all his gold spectacles .", "Well , sir , not to deceive you , he ai n't back yet from his Public — Libery as he calls it .", "Whatever he 's took , sir , you may rely on him to ‘ and the dishes without ‘ aving no accidents .", "Camuels , sir ?", "Lor ! They do look like camuels , sir — or somethink o ’ that . I expect they belong to the ‘ Ippodrome , or else a circus .", "They seem to be stopping outside the ‘ ouse . Them camuels have folded up , and all the niggers as is with them is a kneelin ’ down with their noses on the kerbstone !", "But they 're unpackin ’ the camuels now ! And — well , if they ai n't bringing everythink in ‘ ere !", "They would n't be more things as you 've been buying at that auction , sir , would they ?", "Then I 'd better go and tell them ——", "‘ Ere ! my good men , what are you comin ’ in ‘ ere for , bringing all your dust into my apartments ?", "This rubbish do n't belong ‘ ere ! I can n't ‘ ave the ‘ ole place littered up with it ! You need n't act so ridic'lous if you are niggers !It ai n't no use my talking to ‘ em , sir . They 're not like Christians — they 're deaf and dumb , seemingly ! You try !", "They 've gone off altogether , sir . I can n't see nothink now but a cloud of dust .", "Sir ! Sir !Sir ! Where are you going to ‘ ave your dinner-party now ?", "Well , I must say and I do say that if this ‘ ad to ‘ appen , it could n't have come more ill-convenient !", "Oh , whatever is it now ? What 's ‘ appened ?Goodness gracious ! Mr. Ventimore , sir — what 's come to the ‘ ouse ?", "I do n't see nothink as ai n't different . For mercy 's sake , sir , ‘ oo 's been alterin ’ of it like this ?", "But where are you going to ‘ ave your dinner-party now , sir ?", "But I do n't see no dinner-table , nor yet no sideboard .", "I 'll try , sir , but — not to deceive you — I feel that upset I ‘ ardly know where I am .", "I 've no idea where any of the rooms has got to , sir !", "William , this is a pretty state o ’ things !", "Public Libery , indeed ! You and your Public Libery .", "But do you mean to say you do n't see nothing ?", "You ast ‘ im where you are — he 's better able to tell you than I am . I 'm going back to my kitching .", "Oh , William , William ! Come away at once !", "Oh , Mr. Ventimore , who 's been and dressed you up like that ? Why , it 's ‘ ardly Christian !Come away out of this ‘ orrible ‘ ouse , do !", "Everything ! Ca n't you see it 's all turned into Arabian ‘ alls ?", "Ah , you may well ask ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore .You 've a deal to answer for , you ‘ ave !", "Dinner indeed ! And me unable to get into my own kitching for them nasty niggers o ’ yours as is swarmin ’ there like beedles ! The gell 's bolted already , and you and me 'll go next , William , for stay under this roof with sech I wo n't !", "Bein ’ a ‘ ole of your own makin ’ , sir , you can get out of it yourself ! Come ,", "William !", "Ah , you may well ask ! After sneakin ’ off first thing like you did , and leavin ’ me to make your excuses !", "I 'd never have gone if I ‘ ad n't fancied the ‘ ouse was changed into Arabian ‘ alls and full o ’ grinnin ’ niggers !", "You ! You 'd ha ’ seen anythink in the condition you was in ! And , any'ow , the ‘ ouse was just as usual when we come in .", "There was you , William ! And you 'll go on from bad to worse if you do n't give up nippin ’ !", "And I did — if it was my last words . Camuels and furrin ’ parties as brought in packages off of them . Luckily , they was all gone afore the neighbours ‘ ad time to take notice .And the best thing you and me can do is to let bygones be bygones , and ‘ old our tongues about it .", "Mr. Ventimore ! I did blame him — at first . But I 'm sure now as ‘ e ‘ ad nothink to do with it . Poor dear young gentleman , we 've never known ‘ im beyave otherwise than as a gentleman , and ——Bless us and save us ! Oh , Mr. Ventimore !And who 's that ?", "When you and your friends come flyin ’ in at first-floor windows like pidgins , Mr. Ventimore , you must expect some notice to be took .It 's giving my ‘ ouse a bad name , and , as I 've always kep ’ these apartments respectable ‘ itherto , you 'll be good enough to find others where they 're less partickler , for put up with it I wo n't !", "I 'm going .", "Was he ? I did n't know he 'd come in .", "Goin ’ out of town , sir ?" ]

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[ "The road-side on the slope of a wooded hill near Fort Edward . The speakers , two young soldiers ,— Students in arms . 1st Student . These were the evenings last year , when the bell From the old college tower , would find us still Under the shady elms , with sauntering step And book in hand , or on the dark grass stretched , Or lounging on the fence , with skyward gaze Amid the sunset warble . Ah ! that world ,— That world we lived in then — where is it now ? Like earth to the departed dead , methinks . 2nd Stud . Yet oftenest , of that homeward path I think , Amid the deepening twilight slowly trod , And I can hear the click of that old gate , As once again , amid the chirping yard , I see the summer rooms , open and dark , And on the shady step the sister stands , Her merry welcome , in a mock reproach , Of Love 's long childhood breathing . Oh this year , This year of blood hath made me old , and yet , Spite of my manhood now , with all my heart , I could lie down upon this grass and weep For those old blessed times , the times of peace again . 1st Stud . There will be weeping , Frank , from older eyes , Or e'er again that blessed time shall come . Hearts strong and glad now , must be broke ere then : Wild tragedies , that for the days to come Shall faery pastime make , must yet ere then Be acted here ; ay , with the genuine clasp Of anguish , and fierce stabs , not buried in silk robes , But in hot hearts , and sighs from wrung souls ’ depths . And they shall walk in light that we have made , They of the days to come , and sit in shadow Of our blood-reared vines , not counting the wild cost . Thus ‘ tis : among glad ages many ,— one — In garlands lies , bleeding and bound . Times past , And times to come , on ours , as on an altar — Have laid down their griefs , and unto us Is given the burthen of them all . 2nd Stud . And yet , See now , how pleasantly the sun shines there Over the yellow fields , to the brown fence Its hour of golden beauty — giving still . And but for that faint ringing from the fort , That comes just now across the vale to us , And this small band of soldiers planted here , I could think this was peace , so calmly there , The afternoon amid the valley sleeps . 1st Stud . Yet in the bosom of this gentle time , The crisis of an age-long struggle heaves . 2nd Stud . Age-long ?— Why , this land 's history can scarce Be told in ages , yet . 1st Stud . But this war 's can . In that small isle beyond the sea , Francis , Ages , ages ago , its light first blazed . This is the war . Old , foolish , blind prerogative , In ermines wrapped , and sitting on king 's thrones ; Against young reason , in a peasant 's robe His king 's brow hiding . For the infant race Weaves for itself the chains its manhood scorns ,The reverence of humanity , that gold Which makes power 's glittering round , ordained of God But for the lovely majesty of right , Unto a mad usurper , yielding , all , Making the low and lawless will of man Vicegerent of that law and will divine , Whose image only , reason hath , on earth . This is the struggle :— here , we 'll fight it out . ‘ Twas all too narrow and too courtly there ; In sight of that old pageantry of power We were , in truth , the children of the past , Scarce knowing our own time : but here , we stand In nature 's palaces , and we are men ;— Here , grandeur hath no younger dome than this ; And now , the strength which brought us o'er the deep , Hath grown to manhood with its nurture here ,— Now that they heap on us abuses , that Had crimsoned the first William 's cheek , to name ,— We 're ready now — for our last grapple with blind power .DIALOGUE II .", "The same . A group of ragged soldiers in conference . 1st Soldier . I am flesh and blood myself , as well as the rest of you , but there is no use in talking . What the devil would you do ?— You may talk till dooms-day , but what 's to hinder us from serving our time out ?— and that 's three months yet . Ay , there 's the point . Show me that . 2nd Sol . Three months ! Ha , thank Heaven mine is up to-morrow ; and , I 'll tell you what , boys , before the sun goes down to-morrow night , you will see one Jack Richards trudging home ,— trudging home , Sirs ! None of your bamboozling , your logic , and your figures . A good piece of bread and butter is the figure for me . But you should hear the Colonel , though , as the time draws nigh . Lord ! you 'd think I was the General at least . Humph , says I . 3d Sol . Ay , ay ,— feed you on sugar-candy till they get you to sign , and then comes the old shoes and moccasins .—— 2nd Sol . And that 's true enough , Ned . I 've eaten myself , no less than two very decent pair in the service . I 'll have it out of Congress yet though , I 'll be hanged if I do n't . None of your figures for me ! I say , boys , I am going home . 1st Sol . Well , go home , and — can n't any body else breathe ? Why do n't you answer me , John ?— What would you have us do ?— 4th Sol . Ask Will Wilson there . 1st Sol . Will ?— Where is he ? 4th Sol . There he stands , alongside of the picket there , his hands in his pockets , whistling , and looking as wise as the dragon . Mind you , there 's always something pinching at the bottom of that same whistle , though its such a don'thYpppHeNcare sort of a whistle too . Ask Will , he 'll tell you . 3d Sol . Ay , Will has been to the new quarters to-day . See , he 's coming this way . 5th Sol . And he saw Striker there , fresh from the Jerseys , come up along with that new General there , yesterday . 3d Sol . General Arnold ? 5th Sol . Ay , ay , General Arnold it is . 6th Sol .I say , boys —— 4th Sol . What 's the matter , Will ? 6th Sol . Do you want to know what they say below ?", "The same . 1st Officer . I cannot conceal it from you , Sir ; there is but one feeling about it , as far as I can judge , and I had some chances in my brief journey — 2nd Off . Were you at head-quarters ? 1st Off . Yes ,— and every step of this retreating army only makes it more desperate . I never knew any thing like the mad , unreasonable terror this army inspires . Burgoyne and his Indians !— “ Burgoyne and the Indians ” — there is not a girl on the banks of the Connecticut that does not expect to see them by her father 's door ere day-break . Colonel Leslie , what were those men concealing so carefully as we approached just now ?— Did you mark them ? 2nd Off . Yes . If I am not mistaken , it was the paper we were speaking of . 1st Off . Ay , ay ,— I thought as much . 2nd Off . General Arnold , I am surprised you should do these honest men the injustice to suppose that such an impudent , flimsy , bombastic tirade as that same proclamation of Burgoyne 's , should have a feather 's weight with any mother 's son of them .", "A room in the Parsonage ,— an old-fashioned summer parlor .— - On the side a door and windows opening into an orchard , in front , a yard filled with shade trees . The view beyond bounded by a hill partly wooded . A young girl , in the picturesque costume of the time , lies sleeping on the antique sofa . Annie sits by a table , covered with coarse needlework , humming snatches of songs as she works . Annie ,Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away . Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away . And flies weeping away . The red cloud of war o'er our forest is scowling , Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away . Come blow the shrill bugle , the war dogs are howling , Already they eagerly snuff out their prey — The red cloud of war — the red cloud of war — Yes , let me see now ,— with a little plotting this might make two — two , at least ,— and then — The red cloud of war o'er our forest is scowling , Soft peace spreads her wings and flies weeping away , The infants affrighted cling close to their mothers , The youths grasp their swords , and for combat prepare ; While beauty weeps fathers , and lovers , and brothers , Who are gone to defend — — Alas ! what a golden , delicious afternoon is blowing without there , wasting for ever ; and never a glimpse of it . Delicate work this ! Here 's a needle might serve for a genuine stiletto ! No matter ,— it is the cause ,— it is the cause that makes , as my mother says , each stitch in this clumsy fabric a grander thing than the flashing of the bravest lance that brave knight ever won .The brooks are talking in the dell , Tul la lul , tul la lul , The brooks are talking low , and sweet , Under the boughs where th ’ arches meet ; Come to the dell , come to the dell , Oh come , come . The birds are singing in the dell , Wee wee whoo , wee wee whoo ; The birds are singing wild and free , In every bough of the forest tree , Come to the dell , come to the dell , Oh come , come . And there the idle breezes lie , Whispering , whispering , Whispering with the laughing leaves . And nothing says each idle breeze , But come , come , come , O lady come , Come to th ’ dell .", "A little glen in the woods near Fort Edward . A young British Officer appears , attended by a soldier in the American uniform ; the latter with a small sealed pacquet in his hand .", "A chamber in the Parsonage . Helen leaning from the open window .", "The hill — Night — Large fires burning — Sentinels dimly seen in the back-ground . A young Indian steals carefully from the thicket . He examines the ground and the newly-felled trees .", "Chamber in the Parsonage . Moonlight . Annie sitting by the window , the door open into an adjoining room .", "The porch . Helen waiting the return of her messenger from the hut .", "The British camp . Moonlight . A lady in a rich travelling dress , standing in the door of a log-hut .", "The interior of a tent . Maitland , in travelling equipments , pacing the floor .", "Lady Ackland 's door .", "The Hill . The Student 's Night-watch .", "How beautiful the night , through all these hours", "Of nothingness , with ceaseless music wakes", "Among the hills , trying the melodies", "Of myriad chords on the lone , darkened air ,", "With lavish power , self-gladdened , caring nought", "That there is none to hear . How beautiful !", "That men should live upon a world like this ,", "Uncovered all , left open every night", "To the broad universe , with vision free", "To roam the long bright galleries of creation ,", "Yet , to their strange destiny ne'er wake .", "Yon mighty hunter in his silver vest ,", "That o'er those azure fields walks nightly now ,", "In his bright girdle wears the self-same gems", "That on the watchers of old Babylon", "Shone once , and to the soldier on her walls", "Marked the swift hour , as they do now to me .", "Prose is the dream , and poetry the truth .", "That which we call reality , is but", "Reality 's worn surface , that one thought", "Into the bright and boundless all might pierce ,", "There 's not a fragment of this weary real", "That hath not in its lines a story hid", "Stranger than aught wild chivalry could tell .", "There 's not a scene of this dim , daily life ,", "But , in the splendor of one truthful thought", "As from creation 's palette freshly wet ,", "Might make young romance 's loveliest picture dim ,", "And e'en the wonder-land of ancient song ,——", "Old Fable 's fairest dream , a nursery rhyme .", "How calm the night moves on , and yet", "In the dark morrow , that behind those hills", "Lies sleeping now , who knows what waits ?— ‘ Tis well .", "He that made this life , I 'll trust with another .", "To be ,— there was the risk . We might have waked", "Amid a wrathful scene , but this ,— with all", "Its lovely ordinances of calm days ,", "The golden morns , the rosy evenings ,", "Its sweet sabbath hours and holy homes ,——", "If the same hidden hand from whence these sprung ,", "That dark gate opens , what need we fear there ?——", "Here 's wrath , but none that hath not its sure pathway", "Upward leading ,— there are tears , but ‘ tis", "A school-time weariness ; and many a breeze", "And lovely warble from our native hills ,", "Through the dim casement comes , over the worn", "And tear-wet page , unto the listening ear", "Of our home sighing — to the listening ear .", "Ah , what know we of life ?— of that strange life", "That this , in many a folded rudiment ,", "With nature 's low , unlying voice , doth point to .", "Is it not very like what the poor grub", "Knows of the butterfly 's gay being ?——", "With its colors strange , fragrance , and song ,", "And robes of floating gold with gorgeous dyes ,", "And loveliest motion o'er wide , blooming worlds .", "That dark dream had ne'er imaged !——", "Ay , sing on ,", "Sing on , thou bright one , with the news of life ,", "The everlasting , winging o'er our vale .", "Oh warble on , thy high , strange song .", "What sayest thou ?— a land o'er these dark cliffs ,", "A land all glory , where the day ne'er setteth ——", "Where bright creatures , mid the deathless shades ,", "Go singing , shouting evermore ? And yet", "‘ Twere vain . That wild tale hath no meaning here ,", "Thou warbler from afar . Like music", "Of a foreign tongue , on our dull sense ,", "The rich thought wastes .— We have been nursed in tears ,", "Thro ’ all we 've known of life , we have known grief ,", "And is there none in life 's deep essence mixed ?", "Is sorrow but the young soul 's garment then ?——", "A baby mantle , doffed forever here ,", "Within these lowly walls .", "And we were born", "Amid a glad creation !— - then why hear we ne'er", "The silver shout , filling the unmeasured heaven ?——", "Why catch we e'er the rich plume 's rustle soft ,", "Or sweep of passing lyre ! Our tearful home", "Hung ‘ mid a gay , rejoicing universe ,", "And ne'er a glimpse adown its golden paths ?——", "Oh are there eyes , soft eyes upon us ,", "In the dark and in the day , shining unseen ,", "And everlasting smiles , brightening unfelt", "On all our tears : News sweet and strange ye bring .", "Hither we came from our Creator 's hands ,", "Bright earnest ones , looking for joy , and lo ,", "A stranger met us at the gate of life ,", "A stranger dark , and wrapped us in her robe ,", "And bore us on through a dim vale .— Ah , not", "The world we looked for ,— for an image in .", "Our souls was born , of a high home , that yet", "We have not seen . And were our childhood 's yearnings ,", "Its strange hopes , no dreams then ,— dim revealings", "Of a land that yet we travel to ?——", "But thou , oh foster-mother , mournful nurse ,", "So long upon thy sable vest we 're leaned ,", "Thou art grown dear to us , and when at last", "At yonder blue and burning gate", "Thou yieldest up thy trust , and joy at last", "In her own wild embrace enfolds us once , e'en", "From the jewelled bosom of that dazzling one ,", "From the young roses of that smiling face ,", "Shall we not turn to thee , for one last glimpse", "Of that wan cheek , and solemn eye of love ,", "And watch thy stately step , far down", "This dim world 's fading paths ? Take us , kind sorrow !", "We will lean our young head meekly on thee ;", "Good and holy is thy ministry ,", "Oh handmaid of the Halls thou ne'er mayst tread .", "And let the darkness gather round that world ,", "Not for the vision of thy glittering walls", "We ask , nor glimpse of brilliant troops that roam", "Thine ancient streets , thou sunless city ,—", "Wrap thy strange pavillions still in clouds ,", "Let the shades slumber round thy many homes ,", "By faith , and not by sight , through lowly paths", "Of goodness , sorrow-led , to thee we come .", "PART FOURTH .", "FULFILMENT .", "DIALOGUE I .", "The ground before the fort . Baggage wagons . Cannon dismounted . Confused sounds within . A soldier is seen leaning on his rifle .2nd Sol . It 's morning ! Look in the east there . What are we waiting for ? 1st Sol . Eh ! The devil knows best , I reckon , Sir . 2nd Sol . Hillo , John ! What 's the matter there ? Here 's day-break upon us ! What are we waiting for ?3d Sol . To build a bridge — that is all . 2nd Sol . A bridge ? 3d Sol . We shall be off by to-morrow night , no doubt of it ,— if we do n't chance to get cooked and eaten before that time ,— some little risk of that . 2nd Sol . But what 's the matter below there , I say ? The bridge ? what ails it ? 3d Sol . Just as that last wagon was going over , down comes the bridge , Sirs , or a good piece of it at least .— What else could it do ?— timbers half sawn away ! 2nd Sol . Some of that young jackanape 's work ! Aid-de-camp ! I 'd aid him . He must be ordering and fidgetting , and fuming .— Could not wait till we were over . 1st Sol . All of a piece , boys ! 3d Sol . Humph . I wish it had been ,— the bridge , I mean . 1st Sol . But , I say , do n't you see how every thing , little and great , goes one way , and that , against us ? Chance has no currents like this ! It 's a bad side that Providence frowns on . I think when Heaven deserts a cause , it 's time for us poor mortals to begin to think about it . 3d Sol . Now , if you are going to do so mean a thing as that , do n't talk about Heaven — prythee do n't .4th Sol .Yankee doodle is the tune Americans delight in , ‘ Twill do to whistle , sing , or play , And just the thing for fighting . Yankee doodle , boys , huzza ——I do not like the looks of it , Will . 5th Sol . Of what ? 4th Sol . Of the morning that begins to glimmer in the east there . 5th Sol . No ? Why , I was thinking just now I never saw a handsomer summer 's dawning . That first faint light on the woods and meadows , there is nothing I like better . See , it has reached the river now . 4th Sol . But the mornings we saw two years ago looked on us with another sort of eye than this ,— it is not the glimmer of the long , pleasant harvest day that we see there . 5th Sol . We have looked on mornings that promised better , I 'll own . I would rather be letting down the bars in the old meadow just now , or hawing with my team down the brake ; with the children by my side to pick the ripe blackberries for our morning meal , than standing here in these rags with a gun on my shoulder . Let well alone .— We could not though . 4th Sol .See , they are beginning to form again . It looks for all the world like a funeral train . 5th Sol . What was the Stamp Act to us , or all the acts beyond the sea that ever were acted , so long as they left us our golden fields , our Sabbath days , the quiet of the summer evening door , and the merry winter hearth . The Stamp Act ? It would have been cheaper for us to have written our bills on gold-leaf , and for tea , to have drunk melted jewels , like the queen I read of once ; cheaper and better , a thousand times , than the bloody cost we are paying now . 4th Sol . It was not the money , Will ,— it was not the money , you know . The wrong it was . We could not be trampled on in that way ,— it was not in us — we could not . 5th Sol . Ay , ay . A fine thing to get mad about was that when we sat in the door of a moonlight evening and the day 's toils were done . It was easy talking then . Trampled on ! I will tell you when I was nearest being trampled on , Andros ,— when I lay on the ground below there last winter ,— on the frozen ground , with the blood running out of my side like a river , and a great high-heeled German walking over my shoulder as if I had been a hickory log . I can tell you , Sir , that other was a moon-shiny sort of a trampling to that . I shall bear to be trampled on in figures the better for it , as long as I live . Between ourselves now —— 4th Sol . There 's no one here . 5th Sol . There are voices around that corner , though . Come this way .1st Sol . Then if nothing else happens , we are off now . Hillo , Martin ! Here we go again — skulking away . Hey ? What do you say now ? Hey , Mr. Martin , what do you say now ? 2nd Sol .What I said before . 1st Sol . But where is all this to end , Sir ? Tell us that — tell us that . 3d Sol . Yes , yes ,— tell us that . If you do n't see Burgoyne safe in Albany by Friday night , never trust me , Sirs . 1st Sol . A bad business we 've made of it . 4th Sol . Suppose he gets to Albany ;— do you think that would finish the war ? 3d Sol . Well , indeed , I thought that was settled on all hands , Sir . I believe the General himself makes no secret of that . 4th Sol . And what becomes of us all then ? We shall go back to the old times again , I suppose ;— were n't so very bad though , Sam , were they ? 1st Sol . We have seen worse , I 'll own . 3d Sol . And what becomes of our young nation here , with its congress and its army , and all these presidents , and generals , and colonels , and aide-de-camps ?— wont it look like a great baby-house when the hubbub is over , and the colonies settle quietly down again ? 2nd Sol . Faith , you take it very coolly . Before that can happen , do you know what must happen to you ? 1st Sol . Nothing worse than this , I reckon . 2nd Sol .4th Sol . What would they hang us though ? Do you think they would really hang us , John ? 2nd Sol . Wait and see . 1st Sol . Nonsense ! nonsense ! A few of the ringleaders , Schuyler , and Hancock , and Washington , and a few such , they will hang of course ,— but for the rest ,— we shall have to take the oath anew , and swallow a few duties with our sugar and tea , and —— 2nd Sol . You talk as if the matter were all settled already . 1st Sol . There is no more doubt of it , than that you and I stand here this moment . Why , they are flocking to Skeensborough from all quarters now , and this poor fragment ,— this miserable skeleton of an army , which is the only earthly obstacle between Burgoyne and Albany , why , even this is crumbling to pieces as fast as one can reckon . Two hundred less than we were yesterday at this hour , and to-morrow — how many are off to-morrow ? Ay , and what are we doing the while ? Bowing and retreating , cap in hand , from post to post , from Crown Point to Ticonderoga , from Ticonderoga to Fort Edward , from Fort Edward onward ; just showing them down , as it were , into the heart of the land . Let them get to Albany — Ah , let them once get to Albany , they 'll need no more of our help then , they 'll take care of themselves then and us too . 2nd Sol . They 'll never get to Albany . 1st Sol . Hey ? 2nd Sol . They 'll never get to Albany . 1st Sol . What 's to hinder them ? 2nd Sol . We ,— yes we ,— and such as we , craven-hearted as we are . They 'll never get to Albany until we take them there captives . 3d Sol . Then they 'll wait till next week , I reckon . 1st Sol . Ha ha ha ! Ha ha ha ! How many prisoners shall we have a-piece , John ? How many regiments , I mean ? They 'll open the windows when we get there , wo n't they ? I hope the sun will shine that day . How grandly we shall march down the old hill there , with our train behind us . I shall have to borrow a coat of one of them though , they might be ashamed of their captor else . 3d Sol . When is this great battle to be , John ? This do n't look much like it . 4th Sol . I think myself , if the General would only give us a chance to fight —— 2nd Sol . A chance to throw your life away ,— he will never give you . A chance to fight , you will have ere long ,— doubt it not . Our General might clear his blackened fame , by opposing this force to that ,— this day he might ;— he will not do it . The time has not yet come . But he will spare no pains to strengthen the army , and prepare it for victory , and the glory he will leave to his rival . Recruits will be pouring in ere long . General Burgoyne 's proclamation has weakened us ,— General Schuyler will issue one himself to-day . 1st Sol . Will he ? will he ? What will he proclaim ?— As to the recruits he gets , I 'll eat them all , skin and bone . What will he proclaim ? You see what Burgoyne offers us . On the one hand , money and clothing , and protection for ourselves and our families ; and on the other , the cord , and the tomahawk , and the scalping-knife . Now , what will General Schuyler set down over against these two columns ?— What will he offer us ?— To lend us a gun , maybe ,— leave to follow him from one post to another , barefooted and starving , and for our pains to be cursed and reviled for cowards from one end of the land to the other . And what will he threaten ? Ha , we were cowards indeed , if we feared what he could threaten . What thing in human nature will he speak to ?— say . 2nd Sol . I will tell you . To that spirit in human nature which resists the wrong , the fiendish wrong threatened there . Ay , in the basest nature that power sleeps , and out of the bosom of Omnipotence there is nothing stronger . It has wakened here once , and this war is its fruit . It slumbers now . Let Burgoyne look to it that he rouse it not himself for us . Let him look to it . For every outrage of those fiendish legions , thank God .— It lays a finger on the spring of our only strength . What will he offer us ? I will tell you .— A chance to live , or to die ,— men ,— ay , to leave a sample of manhood on the earth , that shall wring tears from the selfish of unborn ages , as they feel for once the depths of the slumbering and godlike nature within them . And Burgoyne ,— oh ! a coat and a pair of shoes , he offers , and — how many pounds ?— Are you men ? 4th Sol . What do you say , Sam ?— Talks like a minister , do n't he ? 1st Sol . Come , come ,— there 's the drum , boys . You do n't bamboozle me again ! I 've heard all that before . 3d Sol . Nor me .— I do n't intend to have my wife and children tomahawked ,— do n't think I can stand that , refugee or not . 2nd Sol . Here they come .5th Sol . All 's ready , all 's ready . 6th Sol .“ Come blow the shrill bugle , the war dogs are howling , ” —DIALOGUE II .", "Before the door of the Parsonage . Trunks , boxes , and various articles of furniture , scattered about the yard . Two men coming down the path .", "A Chamber partly darkened , the morning air steals faintly through the half-open shutters . Helen before the mirror , leaning upon the toilette , her face buried in her hands , her long hair unbound , and flowing on her shoulders .", "The hill . A young Soldier enters . How gloriously , with what a lonely majesty the morning wastes in that silent valley there ; with its moving shadows , and breeze and sunshine , and its thousand delicious sounds mocking those desolate homes ——This is strange , indeed . This feeling that I cannot analyze , still grows upon me . Presentiment ? Some dark , swift-flying thought , leaves its trace , and the cause-seeking mind , in the range of its own vision finding none , looks to the shadowy future for it .1st Chief . Hoogh ! Hoogh ! Alaska fights to revenge his son ,— we spill our blood to revenge his son , and he thinks to win gifts besides . Hugh ! A brave chief he is ! 2nd Chief . Your talk is not good , Manida . They are our enemies ,— we shall conquer them , we shall see their chestnut locks waving aloft , we shall dance and shout all night around them , and the eyes of the maidens shall meet ours in the merry ring , sparkling with joy , as we shout “ Victory ! victory ! our enemies are slain ,— our foot is on their necks , we have slain our enemies ! ” What more , Manida ? Is it not enough ? 1st Chief . No . I went last night with Alaska to the camp above , to the tent of the young sachem of the lake , and he promised him presents , rich and many , for an errand that a boy might do . I asked Alaska to send me for him , and he would not . 2nd Chief . The young white sachem was Alaska 's friend , many moons ago , when Alaska was wounded and sick .— He must revenge young Siganaw , but he must keep his faith to his white friend , too . 1st Chief . Ah , but I know where the horse is hidden and the paper . When the tomahawks flash here , and the war-cry is loudest , we will steal away . Come , and I will share the prize with you . 2nd Chief . No , I will tell my brother chief that Manida is a treacherous friend . 1st Chief . You cannot . It is too late . Hist ! Quick , lower — lower —“ Then march to the roll of the drum , It summons the brave to the plain , Where heroes contend for the home Which perchance they may ne'er see again . ”Well , we are finely manned here !2nd Sol . How many men do you think we have in all , upon this hill , Edward ? 1st Sol . Hist !— more than you count on , perhaps . 2nd Sol . Why ? What is the matter ? Why do you look among those bushes so earnestly ? 1st Student . It is singular , indeed . I can hardly tell you what it is , but twice before in my round , precisely in this same spot , the same impression has flashed upon me , though the sense that gives it , if sense it is , will not bide an instant 's questioning . There ! Hist ! Did nothing move there then ? 2nd Sol . I see nothing . This comes of star-gazing , when you should have slept . Though as to that , I have nothing to complain of , certainly . I had to thank your taste that way , last night , for an hour of the most delicious slumber . It was like that we used to snatch of old , between the first stroke of the prayer-bell and its dying peal . 1st Sol . I am glad you could sleep . For myself , such a world of troubled thoughts haunted me , I found more repose in waking . 2nd Sol . Then I wish you could have shared my dream with me , as indeed you seemed to , for you were with me through it all . A blessed dream it was , and yet — 1st Sol . Well , let me share it with you now . 2nd Sol . I cannot tell you how it was , that in honor and good conscience we had effected it , but somehow , methought our part in this sickening warfare was accomplished , and we were home again . Oh the joy of it ! oh the joy of it ! Even amid my dream , methought we questioned its reality , so unearthly in its perfectness , it seemed . We stood upon the college-green , and the sun was going down with a strange , darkling splendor ; and from afar , ever and anon came the thunder roll of battle ; but we had nought to do with it ; our part was done ; our time was out ; we were to fight no more . And there we stood , watching the students ’ games ; and there too was poor Hale , merry and full of life as e'er he was , for never a thought of his cruel fate crossed my dream . Suddenly we saw two ladies , arm in arm , come swiftly down the shady street , most strangely beautiful and strangely clad , with long white robes , and garlands in their hair , and such a clear and silvery laugh , and something fearful in their loveliness withal ; and one of them , as she came smiling toward us — do you remember that bright , fair-haired girl we met in yonder lane one noon ?— Just such a smile as hers wore the lady in my dream . Then , into the old chapel we were crowding all ; that long-deferred commencement had come on at last ; we stood upon a stage , and a strange light filled all the house , and suddenly the ceiling swelled unto the skiey dome , and nations filled the galleries ; and I woke , to find myself upon a soldier 's couch , and the reveille beating . 1st Sol . Well , if it cheered you , ‘ twas a good dream most certainly , though , yet — the dream-books might not tell you so . Will you take this glass a moment ? 2nd Sol . What is it ? 1st Sol . That white house by the orchard , in the door — do you see nothing ? 2nd Sol . Yes , a figure , certainly ;— yes , now it moves . I had thought those houses were deserted ,— it is time they were I think , for all the protection we can give them . How long shall we maintain this post , think you , with such a handful ? 1st Sol . Till the preparations below are complete , I trust so at least , for we have watchers in these woods , no doubt , who would speedily report our absence . 2nd Sol . Well , if we all see yonder sun go down , ‘ tis more than I count on . 1st Sol . A chance if we do — a chance if we do . Will the hour come when this infant nation shall forget her bloody baptism ?— the holy name of truth and freedom , that with our hearts ’ blood we seal upon her in these days of fear ? 2nd Sol . Ay , that hour may come . 1st Sol . Then , with tears , and blood if need be , shall she learn it anew ; and not in vain shall the bones of the martyrs moulder in her peopled vales . For human nature , in her loftiest mood , was this beautiful land of old built , and for ages hid . Here — her cradle-dreams behind her flung ; here , on the height of ages past , her solemn eye down their long vistas turned , in a new and nobler life she shall arise here . Ah , who knows but that the book of History may show us at last on its long-marred page — Man himself ,— no longer the partial and deformed developments of his nature , which each successive age hath left as if in mockery of its ideal ,— but , man himself , the creature of thought ,— the high , calm , majestic being , that of old stood unshrinking beneath his Maker 's gaze . Even , as first he woke amid the gardens of the East , in this far western clime at last he shall smile again ,— a perfect thing . 2nd Sol . In your earnestness , you do not mark these strange sounds , Edward . Listen .3d Sol . We are surrounded ! Fly . The Indians are upon us . Fly .4th Sol . God ! They are butchering them above there , do not stand here !2nd Sol . Resistance is vain . Hear those shrieks ! There is death in them . Resistance is vain . 1st Sol . Flight is vain . Look yonder ! Francis ,— the dark hour hath come ! 2nd Sol . Is it so ? Mother and sister I shall see no more .1st Sol . We shall die together . God of Truth and Freedom , unto thee our youthful spirits trust we .DIALOGUE II .", "The deserted house — the chamber — Helen by the table — her head bowed and motionless . She rises slowly from her drooping posture .", "British Camp . The interior of a Tent richly furnished . An", "Officer seated at a table covered with papers and maps .", "A Servant in waiting .", "The ground before Maitland 's Tent .", "The slope of the Hill near Fort Edward . The road-side , shaded with stately pines and hemlocks .1st Off . Yes , here has been wild work upon this hill to-day . They were slaughtered to a man . 2nd Off . I saw a sight above there , just now , that sickened me of warfare . 1st Off . And what was that , pry'thee ? 2nd Off . Oh nothing ,— ‘ twas nothing but a dead soldier ; a common sight enough , indeed ; but this was a mere youth ;— he was lying in a little hollow on the roadside , and as I crossed in haste , I had well-nigh set my foot on his brow . Such a brow it was , so young , so noble , and the dark chesnut curls clustering about it . I think I never saw a more classic set of features , or a look of loftier courage than that which death seemed to have found and marbled in them . Hark — that 's a water-fall we hear . 1st Off . I saw him , there was another though , lying not far thence , the sight of whom moved me more . He was younger yet , or seemed so , and of a softer mould ; and , torn and bloody as they were , I fancied I could see in his garb and appointments , and in every line of his features , the traces of some mother 's tenderness . 2nd Off . Listen , Andre ! This is beautiful ! There 's some cascade not far hence , worth searching for .", "A little glen , darkly shaded with pines . A fountain issuing from one side , and falling with a curious murmur into the basin below ." ]

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[ "Ha ! Sir George Airy ! A Birding thus early , what forbidden Game rouz 'd you so soon ? For no lawful Occasion cou 'd invite a Person of your Figure abroad at such unfashionable Hours .", "Is it possible that any thing in Nature can ruffle the Temper of a Man , whom the four Seasons of the Year compliment with as many Thousand Pounds , nay ! and a Father at Rest with his Ancestors .", "Ha , ha , ha , never consult the Stars about that ; Gold has a Power beyond them ; Gold unlocks the Midnight Councils ; Gold out-does the Wind , becalms the Ship , or fills her Sails ; Gold is omnipotent below ; it makes whole Armies fight , or fly ; It buys even Souls , and bribes the Wretches to betray their Country : Then what can thy Business be , that Gold wo n't serve thee in ?", "In Love — Ha , ha , ha , ha ; In Love , Ha , ha , ha , with what , prithee , a Cherubin !", "A Woman , Good , Ha , ha , ha , and Gold not help thee ?", "Ay , if thou'rt in Love with two hundred , Gold will fetch ‘ em , I warrant thee , Boy . But who are they ? who are they ? come .", "And a Fool —", "And pray , which are you in Quest of now ?", "Nay then , I pity you ; for the Jew my Father will no more part with her , and 30000 Pound , than he wou 'd with a Guinea to keep me from starving .", "Yes , for ‘ tis her Gold that bars my Father 's Gate against you .", "Not a Souse out of his Pocket , I assure you ; I had an Uncle who defray 'd that Charge , but for some litte Wildnesses of Youth , tho ’ he made me his Heir , left Dad my Guardian till I came to Years of Discretion , which I presume the old Gentleman will never think I am ; and now he has got the Estate into his Clutches , it does me no more good , than if it lay in Prester John 's Dominions .", "I have made many Essays to no purpose ; tho ’ Want , the Mistress of Invention , still tempts me on , yet still the old Fox is too cunning for me — I am upon my last Project , which if it fails , then for my last Refuge , a Brown Musquet .", "Not yet , when you can , I have Confidence enough in you to ask it .", "To deal ingeniously with you , Sir George , I know very little of Her , or Home ; for since my Uncle 's Death , and my Return from Travel , I have never been well with my Father ; he thinks my Expences too great , and I his Allowance too little ; he never sees me , but he quarrels ; and to avoid that , I shun his House as much as possible . The Report is , he intends to marry her himself .", "Yes faith , so they say ; but I tell you , I am wholly ignorant of the matter . Miranda and I are like two violent Members of a contrary Party , I can scarce allow her Beauty , tho ’ all the World do 's ; nor she me Civility , for that Contempt , I fancy she plays the Mother-in-law already , and sets the old Gentleman on to do mischief .", "Ay and my helping-hand , if occasion be .", "What Marplot , no no , he 's my Instrument ; there 's a thousand", "Conveniences in him , he 'll lend me his Money when he has any , run of my", "Errands and be proud o n't ; in short , he 'll Pimp for me , Lye for me ,", "Drink for me , do any thing but Fight for me , and that I trust to my own", "Arm for .", "A good Assurance ! But heark ye , how came your Beautiful", "Countenance clouded in the wrong place ?", "When you have ‘ em , you mean .", "Then a Fool for Diversion is out of Fashion , I find .", "Well , on Condition you 'll give us a true Account how you came by that Mourning Nose , I will .", "Sir George , here 's a Gentleman has a passionate Desire to kiss your Hand .", "Ha , ha , ha , ha , fase was the Word , so you walk 'd off , I suppose .", "Provided he may command you —", "The Dog is Diverting sometimes , or there wou 'd be no enduring his Impertinence : He is pressing to be employ 'd and willing to execute , but some ill Fate generally attends all he undertakes , and he oftner spoils an Intreague than helps it —", "Yes , witness the Merchant 's Wife .", "Come , Sir George , let 's walk round , if you are not ingag 'd , for I have sent my Man upon a little earnest Business , and have order 'd him to bring me the Answer into the Park .", "Prosperity to't whate'er it be , I have private Affairs too ; over a Bottle we 'll compare Notes .", "Curst Misfortune , come along with me , my Heart feels Pleasure at her Name . Sir George , yours ; we 'll meet at the old place the usual Hour .", "Marplot , you must excuse me , I am engag 'd . ( Exit ." ]

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[ "Here we sons of freedom dwell ,", "In our friendly , rock-hewn cell ;", "Pleasure 's dictates we obey ,", "Nature points us out the way ,", "Ever social , great and free ,", "Valour guards our liberty .", "AIR .", "Of severe and partial laws ,", "Venal judges , Alguazils ;", "Dreary dungeons ’ iron jaws ,", "Oar and gibbet — whips or wheels ,", "Let 's never think", "While thus me drink", "Sweet Muscadine !", "O life divine !", "Come , cavaliers , our carbines are loaded , our hearts are light : charge your glasses , Bacchus gives the word , and a volley makes us immortal as the rosy god .— Fire !", "Oh , no ! a brimmer round .— Come , a good booty to us to-night .", "Pho , Sanguino ! you know when a jest offers , Spado regards neither time , place , nor person .", "Come , away with reflection on the past , or care for the future ; the present is the golden moment of possession .— Let us enjoy it .", "You know , cavaliers , when I entered into this noble fraternity , I boasted only of a little courage sharpened by necessity , the result of my youthful follies , a father 's severity , and the malice of a good-natured dame .", "When you did me the honour to elect me your captain , two conditions I stipulated :—— Though at war with the world abroad , unity and social mirth should preside over our little commonwealth at home .", "The other , unless to preserve your own lives , never commit a murder .", "Hand me that red wine .", "AIR II .— DON CAESAR .", "Flow , thou regal purple stream ,", "Tinctur 'd by the solar beam ,", "In my goblet sparkling rise ,", "Cheer my heart and glad my eyes .", "My brain ascend on fancy 's wing ,", "‘ Noint me , wine , a jovial king .", "While I live , I 'll lave my clay ,", "When I 'm dead and gone away ,", "Let my thirsty subjects say ,", "A month he reign 'd , but that was May .", "Hark , how distinct we hear the thunder through this vast body of earth and rock .— Rapino , is Calvette above , upon his post ?", "Spado , ‘ tis your business to relieve the centinel .", "Come , come , no jesting with duty — ‘ tis your watch .", "Then call Calvette , lock down the trap-door , and get us some more wine from the cistern .", "Not to-night — I know my time — I have my reasons — I shall give command on that business . But where 's the stranger we brought in at our last excursion ?", "Then he 'll fight .— My arms !", "To the attack of one man — paltry ! Only you , Calvette , Sanguino , Rapino , and Spado go ; the rest prepare for our general excursion .", "Come , come , leave buffoonery , and to your duty .", "How 's this ?", "What 's the matter ?", "Begone instantly to your comrades .Signor , no occasion to tamper with my companions ; you shall owe your liberty to none but me . I 'll convey you to the cottage of the vines , belonging to the peasant Philippo , not far from Don Scipio 's castle ; there you may rest in safety to-night , and —", "Look ye , signor , I am a ruffian , perhaps worse , but venture to trust me .— A picklock may be used to get to a treasure — do n't wish to know more of me than I now chuse to tell you ; but , if your mistress loves you as well as you seem to love her , to-morrow night she 's yours .", "Now for Philippo — I do n't suppose you wish to see any of our work above — ha ! ha ! ha !— Well , well , I was once a lover , but now — AIR IV .— DON CAESAR . On by the spur of valour goaded , Pistols primed , and carbines loaded , Courage strikes on hearts of steel ; While each spark , Through the dark Gloom of night , Lends a clear and cheering light , Who a fear or doubt can feel ? Like serpents now , through thickets creeping , Then on our prey , like lions , leaping ! Calvette to the onset leads us , Let the wand'ring trav'ler dread us ! Struck with terror and amaze , While our swords with lightning blaze .Thunder to our carbines roaring , Bursting clouds in torrents pouring , Each a free and roving blade , Ours a free and roving trade , To the onset let 's away , Valour calls , and we obey .", "Thus far I 've got into the castle unperceived — I 'm certain Sanguino means the old gentleman a mischief , which nature bids me endeavour to prevent . I saw the rascal slip in at the postern below ; but where can he have got to !Yes , yonder he issues , like a rat or a spider .— How now , Sanguino !", "On enterprize without my knowledge ! What 's your business here ?", "A stilletto ! I command you to quit your purpose .", "Your wound was chance — Put up — We shall have noble booty here , and that 's our business — But you seem to know your ground here , Sanguino ?", "I missed Spado at the muster this morning — did he quit the cave with you ?", "Is n't that Spado 's voice ?", "Hush !", "Here 's a pretty dog !", "No , you stay .—", "Yes , you are found out .", "You 're to make discoveries in the forest too .", "Hold , Sanguino .", "Come , Spado , confess what really brought you here .", "Hey ! Let 's see those chests .", "You gave my letter to the lady ?", "Lucky , she knows me only by that name .", "Hush ! Mind you let us all in by the little wicket in the east rampart .", "Soft ! Letting down the drawbridge for me now may attract observation .Yonder I can get across the moat .", "Then you shall .— Hold !My father !", "Yes , sir ; drove to desperation by — my follies were my own — but my vices ——", "My father ! I am unworthy of this goodness .— I confess even now I entered this castle with an impious determination to extort by force —", "Hold !", "Stop ! hold ! I command you .", "And I 'll preserve it as my own .— Retire , and wait your orders .Don Scipio What , then , you wo n't let me be murdered . My dear boy ! my darling ! Forgive me !— I — I — I pardon all .", "Then , sir , I shall first beg it for my companions ; if reclaimed , by the example of their leader , their future lives will show them worthy of mercy ; if not , with mine let them be forfeit to the hand of justice .", "My beloved Lorenza !", "}", "Dear father , this is the individual lady whose beauty , grace , and angelic voice , captivated my soul at Florence ; if she can abase her spotless mind , to think upon a wretch stained with crimes , accompany her pardon with your approbation ." ]

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[ "You are all thumbs .", "Shemus stays late .", "White Mary ,", "Bring Shemus home out of the wicked woods ;", "Save Shemus from the wolves ; Shemus is daring ;", "And save him from the demons of the woods ,", "Who have crept out and wander on the roads ,", "Deluding dim-eyed souls now newly dead ,", "And those alive who have gone crazed with famine .", "Save him , White Mary Virgin .", "Shemus has come .", "Shemus , you are late home : you have been lounging", "And chattering with some one : you know well", "How the dreams trouble me , and how I pray ,", "Yet you lie sweating on the hill from morn ,", "Or linger at the crossways with all comers ,", "Telling or gathering up calamity .", "Praise be the saints !", "Before you came", "She made a great noise in the hencoop , Shemus .", "What fluttered in the window ?", "Then you are Countess Cathleen : you and yours", "Are ever welcome under my poor thatch .", "Will you sit down and warm you by the sods ?", "You ’ re almost there .", "There is a trodden way among the hazels", "That brings your servants to their marketing .", "When wealthy and wise folk wander from their peace", "And fear wood things , poor folk may draw the bolt", "And pray before the fire .", "I will go the next ;", "Our parents ’ cabins bordered the same field .", "O Shemus , hush , maybe your mind might pray", "In spite o ’ the mouth .", "Is yonder quicken wood ?", "Shemus ! Shemus !", "What , would you burn the blessed quicken wood ?", "A spell to ward off demons and ill faeries .", "You know not what the owls were that peeped in ,", "For evil wonders live in this old wood ,", "And they can show in what shape please them best .", "And we have had no milk to leave of nights", "To keep our own good people kind to us .", "And Aleel , who has talked with the great Sidhe ,", "Is full of terrors to come .", "Who knows what evil you have brought to us ?", "I fear the wood things , Shemus .", "Do not open .", "Look ! look !", "O Mary , Mother of God , be pitiful !", "No , do not come in :", "We have no food , not even for ourselves .", "What have you in the bags ?", "I will not cook for you .", "I will not cook for you : you are not human :", "Before you came two horned owls looked at us ;", "The dog bayed , and the tongue of Shemus maddened .", "When you came in the Virgin ’ s blessed shrine", "Fell from its nail , and when you sat down here", "You poured out wine as the wood sidheogs do", "When they ’ d entice a soul out of the world .", "Why did you come to us ? Was not death near ?", "If you be not demons ,", "Go and give alms among the starving poor ,", "You seem more rich than any under the moon .", "Then ask of Father John .", "And have the starving any merchandise ?", "Merchants ,", "Their swine and cattle , fields and implements ,", "Are sold and gone .", "What have they ?", "Shemus and Teig , Teig —", "Destroyers of souls , may God destroy you quickly !", "You shall at last dry like dry leaves , and hang", "Nailed like dead vermin to the doors of God .", "Just now when she came near I thought I heard Other small steps beating upon the floor , And a faint music blowing in the wind , Invisible pipes giving her feet the time ." ]

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[ "Carry those things in : go ! ( Ex . SERVANTS .", "Sosia , come here ;", "A word with you !", "Quite another thing .", "This business", "Needs not that art ; but those good qualities ,", "Which I have ever known abide in you ,", "Fidelity and secrecy .", "Since I bought you , from a boy", "How just and mild a servitude you 've pass 'd", "With me , you 're conscious : from a purchas 'd slave", "I made you free , because you serv 'd me freely :", "The greatest recompense I could bestow .", "Nor do I repent .", "I will ; and this I must advise you first ;", "The nuptial you suppose preparing now ,", "Is all unreal .", "You shall hear all from first to last : and thus", "The conduct of my son , my own intent ,", "And what part you 're to act , you 'll know at once .", "For my son , Sosia , now to manhood grown ,", "Had freer scope of living : for before", "How might you know , or how indeed divine", "His disposition , good or ill , while youth ,", "Fear , and a master , all constrain 'd him ?", "Though most , as is the bent of youth , apply", "Their mind to some one object , horses , hounds ,", "Or to the study of philosophy ;", "Yet none of these , beyond the rest , did he", "Pursue ; and yet , in moderation , all .", "I was o'erjoy ' d .", "So did he shape his life to bear himself", "With ease and frank good-humor unto all ;", "Mix 'd in what company soe'er , to them", "He wholly did resign himself ; and join 'd", "In their pursuits , opposing nobody ,", "Nor e'er assuming to himself : and thus", "With ease , and free from envy , may you gain", "Praise , and conciliate friends .", "Meanwhile , ‘ tis now about three years ago ,", "A certain woman from the isle of Andros ,", "Came o'er to settle in this neighborhood ,", "By poverty and cruel kindred driv'n :", "Handsome and young .", "At first", "Modest and thriftily , though poor , she liv 'd ,", "With her own hands a homely livelihood", "Scarce earning from the distaff and the loom .", "But when a lover came , with promis 'd gold ,", "Another , and another , as the mind", "Falls easily from labor to delight ,", "She took their offers , and set up the trade .", "They , who were then her chief gallants , by chance", "Drew thither , as oft happen with young men", "My son to join their company . “ So , so ! ”", "Said I within myself , “ he 's smit ! he has it ! ”", "And in the morning as I saw their servants", "Run to and fro , I 'd often call , “ here , boy !", "Prithee now , who had Chrysis yesterday ? ”", "The name of this same Andrian .", "Phædrus they said , Clinia , or Niceratus ,", "For all these three then follow 'd her .— “ Well , well ,", "But what of Pamphilus ? ” — “ Of Pamphilus !", "He supp 'd , and paid his reck'ning . ” — I was glad .", "Another day I made the like inquiry ,", "But still found nothing touching Pamphilus .", "Thus I believ 'd his virtue prov 'd , and hence", "Thought him a miracle of continence :", "For he who struggles with such spirits , yet", "Holds in that commerce an unshaken mind ,", "May well be trusted with the governance", "Of his own conduct . Nor was I alone", "Delighted with his life , but all the world", "With one accord said all good things , and prais 'd", "My happy fortunes , who possess 'd a son", "So good , so lib'rally disposed .— In short", "Chremes , seduc 'd by this fine character ,", "Came of his own accord , to offer me", "His only daughter with a handsome portion", "In marriage with my son . I lik 'd the match ;", "Betroth 'd my son ; and this was pitch 'd upon ,", "By joint agreement , for the wedding-day .", "I 'll tell you .", "In a few days , the treaty still on foot ,", "This neighbor Chrysis dies .", "My son , on this event , was often there", "With those who were the late gallants of Chrysis ;", "Assisted to prepare the funeral ,", "Ever condol 'd , and sometimes wept with them .", "This pleas 'd me then ; for in myself I thought ,", "“ Since merely for a small acquaintance-sake", "He takes this woman 's death so nearly , what", "If he himself had lov 'd ? What would he feel", "For me , his father ? ” All these things , I thought ;", "Were but the tokens and the offices", "Of a humane and tender disposition .", "In short , on his account , e'en I myself", "Attend the funeral , suspecting yet", "No harm .", "You shall hear all . The Corpse", "Borne forth , we follow : when among the women", "Attending there , I chanc 'd to cast my eyes ,", "Upon one girl , in form ——", "And look ; so modest , and so beauteous , Sosia !", "That nothing could exceed it . As she seem 'd", "To grieve beyond the rest ; and as her air", "Appear 'd more liberal and ingenuous ,", "I went and ask 'd her women who she was .", "Sister , they said , to Chrysis : when at once", "It struck my mind ; “ So ! so ! the secret 's out ;", "Hence were those tears , and hence all that compassion ! ”", "Meanwhile the funeral proceeds : we follow ;", "Come to the sepulchre : the body 's plac 'd", "Upon the pile , lamented : whereupon", "This sister I was speaking of , all wild ,", "Ran to the flames with peril of her life .", "Then ! there ! the frighted Pamphilus betrays", "His well-dissembled and long-hidden love :", "Runs up , and takes her round the waist , and cries ,", "“ Oh my Glycerium ! what is it you do ?", "Why , why endeavor to destroy yourself ? ”", "Then she , in such a manner , that you thence", "Might easily perceive their long , long , love ,", "Threw herself back into his arms , and wept ,", "Oh how familiarly !", "Chremes next day came open-mouth 'd to me :", "Oh monstrous ! he had found that Pamphilus", "Was married to this stranger woman . I", "Deny the fact most steadily , and he", "As steadily insists . In short we part", "On such bad terms , as let me understand", "He would refuse his daughter .", "Not even this", "Appear 'd sufficient for reproof .", "“ Father ,", "You have , you know ,", "Prescrib 'd a term to all these things yourself .", "The time is near at hand , when I must live", "According to the humor of another .", "Meanwhile , permit me now to please my own ! ”", "If he", "Refuses , on account of this amour ,", "To take a wife , such obstinate denial", "Must be considered as his first offense .", "Wherefore I now , from this mock-nuptial ,", "Endeavor to draw real cause to chide :", "And that same rascal Davus , if he 's plotting ,", "That he may let his counsel run to waste ,", "Now , when his knaveries can do no harm :", "Who , I believe , with all his might and main", "Will strive to cross my purposes ; and that", "More to plague me , than to oblige my son .", "Why so ! Bad mind , bad heart : But if", "I catch him at his tricks !— But what need words ?", "— If , as I wish it may , it should appear", "That Pamphilus objects not to the match ,", "Chremes remains to be prevail 'd upon ,", "And will , I hope , consent . ‘ Tis now your place", "To counterfeit these nuptials cunningly ;", "To frighten Davus ; and observe my son ,", "What he 's about , what plots they hatch together .", "Go first : I 'll follow you . ( Exit SOSIA . Beyond all doubt My son 's averse to take a wife : I saw How frighten 'd Davus was , but even now , When he was told a nuptial was preparing . But here he comes .In this Scene , all quotation marks were supplied from the 1768 edition .", "Carry those things in : go !can be taken as the correct plural form “ Exeunt ” . Harper He wholly did resign himself ; and join 'd In their pursuits , opposing nobody , Colman 1768 He wholly did resign himself ; complied With all their humours , checking nobody ,", "But now he will ; to your cost too , I warrant you !", "What says the rogue ?", "Davus !", "Here ! this way !", "What say you ?", "Upon what ! The world reports that my son keeps a mistress .", "D'ye mind what I say ? Sirrah !", "But for me now to dive into these matters", "May seem perhaps like too severe a father :", "For all his youthful pranks concern not me .", "While ‘ twas in season , he had my free leave", "To take his swing of pleasure . But to-day", "Brings on another stage of life , and asks", "For other manners : wherefore I desire ,", "Or , if you please , I do beseech you , Davus ,", "To set him right again .", "All , who are fond of mistresses , dislike", "The thoughts of matrimony .", "And then , if such a person entertains", "An evil counselor in those affairs ,", "He tampers with the mind , and makes bad worse .", "No ?", "Then for the rest I have to say to you ,", "You choose I should speak plainly .", "If I discover then , that in this match", "You get to your dog 's tricks to break it off ,", "Or try to show how shrewd a rogue you are ,", "I 'll have you beat to mummy , and then thrown", "In prison , Sirrah ! upon this condition ,", "That when I take you out again , I swear", "To grind there in your stead . D'ye take me now ?", "Or do n't you understand this neither ?", "I could excuse your tricks in any thing ,", "Rather than this .", "You laugh at me : well , well !— I give you warning That you do nothing rashly , nor pretend You was not advertis 'd of this — take heed ! ( Exit .Harper To have o'erwhelm ' d us , nor have giv'n us time Colman 1768 To have o'erwhelm ' d us , nor allow 'd us time Or , if you please , I do beseech you , Davus , anomalously printed as DAVUS in Harper text ]", "I return to see", "What they 're about , or what they meditate .", "I see them both together .", "Here , Pamphilus !", "It is my pleasure , that to-day ,", "As I have told you once before , you marry .", "You perform", "Your duty , when you cheerfully comply", "With my desires .", "Now then go in", "That when you 're wanted you be found .", "Well , what now , Davus ?", "Nothing , say you ?", "And yet I look 'd for something .", "Can you speak truth ?", "Say then ,", "Is not this wedding irksome to my son ,", "From his adventure with the Andrian ?", "I praise him for't .", "Yet , in my eyes , he seem 'd a little sad .", "For what ?", "Well , what is't ?", "Tell me , what is't ?", "Hold your peace .", "I 'll look to that . Away ! ( Exit DAVUS .", "What now ? What means the varlet ? Precious rogue ,", "For if there 's any knavery on foot ,", "He , I am sure , is the contriver o n't . ( Exit .", "Harper", "‘ Tis true he lov 'd ; and even then by stealth", "Colman 1768", "‘ Tis true he lov 'd ; but even then by stealth ]", "ACT THE THIRD .", "The Andrian 's maid-servant ! Is't not ?", "What says she ?", "How 's that ?", "O Jupiter ! what 's this", "I hear ? If this be true , I 'm lost indeed .", "How 's this ?", "And can he be so mad ? What ! educate", "A harlot 's child !— Ah , now I know their drift :", "Fool that I was , scarce smelt it out at last .", "DAVUS", "What 's this he says he has smelt out ?", "Imprimis ,", "‘ Tis this rogue 's trick upon me . All a sham :", "A counterfeit deliv'ry , and mock labor ,", "Devis 'd to frighten Chremes from the match .", "Heyday ! Already ! Oh ridiculous !", "Soon as she heard that I was at the door", "She hastens to cry out : your incidents", "Are ill-tim 'd , Davus .", "Are your players", "Unmindful of their cues , and want a prompter ?", "This too where 's he that knows you would not swear", "Was your contrivance ?", "While in the house , forsooth , the midwife gave", "No orders for the Lady in the straw :", "But having issued forth into the street ,", "Bawls out most lustily to those within .", "— Oh Davus , am I then so much your scorn ?", "Seem I so proper to be play 'd upon ,", "With such a shallow , barefac 'd , imposition ?", "You might at least , in reverence , have us 'd", "Some spice of art , wer't only to pretend", "You fear 'd my anger , should I find you out .", "Did not I give you warning ? threaten too ,", "In case you play 'd me false ? But all in vain :", "For what car 'd you ?— What ! think you I believe", "This story of a child by Pamphilus ?", "Why do n't you answer ?", "I been inform 'd ?", "D'ye laugh at me ?", "Whence ! from you :", "Because I know you .", "Beyond all doubt ; I know it :", "I not know you ?", "Falsely , hey ?", "All that I know is this ; that nobody", "Has been deliver 'd here .", "But how d'ye know ?", "How 's this ?", "Having discover 'd such a plot on foot ,", "Why did you not directly tell my son ?", "Get you in . Wait for me there , and see that you prepare What 's requisite . ( Exit DAVUS . He has not wrought upon me To yield implicit credit to his tale , Nor do I know if all he said be true . But , true or false , it matters not : to me My Son 's own promise is the main concern . Now to meet Chremes , and to beg his daughter In marriage with my son . If I succeed , What can I rather wish , than to behold Their marriage-rites to-day ? For since my son Has given me his word , I 've not a doubt , Should he refuse , but I may force him to it : And to my wishes see where Chremes comes .The initial direction “ Manent SIMO , DAVUS . ” is supplied from the 1768 edition . Harper SIMO . I been inform 'd ? DAVUS . What then you found it out ? Colman 1768 SIMO . Inform 'd ? DAVUS . What then you found it out yourself ? Harper DAVUS . I 've heard so , and believe so . Besides a thousand things concur to lead To this conjecture . In the first place , she Profess 'd herself with child by Pamphilus : That proves a falsehood . Now that she perceives A nuptial preparation at our house , A maid 's dispatch 'd immediately to bring Colman 1768 DAVUS . I 've heard so , and believe so . Besides a thousand different things concur To lead to this conjecture . First , Glycerium Profess 'd herself with child by Pamphilus : That proves a falsehood . Now as she perceives A nuptial preparation at our house , A maid 's immediately dispatch 'd to bring ]", "Chremes , good-day !", "And I for you .", "A moment 's hearing ; you shall be inform 'd ,", "What I request , and what you wish to know .", "Now by the Gods ;", "Now by our friendship , Chremes , which begun", "In infancy , has still increas 'd with age ;", "Now by your only daughter , and my son ,", "Whose preservation wholly rests on you ;", "Let me entreat this boon : and let the match", "Which should have been , still be .", "E'en in that spirit , I desire it , Chremes ,", "Entreat it may be done ; nor would entreat ,", "But that occasion urges .", "A diff'rence ‘ twixt Glycerium and my son .", "A breach so wide as gives me hopes", "To sep'rate them forever .", "Indeed ‘ tis thus .", "Prevent we then , I pray , this mischief now ;", "While time permits , while yet his passion 's sore", "From contumelies ; ere these women 's wiles ,", "Their wicked arts , and tears made up of fraud", "Shake his weak mind , and melt it to compassion .", "Give him a wife : by intercourse with her ,", "Knit by the bonds of wedlock , soon I hope ,", "He 'll rise above the guilt that sinks him now .", "How can you know , unless you make the trial ?", "The mischief , should he fail ,", "Is only this : divorce , which Heav'n forbid !", "But mark what benefits if he amend !", "First , to your friend you will restore a son ;", "Gain to yourself a son-in-law , and match", "Your daughter to an honest husband .", "I see I ever lov 'd you justly , Chremes .", "But what ?", "Davus ,", "Davus , in all their secrets , told me so ;", "Advis 'd me too , to hasten on the match", "As fast as possible . Would he , d'ye think ,", "Do that , unless he were full well assur 'd", "My son desir 'd it too ?— Hear , what he says .", "Ho there ! call Davus forth .— But here he comes .", "Harper", "CHREMES . Whence is't you know", "Colman 1768", "CHREMES . From whence are you appriz 'd ]", "What 's the matter ?", "D'ye hear him ?— Davus , I for some time past", "Was fearful of you ; lest , like other slaves ,", "As slaves go now , you should put tricks upon me ,", "And baffle me , to favor my son 's love .", "I thought so : and in fear of that", "Conceal 'd a secret which I 'll now disclose .", "I 'll tell you : for I now", "Almost begin to think you may be trusted .", "No marriage was intended .", "None . All counterfeit , to sound my son and you .", "Even so .", "Hear me . No sooner had I sent you in . But opportunely I encountered Chremes .", "I told him all . That you had just told me ,——", "Begged him to grant his daughter , and at length", "With much ado prevail 'd .", "How 's that ?", "My good friend Chremes then", "Is now no obstacle .", "Prithee , now , Davus , seeing you alone", "Have brought about this match ——", "Endeavor farther to amend my son .", "It were easy now ,", "While his mind 's irritated .", "Do then : where is he ?", "I 'll in , and tell him , what I 've now told you . ( Exit .", "SCENE VII .", "DAVUS alone .", "Lost and undone ! To prison with me straight !", "No prayer , no plea : for I have ruin 'd all !", "Deceiv 'd the old man , hamper 'd Pamphilus", "With marriage ; marriage , brought about to-day", "By my sole means ; beyond the hopes of one ;", "Against the other 's will .—— Oh , cunning fool !", "Had I been quiet , all had yet been well .", "But see , he 's coming . Would my neck were broken !", "Ah , Chremes , I must now entreat the more ,", "More urge you to confirm the promis 'd boon .", "What injuries ?", "Now , for Heav'n ' s sake .", "Believe not them , whose interest it is", "To make him vile and abject as themselves .", "These stories are all feign 'd , concerted all ,", "To break the match : when the occasion 's past", "That urges them to this , they will desist .", "Artifice ! mere trick .", "It may be so : and Davus", "Told me beforehand they 'd attempt all this ;", "Though I , I know not how , forgot to tell you .", "Ha ! whence comes the rogue ?", "What mischief 's this ?", "A knave ! Who 's that he praises ?", "Why do n't I speak to him ?", "Good Sir , your humble Servant !", "You 've taken special care .", "Oh , mighty fine !", "That to be sure is all that 's wanting now .", "— But tell me , Sir ! what business had you there ?", "You ?", "You , Sir .", "As if I ask 'd , how long it was ago .", "Is Pamphilus within ?", "— Oh torture .— Did not you assure me , Sirrah ,", "They were at variance ?", "Why then", "Is Pamphilus within ?", "What story now ?", "And what says he , then ?", "Ho , Dromo ! Dromo !", "Dromo !", "Speak but a word more — Dromo !", "Here , drag him headlong in ,", "And truss the rascal up immediately .", "Davus .", "Because I 'll have it so . Take him , I say .", "Off with him !", "I will not hear . I 'll trounce you .", "True or false . See that you keep him bound : and do you hear ? Bind the slave hand and foot . Away ! ( Exeunt DROMO and DAVUS .", "Oh Chremes , Chremes ,", "Filial unkindness !— Do n't you pity me !", "To feel all this for such a thankless son !——", "Here , Pamphilus , come forth ! ho , Pamphilus !", "Have you no shame ?", "What say you ? Most ——", "As if ‘ twere possible to utter aught", "Severer than he merits !— Tell me then ;", "Glycerium is a citizen ?", "They say so !— Oh amazing impudence !——", "Does he consider what he says ? does he", "Repent the deed ? or does his color take", "The hue of shame ?— To be so weak of soul ,", "Against the custom of our citizens ,", "Against the law , against his father 's will ,", "To wed himself to shame and this vile woman .", "Ah , Pamphilus ! d'ye feel", "Your wretchedness at last ? Then , then , when first", "You wrought upon your mind at any rate", "To gratify your passion : from that hour", "Well might you feel your state of wretchedness .", "— But why give in to this ? Why torture thus ,", "Why vex my spirit ? Why afflict my age", "For his distemp'rature ? Why rue his sins ?", "— No ; let him have her , joy in her , live with her .", "How , my father !— can I think", "You want this father ? You that for yourself", "A home , a wife , and children have acquir 'd", "Against your father 's will ? And witnesses", "Suborn 'd , to prove that she 's a citizen ?", "— You 've gain 'd your point .", "What would you say ?", "Hear him ? What must I hear then , Chremes !", "Well , let him speak : I hear him .", "Bring him here !", "Well , be it so . ( Exit PAMPHILUS .", "I could bear all this bravely , Chremes ; more ,", "Much more , to know that he deceiv 'd me not .", "Asks he for me ?", "So , Sir , you say that this Glycerium", "Is an Athenian citizen ?", "What then are you come prepar 'd ?", "And dare you ask for what ?", "Shall you go on thus with impunity ?", "Lay snares for inexperienc 'd , lib'ral youth ,", "With fraud , temptation , and fair promises", "Soothing their minds ?——", "— And then", "With marriage solder up their harlot loves ?", "A good man he ?— To come ,", "Although at Athens never seen till now ,", "So opportunely on the wedding-day !——", "Is such a fellow to be trusted , Chremes ?", "A Sharper !", "All romance .", "How !", "But why believe you this ?", "True . I knew him .", "Indeed , my Chremes ,", "I heartily rejoice she 's found your daughter .", "Chremes , I trust you will believe , we all", "Rejoice at this .", "Peace , son ! the event", "Has reconcil 'd me .", "Be it so .", "Why do you not give orders instantly", "To bring her to our house ?", "It can n't be .", "He has other business of his own ,", "Of nearer import to himself .", "He 's bound .", "How , Sir ?— neck and heels .", "It shall be done .", "I 'll in , and order it . ( Exit ." ]

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[ "Merchant of Syracusa , plead no more ;", "I am not partial to infringe our laws :", "The enmity and discord which of late 5", "Sprung from the rancorous outrage of your duke", "To merchants , our well-dealing countrymen ,", "Who , wanting guilders to redeem their lives ,", "Have seal ’ d his rigorous statutes with their bloods ,", "Excludes all pity from our threatening looks . 10", "For , since the mortal and intestine jars", "’ Twixt thy seditious countrymen and us ,", "It hath in solemn synods been decreed ,", "Both by the Syracusians and ourselves ,", "To admit no traffic to our adverse towns : 15", "Nay , more ,", "If any born at Ephesus be seen", "At any Syracusian marts and fairs ;", "Again : if any Syracusian born", "Come to the bay of Ephesus , he dies , 20", "His goods confiscate to the duke ’ s dispose ;", "Unless a thousand marks be levied ,", "To quit the penalty and to ransom him .", "Thy substance , valued at the highest rate ,", "Cannot amount unto a hundred marks ; 25", "Therefore by law thou art condemn ’ d to die .", "Æge . Yet this my comfort : when your words are done ,", "My woes end likewise with the evening sun .", "Well , Syracusian , say , in brief , the cause", "Why thou departed ’ st from thy native home , 30", "And for what cause thou camest to Ephesus .", "Æge . A heavier task could not have been imposed", "Than I to speak my griefs unspeakable :", "Yet , that the world may witness that my end", "Was wrought by nature , not by vile offence , 35", "I ’ ll utter what my sorrow gives me leave .", "In Syracusa was I born ; and wed", "Unto a woman , happy but for me ,", "And by me , had not our hap been bad .", "With her I lived in joy ; our wealth increased 40", "By prosperous voyages I often made", "To Epidamnum ; till my factor ’ s death ,", "And the great care of goods at random left ,", "Drew me from kind embracements of my spouse :", "From whom my absence was not six months old , 45", "Before herself , almost at fainting under", "The pleasing punishment that women bear ,", "Had made provision for her following me ,", "And soon and safe arrived where I was .", "There had she not been long but she became 50", "A joyful mother of two goodly sons ;", "And , which was strange , the one so like the other", "As could not be distinguish ’ d but by names .", "That very hour , and in the self-same inn ,", "A meaner woman was delivered 55", "Of such a burden , male twins , both alike :", "Those , for their parents were exceeding poor ,", "I bought , and brought up to attend my sons .", "My wife , not meanly proud of two such boys ,", "Made daily motions for our home return : 60", "Unwilling I agreed ; alas ! too soon", "We came aboard .", "A league from Epidamnum had we sail ’ d ,", "Before the always-wind-obeying deep", "Gave any tragic instance of our harm : 65", "But longer did we not retain much hope ;", "For what obscured light the heavens did grant", "Did but convey unto our fearful minds", "A doubtful warrant of immediate death ;", "Which though myself would gladly have embraced , 70", "Yet the incessant weepings of my wife ,", "Weeping before for what she saw must come ,", "And piteous plainings of the pretty babes ,", "That mourn ’ d for fashion , ignorant what to fear ,", "Forced me to seek delays for them and me . 75", "And this it was , for other means was none :", "The sailors sought for safety by our boat ,", "And left the ship , then sinking-ripe , to us :", "My wife , more careful for the latter-born ,", "Had fasten ’ d him unto a small spare mast , 80", "Such as seafaring men provide for storms ;", "To him one of the other twins was bound ,", "Whilst I had been like heedful of the other :", "The children thus disposed , my wife and I ,", "Fixing our eyes on whom our care was fix ’ d , 85", "Fasten ’ d ourselves at either end the mast ;", "And floating straight , obedient to the stream ,", "Was carried towards Corinth , as we thought .", "At length the sun , gazing upon the earth ,", "Dispersed those vapours that offended us ; 90", "And , by the benefit of his wished light ,", "The seas wax ’ d calm , and we discovered", "Two ships from far making amain to us ,", "Of Corinth that , of Epidaurus this :", "But ere they came ,— O , let me say no more ! 95", "Gather the sequel by that went before .", "Nay , forward , old man ; do not break off so ;", "For we may pity , though not pardon thee .", "Æge . O , had the gods done so , I had not now", "Worthily term ’ d them merciless to us ! 100", "For , ere the ships could meet by twice five leagues ,", "We were encounter ’ d by a mighty rock ;", "Which being violently borne upon ,", "Our helpful ship was splitted in the midst ;", "So that , in this unjust divorce of us , 105", "Fortune had left to both of us alike", "What to delight in , what to sorrow for .", "Her part , poor soul ! seeming as burdened", "With lesser weight , but not with lesser woe ,", "Was carried with more speed before the wind ; 110", "And in our sight they three were taken up", "By fishermen of Corinth , as we thought .", "At length , another ship had seized on us ;", "And , knowing whom it was their hap to save ,", "Gave healthful welcome to their shipwreck ’ d guests ; 115", "And would have reft the fishers of their prey ,", "Had not their bark been very slow of sail ;", "And therefore homeward did they bend their course .", "Thus have you heard me sever ’ d from my bliss ;", "That by misfortunes was my life prolong ’ d , 120", "To tell sad stories of my own mishaps .", "And , for the sake of them thou sorrowest for ,", "Do me the favour to dilate at full", "What hath befall ’ n of them and thee till now .", "Æge . My youngest boy , and yet my eldest care , 125", "At eighteen years became inquisitive", "After his brother : and importuned me", "That his attendant — so his case was like ,", "Reft of his brother , but retain ’ d his name —", "Might bear him company in the quest of him : 130", "Whom whilst I labour ’ d of a love to see ,", "I hazarded the loss of whom I loved .", "Five summers have I spent in furthest Greece ,", "Roaming clean through the bounds of Asia ,", "And , coasting homeward , came to Ephesus ; 135", "Hopeless to find , yet loath to leave unsought", "Or that , or any place that harbours men .", "But here must end the story of my life ;", "And happy were I in my timely death ,", "Could all my travels warrant me they live . 140", "Hapless Ægeon , whom the fates have mark ’ d", "To bear the extremity of dire mishap !", "Now , trust me , were it not against our laws ,", "Against my crown , my oath , my dignity ,", "Which princes , would they , may not disannul , 145", "My soul should sue as advocate for thee .", "But , though thou art adjudged to the death ,", "And passed sentence may not be recall ’ d", "But to our honour ’ s great disparagement ,", "Yet will I favour thee in what I can . 150", "Therefore , merchant , I ’ ll limit thee this day", "To seek thy help by beneficial help :", "Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus ;", "Beg thou , or borrow , to make up the sum ,", "And live ; if no , then thou art doom ’ d to die . 155", "Gaoler , take him to thy custody .", "Yet once again proclaim it publicly , 130", "If any friend will pay the sum for him ,", "He shall not die ; so much we tender him .", "She is a virtuous and a reverend lady :", "It cannot be that she hath done thee wrong . 135", "Long since thy husband served me in my wars ;", "And I to thee engaged a prince ’ s word ,", "When thou didst make him master of thy bed ,", "To do him all the grace and good I could .", "Go , some of you , knock at the abbey-gate , 165", "And bid the lady abbess come to me .", "I will determine this before I stir .", "Come , stand by me ; fear nothing . Guard with halberds ! 185", "Discover how , and thou shalt find me just .", "A grievous fault ! Say , woman , didst thou so ?", "But had he such a chain of thee or no ?", "Why , what an intricate impeach is this !", "I think you all have drunk of Circe ’ s cup . 270", "If here you housed him , here he would have been ;", "If he were mad , he would not plead so coldly :", "You say he dined at home ; the goldsmith here", "Denies that saying . Sirrah , what say you ?", "Saw ’ st thou him enter at the abbey here ?", "Why , this is strange . Go call the abbess hither . 280", "I think you are all mated , or stark mad .", "Æge . Most mighty Duke , vouchsafe me speak a word :", "Haply I see a friend will save my life ,", "And pay the sum that may deliver me .", "Speak freely , Syracusian , what thou wilt . 285", "Æge . Is not your name , sir , call ’ d Antipholus ?", "And is not that your bondman , Dromio ?", "I tell thee , Syracusian , twenty years 325", "Have I been patron to Antipholus ,", "During which time he ne ’ er saw Syracusa :", "I see thy age and dangers make thee dote .", "Re-enter Abbess , with ANTIPHOLUS of Syracuse and", "DROMIO of Syracuse .", "One of these men is Genius to the other ;", "And so of these . Which is the natural man ,", "And which the spirit ? who deciphers them ?", "Why , here begins his morning story right : 355", "These two Antipholuses , these two so like ,", "And these two Dromios , one in semblance ,—", "Besides her urging of her wreck at sea ,—", "These are the parents to these children ,", "Which accidentally are met together . 360", "Antipholus , thou camest from Corinth first ?", "Stay , stand apart ; I know not which is which .", "It shall not need ; thy father hath his life .", "With all my heart , I ’ ll gossip at this feast ." ]

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[ "Neither my husband nor the slaue return 'd ,", "That in such haste I sent to seeke his Master ?", "Sure Luciana it is two a clocke", "Why should their libertie then ours be more ?", "Looke when I serue him so , he takes it thus", "There 's none but asses will be bridled so", "But were you wedded , you wold bear some sway", "How if your husband start some other where ?", "Patience vnmou 'd , no maruel though she pause ,", "They can be meeke , that haue no other cause :", "A wretched soule bruis 'd with aduersitie ,", "We bid be quiet when we heare it crie .", "But were we burdned with like waight of paine ,", "As much , or more , we should our selues complaine :", "So thou that hast no vnkinde mate to greeue thee ,", "With vrging helpelesse patience would releeue me ;", "But if thou liue to see like right bereft ,", "This foole-beg 'd patience in thee will be left", "Say , is your tardie master now at hand ?", "Say , didst thou speake with him ? knowst thou his minde ?", "By thee , and this thou didst returne from him .", "That he did buffet thee , and in his blowes ,", "Denied my house for his , me for his wife", "Come , come , no longer will I be a foole ,", "To put the finger in the eie and weepe ;", "Whil'st man and Master laughes my woes to scorne :", "Come sir to dinner , Dromio keepe the gate :", "Husband Ile dine aboue with you to day ,", "And shriue you of a thousand idle prankes :", "Sirra , if any aske you for your Master ,", "Say he dines forth , and let no creature enter :", "Come sister , Dromio play the Porter well", "I , and let none enter , least I breake your pate", "Who is that at the doore y keeps all this noise ?", "Ah Luciana , did he tempt thee so ?", "Might'st thou perceiue austeerely in his eie ,", "That he did plead in earnest , yea or no :", "Look 'd he or red or pale , or sad or merrily ?", "What obseruation mad'st thou in this case ?", "Oh , his hearts Meteors tilting in his face", "He meant he did me none : the more my spight", "And true he swore , though yet forsworne hee were", "And what said he ?", "With what perswasion did he tempt thy loue ?", "Did'st speake him faire ?", "I cannot , nor I will not hold me still .", "My tongue , though not my heart , shall haue his will .", "He is deformed , crooked , old , and sere ,", "Ill-fac 'd , worse bodied , shapelesse euery where :", "Vicious , vngentle , foolish , blunt , vnkinde ,", "Stigmaticall in making worse in minde", "Ah but I thinke him better then I say :", "And yet would herein others eies were worse :", "Farre from her nest the Lapwing cries away ;", "My heart praies for him , though my tongue doe curse .", "Where is thy Master Dromio ? Is he well ?", "Why man , what is the matter ?", "What is he arrested ? tell me at whose suite ?", "Go fetch it Sister : this I wonder at .", "Exit Luciana .", "Thus he vnknowne to me should be in debt :", "Tell me , was he arested on a band ?", "The houres come backe , that did I neuer here", "Go Dromio , there 's the monie , beare it straight ,", "And bring thy Master home imediately .", "Come sister , I am prest downe with conceit :", "Conceit , my comfort and my iniurie .", "Enter .", "Enter Antipholus Siracusia .", "There 's not a man I meete but doth salute me", "As if I were their well acquainted friend ,", "And euerie one doth call me by my name :", "Some tender monie to me , some inuite me ;", "Some other giue me thankes for kindnesses ;", "Some offer me Commodities to buy .", "Euen now a tailor cal 'd me in his shop ,", "And show 'd me Silkes that he had bought for me ,", "And therewithall tooke measure of my body .", "Sure these are but imaginarie wiles ,", "And lapland Sorcerers inhabite here .", "Oh that thou wer't not , poore distressed soule", "O husband , God doth know you din 'd at home", "Where would you had remain 'd vntill this time ,", "Free from these slanders , and this open shame", "Is't good to sooth him in these contraries ?", "Alas , I sent you Monie to redeeme you ,", "By Dromio heere , who came in hast for it", "I did not gentle husband locke thee forth", "Dissembling Villain , thou speak'st false in both", "Oh binde him , binde him , let him not come neere me", "What wilt thou do , thou peeuish Officer ?", "Hast thou delight to see a wretched man", "Do outrage and displeasure to himselfe ?", "I will discharge thee ere I go from thee ,", "Beare me forthwith vnto his Creditor ,", "And knowing how the debt growes I will pay it .", "Good Master Doctor see him safe conuey 'd", "Home to my house , oh most vnhappy day", "Go beare him hence , sister go you with me :", "Say now , whose suite is he arrested at ?", "I know the man : what is the summe he owes ?", "Say , how growes it due", "He did bespeake a Chain for me , but had it not", "It may be so , but I did neuer see it .", "Come Iailor , bring me where the Goldsmith is ,", "I long to know the truth heereof at large .", "And come with naked swords ,", "Let 's call more helpe to haue them bound againe .", "Runne all out .", "Hold , hurt him not for God sake , he is mad ,", "Some get within him , take his sword away :", "Binde Dromio too , and beare them to my house", "To fetch my poore distracted husband hence ,", "Let vs come in , that we may binde him fast ,", "And beare him home for his recouerie", "This weeke he hath beene heauie , sower sad ,", "And much different from the man he was :", "But till this afternoone his passion", "Ne 're brake into extremity of rage", "To none of these , except it be the last ,", "Namely , some loue that drew him oft from home", "Why so I did", "As roughly as my modestie would let me", "And in assemblies too", "It was the copie of our Conference .", "In bed he slept not for my vrging it ,", "At boord he fed not for my vrging it :", "Alone , it was the subiect of my Theame :", "In company I often glanced it :", "Still did I tell him , it was vilde and bad", "I will attend my husband , be his nurse ,", "Diet his sicknesse , for it is my Office ,", "And will haue no atturney but my selfe ,", "And therefore let me haue him home with me", "I will not hence , and leaue my husband heere :", "And ill it doth beseeme your holinesse", "To separate the husband and the wife", "Come go , I will fall prostrate at his feete ,", "And neuer rise vntill my teares and prayers", "Haue won his grace to come in person hither ,", "And take perforce my husband from the Abbesse", "Iustice most sacred Duke against the Abbesse", "May it please your Grace , Antipholus my husba", "d ,", "Who I made Lord of me , and all I had ,", "At your important Letters this ill day ,", "A most outragious fit of madnesse tooke him :", "That desp'rately he hurried through the streete ,", "With him his bondman , all as mad as he ,", "Doing displeasure to the Citizens ,", "By rushing in their houses : bearing thence", "Rings , Iewels , any thing his rage did like .", "Once did I get him bound , and sent him home ,", "Whil'st to take order for the wrongs I went ,", "That heere and there his furie had committed ,", "Anon I wot not , by what strong escape", "He broke from those that had the guard of him ,", "And with his mad attendant and himselfe ,", "Each one with irefull passion , with drawne swords", "Met vs againe , and madly bent on vs", "Chac 'd vs away : till raising of more aide", "We came againe to binde them : then they fled", "Into this Abbey , whether we pursu 'd them ,", "And heere the Abbesse shuts the gates on vs ,", "And will not suffer vs to fetch him out ,", "Nor send him forth , that we may beare him hence .", "Therefore most gracious Duke with thy command ,", "Let him be brought forth , and borne hence for helpe", "Peace foole , thy Master and his man are here ,", "And that is false thou dost report to vs", "Ay me , it is my husband : witnesse you ,", "That he is borne about inuisible ,", "Euen now we hous 'd him in the Abbey heere .", "And now he 's there , past thought of humane reason .", "No my good Lord . My selfe , he , and my sister ,", "To day did dine together : so befall my soule ,", "As this is false he burthens me withall", "I see two husbands , or mine eyes deceiue me", "Which of you two did dine with me to day ?", "And are not you my husband ?", "I sent you monie sir to be your baile", "By Dromio , but I thinke he brought it not" ]

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[ "Drip ! drip ! drip ! drip !— in such a place as this It has nothing else to do but drip ! drip ! drip ! I wish it had not dripp 'd upon my torch . Faith ‘ twas a moving letter — very moving ! His life in danger — no place safe but this . 5 ‘ Twas his turn now to talk of gratitude ! And yet — but no ! there can n't be such a villain . It cannot be ! Thanks to that little cranny Which lets the moonlight in ! I 'll go and sit by it . To peep at a tree , or see a he-goat 's beard , 10 Or hear a cow or two breathe loud in their sleep , ‘ Twere better than this dreary noise of water-drops !returns after a minute 's elapse in an ecstasy of fear . A hellish pit ! O God — ‘ tis like my night-mair ! I was just in !— and those damn 'd fingers of ice Which clutch 'd my hair up ! Ha ! what 's that ? it moved ! 15", "I swear , I saw a something moving there ! The moonshine came and went , like a flash of lightning . I swear , I saw it move !", "You see that little cranny ? But first permit me ,", "I walk 'd up to it , meaning to sit there .", "When I had reach 'd it within twenty paces ——", "Merciful Heaven ! Do go , my lord ! and look . 30", "If every atom of a dead man 's flesh Should move , each one with a particular life , Yet all as cold as ever — ‘ twas just so ! Or if it drizzled needle-points of frost 35 Upon a feverish head made suddenly bald — OsorioWhy , Ferdinand ! I blush for thy cowardice . It would have startled any man , I grant thee . But such a panic .", "When a boy , my lord !", "I could have sat whole hours beside that chasm , 40", "Push 'd in huge stones and heard them thump and rattle", "Against its horrid sides ; and hung my head", "Low down , and listen 'd till the heavy fragments", "Sunk , with faint crash , in that still groaning well ,", "Which never thirsty pilgrim blest , which never 45", "A living thing came near ; unless , perchance ,", "Some blind-worm battens on the ropy mould ,", "Close at its edge .", "Call him that fears his fellow-men a coward .", "I fear not man . But this inhuman cavern 50", "It were too bad a prison-house for goblins .", "Besides", "but true it is ,", "My last night 's sleep was very sorely haunted", "By what had pass 'd between us in the morning .", "I saw you in a thousand hideous ways , 55", "And doz 'd and started , doz 'd again and started .", "I do entreat your lordship to believe me ,", "In my last dream ——", "I was in the act", "Of falling down that chasm , when Alhadra", "Waked me . She heard my heart beat !", "Never , my lord !", "But my eyes do not see it now more clearly", "Than in my dream I saw that very chasm .", "What is , my lord ?", "Except in self-defence .", "Something doth trouble you .", "How can I serve you ? By the life you gave me , 70", "By all that makes that life of value to me ,", "My wife , my babes , my honour , I swear to you ,", "Name it , and I will toil to do the thing ,", "If it be innocent ! But this , my lord !", "Is not a place where you could perpetrate , 75", "No , nor propose a wicked thing . The darkness", "Collects the guilt and crowds it round the heart .", "It must be innocent .", "Who ? when ? my lord .", "What ? he was mad ?", "Ah , poor wretch ! Madmen are mostly proud .", "I have a prattler three years old , my lord !", "In truth he is my darling . As I went", "From forth my door , he made a moan in sleep —", "But I am talking idly — pray go on !", "And what did this man ?", "I would , my lord , you were by my fireside !", "I 'd listen to you with an eager eye ,", "Tho ’ you began this cloudy tale at midnight .", "But I do listen — pray proceed , my lord !", "He of whom you tell the tale — 115", "Ah ! what of him , my lord ?", "A dark tale darkly finish 'd ! Nay , my lord ! 130", "Tell what he did .", "Osorio", "That which his wisdom prompted .", "He made the traitor meet him in this cavern ,", "And here he kill 'd the traitor .", "No !— the fool .", "He had not wit enough to be a traitor .", "Poor thick-eyed beetle ! not to have foreseen 135", "That he , who gull 'd thee with a whimper 'd lie", "To murder his own brother , would not scruple", "To murder thee , if e'er his guilt grew jealous", "And he could steal upon thee in the dark !", "O yes , my lord ! 140", "I would have met him arm 'd , and scared the coward !", "And all my little ones fatherless ! Die thou first .FerdinandStill I can strangle thee !" ]

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[ "Drip ! drip ! drip ! drip !— in such a place as this It has nothing else to do but drip ! drip ! drip ! I wish it had not dripp 'd upon my torch . Faith ‘ twas a moving letter — very moving ! His life in danger — no place safe but this . 5 ‘ Twas his turn now to talk of gratitude ! And yet — but no ! there can n't be such a villain . It cannot be ! Thanks to that little cranny Which lets the moonlight in ! I 'll go and sit by it . To peep at a tree , or see a he-goat 's beard , 10 Or hear a cow or two breathe loud in their sleep , ‘ Twere better than this dreary noise of water-drops !returns after a minute 's elapse in an ecstasy of fear . A hellish pit ! O God — ‘ tis like my night-mair ! I was just in !— and those damn 'd fingers of ice Which clutch 'd my hair up ! Ha ! what 's that ? it moved ! 15", "I swear , I saw a something moving there ! The moonshine came and went , like a flash of lightning . I swear , I saw it move !", "You see that little cranny ? But first permit me ,", "I walk 'd up to it , meaning to sit there .", "When I had reach 'd it within twenty paces ——", "Merciful Heaven ! Do go , my lord ! and look . 30", "If every atom of a dead man 's flesh Should move , each one with a particular life , Yet all as cold as ever — ‘ twas just so ! Or if it drizzled needle-points of frost 35 Upon a feverish head made suddenly bald — OsorioWhy , Ferdinand ! I blush for thy cowardice . It would have startled any man , I grant thee . But such a panic .", "When a boy , my lord !", "I could have sat whole hours beside that chasm , 40", "Push 'd in huge stones and heard them thump and rattle", "Against its horrid sides ; and hung my head", "Low down , and listen 'd till the heavy fragments", "Sunk , with faint crash , in that still groaning well ,", "Which never thirsty pilgrim blest , which never 45", "A living thing came near ; unless , perchance ,", "Some blind-worm battens on the ropy mould ,", "Close at its edge .", "Call him that fears his fellow-men a coward .", "I fear not man . But this inhuman cavern 50", "It were too bad a prison-house for goblins .", "Besides", "but true it is ,", "My last night 's sleep was very sorely haunted", "By what had pass 'd between us in the morning .", "I saw you in a thousand hideous ways , 55", "And doz 'd and started , doz 'd again and started .", "I do entreat your lordship to believe me ,", "In my last dream ——", "I was in the act", "Of falling down that chasm , when Alhadra", "Waked me . She heard my heart beat !", "Never , my lord !", "But my eyes do not see it now more clearly", "Than in my dream I saw that very chasm .", "What is , my lord ?", "Except in self-defence .", "Something doth trouble you .", "How can I serve you ? By the life you gave me , 70", "By all that makes that life of value to me ,", "My wife , my babes , my honour , I swear to you ,", "Name it , and I will toil to do the thing ,", "If it be innocent ! But this , my lord !", "Is not a place where you could perpetrate , 75", "No , nor propose a wicked thing . The darkness", "Collects the guilt and crowds it round the heart .", "It must be innocent .", "Who ? when ? my lord .", "What ? he was mad ?", "Ah , poor wretch ! Madmen are mostly proud .", "I have a prattler three years old , my lord !", "In truth he is my darling . As I went", "From forth my door , he made a moan in sleep —", "But I am talking idly — pray go on !", "And what did this man ?", "I would , my lord , you were by my fireside !", "I 'd listen to you with an eager eye ,", "Tho ’ you began this cloudy tale at midnight .", "But I do listen — pray proceed , my lord !", "He of whom you tell the tale — 115", "Ah ! what of him , my lord ?", "A dark tale darkly finish 'd ! Nay , my lord ! 130", "Tell what he did .", "Osorio", "That which his wisdom prompted .", "He made the traitor meet him in this cavern ,", "And here he kill 'd the traitor .", "No !— the fool .", "He had not wit enough to be a traitor .", "Poor thick-eyed beetle ! not to have foreseen 135", "That he , who gull 'd thee with a whimper 'd lie", "To murder his own brother , would not scruple", "To murder thee , if e'er his guilt grew jealous", "And he could steal upon thee in the dark !", "O yes , my lord ! 140", "I would have met him arm 'd , and scared the coward !", "And all my little ones fatherless ! Die thou first .FerdinandStill I can strangle thee !" ]

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[ "What can have made the grey hen flutter so ?", "There is something that the hen hears .", "What can have kept your father all this while ?", "Look out , and tell me if your father 's coming .", "What is it ?", "Mother of God , defend us !", "You 'll bring misfortune with your blasphemies", "Upon your father , or yourself , or me .", "I would to God he were home — ah , there he is .", "What was it kept you in the wood ? You know", "I cannot get all sorts of accidents", "Out of my mind till you are home again .", "What , did you beg ?", "There 's flour enough to make another loaf .", "There is the hen in the coop .", "God , that to this hour 's found bit and sup ,", "Will cater for us still .", "Maybe He 'd have us die because He knows ,", "When the ear is stopped and when the eye is stopped ,", "That every wicked sight is hid from the eye ,", "And all fool talk from the ear .", "God 's pity on the rich ,", "Had we been through as many doors , and seen", "The dishes standing on the polished wood", "In the wax candle light , we 'd be as hard ,", "And there 's the needle 's eye at the end of all .", "Had I but time to put the place to rights .", "We know it , lady .", "A place that 's set among impassable walls", "As though world 's trouble could not find it out .", "Then you are Countess Cathleen ?", "You have still some way ,", "But I can put you on the trodden path", "Your servants take when they are marketing .", "But first sit down and rest yourself awhile ,", "For my old fathers served your fathers , lady ,", "Longer than books can tell — and it were strange", "If you and yours should not be welcome here .", "You never thanked her ladyship .", "We have all she had ;", "She emptied out the purse before our eyes .", "SHEMUS", "Leave that door open .", "When those that have read books ,", "And seen the seven wonders of the world ,", "Fear what 's above or what 's below the ground ,", "It 's time that poverty should bolt the door .", "Is it call devils ? Call devils from the wood , call them in here ?", "God help us all !", "I will not cook for you .", "I will not cook for you , because I know", "In what unlucky shape you sat but now", "Outside this door .", "If you are not demons ,", "And seeing what great wealth is spread out there ,", "Give food or money to the starving poor .", "But seek them patiently .", "Those scruples may befit a common time .", "I had thought there was a pushing to and fro ,", "At times like this , that overset the scale", "And trampled measure down .", "Where shall the starving come at merchandise ?", "Their swine and cattle , fields and implements", "Are sold and gone .", "Teig and Shemus —", "Oh , God , why are you still ?", "Destroyers of souls , God will destroy you quickly .", "You shall at last dry like dry leaves and hang", "Nailed like dead vermin to the doors of God .", "SECOND MERCHANT .", "Curse to your fill , for saints will have their dreams .", "FIRST MERCHANTm Though we 're but vermin that our Master sent", "To overrun the world , he at the end", "Shall pull apart the pale ribs of the moon", "And quench the stars in the ancestral night .", "God is all powerful ." ]

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[ "No , no , it cannot be . My lord 's commands", "Were absolute , that none should visit him .", "But perchance he should ?", "The study of my life has been his pleasure ;", "Nor will I risk his favour , to indulge", "Such unavailing curiosity .", "Pray be content ;", "I dare not do it . Have this castle 's walls", "Hous 'd thee nine years , and , art thou yet to learn", "The temper of the count ? Serv 'd and obey 'd ,", "There lives not one more gracious , liberal ;", "Offend him , and his rage is terrible ;", "I 'd rather play with serpents . But , fair Jaqueline ,", "Setting aside the comeliness and grace", "Of this young rustic , which , I own , are rare ,", "And baits to catch all women , pr'ythee tell ,", "Why are you thus solicitous to see him ?", "What ! when the gang of outlaw 'd Thiery", "Rush 'd on her chariot , near the wood of Zart ,", "Was he the unknown youth , who succour 'd her", "All good betide him for it .", "He should be worshipp 'd ,", "Have statues rais 'd to him ; for , by my life ,", "I think , there does not breathe another like her .", "It makes me young , to see her lovely eyes :", "Such charity ! such sweet benevolence !", "So fair , and yet so humble ! prais 'd for ever ,", "Nay , wonder 'd at , for nature 's rarest gifts ,", "Yet lowlier than the lowest .", "My lord was ever proud and choleric ;", "The youth , perhaps unus 'd to menaces ,", "Brook 'd them but ill , and darted frown for frown :", "This stirr 'd the count to fury . But fear nothing ;", "All will be well ; I 'll wait the meetest season ,", "And be his advocate .", "Assure her , that the man , who sav 'd her life ,", "Is dear to Fabian as his vital blood .", "Madam , my lord comes this way , and commands", "To clear these chambers ; what he meditates ,", "‘ Tis fit indeed were private . My old age", "Has liv 'd too long , to see my master 's shame .", "My heart is rent in pieces : deaf to reason ,", "He hears no counsel but from cruelty .", "Good Austin intercedes , and weeps in vain .", "Soft , bear her gently in .", "You bleed , my lord !", "Who , good my lord ?", "Hear me , my lord , so shall the wonder cease .—", "The very arms he wears , were once Alphonso 's .", "He found them in the stores , and brac 'd them on ,", "To assist you in your danger .", "They talk of naught besides ;", "And their craz 'd notions are so full of wonder ,", "There 's scarce a common passage of the times ,", "But straight their folly makes it ominous .", "A lie believ 'd , may in the end , my lord ,", "Prove fatal as a written gospel truth .", "Therefore ——" ]

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[ "I dont believe another half-hour would do Mr Dubedat a bit of harm .", "Well , Mrs Dubedat , we have had a most enjoyable evening .", "Wrong ! Why , we are all charmed with him .", "You shall go away quite happy . He 's worth saving . He must and shall be saved . Mrs Dubedat rises and gasps with delight , relief , and gratitude . They all rise except Sir Patrick and Schutzmacher , and come reassuringly to her .", "No : dont cry . Your husband had better not know that weve been talking about him . MRS DUBEDATNo , of course not . Please dont mind me . What a glorious thing it must be to be a doctor !Dont laugh . You dont know what youve done for me . I never knew until now how deadly afraid I was — how I had come to dread the worst . I never dared let myself know . But now the relief has come : now I know . Louis Dubedat comes from the hotel , in his overcoat , his throat wrapped in a shawl . He is a slim young man of 23 , physically still a stripling , and pretty , though not effeminate . He has turquoise blue eyes , and a trick of looking you straight in the face with them , which , combined with a frank smile , is very engaging . Although he is all nerves , and very observant and quick of apprehension , he is not in the least shy . He is younger than Jennifer ; but he patronizes her as a matter of course . The doctors do not put him out in the least : neither Sir Patrick 's years nor Bloomfield Bonington 's majesty have the smallest apparent effect on him : he is as natural as a cat : he moves among men as most men move among things , though he is intentionally making himself agreeable to them on this occasion . Like all people who can be depended on to take care of themselves , he is welcome company ; and his artist 's power of appealing to the imagination gains him credit for all sorts of qualities and powers , whether he possesses them or not . LOUISNow , Jinny-Gwinny : the motor has come round .", "Why do you let him spoil your beautiful name like that , Mrs", "Dubedat ?", "No , no : if Loony doesnt want it , I do .", "Never fear . Never mind . I 'll make that cough all right .", "Gone . BLENKINSOPGone !", "Just this moment —", "Theyre really very nice people . I confess I was afraid the husband would turn out an appalling bounder . But he 's almost as charming in his way as she is in hers . And theres no mistake about his being a genius . It 's something to have got a case really worth saving . Somebody else will have to go ; but at all events it will be easy to find a worse man .", "Come now , Sir Paddy , no growling . Have something more to drink .", "Well , did you catch him ?", "Was it anything about Dubedat ? BLENKINSOPI ought to keep it to myself , I know . I cant tell you , Ridgeon , how ashamed I am of dragging my miserable poverty to your dinner after all your kindness . It 's not that you wont ask me again ; but it 's so humiliating . And I did so look forward to one evening in my dress clotheswith all my troubles left behind , just like old times .", "But what has happened ?", "Oh , never mind that — BLENKINSOPNo : I know what youre going to say ; but I wont take it . Ive never borrowed a penny ; and I never will . Ive nothing left but my friends ; and I wont sell them . If none of you were to be able to meet me without being afraid that my civility was leading up to the loan of five shillings , there would be an end of everything for me . I 'll take your old clothes , Colly , sooner than disgrace you by talking to you in the street in my own ; but I wont borrow money . I 'll train it as far as the twopence will take me ; and I 'll tramp the rest .", "Come , Loony ! do you mean to say that Jews are never rogues and thieves ?", "Eh ?", "Well , what do you want ?", "The woman ! Do you mean the lady who dined here ? the gentleman 's wife ?", "Yes .", "What am I to do ? Shall I give her the address or not ?", "Tuberculosis . BLENKINSOPAnd can you cure that ?", "I believe so .", "Its not an easy case to judge , is it ? Blenkinsop 's an honest decent man ; but is he any use ? Dubedat 's a rotten blackguard ; but he 's a genuine source of pretty and pleasant and good things .", "Thats true . Her life will be a hell .", "Thats a devilishly difficult question , Paddy . The pictures are so agreeable , and the good people so infernally disagreeable and mischievous , that I really cant undertake to say offhand which I should prefer to do without .", "It would be simpler if Blenkinsop could paint Dubedat 's pictures .", "Well , I 'll be as fair as I can . I 'll put into one scale all the pounds Dubedat has borrowed , and into the other all the half-crowns that Blenkinsop hasnt borrowed .", "Come come , Paddy ! none of your claptrap with me : I 'm too sceptical for it . I 'm not at all convinced that the world wouldnt be a better world if everybody behaved as Dubedat does than it is now that everybody behaves as Blenkinsop does .", "Ah , that beats me . Thats the experimental test . Still , it 's a dilemma . It 's a dilemma . You see theres a complication we havnt mentioned .", "Well , if I let Blenkinsop die , at least nobody can say I did it because I wanted to marry his widow .", "Now if I let Dubedat die , I 'll marry his widow .", "I cant . I 'm at my limit . I can squeeze in one more case , but not two . I must choose .", "Is that clear to you ? Mind : it 's not clear to me . She troubles my judgment .", "It 's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture .", "In short , as a member of a high and great profession , I 'm to kill my patient .", "In B . B . ' s , for instance : eh ?SIR PATRICKSir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington is a very eminent physician .", "He is .", "Not at all . Not at all . Mrs Dubedat looks at him , a little puzzled by his formal manner ; then goes into the inner room . LOUISI say : dont look so grave . Theres nothing awful going to happen , is there ?", "No .", "She shewed it to me a fortnight ago when she first called on me . LOUISOh ! did she ? Good Lord ! how time does fly ! I could have sworn I 'd only just finished it . It 's hard for her here , seeing me piling up drawings and nothing coming in for them . Of course I shall sell them next year fast enough , after my one-man-show ; but while the grass grows the steed starves . I hate to have her coming to me for money , and having none to give her . But what can I do ?", "I understood that Mrs Dubedat had some property of her own .", "No . LOUISWhy not ?", "I am not a rich man ; and I want every penny I can spare and more for my researches .", "I presume people sometimes have that in view when they lend money . LOUISWell , I can manage that for you . I 'll give you a cheque — or see here : theres no reason why you shouldnt have your bit too : I 'll give you a cheque for two hundred .", "Why not cash the cheque at once without troubling me ?", "I mean on the score of its being — shall I say dishonorable ?", "Indeed ! Well , you will have to find some other means of getting it .", "Do I mean —!Of course I refuse , man . What do you take me for ? How dare you make such a proposal to me ?", "Faugh ! You would not understand me if I tried to explain . Now , once for all , I will not lend you a farthing . I should be glad to help your wife ; but lending you money is no service to her .", "My patients call me in as a physician , not as a commercial traveller . A knock at the door . Louis goes unconcernedly to open it , pursuing the subject as he goes .", "— they could afford it . But to clean poor Blenkinsop out of his last half-crown was damnable . I intend to give him that half-crown and to be in a position to pledge him my word that you paid it . I 'll have that out of you , at all events .", "How , pray ?", "Were you lying ?", "We havnt trapped her into a mock marriage and deserted her .", "Did you tell her you were already married ?", "My mind 's made up . When the law breaks down , honest men must find a remedy for themselves . I will not lift a finger to save this reptile .", "Not in mine . My hands are full . I have no time and no means available for this case .", "About Dubedat .", "Yes . So good that I should like to have it .", "Oh , for that matter , I will give you six for it .", "Damn his impudence !", "Diagnose artistic genius , B . B. Thats what saves his self-respect .", "You look quite discouraged again .What 's the matter ? Are you disappointed ?", "Well ? hills DUBEDAT . I had set my heart YOUR curing Louis .", "Well , Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington —", "I explained to you . I cannot take another case .", "At Richmond I thought I could make room for one more case . But my old friend Dr Blenkinsop claimed that place . His lung is attacked . MRS DUBEDATDo you mean that elderly man — that rather — RIDGEONI mean the gentleman that dined with us : an excellent and honest man , whose life is as valuable as anyone else 's . I have arranged that I shall take his case , and that Sir Ralph Bloomfield Bonington shall take Mr Dubedat 's . MRS DUBEDATI see what it is . Oh ! it is envious , mean , cruel . And I thought that you would be above such a thing .", "What do you mean ?", "Yes : I can forgive him for all that .", "I am like all the rest . Face to face , I cannot tell you one thing against him . MRS DUBEDATBut your manner is changed . And you have broken your promise to me to make room for him as your patient .", "I think you are a little unreasonable . You have had the very best medical advice in London for him ; and his case has been taken in hand by a leader of the profession . Surely —", "Nonsense . I AM a doctor . But mind you , dont call Walpole one .", "He asked me for some once . MRS DUBEDATOh , I am so sorry — so sorry . But he will never do it again : I pledge you my word for that . He has given me his promise : here in this room just before you came ; and he is incapable of breaking his word . That was his only real weakness ; and now it is conquered and done with for ever .", "Was that really his only weakness ?", "Yes : I understand .", "Come ! dont exaggerate .", "You did not see much of the world in Cornwall , did you ? MRS DUBEDATOh yes . I saw a great deal every day of the beauty of the world — more than you ever see here in London . But I saw very few people , if that is what you mean . I was an only child .", "That explains a good deal .", "As I guess . You havnt yet told me what it was .", "I know that . Well , I am going to test you — hard . Will you believe me when I tell you that I understand what you have just told me ; that I have no desire but to serve you in the most faithful friendship ; and that your hero must be preserved to you .", "At all hazards .No : you have not heard the rest .You must believe me when I tell you that the one chance of preserving the hero lies in Louis being in the care of Sir Ralph . MRS DUBEDATYou say so : I have no more doubt : I believe you . Thank you .", "Good-bye .I hope this will be a lasting friendship .", "Death ends everything , doesnt it ? Goodbye . With a sigh and a look of pity at her which she does not understand , he goes .", "Whats the matter ! Have you been sent for , too ?", "What has happened ?", "Is that whats happened ?", "So long as he goes before his wife finds him out , I dont care . I fully expected this . SIR PATRICKIt 's a little hard on a lad to be killed because his wife has too high an opinion of him . Fortunately few of us are in any danger of that . Sir Ralph comes from the inner room and hastens between them , humanely concerned , but professionally elate and communicative .", "Yes .", "We are all here . LOUISThat voice sounded devilish . Take care , Ridgeon : my ears hear things that other people 's cant . Ive been thinking — thinking . I 'm cleverer than you imagine . SIR PATRICKYouve got on his nerves , Colly . Slip out quietly . RIDGEONWould you deprive the dying actor of his audience ? LOUISI heard that , Ridgeon . That was good . Jennifer dear : be kind to Ridgeon always ; because he was the last man who amused me . RIDGEONWas I ?", "I said the other day that the most tragic thing in the world is a sick doctor . I was wrong . The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not also a man of honor . Ridgeon and Walpole wheel the chair into the recess . THE NEWSPAPER MANI thought it shewed a very nice feeling , his being so particular about his wife going into proper mourning for him and making her promise never to marry again .", "Good-bye .MRS DUBEDATI said his friends , Sir Colenso .She unfolds the great piece of silk , and goes into the recess to cover her dead .", "Good morning . May I look round , as well , before the doors open ?", "Thanks . Whats this ?", "So did I .I 'll take a look round . The Secretary puts on the shining hat and goes out . Ridgeon begins looking at the pictures . Presently he comes back to the table for a magnifying glass , and scrutinizes a drawing very closely . He sighs ; shakes his head , as if constrained to admit the extraordinary fascination and merit of the work ; then marks the Secretary 's list . Proceeding with his survey , he disappears behind the screen . Jennifer comes back with her book . A look round satisfies her that she is alone . She seats herself at the table and admires the memoir — her first printed book — to her heart 's content . Ridgeon re-appears , face to the wall , scrutinizing the drawings . After using his glass again , he steps back to get a more distant view of one of the larger pictures . She hastily closes the book at the sound ; looks round ; recognizes him ; and stares , petrified . He takes a further step back which brings him nearer to her . RIDGEONClever brute !I beg your pardon . I thought I was alone . JENNIFERI am glad we have met , Sir Colenso Ridgeon . I met Dr Blenkinsop yesterday . I congratulate you on a wonderful cure . RIDGEON", "I mean that he has been made a Medical Officer of Health . He cured the Chairman of the Borough Council very successfully .", "No . I believe it was with a pound of ripe greengages . JENNIFERFunny !", "Yes . Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh .", "What was that ?", "That is what the public doctor always thinks of the private doctor . Well , Blenkinsop ought to know . He was a private doctor long enough himself . Come ! you have talked at me long enough . Talk to me . You have something to reproach me with . There is reproach in your face , in your voice : you are full of it . Out with it .", "I have met people who had none .", "Well , did you find us so very cruel , after all ? They tell me that though you have dropped me , you stay for weeks with the Bloomfield Boningtons and the Walpoles . I think it must be true , because they never mention you to me now .", "I am very sorry . I see I had better go . JENNIFERI beg your pardon . I forgot myself . But it is not yet — it is a private copy .", "But for me it would have been a very different book .", "You know then that I killed him ? JENNIFEROh , doctor , if you acknowledge that — if you have confessed it to yourself — if you realize what you have done , then there is forgiveness . I trusted in your strength instinctively at first ; then I thought I had mistaken callousness for strength . Can you blame me ? But if it was really strength — if it was only such a mistake as we all make sometimes — it will make me so happy to be friends with you again .", "I tell you I made no mistake . I cured Blenkinsop : was there any mistake there ?", "I cant be your friend on false pretences . Something has got me by the throat : the truth must come out . I used that medicine myself on Blenkinsop . It did not make him worse . It is a dangerous medicine : it cured Blenkinsop : it killed Louis Dubedat . When I handle it , it cures . When another man handles it , it kills — sometimes . JENNIFERThen why did you let Sir Ralph give it to Louis ?", "I 'm going to tell you . I did it because I was in love with you . JENNIFERIn lo — You ! elderly man ! RIDGEONDubedat : thou art avenged !I never thought of that . I suppose I appear to you a ridiculous old fogey .", "Oh , quite . More , perhaps . In twenty years you will understand how little difference that makes .", "I think I did . It really comes to that .", "Thou shalt not kill , but needst not strive", "Officiously to keep alive .", "I suppose — yes : I killed him .", "I am a doctor : I have nothing to fear . It is not an indictable offense to call in B . B . Perhaps it ought to be ; but it isnt .", "I am so hopelessly idiotic about you that I should not mind it a bit . You would always remember me if you did that .", "Pardon me . I succeeded . JENNIFERNo . Doctors think they hold the keys of life and death ; but it is not their will that is fulfilled . I dont believe you made any difference at all .", "Perhaps not . But I intended to . JENNIFERAnd you tried to destroy that wonderful and beautiful life merely because you grudged him a woman whom you could never have expected to care for you !", "Who kissed my hands . Who believed in me . Who told me her friendship lasted until death .", "No . Whom I was saving . JENNIFERPray , doctor , from what ?", "From making a terrible discovery . From having your life laid waste .", "No matter . I have saved you . I have been the best friend you ever had . You are happy . You are well . His works are an imperishable joy and pride for you .", "Yes , now that he is dead . Were you always happy when he was alive ? JENNIFEROh , you are cruel , cruel . When he was alive I did not know the greatness of my blessing . I worried meanly about little things . I was unkind to him . I was unworthy of him . RIDGEONHa !", "King of Men ! Oh , this is too monstrous , too grotesque . We cruel doctors have kept the secret from you faithfully ; but it is like all secrets : it will not keep itself . The buried truth germinates and breaks through to the light .", "What truth ! Why , that Louis Dubedat , King of Men , was the most entire and perfect scoundrel , the most miraculously mean rascal , the most callously selfish blackguard that ever made a wife miserable . JENNIFERHe made his wife the happiest woman in the world , doctor .", "No : by all thats true on earth , he made his WIDOW the happiest woman in the world ; but it was I who made her a widow . And her happiness is my justification and my reward . Now you know what I did and what I thought of him . Be as angry with me as you like : at least you know me as I really am . If you ever come to care for an elderly man , you will know what you are caring for . JENNIFERI am not angry with you any more , Sir Colenso . I knew quite well that you did not like Louis ; but it is not your fault : you dont understand : that is all . You never could have believed in him . It is just like your not believing in my religion : it is a sort of sixth sense that you have not got . Anddont think that you have shocked me so dreadfully . I know quite well what you mean by his selfishness . He sacrificed everything for his art . In a certain sense he had even to sacrifice everybody —", "Everybody except himself . By keeping that back he lost the right to sacrifice you , and gave me the right to sacrifice him . Which I did . JENNIFERHe was one of the men who know what women know : that self-sacrifice is vain and cowardly .", "Yes , when the sacrifice is rejected and thrown away . Not when it becomes the food of godhead .", "Oh !I have marked five pictures as sold to me .", "By whom ?!! !", "Good morning ." ]

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[ "Ned , Ned , whither so fast ? What , turned flincher ! Why , you wo ’ not leave us ?", "Then thy reason staggers , and thou'rt almost drunk .", "Why , they are at the end of the gallery ; retired to their tea and scandal , according to their ancient custom , after dinner . But I made a pretence to follow you , because I had something to say to you in private , and I am not like to have many opportunities this evening .", "O ’ my word , Brisk , that was a home thrust ; you have silenced him .", "No , no , hang him , he has no taste . But , dear Brisk , excuse me , I have a little business .", "We 'll come immediately , if you 'll but go in and keep up good humour and sense in the company . Prithee do , they 'll fall asleep else .", "Well , I 'll speak but three words , and follow you .", "Faith , ‘ tis a good-natured coxcomb , and has very entertaining follies . You must be more humane to him ; at this juncture it will do me service . I 'll tell you , I would have mirth continued this day at any rate ; though patience purchase folly , and attention be paid with noise , there are times when sense may be unseasonable as well as truth . Prithee do thou wear none to-day , but allow Brisk to have wit , that thou may'st seem a fool .", "Oh , I would have no room for serious design , for I am jealous of a plot . I would have noise and impertinence keep my Lady Touchwood 's head from working : for hell is not more busy than her brain , nor contains more devils than that imaginations .", "True ; but you shall judge whether I have not reason to be alarmed . None besides you and Maskwell are acquainted with the secret of my Aunt Touchwood 's violent passion for me . Since my first refusal of her addresses she has endeavoured to do me all ill offices with my uncle , yet has managed ‘ em with that subtilty , that to him they have borne the face of kindness ; while her malice , like a dark lanthorn , only shone upon me where it was directed . Still , it gave me less perplexity to prevent the success of her displeasure than to avoid the importunities of her love , and of two evils I thought myself favoured in her aversion . But whether urged by her despair and the short prospect of time she saw to accomplish her designs ; whether the hopes of revenge , or of her love , terminated in the view of this my marriage with Cynthia , I know not , but this morning she surprised me in my bed .", "What at first amazed me — for I looked to have seen her in all the transports of a slighted and revengeful woman — but when I expected thunder from her voice , and lightning in her eyes , I saw her melted into tears and hushed into a sigh . It was long before either of us spoke : passion had tied her tongue , and amazement mine . In short , the consequence was thus , she omitted nothing that the most violent love could urge , or tender words express ; which when she saw had no effect , but still I pleaded honour and nearness of blood to my uncle , then came the storm I feared at first , for , starting from my bed-side like a fury , she flew to my sword , and with much ado I prevented her doing me or herself a mischief . Having disarmed her , in a gust of passion she left me , and in a resolution , confirmed by a thousand curses , not to close her eyes till they had seen my ruin .", "It is so . Well , the service you are to do me will be a pleasure to yourself : I must get you to engage my Lady Plyant all this evening , that my pious aunt may not work her to her interest . And if you chance to secure her to yourself , you may incline her to mine . She 's handsome , and knows it ; is very silly , and thinks she has sense , and has an old fond husband .", "For my Lord Froth , he and his wife will be sufficiently taken up with admiring one another and Brisk 's gallantry , as they call it . I 'll observe my uncle myself , and Jack Maskwell has promised me to watch my aunt narrowly , and give me notice upon any suspicion . As for Sir Paul , my wise father-in-law that is to be , my dear Cynthia has such a share in his fatherly fondness , he would scarce make her a moment uneasy to have her happy hereafter .", "Maskwell , you mean ; prithee why should you suspect him ?", "He has obligations of gratitude to bind him to me : his dependence upon my uncle is through my means .", "My aunt !", "Pooh , pooh ! nothing in the world but his design to do me service ; and he endeavours to be well in her esteem , that he may be able to effect it .", "I confess the consequence is visible , were your suspicions just . But see , the company is broke up , let 's meet ‘ em .", "I beg your lordship 's pardon . We were just returning .", "But does your lordship never see comedies ?", "No ?", "You are cruel to yourself , my lord , as well as malicious to them .", "Let him alone , Brisk , he is obstinately bent not to be instructed .", "Shall we go to the ladies , my lord ?", "Or what say you to another bottle of champagne ?", "O yes , madam .", "Ay , my lord , I shall have the same reason for my happiness that your lordship has , I shall think myself happy .", "You 're thoughtful , Cynthia ?", "That 's only when two fools meet , and their follies are opposed .", "No , hang't , that 's not endeavouring to win , because it 's possible we may lose ; since we have shuffled and cut , let 's even turn up trump now .", "No , marriage is rather like a game at bowls : fortune indeed makes the match , and the two nearest , and sometimes the two farthest , are together , but the game depends entirely upon judgment .", "Not at all ; only a friendly trial of skill , and the winnings to be laid out in an entertainment . What 's here , the music ? Oh , my lord has promised the company a new song ; we 'll get ‘ em to give it us by the way .Pray let us have the favour of you , to practise the song before the company hear it . SONG . I . Cynthia frowns whene'er I woo her , Yet she 's vext if I give over ; Much she fears I should undo her , But much more to lose her lover : Thus , in doubting , she refuses ; And not winning , thus she loses . II . Prithee , Cynthia , look behind you , Age and wrinkles will o'ertake you ; Then too late desire will find you , When the power must forsake you : Think , O think o ’ th ’ sad condition , To be past , yet wish fruition .", "You shall have my thanks below .", "What can this mean ?", "For heav'n ' s sake , madam , to whom do you direct this language ?", "I am so amazed , I know not what to say .", "Hell and damnation ! This is my aunt ; such malice can be engendered nowhere else .", "But the greatest villain imagination can form , I grant it ; and next to the villainy of such a fact is the villainy of aspersing me with the guilt . How ? which way was I to wrong her ? For yet I understand you not .", "By heav'n , I love her more than life or —", "The daughter to procure the mother !", "Incest ! O my precious aunt , and the devil in conjunction .", "Where am I ? is it day ? and am I awake ? Madam —", "Madam , pray give me leave to ask you one question .", "Nay , madam , hear me ; I mean —", "For heav'n ' s sake , madam —", "Death and amazement ! Madam , upon my knees —", "So then , spite of my care and foresight , I am caught , caught in my security . Yet this was but a shallow artifice , unworthy of my Machiavellian aunt . There must be more behind : this is but the first flash , the priming of her engine . Destruction follows hard , if not most presently prevented . SCENE VII .", "Maskwell , welcome , thy presence is a view of land , appearing to my shipwrecked hopes . The witch has raised the storm , and her ministers have done their work : you see the vessels are parted .", "There 's comfort in a hand stretched out to one that 's sinking ; though ne'er so far off .", "Ha ! how 's this ?", "Ha ! Oh , see , I see my rising sun ! Light breaks through clouds upon me , and I shall live in day — Oh , my Maskwell ! how shall I thank or praise thee ? Thou hast outwitted woman . But , tell me , how couldst thou thus get into her confidence ? Ha ! How ? But was it her contrivance to persuade my Lady Plyant to this extravagant belief ?", "Ha , ha , ha , ay , a very fury ; but I was most afraid of her violence at last . If you had not come as you did , I do n't know what she might have attempted .", "She is most gracious in her favour . Well , and , dear Jack , how hast thou contrived ?", "I will ; till then success attend thee .", "How now , Jack ? What , so full of contemplation that you run over ?", "And having trusted thee with the secrets of her soul , thou art villainously bent to discover ‘ em all to me , ha ?", "All , all , man ! What , you may in honour betray her as far as she betrays herself . No tragical design upon my person , I hope .", "What dost thou mean ?", "Like any two guardians to an orphan heiress . Well ?", "So when you 've swallowed the potion you sweeten your mouth with a plum .", "Of Cynthia and her fortune . Why , you forget you told me this before .", "Ha ! Pho , you trifle .", "Hell and the devil , is she abandoned of all grace ? Why , the woman is possessed .", "By heav'n , into a hot furnace sooner .", "What d'ye mean ?", "How , how , for heav'n ' s sake , dear Maskwell ?", "Let me adore thee , my better genius ! By heav'n I think it is not in the power of fate to disappoint my hopes — my hopes ? My certainty !", "Good fortune ever go along with thee .", "Why , what 's the matter ? She 's convinced that I do n't care for her .", "That I have seen , with the ceremony thereunto belonging . For on that night he creeps in at the bed 's feet like a gulled bassa that has married a relation of the Grand Signior , and that night he has his arms at liberty . Did not she tell you at what a distance she keeps him ? He has confessed to me that , but at some certain times , that is , I suppose , when she apprehends being with child , he never has the privilege of using the familiarity of a husband with a wife . He was once given to scrambling with his hands , and sprawling in his sleep , and ever since she has him swaddled up in blankets , and his hands and feet swathed down , and so put to bed ; and there he lies with a great beard , like a Russian bear upon a drift of snow . You are very great with him , I wonder he never told you his grievances : he will , I warrant you .", "Nay , then you have her ; for a woman 's bragging to a man that she has overcome temptations is an argument that they were weakly offered , and a challenge to him to engage her more irresistibly . ‘ Tis only an enhancing the price of the commodity , by telling you how many customers have underbid her .", "‘ Tis a mistake , for women may most properly be said to be unmasked when they wear vizors ; for that secures them from blushing and being out of countenance , and next to being in the dark , or alone , they are most truly themselves in a vizor mask . Here they come : I 'll leave you . Ply her close , and by and by clap a billet doux into her hand ; for a woman never thinks a man truly in love with her , till he has been fool enough to think of her out of her sight , and to lose so much time as to write to her .", "Ay , hell thank her , as gentle breezes moderate a fire ; but I shall counter-work her spells , and ride the witch in her own bridle .", "What ?", "Why so ?", "Hum , ‘ gad I believe there 's something in it . Marriage is the game that we hunt , and while we think that we only have it in view , I do n't see but we have it in our power .", "I do n't know why we should not steal out of the house this very moment and marry one another , without consideration or the fear of repentance . Pox o ’ fortune , portion , settlements , and jointures .", "Love , love , downright , very villainous love .", "To run most wilfully and unreasonably away with me this moment and be married .", "That 's but a kind of negative consent . Why , you wo n't baulk the frolic ?", "I 'll do't .", "This very next ensuing hour of eight o'clock is the last minute of her reign , unless the devil assist her in propria persona .", "Ay , what am I to trust to then ?", "And you wo n't die one , for your own , so still there 's hope .", "Maskwell ! I have been looking for you — ‘ tis within a quarter of eight .", "He ? You say true .", "Pray heaven my aunt keep touch with her assignation . O that her lord were but sweating behind this hanging , with the expectation of what I shall see . Hist , she comes . Little does she think what a mine is just ready to spring under her feet . But to my post .SCENE XVI . LADY TOUCHWOOD .", "And may all treachery be thus discovered .", "Villain !", "Say you so , were you provided for an escape ? Hold , madam , you have no more holes to your burrow ; I 'll stand between you and this sally-port .", "Be patient .", "Consider , I have you on the hook ; you will but flounder yourself a - weary , and be nevertheless my prisoner .", "O madam , have a care of dying unprepared , I doubt you have some unrepented sins that may hang heavy , and retard your flight .", "None ; hell has served you even as heaven has done , left you to yourself .— You 're in a kind of Erasmus paradise , yet if you please you may make it a purgatory ; and with a little penance and my absolution all this may turn to good account .", "You have been to blame . I like those tears , and hope they are of the purest kind ,— penitential tears .", "May I believe this true ?", "Upon such terms I will be ever yours in every honest way . SCENE XIX . MASKWELL softly introduces LORD TOUCHWOOD , and retires .", "Nay , I beseech you rise .", "Ha !", "Damnation !", "Confusion , my uncle ! O the damned sorceress .", "By heaven , ‘ twere senseless not to be mad , and see such witchcraft .", "Now , by my soul , I will not go till I have made known my wrongs . Nay , till I have made known yours , which , if possible , are greater ,— though she has all the host of hell her servants .", "Death and furies , will you not hear me ?— Why by heaven she laughs , grins , points to your back ; she forks out cuckoldom with her fingers , and you 're running horn-mad after your fortune .", "Send him to her .", "Oh , I could curse my stars , fate , and chance ; all causes and accidents of fortune in this life ! But to what purpose ? Yet , ‘ sdeath , for a man to have the fruit of all his industry grow full and ripe , ready to drop into his mouth , and just when he holds out his hand to gather it , to have a sudden whirlwind come , tear up tree and all , and bear away the very root and foundation of his hopes :— what temper can contain ? They talk of sending Maskwell to me ; I never had more need of him . But what can he do ? Imagination cannot form a fairer and more plausible design than this of his which has miscarried . O my precious aunt , I shall never thrive without I deal with the devil , or another woman . Women , like flames , have a destroying power , Ne'er to be quenched , till they themselves devour .", "O Maskwell , what hopes ? I am confounded in a maze of thoughts , each leading into one another , and all ending in perplexity . My uncle will not see nor hear me .", "How ? For heaven 's sake ?", "The devil he has ! What 's to be done ?", "In the garden .", "I know no other way but this he has proposed : if you have love enough to run the venture .", "How ?", "I do n't understand you .", "So .", "Oh , I conceive you ; you 'll tell him so .", "No , no ; ha , ha , I dare swear thou wilt not .", "Excellent Maskwell ! Thou wert certainly meant for a statesman or a", "Jesuit ; but thou art too honest for one , and too pious for the other .", "Should I begin to thank or praise thee , I should waste the little time we have . SCENE X . CYNTHIA , MASKWELL .", "No . My dear , will you get ready ? The things are all in my chamber ; I want nothing but the habit .", "How ?", "‘ Tis loss of time ; I cannot think him false . SCENE XVI . CYNTHIA , LORD TOUCHWOOD .", "Nay , by heaven you shall be seen . Careless , your hand . Do you hold down your head ? Yes , I am your chaplain , look in the face of your injured friend ; thou wonder of all falsehood .", "Good heavens ! How I believed and loved this man ! Take him hence , for he 's a disease to my sight .", "We are your lordship 's creatures ." ]

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[ "But I tell you I will come out — I did n't come to Bath to be confined , nor I wo n't — I hate all their company , but sweet Miss Courtney 's .", "Do n't you talk about that , Letty — It was a shame to bring me up in the country — if I had been properly taken care of , I might have done great things — I might have married the poet I danced with at the ball — But it 's all over now .— I shall never get a husband , and , what 's worse , my aunt did it on purpose .— She ruined me , Letty , that nobody else might .", "No ,— she 's a dear creature ,— she has taught me many things ; but nothing improper , I 'm sure .", "Yes — and if you 'll keep it a secret , I 'll tell you , Letty ; Mr Harry Neville taught it her last summer ,— and now she is always playing it , because it puts her in mind of the dear man ;— when it is ended , do n't you observe how she sighs from the bottom of her dear little heart ?", "So they have — she wo n't see him , and I believe my aunt , Lady Waitfor't , has been the occasion of it ;— poor Mr Neville !— I wish I could assist him , for indeed , Letty , I always pity any body that is crossed in love — it may be one 's own case one day or other , you know .", "What ! the country gentleman who has lately come to his title ? No , if you 'll believe me , I do n't like him at all ,— he 's a sour old fellow — is always abusing our sex , and thinks there is only one good woman under heaven :— now , I 'm sure that 's a mistake , for I know I 'm a good woman , and I think , Letty , you are another .", "More shame for you — she is a woman of sentiment , and hums you over with her flourishes about purity , and feelings .— Feelings !— ‘ faith , she ought to be ashamed of herself — no other woman would talk in that manner .", "Then why can n't she do as I have done , Letty ? keep her feelings to herself — If I had given way to them half so much as she has — Oh Lord ! I do n't know what might have been the consequence .", "No ,— How should she , when she talks of nobody but herself ?", "Then , pray let him have her — every fool knows so , to be sure he does , Letty , that a prodigy of goodness is a very rare thing ;— but when he finds her out !— ‘ faith , it will be a rare joke , when he finds her out .", "What is it ?— I have forgot .", "Yes ,— so are good women ,— bid her remember that , Letty .", "Ay — that man is always with her of late — but come , Letty , let 's get out of their way — let 's take a walk , and look at the beaux .", "No — though I hate the country , I never will become a woman of fashion — I know too well what it is to do many things one do n't like , and ‘ faith , while there is such real pleasure in following my own inclinations , I see no reason why , merely out of fashion , I should be obliged to copy other people 's .", "The poet I danced with !— he little thinks how much I 've thought of him since — Sir .", "I hope , sir , you caught no cold the other night ?", "I have been reading “ All for Love . ” — Pray , sir , do you know any thing about plays ?", "I know so much about them , that I once acted at a private theatre .", "I can n't tell !", "No ,— nobody knew ,— it 's a way they have .", "Lord ! I do n't care about fine morals — I 'd rather my husband had fine teeth ,— and I 'm told most women of fashion are of the same opinion .", "‘ Faith — with all my heart — they never have any money , you know , and , as I have none , our distress would be complete ; and , if we had any luck , our adventures would become public , and then we should get into a novel at last .", "Oh lord ! my aunt , what 's to be done ?", "She must n't find you here — she 'll be the death of us , she is so violent .", "If you have any pity for me — here — hide yourself for a moment behind this sofa , and I 'll get her out of the room directly .", "Nay — pray — she 's here ! come — quick !— quick !—", "Toll de roll , & c .", "Leave the room , aunt ?", "Nothing , aunt , nothing — Lord ! lord ! what will become of poor , poor Mr Poet ?", "‘ Faith , no more can I — to be sure it was the luckiest thing in the world ! ha ! ha ! ha !", "I 'm afraid my only way is to confess all .— My lord , if I confess the truth , I hope you 'll prevail on my aunt to forgive me .", "Why , sir , I found the gentleman alone , and not having had a tete-a-tete a long time , I pressed him to stay , and , on hearing your voice , I put him behind the sofa ,— that you might not think any thing had happened ,— and , indeed , sir , nothing did happen — upon my word he 's as quiet , inoffensive a gentleman as yourself .", "So — poor Mr Neville is to lose Miss Courtney .— Her present quarrel with him is so violent , that she may marry this idiot merely in revenge .— If I could dupe him now , and ensure her contempt .— I 'll try .— Mr Ennui , have you seen your intended wife yet ?", "So I thought — why you 'll never please her while you remain as you are .— You must alter your manners .— She is all life !— all spirits !— and loves a man the very opposite to you .", "There 's the difficulty — let me see — the sort of man she prefers is — you know Sir Harry Hustle ?— a man all activity and confidence !— who does every thing from fashion , and glories in confessing it .", "I know — that 's the reason she likes him , and you must become the same , if you wish to win her affection — a new dress — bold looks — a few oaths , and much swaggering , effects the business .Ay , that 's right , you are the very man already .", "No , no ;— go about it directly — see Sir Harry Hustle , and study your conversation before hand — but remember Louisa is so fond of fashion , that you can n't boast too much of its vices and absurdities .", "Ay , that 's the very thing — well ;— good bye , Mr Ennui — success attend you — mind you talk enough .", "Oh , uncle-in-law ! look here —— I never saw any thing so elegant in all my life .", "Whose !— why the sweet gentleman 's just arrived from Italy .— Lord ! he 's a dear man !— He has promised to do every thing for me — to get me a fortune — to get me a husband — to get me a ——", "Yes , but I do , though — he has told me every thing — Lord ! I have heard such things !— Come here , near —get my aunt out of the room , and I 'll tell you stories that shall make your old heart bound again ! Hush ! do it quietly — I will , upon my honour .— What an old fool it is !", "Sir , your coming at all is taken as a very great compliment ,", "I 'll assure you .", "And , my dear sweet Mr Poet , I rejoice to see you !", "Alone , my lady ! do you call Mr Vapid nobody , then ?", "Then I have a wrong notion of your nobodies .— I always thought them harmless , unmeaning things ; but Mr Vapid 's not so very harmless either — are you , Mr Vapid ?", "There now ,— I told you so .— Upon my word , you rely too much on your time of life ,— you do indeed . You think , because you 're a little the worse for wear , you may trust yourself any where ,— but you 're mistaken — you 're not near so bad as you imagine — nay , I do n't flatter , do I , Mr Vapid ?", "Nay , aunt , do n't say that .", "What is it ? something pleasant I hope .", "A convent ! Oh lord ! I can n't make up my mind to it , now do n't , pray do n't think of it — I declare it 's quite shocking .", "Indeed , I can n't bear the thoughts of it .— Oh do speak to her , Mr Vapid — tell her about the nasty monks , now do ,— a convent ! mercy ! what a check to the passions ! Oh ! I can n't bear it .", "It will be the death of me ! pray , my dear aunt ——", "Oh ! my poor heart ! Oh , oh !", "Oh ! oh ! oh !", "Did you really love me , Mr Vapid ?", "But did you really love me , Mr Vapid ?", "And would you have really run away with me , Mr Vapid ?", "Then come along this moment .", "Well , Mr Vapid , now let 's run away — come — why what are you thinking of ?", "What do you fear ?", "No , no , pray let us begone , think of this another time .", "Die together !", "Oh ! Miss Courtney ! my sweet Miss Courtney ! Mr Vapid , here , has run away with me , and I am so frightened for fear of Lady Waitfor't .", "Your own case ! Lord ! you base man , have you got a young lady in your lodgings ?", "Nay — where are you going ?", "Poor dear girl ! I must n't leave her thus — Mr Vapid , we wo n't run away till something is done for her .", "I will — Lord ! if they must be happy in being friends again , what must I be who make them so !", "Lord ! he has a very bad memory ,— I hope he wo n't forget our marriage .", "Uncle-in-law , what are your feelings on this occasion ?— as my aunt says .", "Did n't you ?", "Now , you 're a dear creature ! and I wo n't marry ,— that 's what I wo n't , without consulting you .", "A gentleman run away with me ;— he is now in the room .", "No , behind you .", "Come , my dear , have n't you almost finished ?", "Come , give consent , my lord ,— my husband will get money , though", "I have none .", "Shall I ? then ‘ faith , Mr Vapid , we 'll build a theatre of our own ! you shall write plays , and I 'll act them .", "Mr Ennui , I hope you 'll forgive me , and Sir Harry Hustle , the fatigue we occasioned you ?" ]

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[ "Now , mother , though thou love my brother more ,", "Am I not more thy son than he ?", "Have I more Spaniard in me — less of thee ?", "Did our Most Holiest father thrill thy womb", "With more Italian passion than brought forth", "Me ?", "I doubt it not . But I ,", "Mother , am not mine elder . He desires", "And he enjoys the life God gives him — God ,", "The Pope our father , and thy sacred self ,", "Mother beloved and hallowed . I desire", "More .", "Ay ; my father 's eminence", "Set so the stamp on mine . I will not die", "Cardinal .", "Ay , fair mother — ay .", "Thou hast loved my father likewise . Dost thou love", "Giulia — the sweet Farnese — called the Fair", "In all the Roman streets that call thee Rose ?", "And that bright babe Giovanni , whom our sire ,", "Thy holy lord and hers , hath stamped at birth", "As duke of Nepi ?", "And fill thee full ,", "Sweet sinless mother . Fear it not . Thou hast", "Children more loved of him and thee than me -", "Our bright Francesco , born to smile and sway ,", "And her whose face makes pale the sun in heaven ,", "Whose eyes outlaugh the splendour of the sea ,", "Whose hair has all noon 's wonders in its weft ,", "Whose mouth is God 's and Italy 's one rose ,", "Lucrezia .", "God alone", "Knows . Was not God — the God of love , who bade", "His son be man because he hated man ,", "And saw him scourged and hanging , and at last", "Forgave the sin wherewith he had stamped us , seeing", "So fair a full atonement — was not God", "Bridesman when Christ 's crowned vicar took to bride", "My mother ?", "There too my sire had found thee . Priests", "Make way where warriors dare not — save when war", "Sets wide the floodgates of the weirs of hell .", "And what hast thou to do with sin ? Hath he", "Whose sin was thine not given thee there and then", "God 's actual absolution ? Mary lived", "God 's virgin , and God 's mother : mine art thou ,", "Who am Christlike even as thou art virginal .", "And if thou love me or love me not God knows ,", "And God , who made me and my sire and thee ,", "May take the charge upon him . I am I .", "Somewhat I think to do before my day", "Pass from me . Did I love thee not at all ,", "I would not bid thee know it .", "Alas , my mother , sounds no sense for men -", "Rings but reverberate folly , whence resounds", "Returning laughter . Weep or smile on me ,", "Thy sunshine or thy rainbow softens not", "The mortal earth wherein thou hast clad me . Nay ,", "But rather would I see thee smile than weep ,", "Mother . Thou art lovelier , smiling .", "I ? God 's vicar 's child ?", "Whither ? Am not I", "Hinge of the gate that opens heaven — that bids", "God open when my sire thrusts in the key -", "Cardinal ? Canst thou dream I had rather be", "Duke ?", "Knowest thou none", "Lovelier ?", "Nay , no whit .", "Our heavenly father on earth adores no less", "Our mother than our sister : and I hold", "His heart and eye , his spirit and his sense ,", "Infallible .", "Most holiest father , I desire", "Paternal absolution — when thy laugh", "Has waned from lip and eyelid .", "Forbid it , God !", "The God that set thee where thou art , and there", "Sustains thee , bids the love he kindles bind", "Brother to brother .", "Friends ? Our father on earth , thy will be done .", "Not I .", "Hast thou fallen out with me , then , that thy tongue", "Disclaims its lingering utterance ?", "Hate or love ,", "Francesco ?", "I believe", "Thou dost not hate or love or envy me ;", "Even as I know , and knowing believe , we all -", "Our father , thou and I — triune in heart -", "Hold loveliest of all living things to love", "This .", "Sister , I sinned — sin must be mine . A word", "Fell out askance between us , and she wept", "Because our father chid us .", "Nay : there lurks no God in me . And thou ,", "Father , dost thou fear ?", "Wisdom lives in thee ,", "And cries not out along the streets as when", "None of God 's folk that heard regarded her ,", "As all that hear thy word regard — or die ,", "Being not outside God 's eyeshot . Dost thou sleep", "Here in his special keeping — here — to-night ,", "Brother ?", "They say", "These holy streets of heaven 's most holiest choice", "Lie dangerous now in darkness if a man", "Walk not on holiest errands . Thou , they say ,", "Wert scarce a Christlike sacrifice if slain .", "Too many dead flow down the Tiber 's flow", "Nightly . They say it .", "Ah , my lord and brother , didst thou now ,", "Were this not thankless ? God — our father 's God -", "Guide thee !", "Thou wilt not bid me this , I think , again ,", "Father .", "Enter MICHELOTTO", "Thou art swift of speed at need . I bade thee", "Abide my bidding .", "Thou knewest it ?", "I do not ask thee where my brother sleeps . And where to-morrow sees him yet asleep -", "Nay -", "Not I but Rome shall ask it . Pass in peace .", "The benediction of my sire be thine .", "Thou hast said it .", "Some while yet .", "‘ Tis pity there should be — for thy sake — none .", "Why ?", "And Christendom 's to boot .", "And then myself ? Thou art crazed , but I", "Sane .", "They say ,", "Thine .", "Nor thou nor I", "Know .", "Most holiest father , no .", "Thy brain is not so sick yet . Thou and God", "Friends ? Man , how long would God have let thee live -", "Thee ?", "The firstfruits of thy fatherhood", "Were something less than Satan . Man of God ,", "Vaunt not thyself .", "Thou shalt do better , dying in Peter 's chair :", "Thou shalt die famous .", "Hast thou heard that prayers are heard ?", "Or hast thou known earth , for a man 's cry 's sake ,", "Cleave , and devour him ?", "Wilt thou sleep the worse for this next year ?", "Thou hast lived thy seven days ’ space in hell ,", "Father : they say thou hast fasted even from sleep .", "What they say and what thou sayest I hold", "False . Though thou hast wept as woman , howled as wolf ,", "Above our dead , thou art hale and whole . And now", "Behoves thee rise again as Christ our God ,", "Vicarious Christ , and cast as flesh away", "This grief from off thy godhead . I and thou ,", "One , will set hand as never God hath set", "To the empire and the steerage of the world .", "Do thou forget but him who is dead , and was", "Nought , and bethink thee what a world to wield", "The eternal God hath given into thine hands", "Which daily mould him out of bread , and give", "His kneaded flesh to feed on . Thou and I", "Will make this rent and ruinous Italy", "One . Ours it shall be , body and soul , and great", "Above all power and glory given of God", "To them that died to set thee where thou art -", "Throned on the dust of Caesar and of Christ ,", "Imperial . Earth shall quail again , and rise", "Again the higher because she trembled . Rome", "So bade it be : it was , and shall be .", "Whom should thy radiant Rose", "Have found so fit to ingraff with , and bring forth", "So strong a scion as I am ?", "God", "Must needs forget — if God remember . Now", "This thing thou hast loved , and I that swept him hence", "Held never fit for hate of mine , is dead ,", "Wilt thou be one with me — one God ? No less ,", "Lord Christ of Rome , thou wilt be .", "What dove , though lovelier than the swan that lured", "Leda to love of God on earth , might match", "Lucrezia ?", "Sire ,", "I would so too . Our sire , his sire and mine ,", "I slew not him for lust of slaying , or hate ,", "Or aught less like thy wiser spirit and mine .", "Not for hate or love .", "Death was the lot God bade him draw , if God", "Be more than what we make him .", "Dost thou not ? Flesh must sleep to live . Am I", "No son of thine ?", "Sire , good night ." ]

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[ "PERSONS", "“ Pull hard , and make the Nothe , or down we go ! ” one says , says he .", "We pulled ; and bedtime brought the storm ; but snug at home slept we .", "Yet all the while our gallants after fighting through the day ,", "Were beating up and down the dark , sou ’ - west of Cadiz Bay .", "The dark ,", "The dark ,", "Sou ’ - west of Cadiz Bay !", "PERSONS", "Traverse the waters borne by one of such ; and thereto Bonaparte 's responses are : I “ The principles of honour and of truth which ever actuate the sender 's mind", "“ Herein are written largely ! Take our thanks : we read that this conjuncture undesigned I “ Unfolds felicitous means of showing you that still our eyes are set , as yours , on peace ,", "“ To which great end the Treaty of Amiens must be the ground - work of our amities . ” I From London then : “ The path to amity the King of England studies to pursue ;", "“ With Russia hand in hand he is yours to close the long convulsions thrilling Europe through . ” I Still fare the shadowy missioners across , by Dover-road and Calais Channel-track ,", "From Thames-side towers to Paris palace-gates ; from Paris leisurely to London back . I Till thus speaks France : “ Much grief it gives us that , being pledged to treat , one Emperor with one King ,", "“ You yet have struck a jarring counternote and tone that keys not with such promising . I “ In these last word , then , of this pregnant parle ; I trust I may persuade your Excellency", "“ That in no circumstance , on no pretence , a party to our pact can", "Russia be . ”", "“ We gather not from your Imperial lines a reason why our words should be reweighed . I “ We hold Russia not as our ally that is to be : she stands fully - plighted so ;", "“ Thus trembles peace upon this balance-point : will you that Russia be let in or no ? ” I Then France rolls out rough words across the strait : “ To treat with you confederate with the Tsar ,", "“ Presumes us sunk in sloughs of shamefulness from which we yet stand gloriously afar ! I “ The English army must be Flanders-fed , and entering Picardy with pompous prance ,", "“ To warrant such ! Enough . Our comfort is , the crime of further strife lies not with France . ”", "Bursts into running flame , that all his signs of friendliness were met by moves for war . I Attend and hear , for hear ye faintly may , his manifesto made at Erfurt town ,", "That to arms only dares he now confide the safety and the honour of his crown !", "The Spanish people , handled in such sort ,", "As chattels of a Court ,", "Dream dreams of England . Messengers are sent", "In secret to the assembled Parliament ,", "In faith that England 's hand", "Will stouten them to stand ,", "And crown a cause which , hold they , bond and free", "Must advocate enthusiastically .", "PERSONS", "What can we wish for more ? Thanks to the frost and flood We are grinning crones — thin bags of bones Who once were flesh and blood . So foolish Life adieu , And ingrate Leader too . — Ah , but we loved you true ! Yet — he-he-he ! and ho-ho-ho !— We 'll never return to you .The fire sinks and goes out ; but the Frenchmen do not move . The day dawns , and still they sit on . In the background enter some light horse of the Russian army , followed by KUTUZOF himself and a few of his staff . He presents a terrible appearance now — bravely serving though slowly dying , his face puffed with the intense cold , his one eye staring out as he sits in a heap in the saddle , his head sunk into his shoulders . The whole detachment pauses at the sight of the French asleep . They shout ; but the bivouackers give no sign .", "They distracted and delayed us", "By the pleasant pranks they played us ,", "And what marvel , then , if troopers , even of regiments of renown ,", "On whom flashed those eyes divine , O ,", "Should forget the countersign , O ,", "As we tore CLINK ! CLINK ! back to camp above the town ." ]

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[ "‘ Tis confest", "that in these Eastern Kingdoms", "Women are not exempted from the Sceptre ,", "But claim a priviledge , equal to the Male ;", "But how much such divisions have ta'en from", "The Majesty of Egypt , and what factions", "Have sprung from those partitions , to the ruine", "Of the poor Subject ,", "We have too many , and too sad examples ,", "Therefore the wise Photinus , to prevent", "The Murthers , and the Massacres , that attend", "On disunited Government , and to shew", "The King without a Partner , in full splendour ,", "Thought it convenient the fair Cleopatra ,", "Should be committed in safe Custody ,", "In which she is attended like her Birth ,", "Until her Beauty , or her royal Dowre ,", "Hath found her out a Husband .", "The Civil war", "In which the Roman Empire is embarqu 'd", "On a rough Sea of danger , does exact", "Their whole care to preserve themselves , and gives them", "No vacant time to think of what we do ,", "Which hardly can concern them .", "I could give you", "A Catalogue of all the several Nations", "From whence he drew his powers : but that were tedious .", "They have rich arms , are ten to one in number ,", "Which makes them think the day already won ;", "And Pompey being master of the Sea ,", "Such plenty of all delicates are brought in ,", "As if the place on which they are entrench 'd ,", "Were not a Camp of Souldiers , but Rome ,", "In which Lucullus and Apicius joyn 'd ,", "To make a publique Feast : they at Dirachium", "Fought with success ; but knew not to make use of", "Fortunes fair offer : so much I have heard", "Cæsar himself confess .", "In Thessalie , near the Pharsalian plains", "Where Cæsar with a handfull of his Men", "Hems in the greater number : his whole troops", "Exceed not twenty thousand , but old Souldiers", "Flesh 'd in the spoils of Germany and France ,", "Inur 'd to his Command , and only know", "To fight and overcome ; And though that Famine", "Raigns in his Camp , compelling them to tast", "Bread made of roots , forbid the use of man ,", "Or corn not yet half ripe , and that a Banquet :", "They still besiege him , being ambitious only", "To come to blows , and let their swords determine", "Who hath the better Cause .", "We every hour", "Expect to hear the issue .", "You are cruel ,", "If you deny him swearing , you take from him", "Three full parts of his language .", "Was't of your own composing ?", "‘ Tis a strange impudence ,", "This fellow does put on .", "Vices , for him ,", "Make as free way as vertues doe for others .", "‘ Tis the times fault : yet Great ones still have grace 'd", "To make them sport , or rub them o 're with flattery ,", "Observers of all kinds .", "See how he hangs", "On great Photinus Ear .", "That we are", "To enquire , and learn of you Sir : whose grave care", "For Egypts happiness , and great Ptolomies good ,", "Hath eyes and ears in all parts .", "‘ Tis Labienus", "Cæsars Lieutenant in the wars of Gaul ,", "And fortunate in all his undertakings :", "But since these Civil jars he turn 'd to Pompey ,", "And though he followed the better Cause", "Not with the like success .", "Here he comes Sir .", "Pardon me .", "I could not help it , if my life had lain for't ,", "Alas , who would suspect a pack of bedding ,", "Or a small Truss of houshold furniture ?", "And as they said , for Cæsars use : or who durst", "seek to stop it ?", "I was abus 'd .", "Photinus ,", "What e 're it be I shall make one : and zealously :", "For better dye attempting something nobly ,", "Than fall disgraced .", "‘ Twill be too late else :", "For , since the Masque , he sent three of his Captains", "to view again", "The glory of your wealth .", "For when your wealth is gone , your power must follow .", "What eye", "Will look upon King Ptolomy ? if they do look ,", "It must be in scorn :", "For a poor King is a monster ;", "What ear remember ye ? ‘ twill be then a courtesie", "to take your life too from ye :", "But if reserv 'd , you stand to fill a victory ,", "As who knows Conquerours minds ? though outwardly", "They bear fair streams .", "O Sir , does this not shake ye ?", "If to be honyed on to these afflictions —", "Keep it warm and fiery .", "It seems so .", "Why dost thou weep ?", "He will be hard to win : he feels his lewdness .", "It is not that : it may be some disgrace", "That he takes heavily ; and would be cherish 'd ,", "Septimius ever scorn 'd to shew such weakness .", "Thou shalt command in Chief , all our strong Forces", "And if thou serv'st an use , must not all justifie it ?", "S", "p. I am Rogue enough .", "Keep thy self glorious still , though ne 're so stain 'd ,", "And that will lessen it , if not work it out .", "To goe complaining thus , and thus repenting", "Like a poor Girl that had betrai 'd her maide", "-head —", "Will shew so in a Souldier ,", "So simply , and so ridiculously , so tamely —", "Yes : and is honour 'd for it ;", "Nay call 'd the honour 'd Cæsar , so maist thou be :", "Thou wert born as near a Crown as he .", "Thou shalt have all :", "And do all through thy power , men shall admire thee ,", "And the vices of Septimius shall turn vertues .", "He 's well wrought : put him on apace for cooling .", "The deed is bloody", "If we conclude in Ptolomies death .", "But what course take we", "For the Princess Cleopatra ?", "I will undertake", "For Ptolomy .", "See , they do appear", "As they desir 'd a Parley .", "Thy glories now have toucht the highest point ,", "And must descend .", "He rowz 'd them with his Sword ;", "We talk of Mars , but I am sure his Courage", "Admits of no comparison but it self ,", "And", "his following friends", "With such a confidence as young Eagles prey", "Under the large wing of their fiercer Dam ,", "Brake through our Troops and scatter 'd them , he went on", "But still pursu 'd by us , when on the sudden ,", "He turn 'd his head , and from his Eyes flew terrour ;", "Which strook in us no less fear and amazement ,", "Than if we had encounter 'd with the lightning", "Hurl 'd from Jove 's cloudy Brow .", "We faln back , he made on , and as our fear", "Had parted from us with his dreadful looks ,", "Again we follow 'd ; but got near the Sea ;", "On which his Navy anchor 'd ; in one hand", "Holding a Scroll he had above the waves ,", "And in the other grasping fast his Sword ,", "As it had been a Trident forg 'd by Vulcan", "To calm the raging Ocean , he made away", "As if he had been Neptune , his friends like", "So many Tritons follow 'd , their bold shouts", "Yielding a chearful musick ; we showr 'd darts", "Upon them , but in vain , they reach 'd their ships", "And in their safety we are sunk ; for Cæsar", "Prepares for War .", "Unable", "To follow Cæsar , he was trod to death", "By the Pursuers , and with him the Priest", "Of Isis , good Achoreus ." ]

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[ "Do you know , I 'm getting so I 'm actually afraid to leave them alone with that governess . She 's too romantic . I 'll wager she 's got a whole book full of ghost stories , superstitions , and yellow-journal horrors up her sleeve .", "And then you met Curt .", "Why did you elect to take up mining engineering at Cornell instead of a classical degree at the Yale of your fathers and brothers ? Because you had been reading Bret Harte in prep . school and mistaken him for a modern realist . You devoted four years to grooming yourself for another outcast of Poker Flat .", "Aha ! Now we come to the Missing Link !", "And there you hope to dig up — our first ancestor ?", "And you were with him on that Asian plateau ?", "Yes , if you two want to work together , why just shoo me —", "I had forgotten —", "How old were they when —?", "Good heavens !", "I think people are foolish to stand by such an oath as you took — forever .Children are a great comfort in one 's old age , I 've tritely found .", "A woman is as old as she looks . You 're not thirty yet .", "The past is never past for a dog with a bad name , eh , Lily ?If you want to reward me for my truthfulness , Mrs. Jayson , help me take the kids for an airing in the car . I know it 's an imposition but they 've grown to expect you .By Jove , I 'll have to run along . I 'll get them and then pick you up here . Is that all right ?", "She seems to get as much fun out of it as they do .Ah , Eddy discovered her behind the tree . Is n't he tickled now !Jove , what a hand she is with children !", "You think so ? With everyone ?", "A mosquito is a ridiculous , amusing creature , seen under a microscope ; but when a swarm has been stinging you all night —", "You bet I do . Touch me anywhere and you 'll find a bite . This , my native town , did me the honor of devoting its entire leisure attention for years to stinging me to death .", "Et tu ! Your tone is sceptical . But I swear to you , Curt , I 'm an absolutely new man since my wife 's death , since I 've grown to love the children . Before that I hardly knew them . They were hers , not mine , it seemed .Now we 're the best of pals , and I 've commenced to appreciate life from a different angle . I 've found a career at last — the children — the finest career a man could have , I believe .", "But we 're wandering from the subject of Martha versus the mosquitoes .", "On the Asian expedition ?", "That 's not old — but it 's not young either , Curt .", "He — prevaricates , Mrs. Jayson .", "I got over as soon as I could .By Jove , old man , you look as though you 'd been through hell !", "Buck up !How 's Martha ?", "You 're surely not worrying , are you ? Martha is so strong and healthy there 's no doubt of her pulling through in fine shape .", "I 've guessed you thought that . That 's why you have n't noticed me — or them — over here so much lately . I 'll confess that I felt you —And the infernal gossip — I 'll admit I thought that you — oh , damn this rotten town , anyway !", "Deuce take it , Curt , what 's the matter with you ? I never thought you 'd turn morbid .", "Curt !", "What , Curt ?", "Good God , you do n't mean you hate — Martha ?", "Curt ! Do n't you know you can n't talk like that — now — when — CURTIS —It has made us both suffer torments — not only now — every day , every hour , for months and months . Why should n't I hate it , eh ?", "Curt ! Ca n't you realize how horrible —", "Shut up ! You 're not yourself . Come , think for a moment . What would Martha feel if she heard you going on this way ? Why — it would kill her !", "This is only your damned imagination . They put you out because you were in their way , that 's all . And as for Martha , she was probably suffering so much —", "You 're raving , damn it !", "For God 's sake , do n't think about it ! It 's absurd — ridiculous !", "Curt !", "Damn it , man , do you know what you 're saying ?No , Curt , old boy , do stop talking . If you do n't I 'll send for a doctor , damned if I wo n't . That talk belongs in an asylum . God , man , can n't you realize this is your child — yours as well as hers ?", "Do you realize how contemptible this confession makes you out ?Why , if you had one trace of human kindness in you — one bit of unselfish love for your wife — one particle of pity for her suffering —", "Curt , for God 's sake , do n't return to that ! Why , good God , man — even now — while you 're speaking — do n't you realize what may be happening ? And you can talk as if you were wishing —", "For the love of God , if you have such thoughts , keep them to yourself . I wo n't listen ! You make me despise life !", "There ! What did I tell you ? Run , you chump !", "Pardon me , please .", "No , I quite agree with you .", "Curt , damn it , wake up ! Are you made of stone ? Has everything I 've said gone in one ear and out the other ? I know it 's hell for me to torment you at this particular time but it 's your own incredibly unreasonable actions that force me to . I know how terribly you must feel but — damn it , man , postpone this going away ! Face this situation like a man ! Be reconciled to your child , stay with him at least until you can make suitable arrangements —", "That 's your final answer , eh ? Well , I 'm through . I 've done all I could . If you want to play the brute — to forget all that was most dear in the world to Martha — to go your own damn selfish way — well , there 's nothing more to be said . You will be punished for it , believe me !And I — I want you to understand that all friendship ceases between us from this day . You are not the Curt I thought I knew — and I have nothing but a feeling of repulsion — good-by .", "Curt ! Forgive me ! I ought to know better . This is n't you . You 'll come to yourself when you 've had time to think it over . The memory of Martha — she 'll tell you what you must do .Good-by , old scout !" ]

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[ "Who 's there ?", "Come in ! I was asleep .The sound of LARRY 's breathing can be heard .Well , Larry , what is it ? LARRY comes skirting along the wall , as if craving its support , outside the radius of the light .Are you ill ? LARRY stands still again and heaves a deep sigh .", "What is it , man ?Have you committed a murder that you stand there like a fish ?", "By Jove ! Drunk again !What do you mean by coming here in this state ? I told you —— If you were n't my brother ——! Come here , where I can we you ! What 's the matter with you , Larry ?", "What in God 's name is this nonsense ?Come , Larry ! Pull yourself together and drop exaggeration ! What on earth do you mean ?", "Be quiet ! LARRY lifts his hands and wrings them .", "When — when — what ——?", "Good God ! How ? Where ? You 'd better tell me quietly from the beginning . Here , drink this coffee ; it 'll clear your head . He pours out and hands him a cup of coffee . LARRY drinks it off .", "Women ! Always women , with you ! Well ?", "Yes ?", "What did you do then ?", "Well ?", "How far ?", "Was — did anyone see ?", "What time ?", "And then ?", "Why — in heaven 's name ?", "Where is this place ?", "And the archway ?", "Good God ! Why , I saw it in the paper this morning . They were talking of it in the Courts !Here it is again . “ Body of a man was found this morning under an archway in Glove Lane . From marks about the throat grave suspicion of foul play are entertained . The body had apparently been robbed . ” My God !You saw this in the paper and dreamed it . D'you understand , Larry ?— you dreamed it .", "Did you take anything from the-body ?", "“ Patrick Walenn ” — Was that his name ? “ Simon 's Hotel , Farrier Street , London . ”No !— that makes me ——What in God 's name made you come here and tell me ? Do n't you know I 'm — I 'm within an ace of a Judgeship ?", "Love !", "Steady , Larry ! Let 's think it out . You were n't seen , you say ?", "When did you leave the girl again ?", "Where did you go ?", "To Fitzroy Street ?", "What have you done since ?", "Not been out ?", "Not seen the girl ?", "Will she give you away ?", "Or herself hysteria ?", "Who knows of your relations with her ?", "No one ?", "Did anyone see you go in last night , when you first went to her ?", "Give them to me . LARRY takes two keys from his pocket and hands them to his brother .", "What ! A girl like that ?", "What else have you that connects you with her ?", "In your rooms ?", "Photographs ? Letters ?", "Sure ?", "No one saw you going back to her ?", "You were fortunate . Sit down again , man . I must think . He turns to the fire and leans his elbows on the mantelpiece and his head on his hands . LARRY Sits down again obediently .", "It 's all too unlikely . It 's monstrous !", "This Walenn — was it his first reappearance after an absence ?", "How did he find out where she was ?", "How drunk were you ?", "How much had you drunk , then ?", "You say you did n't mean to kill him .", "That 's something .", "She was hanging on to him , you say ?— That 's ugly .", "D'you mean she — loves you ?", "Can a woman like that love ?", "I 'm trying to get at truth . If you want me to help ,", "I must know everything . What makes you think she 's fond of you ?", "I 'm talking of love .", "What made you choose that archway ?", "Did his face look as if he 'd been strangled ?", "Did it ?", "Very disfigured ?", "Did you look to see if his clothes were marked ?", "Why not ?", "You say he was disfigured . Would he be recognisable ?", "When she lived with him last — where was that ?", "Not Soho ?", "How long has she been at this Soho place ?", "Living this life ?", "Till , she met you ? And you believe ——?", "Always in the same rooms ?", "What was he ? A professional bully ?", "Spending most of his time abroad , I suppose .", "Can you say if he was known to the police ?", "Now listen , Larry . When you leave here , go straight home , and stay there till I give you leave to go out again . Promise .", "Is your promise worth anything ?", "Exactly . But if I 'm to help you , you must do as I say . I must have time to think this out . Have you got money ?", "Half-quarter day — yes , your quarter 's always spent by then . If you 're to get away — never mind , I can manage the money .", "Privilege of A brother . As it happens , I 'm thinking of myself and our family . You can n't indulge yourself in killing without bringing ruin . My God ! I suppose you realise that you 've made me an accessory after the fact — me , King 's counsel — sworn to the service of the Law , who , in a year or two , will have the trying of cases like yours ! By heaven , Larry , you 've surpassed yourself !", "Come , Larry ! Hand it over .", "Come , Larry ! Courage ! LARRY looks up at him .", "Do n't go out . Do n't drink . Do n't talk . Pull yourself together !", "No , no . Courage ! LARRY reaches the door , turns as if to say something-finds no words , and goes .", "A friend of Larry 's . Do n't be frightened . She has recoiled again to the window ; and when he finds the switch and turns the light up , she is seen standing there holding her dark wrapper up to her throat , so that her face has an uncanny look of being detached from the body .You need n't be afraid . I have n't come to do you harm — quite the contrary .Larry would n't have given me these , would he , if he had n't trusted me ? WANDA does not move , staring like a spirit startled out of the flesh .", "Larry 's brother . WANDA , with a sigh of utter relief , steals forward to the couch and sinks down . KEITH goes up to her . He 'd told me .", "An awful business !", "In this room ?", "You — look very young . What 's your name ?", "Are you fond of Larry ?", "I — I 've come to see what you can do to save him . WANDA ,You would not deceive me . You are really his brother ?", "I swear it .", "This , man , your — your husband , before he came here the night before last — how long since you saw him ?", "Does anyone about here know you are his wife ?", "They 've discovered who he was — you know that ?", "Did my brother ever see him before ?", "Yes . I saw the mark . Have you a servant ?", "Does she know Larry ?", "Friends — acquaintances ?", "Do you mean that ?", "How long ?", "So you have not been out since ——?", "What have you been doing ?", "Look at me .If the worst comes , and this man is traced to you , can you trust yourself not to give Larry away ?", "Good ! One more question . Do the police know you — because — of your life ?You know where Larry lives ?", "You must n't go there , and he must n't come to you .", "Leave that to me . I 'm going to do all I can .", "You said no one comes but Larry .", "Curse ! I must have left that door .You told me they did n't know you .", "After your life , who can believe — - ? Look here ! You drifted together and you 'll drift apart , you know . Better for him to get away and make a clean cut of it .", "I 'm thinking of Larry . With you , his danger is much greater . There 's a good chance as things are going . You may wreck it . And for what ? Just a few months more of — well — you know .", "You must know what Larry is . He 'll never stick to you .", "The last man on earth to stick to anything ! But for the sake of a whim he 'll risk his life and the honour of all his family . I know him .", "Now , now ! At any moment they may find out your connection with that man . So long as Larry goes on with you , he 's tied to this murder , do n't you see ?", "Larry has loved dozens of women .", "Do n't cry ! If I give you money , will you disappear , for his sake ?", "Ah ! First Larry , then you ! Come now . It 's better for you both . A few months , and you 'll forget you ever met .", "I do n't want you to go back to that life .", "That 's not enough . You know that . You must take it out of his hands . He will never give up his present for the sake of his future . If you 're as fond of him as you say , you 'll help to save him .", "Well , well ! Get up .", "Listen !", "So much for your promise not to go out !", "Exactly !", "So you can joke , can you ?", "A boat leaves for the Argentine the day after to-morrow ; you must go by it .", "You can n't go together . I 'll send her by the next boat .", "Yes . You 're lucky they 're on a false scent .", "You have n't seen it ?", "They 've taken up a vagabond who robbed the body . He pawned a snake-shaped ring , and they identified this Walenn by it . I 've been down and seen him charged myself .", "He 's in no danger . They always get the wrong man first . It 'll do him no harm to be locked up a bit — hyena like that . Better in prison , anyway , than sleeping out under archways in this weather .", "A little yellow , ragged , lame , unshaven scarecrow of a chap . They were fools to think he could have had the strength .", "You ? Where ?", "You went back there ?", "He 's in no danger , I tell you . He could never have strangled —— Why , he had n't the strength of a kitten . Now , Larry ! I 'll take your berth to-morrow . Here 's moneyYou can make a new life of it out there together presently , in the sun .", "Bosh ! Dismiss it from your mind ; there 's not nearly enough evidence .", "No . You 've got your chance . Take it like a man .", "What ! I tell you no jury would convict ; and if they did , no judge would hang . A ghoul who can rob a dead body , ought to be in prison . He did worse than you .", "Do n't be a fool !", "I suppose I may ask you not to be entirely oblivious of our name . Or is that unworthy of your honour ?", "You owe it to me — to our name — to our dead mother — to do nothing anyway till we see what happens .", "Can I trust you ?", "Swear ?", "Remember , nothing ! Good night !", "Where 's Larry ?", "Guilty ! Sentence of death ! Fools !— idiots !", "Girl ! girl ! It may all depend on you . Larry 's still living here ?", "I must wait for him .", "Are you ready to go away at any time ?", "And he ?", "A graveyard thief — a ghoul !", "Listen ! Help me . Do n't let Larry out of your sight . I must see how things go . They 'll never hang this wretch .Now , we must stop Larry from giving himself up . He 's fool enough . D'you understand ?", "My God ! If the police come — find me here —No , he would n't without seeing you first . He 's sure to come . Watch him like a lynx . Do n't let him go without you .", "Listen !", "It 's he !", "The thing can n't stand . I 'll stop it somehow . But you must give me time , Larry .", "Think my reasons what you like .", "This man can and shall get off . I want your solemn promise that you wo n't give yourself up , nor even go out till I 've seen you again .", "By the memory of our mother , swear that .", "I have your oath — both of you — both of you . I 'm going at once to see what can be done .", "Asleep ! Drunk ! Ugh !What !Larry ! Larry !My God !“ I , Lawrence Darrant , about to die by my own hand confess that I —— ”If I leave that there — my name — my whole future !My God ! It 's ruin !All my —— No ! Let him hang !What 's that ? What ——!Fool ! Nothing !" ]

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[ "This is the Play of Everychild", "With Cho-Cho", "As Author and Manager .", "The play has defects —", "It has good points —", "And bad points —", "Like the world itself —", "Like life !", "Perhaps the author of the world", "Is something like me ,", "A little grotesque ,", "A little whimsical ,", "Serious often ,", "Sometimes all the more serious", "Seen through a Fool 's words", "With cap and jingle of bells .", "In this droll world", "There are lots of children", "Who are the children of fools —", "Like me .", "Good people !", "I bespeak your patience", "With Everychild", "Daughter of a Clown ." ]

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[ "No , my proper name 's John .", "His proper name 's Mark .", "Miss Anne , stand clear o ’ that bin . You 'll put your foot through one o ’ those ‘ ock bottles .", "Now shut it , Miss Anne !", "Poulder . Butlers think they 're the Almighty .", "But his name 's Bartholomew .", "It 's hidjeous .", "I do n't give a darn .", "‘ Tai n't in the dictionary .", "It 'll pass .", "Thirty-four .", "All for the dinner . They give the Sweated — tea .", "We 've got to be on the safe side .", "That 's the escape of gas .", "Yes .", "Little blighter I 've never seen before .", "He 's just gone .", "You might ‘ arf say so . There 's a lot under a woppin ’ big house like this ; you can n't hardly get to the bottom of it .", "Ask another .", "Who 'd want to blow it up ?", "I 've seen a lot bigger messes than this 'd make , out in the war .", "Ah ! ‘ Cept that you could n't lay your ‘ and on a bottle o ’ port when you wanted one .", "I only suggest it 's possible .", "I say nothin ’ about that .", "I 'm ashamed of you , Miss Anne , pumpin ’ me !", "Try it on your own responsibility , then ; do n't bring me in !", "I should n't use that word , at your age .", "Like Lord William ? What do you think ? We chaps would ha ’ done anything for him out there in the war .", "Well — that 's the same thing .", "Ah ! A lot o ’ people thought when the war was over there 'd be no more o ’ that .Used to amuse me to read in the papers about the wonderful unity that was comin ’ . I could ha ’ told ‘ em different .", "You know such a lot o ’ people , do n't you ?", "That 's right — we all bars them that tries to get something out of us .", "Well —— Speaking generally , I bar everybody that looks down their noses at me . Out there in the trenches , there 'd come a shell , and orf 'd go some orficer 's head , an ’ I 'd think : That might ha ’ been me — we 're all equal in the sight o ’ the stars . But when I got home again among the torfs , I says to meself : Out there , ye know , you filled a hole as well as me ; but here you 've put it on again , with mufti .", "Ah ! Footmen were to ha ’ been off ; but Lord William was scared we would n't get jobs in the rush . We 're on his conscience , and it 's on my conscience that I 've been on his long enough — so , now I 've saved a bit , I 'm goin ’ to take meself orf it .", "Out o ’ Blighty !", "Well- ‘ e can be .", "Well , I had my bit o ’ fun in the war .", "Do you ? You 'd ha ’ been just suited .", "It 's a belief , in the middle classes .", "Anything from two ‘ undred a year to supertax .", "Yes .", "‘ Tis n't so much the bein ’ virtuous , as the lookin ’ it , that 's awful .", "Well . Ask him !", "Careless !", "You stand back , there ! I do n't like the look o ’ that !", "Go and fetch Poulder while I keep an eye on it .", "No . Clear off and get him , and do n't you come back .", "Cut along .", "Yes .", "Hallo !", "Bomb !", "See !", "Look here , you starched antiquity , you and I and that bomb are here in the sight of the stars . If you do n't look out I 'll stamp on it and blow us all to glory ! Drop your civilian swank !", "Put up your hands !", "Up with ‘ em !", "Very good .", "You 'd have made a first-class Boche , Poulder . Take the bomb yourself ; you 're in charge of this section .", "Afraid ! You ‘ Op o ’ me thumb !", "It wo n't be the Press that 'll stop Miss Anne 's goin ’ to ‘ Eaven if one o ’ this sort goes off . Look out ! I 'm goin ’ to drop it .", "Lives close by , in Royal Court Mews — No . 3 . I had a word with him before he came down . Lemmy his name is .", "Look here — go quiet ! I 've had a grudge against you yellow newspaper boys ever since the war — frothin ’ up your daily hate , an ’ makin ’ the Huns desperate . You nearly took my life five hundred times out there . If you squeal , I 'm gain ’ to take yours once — and that 'll be enough .", "Well , you look it . Hup .", "Ho !", "That 's the one ! Git up in that ‘ ock bin , and mind your feet among the claret .", "Then it 'll wipe out one by the Press on the Public — an ’ leave just a million over ! Hup !", "Mind your feet in Mr. Poulder 's favourite wine !", "The complications .", "‘ E got up out o ’ remorse , Miss .", "Yes , when you 've got ‘ im in a nice dark place .", "I 'm goin ’ to pay it , Miss .", "‘ Op off your base , and trust to me .", "‘ Igh explosive .", "Be'ind the parapet , me Lord .", "There are three old chips in the lobby , my Lord .", "Very good , my Lord .", "Wanted for your speech , my Lord .", "Well , I 'm goin ’ to .", "No ; but you 've eaten a good bit , on the stairs . What price that Peach Melba ?", "Lovely ? Ho !", "That 's right .", "Not ‘ arf !", "Thinkin ’ .", "How shall I know ‘ em ?", "Right-o !", "Form fours-by your right-quick march !", "Right incline — Mark time ! Left turn ! ‘ Alt ! ‘ Enry , set the bomb !", "Stand easy !", "I see the eight per cent ., but not the money .", "We 'll put up a fight over your body : “ Bartholomew Poulder , faithful unto death ! ” Have you insured your life ?", "Act o ’ God ! Why not ?", "It is ; and I sympathise with it .", "I do — only — hands off the gov'nor .", "I stand in front of ‘ im when the scrap begins !", "Well , look at it ! It 's been creepin ’ down ever since I knew you . Talk of your sacrifices in the war — they put you on your honour , and you got stout on it . Rations — not ‘ arf .", "Keep a civil tongue , or I 'll throw you to the crowd !Shall I tell you why I favour the gov'nor ? Because , with all his pomp , he 's a gentleman , as much as I am . Never asks you to do what he would n't do himself . What 's more , he never comes it over you . If you get drunk , or — well , you understand me , Poulder — he 'll just say : “ Yes , yes ; I know , James ! ” till he makes you feel he 's done it himself .I 've had experience with him , in the war and out . Why he did n't even hate the Huns , not as he ought . I tell you he 's no Christian .", "And he 'll never be . He 's got too soft a heart .", "Let ‘ er alone !", "Silly ass ! You should take ‘ em lying down !", "Crisis in the Cabinet !", "What 's that you give me ?", "If I lose control of meself .", "Well , I 'll merely empty the pail over you !", "Another strategic victory ! What a Boche he 'd have made . As you were , Tommy !That 's a bishop .", "By the way he 's drawin ’ . It 's the fine fightin ’ spirit in ‘ em . They were the backbone o ’ the war . I see there 's a bit o ’ the old stuff left in you , Tommy .", "You 've still got a sense of your superiors . Did n't you notice how you moved to Poulder 's orders , me boy ; an ’ when he was gone , to mine ?", "Look here , Miss Anne — your lights ought to be out before ten . Close in , Tommy !", "Good Lord ! What 's this ?", "No .", "Have some sense of what 's fittin ’ .", "Tommy , ketch ‘ em !", "No .", "That 's you . Come ‘ ere !", "They are !", "‘ Umour ‘ er a couple o ’ inches , Tommy !", "Daughter o ’ the house .", "That 's ‘ is Grace . ‘ E 's gettin ’ wickets , too .", "Do you want him in or out , me Lord ?", "If they get saucy , me Lord ,", "I can always give ‘ em their own back .", "Me Lord , let me blow ‘ em to glory !", "Me Lord !" ]

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[ "‘ Is that you , Edward ? So dark here ! We ought really to keep the gas turned up all the time . ’", "‘ Well , hurry in to the fire , do ! Ugh , what a storm ! Do you suppose anybody will come ? You must be half frozen , you poor thing ! Come quick , or you 'll certainly perish ! ’ She flies from the portiere to the fire burning on the hearth , pokes it , flings on a log , jumps back , brushes from her dress with a light shriek the sparks driven out upon it , and continues talking incessantly in a voice lifted for her husband to hear in the anteroom . ‘ If I 'd dreamed it was any such storm as this , I should never have let you go out in it in the world . It was n't at all necessary to have the flowers . I could have got on perfectly well , and I believe NOW the table would look better without them . The chrysanthemums would have been quite enough ; and I know you 've taken more cold . I could tell it by your voice as soon as you spoke ; and just as quick as they 're gone to-night I 'm going to have you bathe your feet in mustard and hot water , and take eight of aconite , and go straight to bed . And I do n't want you to eat very much at dinner , dear , and you must be sure not to drink any coffee , or the aconite wo n't be of the least use . ’ She turns and encounters her husband , who enters through the portiere , his face pale , his eyes wild , his white necktie pulled out of knot , and his shirt front rumpled . ‘ Why , Edward , what in the world is the matter ? What has happened ? ’ ROBERTS , sinking into a chair : ‘ Get me a glass of water , Agnes — wine — whisky — brandy — ’", "‘ Robbed ? ’ She drops the wineglass , puts the decanter down on the hearth , and carefully bestowing the flagon of cologne in the wood-box , abandons herself to justice : ‘ Then let them come for me at once , Edward ! If I could have the heart to send you out in such a night as this for a few wretched rosebuds , I 'm quite equal to poisoning you . Oh , Edward , WHO robbed you ? ’", "‘ Yes , yes ; go on ! I can bear it , Edward . ’", "‘ Waistcoat ! Yes ! ’", "‘ What ! Your watch ? The watch Willis gave you ? Made out of the gold that he mined himself when he first went out to California ? Do n't ask me to believe it , Edward ! But I 'm only too glad that you escaped with your life . Let them have the watch and welcome . Oh , nay dear , dear husband ! ’ She approaches him with extended arms , and then suddenly arrests herself . ‘ But you 've got it on ! ’ ROBERTS , with as much returning dignity as can comport with his dishevelled appearance : ‘ Yes ; I took it from him . ’ At his wife 's speechless astonishment : ‘ I went after him and took it from him . ’ He sits down , and continues with resolute calm , while his wife remains standing before him motionless : ‘ Agnes , I do n't know how I came to do it . I would n't have believed I could do it . I 've never thought that I had much courage — physical courage ; but when I felt my watch was gone , a sort of frenzy came over me . I was n't hurt ; and for the first time in my life I realised what an abominable outrage theft was . The thought that at six o'clock in the evening , in the very heart of a great city like Boston , an inoffensive citizen could be assaulted and robbed , made me furious . I did n't call out . I simply buttoned my coat tight round me and turned and ran after the fellow . ’", "‘ Edward ! ’", "‘ Oh ! ’", ": ‘ Oh , I wonder that you live to tell the tale ,", "Edward ! ’", "‘ But I always knew you had it ! Go on . Oh , when I tell Willis of this ! Had the robber any accomplices ? Were there many of them ? ’", "‘ Nonsense ! There are ALWAYS two ! I 've read the accounts of those garottings . And to think you not only got out of their clutches alive , but got your property back — Willis 's watch ! Oh , what WILL Willis say ? But I know how proud of you he 'll be . Oh , I wish I could scream it from the house-tops . Why did n't you call the police ? ’", "‘ No matter . I 'm glad you have ALL the glory of it . I do n't believe you half realise what you 've been through now . And perhaps this was the robbers ’ first attempt , and it will be a lesson to them . Oh yes ! I 'm glad you let them escape , Edward . They may have families . If every one behaved as you 've done , there would soon be an end of garotting . But , oh ! I can n't bear to think of the danger you 've run . And I want you to promise me never , never to undertake such a thing again ! ’", "‘ Yes , yes ; you must ! Suppose you had got killed in that awful struggle with those reckless wretches tugging to get away from you ! Think of the children ! Why , you might have burst a blood-vessel ! Will you promise , Edward ? Promise this instant , on your bended knees , just as if you were in a court of justice ! ’ Mrs. Roberts 's excitement mounts , and she flings herself at her husband 's feet , and pulls his face down to hers with the arm she has thrown about his neck . ‘ Will you promise ? ’", "‘ He was attacked by two garotters — ’", "‘ Do n't speak , Edward ! I KNOW there were two . On the Common . Not half an hour ago . As he was going to get me some rosebuds . In the midst of this terrible storm . ’", "‘ Do n't answer , Edward ! One of the band threw his arm round Edward 's neck — so . ’ She illustrates by garotting Mrs. Crashaw , who disengages herself with difficulty .", "‘ And the other one snatched his watch , and ran as fast as he could . ’", "‘ Of COURSE they might . But EDWARD did n't care . The idea of being robbed at six o'clock on the Common made him so furious that he scorned to cry out for help , or call the police , or anything ; but he just ran after them — ’", "‘ Nonsense , Edward ! How could you tell , so excited as you were ?— And caught hold of the largest of the wretches — a perfect young giant — ’", "‘ Well , he was YOUNG , anyway !— And flung him on the ground . ’ She advances upon Mrs. Crashaw in her enthusiasm .", "‘ And tore his coat open , while all the rest were tugging at him , and snatched his watch , and then — and then just walked coolly away . ’", "‘ Well , RAN . It 's quite the same thing , and I 'm just as proud of you as if you had walked . Of course you were not going to throw your life away . ’", "‘ Of course you would n't , dear ! And that 's what I want him to promise , Aunt Mary : never to do it again , no matter HOW much he 's provoked . I want him to promise it right here in your presence , Aunt Mary ! ’", "‘ Yes ; go right off at once , Edward . How you DO think of things , Aunt Mary ! I really suppose I should have gone on all night and never noticed his looks . Run , Edward , and do it , dear . But — kiss me first ! Oh , it DON'T seem as if you could be alive and well after it all ! Are you sure you 're not hurt ? ’ ROBERTS , embracing her : ‘ No ; I 'm all right . ’", "‘ And you 're not injured internally ? Sometimes they 're injured internally — are n't they , Aunt Mary ?— and it does n't show till months afterwards . Are you sure ? ’ ROBERTS , making a cursory examination of his ribs with his hands : ‘ Yes , I think so . ’", "‘ And you do n't feel any bad effects from the cologne NOW ? Just think , Aunt Mary , I gave him cologne to drink , and poured the brandy on his head , when he came in ! But I was determined to keep calm , whatever I did . And if I 've poisoned him I 'm quite willing to die for it — oh , quite ! I would gladly take the blame of it before the whole world . ’", "‘ Yes , do go , Edward . But — kiss me — ’", "‘ Did he ? Well , kiss me again , then , Edward . And now do go , dear . M-m-m-m . ’ The inarticulate endearments represented by these signs terminate in a wild embrace , protracted halfway across the room , in the height of which Mr. Willis Campbell enters .", "‘'Sh , Edward ! What 's he been doing ? What does he look as if he had been doing ? ’", "‘ For shame , Willis ! I should think you 'd sink through the floor . Edward , not a word ! I AM ashamed of him , if he IS my brother . ’", "‘ Up ? He 's been ROBBED !— robbed on the Common , not five minutes ago ! A whole gang of garotters surrounded him under the Old Elm — or just where it used to be — and took his watch away ! And he ran after them , and knocked the largest of the gang down , and took it back again . He was n't hurt , but we 're afraid he 's been injured internally ; he may be bleeding internally NOW — Oh , do you think he is , Willis ? Do n't you think we ought to send for a physician ?— That , and the cologne I gave him to drink . It 's the brandy I poured on his head makes him smell so . And he all so exhausted he could n't speak , and I did n't know what I was doing , either ; but he 's promised — oh yes , he 's promised !— never , never to do it again . ’ She again flings her arms about her husband , and then turns proudly to her brother .", "‘ Oh yes , do go , Edward ! Not but what I should be proud and happy to have you appear just as you are before the whole world , if it was only to put Willis down with his jokes about your absent-mindedness , and his boasts about those California desperadoes of his . ’", "‘ Oh , I know it does n't become me to praise your courage , darling ! But I should like to know what Willis would have done , with all his California experience , if a garotter had taken his watch ? ’", "‘ But of course there were more . How could he tell , in the dark and excitement ? And the one he did see was a perfect giant ; so you can imagine what the rest must have been like . ’", "‘ Knock him down ? Of course he did . ’", "‘ There , Willis ! ’", "‘ And he did n't call for the police , or anything — ’", "‘ And when he had got his watch away from them , he just let them go , because they had families dependent on them . ’", "‘ I was all excitement , Willis — ’", "‘ Oh , my goodness , what 's that ? It 's the garotters — I know it is ; and we shall all be murdered in our beds ! ’", "‘ NO , Willis , you sha'n ' t ! Do n't leave me , Edward ! Aunt Mary !— Oh , if we MUST die , let us all die together ! Oh , my poor children ! Ugh ! What 's that ? ’ The servant-maid opens the outer door , and uttering a shriek , rushes in through the drawing - room portiere .", "‘ Which Mr. Bemis ? ’", "‘ Robbed ? Why , EDWARD has been robbed too . ’", "‘ Yes , EDWARD was coming through the Common . ’", "‘ Oh , if you only WERE , Mr. Bemis , perhaps I could persuade Edward that he was too : I KNOW he is . Edward , do n't exert yourself ! Aunt Mary , will you STOP him , or do you all wish to see me go distracted here before your eyes ? ’ WILLIS , examining the overcoat which Roberts has removed : ‘ Well , you wo n't have much trouble buttoning and unbuttoning this coat for the present . ’", ": ‘ There were half a dozen in the gang that attacked", "Edward . ’", "‘ Edward 's put HIS arm round his neck and choked him . ’", "‘ I KNOW he did , Aunt Mary . ’", "‘ And then he ran after them , and snatched his watch away again in spite of them all ; and he did n't call for the police , or anything , because it was their first offence , and he could n't bear to think of their suffering families . ’ BEMIS , with a stare of profound astonishment : ‘ Who ? ’", "‘ Edward . Did n't I SAY Edward , all the time ? ’", "‘ Oh , he SAW how unstrung poor Edward was ! Mr. Bemis , I think you 're quite prejudiced . How could Edward help their escaping ? I think it was quite enough for him , single-handed , to get his watch back . ’ A ring at the door , and then a number of voices in the anteroom . ‘ I do believe they 're all there ! I 'll just run out and prepare your son . He would be dreadfully shocked if he came right in upon you . ’ She runs into the anteroom , and is heard without : ‘ Oh , Dr. Lawton ! Oh , Lou dear ! OH , Mr. Bemis ! How can I ever tell you ? Your poor father ! No , no , I CAN'T tell you ! You must n't ask me ! It 's too hideous ! And you would n't believe me if I did . ’ Chorus of anguished voices : ‘ What ? what ? what ? ’", "‘ They 've been robbed ! Garotted on the Common ! And , OH , Dr. Lawton , I 'm so glad YOU 'VE come ! They 're both injured internally , but I WISH you 'd look at Edward first . ’", "‘ Oh , it 's all very well to make fun now , Dr. Lawton ; but if you had been here when they first came in — ’", "‘ And the Millers — what a shame they could n't come ! How excited they would have been !— that is , Mrs. Miller . Is their baby very bad , Doctor ? ’", "‘ Oh , how ridiculous you are , Doctor ! ’ BEMIS , rising feebly from his chair : ‘ Well , now that it 's all explained , Mrs. Roberts , I think I 'd better go home ; and if you 'll kindly have them telephone for a carriage — ’", "‘ NO , indeed , Mr. Bemis ! We shall not let you go . Why , the IDEA ! You must stay and take dinner with us , just the same . ’", "‘ Oh , never mind the STATE . You look perfectly well ; and if you insist upon going , I shall know that you bear a grudge against Edward for not arresting him . Wait ! We can put you in perfect order in just a second . ’ She flies out of the room , and then comes swooping back with a needle and thread , a fresh white necktie , a handkerchief , and a hair-brush . ‘ There ! I can n't let you go to Edward 's dressing-room , because he 's there himself , and the children are in mine , and we 've had to put the new maid in the guest-chamber — you ARE rather cramped in flats , that 's true ; that 's the worst of them — but if you do n't mind having your toilet made in public , like the King of France — ’ BEMIS , entering into the spirit of it : ‘ Not the least ; but — ’ He laughs , and drops back into his chair .", "‘ Then why do n't you do something ? ’", "‘ Do n't mind him a bit , Mr. Bemis ; it 's nothing but — ’", "‘ I thought you meant Edward . ’", "‘ Caught ? Nonsense ! You do n't mean it ! How can you trifle with such a subject ? I know you are joking ! Who is it ? ’", "‘ I do n't wish to . But oh , Mr. Bemis , I 've just come from my own children , and you must be merciful to his family ! ’" ]

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[ "— The wawking of the fauld .", "PATIE sings .", "My Peggy is a young thing ,", "Just enter 'd in her teens ,", "Fair as the day , and sweet as May ,", "Fair as the day , and always gay .", "My Peggy is a young thing ,", "And I 'm not very auld ;", "Yet well I like to meet her , at", "The wawking of the fauld .", "My Peggy speaks sae sweetly ,", "Whene'er we meet alane ,", "I wish nae mair to lay my care ,", "I wish nae mair of a ’ that 's rare .", "My Peggy speaks sae sweetly ,", "To a ’ the lave I 'm cauld ;", "But she gars a ’ my spirits glow", "At wawking of the fauld .", "My Peggy smiles sae kindly ,", "Whene'er I whisper love ,", "That I look down on a ’ the town ,", "That I look down upon a crown .", "My Peggy smiles sae kindly ,", "It makes me blyth and bauld ;", "And naething gi'es me sic delight ,", "As wawking of the fauld .", "My Peggy sings sae saftly ,", "When on my pipe I play ;", "By a ’ the rest it is confest ,", "By a ’ the rest that she sings best .", "My Peggy sings sae saftly ,", "And in her sangs are tauld ,", "With innocence , the wale of sense ,", "At wawking of the fauld .", "PATIE .", "This sunny morning , Roger , chears my blood ,", "And puts all nature in a jovial mood .", "How heartsome ‘ tis to see the rising plants !", "To hear the birds chirm o'er their pleasing rants !", "How halesome ‘ tis to snuff the cauler air ,", "And all the sweets it bears , when void of care !", "What ails thee , Roger , then ? what gars thee grane ?", "Tell me the cause of thy ill-season 'd pain ." ]

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[ "Your wedding dress ? Oh , how well it becomes you ! It looks as if it had been made today !", "But this time it is not exactly in style , dear mother ! The sleeves are too wide ! It must not annoy you ! MOTHERI should have to be you for that ! CLARA . And so this is the way you looked ! But surely you carried a bunch of flowers too , did n't you ?", "I have often asked you to , but you have never before put it on . You have always said : It is no longer my wedding dress ; it is my shroud now , and that is something one should not play with . I got so that I could n't even look at it any more , because , hanging there so white , it always made me think of your death , and of the day when the old women would try to pull it on over your head . Why then today ?", "Do n't talk in that way , dear mother ! It weakens you .", "You still talk as you did in your illness !", "A gold chain ? Where did you get that ?", "What does he mean by that ?", "I did n't see him very often at best — almost never except at the table . He had more appetite than I ! MOTHERThat was natural ! He had to work so hard !", "To be sure ! And how strange men are ! They are more ashamed of their tears than they are of their sins ! A clenched fist — why not exhibit that ? But red eyes !— And father too ! The afternoon they opened your vein and no blood came , he sobbed at his work-bench until it moved my very soul ! But when I went up to him and stroked his cheeks , what did he say ? “ See if you can n't get this accursèd splinter out of my eye ! I have so much to do and can n't accomplish anything ! ” MOTHERYes ! yes !— I never see Leonard any more , by the way . How does that happen ?", "Let him stay away !", "Is it because I stay out too long when I go to the well in the evening that you have reason to suspect that ?", "I do n't see him at all !", "The bell is ringing !", "Why so polite , so considerate ? I am no princess , you know . LEONARDI thought you were not alone ! In passing by I thought I saw your neighbor Babbie standing by the window .", "And so that is why —", "Things used to be different !", "What of it ?", "Oh , Leonard , it was not right of you !", "I did n't praise him , did I ? You do n't need to run him down !", "We used to play together as children , and afterward — you know very well !", "Then I think it was only natural , seeing him again for the first time in a long while that way , for me to look at him and be astonished to see how big and —", "I thought he was looking at the little mole on my left cheek to see if it , too , had grown bigger ! You know I always imagine people are looking at that when they stare at me so , and it always makes me blush . I have a feeling as if it were growing larger , as long as they look at it !", "Oh , you said a bad , bad word , when I pushed you back and jumped up from the bench . The moon , which up to that time had shone in through the foliage with such kindly consideration for me , at that moment sank shrewdly behind the wet clouds . I wanted to hurry away , but felt something holding me . At first I thought it was you , but it was the rose-bush , whose thorns held my dress like teeth . You outraged my heart , so that I no longer trusted it myself . You stood before me like one demanding the payment of a debt ! I — Oh , God !", "When I got home , I found my mother ill , mortally ill. She had been stricken suddenly , as if by an invisible hand . My father had wanted to send for me , but she would not consent to his doing so , not wishing to interrupt my happiness . And how I felt when I heard that ! I held myself aloof , I did not dare to touch her , I trembled ! She took it for childish anxiety and motioned me over to her ; when I slowly drew near her , she held me down and kissed my desecrated mouth . I lost control of myself ; I wanted to confess to her , to cry out what I thought and felt : It is my fault that you are lying there ! I tried to do so , but tears and sobs choked my voice . She reached for my father 's hand , and said with a blissful glance at me : What a heart !", "What ?", "Oh !", "Want you to ? It will mean my death , if I do not become your wife pretty soon ! But you do not know my father ! He does not understand why we are in such a hurry — he cannot understand why , and we cannot tell him why ! And he has declared a hundred times that he will never give his daughter to any man unless he has not only , as he says , love in his heart for her , but also bread in his cupboard for her . He will say : Wait another year or two , my son .— And what will be your answer ? LEONARD . You foolish girl , that difficulty is disposed of ! I have the position now — I am cashier !", "You cashier ? And the other applicant , the pastor 's nephew ?", "That comes —", "How do I know ? I think it was because we got angry at each other the", "Sunday before !", "I do n't understand you !", "About me ?", "Leonard !", "Not a word .", "You bad man ! Get out of my sight !", "Oh , my God , I am chained to this man !", "I know nothing about it .", "Here comes my father .", "I must go into the kitchen !LEONARDWell , I guess there is nothing to be got here ! I can n't understand it at all ; for Master Antony is one of those fellows whose ghost , if you should accidentally put one too many letters on his gravestone , would haunt you until you took it off . For he would regard it as dishonest to appropriate more of the alphabet than he was properly entitled to .", "The weekly paper !", "Father ! SECOND BAILIFFHave you no pity ?", "Father , he is innocent ! He must be innocent ! He is your son , my brother !", "Father , father , I cannot —", "Father , you are terrible ! ANTONYDear daughter , Carl is only a bungler . He has killed his mother , and what does it mean ? His father remains alive ! So , come to his aid — you cannot ask him to do everything alone . You must make an end of me ! The old trunk still looks rugged , does n't it ? But it has begun to totter already — it will not cost you much trouble to fell it ! You need not reach for the ax . You have a pretty face — I have never praised you , but today I will tell you , so that you may acquire courage and confidence . Your eyes , nose , mouth are surely admired ! Become — You understand me ?— Or tell me , I have an idea that you are already — CLARAMother ! Mother !", "I — swear — that — I — will — never — bring — disgrace-on — you !", "Father , I have had enough .", "I ate out in the kitchen .", "You wrenched the hammer away from him and did it yourself , and said : “ This is my masterpiece ! ” The preceptor , who was just then leading the choir boys in the dirge over by the door , thought you had gone crazy .", "Yes , father , so it is .", "Oh , Carl !", "Calm yourself !", "Merciful God ! What shall I do ?", "Father , Carl has not yet confessed anything , and they have found nothing on him .", "You always believe the worst things you can of Carl ! You have always done so ! I wonder if you still remember how —", "And supposing Carl is acquitted ? Supposing the jewels are found again ?", "He has just gone out .", "Oh , father ! Why are you not here ?— He has forgotten his spectacles — there they lie ! Oh , if he only notices it and returns for them !— How then ? Where Who had them ?", "Yes !", "That she is not altogether in her right mind , to be sure ! WOLFRAMMy God ! My God ! All in vain ! Not a single servant that I have ever taken into my house have I allowed to leave me ; to each one I have paid double wages and closed my eyes to all remissness , in order to buy their silence ! And yet — the false , ungrateful creatures ! Oh , my poor children ! Only for your sake did I seek to conceal it !", "Do not blame your servants ! Surely it is not their fault ! Ever since your neighbor 's house burned down , and your wife stood at the open window laughing and clapping her hands at the fire , yes , and even puffing out her cheeks and blowing at it , as if she wanted to make it burn more furiously , people have had to choose between taking her for the devil himself or for a lunatic . And there were hundreds who saw that !", "Your own wife !", "Oh , my poor mother ! It is too terrible !", "Once in the tavern the bailiff put his glass down on the table by my father 's and nodded to him as if he wanted to touch glasses with him . My father then took his away , and said : “ People in red coats and blue trimmings used to have to drink out of glasses with wooden feet . Also they used to have to wait out in front of the window , or , if it was raining , by the door , and respectfully remove their hats when the landlord handed them the drink . Moreover , if they felt a desire to touch glasses with anybody , they waited until neighbor Hangman happened in . ” Oh , God ! What is not possible in this world ! My mother had to pay for that with an untimely death !", "In the mountains at the lumber-dealer 's .", "No !", "I should think people would forget about such things when they had hundreds and thousands of books to study .", "And— what happens then ?", "Everything is bright and cheerful today ; that 's because it is such beautiful weather .", "Oh , that is true , so true ! It almost makes me cry !", "To Leonard ! Where else should I go ? Only that one road lies before me in this world !", "Do not make me frantic ! Do not mention that word again ! You ! It is you I love ! There ! I cry it out to you as if I were already wandering on the other side of the grave , where no one blushes any more , where cold and naked forms glide past one another , because the fearful , holy presence of God has entirely consumed in every one all thought of others .", "Did you ? Oh , the other too !He stepped up in front of me — he or I !— Oh , my heart , my accursed heart ! In order to prove to him , prove to myself , that it was not so , or to stifle it if it were so , I did what now— God in Heaven ! I would have pity on myself , were I Thou , and Thou I !", "Oh , ask me everything that conspires to drive a poor girl crazy ! Scorn and derision from all sides when you went to the University , and did not let me hear from you .— “ She still thinks of him ! ” “ She thinks that child 's play was meant seriously ! ” “ Does she receive any letters from him ? ” — And then , too , my mother : “ Stay with people of your class ! ” “ Pride never succeeds ! ” “ Leonard is a very nice fellow ; everybody is surprised that you look at him over your shoulder so ! ” And added to all the rest , my own heart : “ If he has forgotten you , show him that you too — ” Oh , God !", "Release me ? There !SECRETARYAs cashier , I — your brother — thief — very sorry — but out of consideration for my office , I cannot help it —He wrote you that on the very day your mother died ? For he adds his condolence on her sudden death !", "I suppose so !", "Yes !", "Go now , go ! SECRETARYOr else one would have to shoot the dog who knows of it . Oh , that he had some courage about him ! That he would stand up and fight ! That one could force him to it ! I should not be afraid of missing him !", "I beg of you ! SECRETARYAs soon as it grows dark !Girl , you stand before me —Thousands of your sex would have kept it a secret with shrewd cunning , and only in an hour of sweet forgetfulness would have confided it coaxingly to the ear and soul of their husbands . I feel what I owe you ! CLARAOh , my heart , lock yourself up ! Crush yourself together so that not another drop of that blood may escape which would kindle again the congealing life in my veins ! For a moment a feeling akin to hope arose in you again ! Now for the first time I am conscious of it !No ! No man can , overlook that ! And if — could you yourself overlook it ? Would you have had the courage to grasp a hand that — No ! no ! Such evil courage you would not have ! You would with your own hands have to lock yourself into your hell , if any one tried to open the door from the outside . You are forever — Oh , alas , that the pain is intermittent , that the piercing agony sometimes ceases ! That is the reason why it lasts so long ! The tortured man imagines he is resting when the torturer merely pauses to get his breath . It is like a drowning man 's catching his breath on the waves , when the current that has drawn him under spews him forth again only to seize him once more and draw him down . He has nothing but a double , futile fight for life !— Well , Clara ?— Yes , father , I am going ! Your daughter will not drive you to self-destruction ! Soon I shall be the wife of that man , or — God ! No ! I do not go begging for happiness — it is misery , the deepest misery that I beg for ! You will give me my misery !— Away ! Where is the letter ?Three wells you pass on your way to him ! You must not halt at any of them , Clara — you have not yet the right to do that !", "Good evening , Leonard !", "I have come to give back your letter ! Read it again ! LEONARDIt is a perfectly sensible letter ! How can a man who has public money in trust marry into a family to which— to which your brother belongs ?", "Leonard !", "Leonard , I am my father 's daughter ! Not as the sister of an accused , innocent man , who has been set free — for my brother is at liberty — not as a girl who trembles before undeserved disgrace , forI tremble still more before you , only as the daughter of the old man who gave me life , do I stand here !", "Can you ask ? Oh , that I might go away ! My father will cut his throat , unless — Marry me !", "He has sworn it ! Marry me !", "He has sworn it ! Marry me ! And , afterward , kill me ! I will thank you even more for the latter than for the former !", "Answer that yourself !", "No , that I cannot swear ! But this I can swear Whether I love you or do not love you , that you shall never know ! I will wait on you , I will work for you , you need give me nothing to eat , I will support myself , I will do sewing and spinning for other people at night , I will go hungry when I have nothing to do , I will rather bite a piece out of my own arm than go to my father and let him suspect anything ! When you beat me , because your dog is not at hand , or because you have kicked him out , I will rather swallow my own tongue than emit a cry which will betray to the neighbors what is going on . I cannot promise that my skin will not show the welts caused by your whip , for that is not in my power . But I will lie about it , I will say that I fell head foremost against the cupboard , or that I slipped on the floor because it was too smooth — that I will do before anybody has time to ask me where the black and blue marks came from !— Marry me ! I shall not live long ! And if it lasts too long for you , if you do not care to meet the expenses of the divorce proceedings necessary to get rid of me , them buy some poison of the apothecary and put it somewhere as if it were for your rats . I will take it without your even nodding to me , and tell the neighbors with my dying breath that I took it for pulverized sugar !", "Then may God not frown too severely on me if I come before he calls me ! If I had myself alone to consider I would endure it patiently . If the world kicked me in my misery , instead of standing by me , I would bear it submissively and regard it as just punishment for I know not what ! I would love my child , even if it had your features , and I would cry so much before the poor innocent thing that , when it grew older and wiser , it would certainly not despise and curse its mother . But it is not myself alone ; and on Judgement Day I shall much more easily find an answer to the Judge 's question : why did you drive your father to it ?", "I readily believe that you fail to understand why anybody in the world should keep an oath .", "I thank you as I would thank a serpent which had wound itself around me and unwound itself and sprung away again , because another prey enticed it . I know that I have been bitten , I know that it deserts me only because it does not seem worth the trouble to suck out what little marrow there is left in my bones . But still I thank the snake , for now I shall have a quiet death . Yes , man , I am not mocking ; to me it is as if I had seen through your breast down into the abyss of hell , and whatever may be my lot in the awful eternity to come , I shall never have anything more to do with you , and that is a consolation ! And just as the unfortunate person whom a viper has stung cannot be blamed for opening his veins in terror and disgust , in order that his poisoned blood may stream swiftly forth , so perhaps God in His everlasting mercy will take pity on me when He looks down upon you and me and sees what you have made of me ! For how could I do it , when I never , never should have done it ?— One thing more : My father knows nothing , he does not even suspect anything ! And that he may never find out I shall quit the world this very day ! If I thought for one moment that you— oh , but that is foolishness ! You would be only all the better pleased to see them all stand and shake their heads and inquire in vain of one another why it happened !", "Away from here ! The man can talk !", "No !", "Better both than a parricide ! Oh , I know that one cannot atone for one sin with another ! But what I now do affects me alone ! If I hand the knife to my father the blow strikes him as well as me ! It strikes me in any case ! That gives me courage and strength in all my distress ! Things will go well with you on earth !", "Where ? What ?", "Nothing !", "I held fast to the scrap of paper , and yet the evening wind is so strong that it blows the tiles off the roofs . As I was passing the church one fell right in front of me , so that my foot struck against it . Oh , God ! I thought — one more ! And I stood still . That would have been fine ; they would have buried me and said : “ She met with an accident ! ” — But I waited in vain for the second . CARLThunder and — I 'll lame the hand that wrote that !— Bring me a bottle of wine ! Or is your savings box empty ?", "There is one more in the house . I had bought it secretly for mother 's birthday and put it aside . Tomorrow would have been the day —", "Carl , do not drink so much ! Father says the devil lurks in wine !", "As if he had been in a den of thieves . No sooner had he opened his mouth than mother fell over and was dead !", "Surely you are not going to —", "Brother , you talk —", "You do not understand me !", "And are you going away to leave your father all alone ? He is sixty years old !", "I ?", "Oh , what anguish ! Yes , I must go ! Away !", "I must go into the kitchen ! What else should I mean ?", "Yes ! That too ! Just to hear that I came home again !", "Why do I not do it then ? Shall I never do it ? Am I going to continue putting it off from day to day , as I am now doing from one minute to the next , until — certainly ! Then , away ! Away ! And yet I stand still ! I have a feeling as if imploring hands were raised in my womb , as if eyes —What does it mean ? Am I too weak to do it ? Then ask yourself if you are strong enough to see your father with his throat cut !—No ! No !— Our Father , Who art in Heaven , hallowed be Thy name — God ! God ! My poor head ! I cannot even pray ! Brother ! Brother ! Help me !", "The Lord 's Prayer !It seemed to me as if I were already lying in the water and sinking , and had not yet prayed ! I— Forgive us our trespasses , as we forgive those that trespass against us ! That is it ! Yes ! Yes ! Certainly I forgive him ! I shall think no more of him !— Good night , Carl !", "Thank you ! Thank you ! That was the last thing that still troubled me ! The deed itself would have betrayed me ! Now people will say : She had an accident ! She fell in !", "It is bright moonlight !— Oh , God , I am coming only because otherwise my father would come ! Forgive me , as I — have mercy on me — mercy —" ]

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[ "Good morning , Mr. Mifflin . MIFFLINGood morning , Miss Gorodna .", "Mr. Gibson has been very nice about it . He told me he would give you the interview for your article . He 's in the factory — trying to settle some things he can n't settle . I 'll let him know you 're here .NORAHe 'll be right here .", "This is Mr. Mifflin , Mr. Gibson .", "With their hands , Mr. Gibson !", "Why should n't they ?", "It means the elimination of capital and the capitalist !", "No , Mr. Gibson ; it 's to go on until the abolition of the wage system !", "The struggle with capitalism will continue till the workers take possession of the machinery of production . It is theirs by right ; the wealth they produce is morally their own . The parasites who now consume that wealth must be destroyed .", "It 's what you stand for that my theories make me detest — since you used the word .", "Class and class hatred .", "From both !", "You do n't ! So long as capital exists you and I are in warring classes , Mr. Gibson .", "Capitalist and proletariat . You can n't get out of your class and I do n't want to get out of mine .", "We are not . We never shall be — and we never were ! Even before we were born we were n't ! You came into this life with a silver spoon . I was born in a tenement room where five other people lived . My father was a man with a great brain . He never got out of the tenements in his life ; he was crushed and kept under ; yet he was a well-read man and a magnificent talker ; he could talk Marx and Tolstoi supremely . Yet he never even had time to learn English .", "Your father was n't crushed under the capitalistic system as mine was . My father was an intellectual .", "What of that ? Mine remained a thinker and a revolutionist ; yours became a capitalist .", "Yes , and took advantage of the capitalistic system to own the factory .", "How many hours a day do you work , Mr. Gibson ?", "In other words , when you want to work .", "You take a higher return !", "Can it be possible that you think you deserve as much as any of these workers ? You do n't so much as touch one of these pianos that bring you your return . I do ! I work on them with my hands . Do you think you deserve as much as I ?", "Do n't talk to me as a woman ! My work is pleasant enough now ; but what work did I have to do before I got this far ? I worked sixteen hours a day , and when I was only a child at that ! Twelve hours I was sewing , and four I studied . If my father had n't known music and taught me a little your capitalistic system would have me sewing twelve hours a day still !", "We do ? Do you really think that ? That we get paid for what we do ?", "Then what do you get paid for ? For nothing in the world but owning this factory . You 're paid because you 're a capitalist !", "Why , look at the state the factory 's in ! The discontent you saw in those men — that 's the fault of the capitalistic system ! There are n't twenty workmen in the place that are contented .", "Not until the system 's changed . What are you going to do about it ? GIBSONThey 've driven me as far as they can . If they walk out I 'll walk out . I can stand it if they can .", "You 'd close down ? Your only solution is to take the bread out of these men 's mouths ?", "You 'll let us starve because you have n't the courage to come to the right solution ! Do n't you mind starving us ?", "That 's the capitalist ! They think it 's capital that runs the factories !", "What in the world else ?You think you produce this wealth because you 've got your money in it ? You pass out a pittance to those who do produce it , and when they ask for more than a pittance you take their tools away from them ! If they rebel you set the police on them . That 's capital — and that 's you , Mr. Gibson !", "I mean it !", "My theories ! I have n't any theories ! I 'm talking about the truth , and the truth is my whole life . I can n't find room for anything but the truth .", "Ah , that 's a man 's egoism ! With the whole world seething so that its wrongs should fill every mind — yes , and every heart — until they 're righted , you ask me —", "Are you going to give them what they want ?", "We must n't forget that .CARTERThe telephone is ringin ’ .", "Yes , I — remember . But things were different then . Please . I think I ought n't to keep it now .I came to see you on a matter of business , too .", "Oh , no ! Please stay , Mr. Carter ! It 's a factory matter .It was about that great stock of wire you had your purchasing agent buy just before the — before you went away , Mr. Gibson .", "Thank you ! If you remember , you must have ordered him to buy all the wire of our grade that was in the market at that time . At any rate , we found ourselves in possession of an enormous stock that would have lasted us about three years .", "As it happened it turned out to be a very good investment , Mr. Gibson , because in less than a month it had gained about nine per cent . in value , and three weeks ago a man came to us and offered to take it off our hands at a price giving us a twenty-two per cent . profit !", "So of course we sold it . GIBSONDid you ?", "Naturally we did ! Twenty-two per cent . profit in that short time ! Now it just happens that we 've got to buy some more ourselves , and we can n't get hold of any , even at the price that we sold it , because it seems to have kept going up . I thought perhaps you might know where to get some at the price you bought the other , and you might n't mind telling us .", "You think there is n't any ?", "Then I 'm afraid we 'll have to get some back from the people we sold to . Of course I 'm anxious to show the great financial improvement as well as other improvements . That 's partly my province and Mr. Carter 's , our committee chairman , besides our regular work .", "Hill was always a capitalist at heart . We certainly have n't needed him !", "Oh , a great many !", "Economies !Mr. Gibson , have you any realization of what you threw away at that place ? Do n't be afraid , I 'll never bring you the figures . I would n't do such a thing to anybody !", "We could n't believe it at first . Just what was being thrown away on advertising , for instance . The bill you paid for the last month you were there was five thousand dollars !", "We cut that five thousand dollars down to three hundred ! That was one item of forty-seven hundred dollars a month saved . Just one item ! CARTERQuite some item ! NORAFive thousand dollars a month to advertise a piano that sells for only a hundred and eighty-eight dollars !", "Mr. Gibson , did you really ever have any idea what you were paying in commissions to agents ?", "Why , I can n't believe it ! Did you know that you paid them twenty per cent . on each piano ? Over thirty-seven dollars !", "But was n't it thrown away ? I can n't understand how you kept the factory going so long as you did , with such losses . Why , do n't you know it amounts to hundreds of thousands of dollars a year ? When we found it out we could n't see how you made both ends meet , and we thought there must have been some mistake , and you 'd never realized what advantage these agents were taking of you .", "The very first month our profits were four thousand dollars more than the last month you were there !", "And the next month we cut down the commissions , and the profits were five thousand more !", "But last month , with new economies , we showed a larger profit than you had !", "We sha n't know that until the report 's read at the meeting to-morrow . I think it will be the largest profit of all .", "He is n't a good influence .", "They were n't needed . Our bookkeeping is so simplified since you left !", "Yes ; and whatever problems come up , they 're all settled at our meetings .", "It 's that Mrs. Simpson ; she 's a great nuisance .", "Do n't you think you and Frankel might shake hands now , like good comrades ? FRANKELSure , I 'll shake hands with him !", "Well ?", "Is that the old capitalistic sneer ?", "I 'll try not . Of course it is n't all a bed of roses ! Of course things do n't run like oiled machinery !", "It 's magnificent !", "Yes ; I 'd like you to see how reasonable people settle their differences when they have an absolutely equal and common interest . GIBSONAre n't you ever tired ?", "Tired of living out my ideals ?", "Oh !", "Oh , no ; that 's only an amount carried over .", "Oh , we 'll work it all out at the meeting , Mr. Carter !", "We 'll do it , comrade ! CARTERSure ! Sure we will ! It 's wonderful what a meeting does ; I 'm always forgettin ’ all we got to do is vote and then the trouble 's over .NORAI was afraid this would happen . Of course after Mrs. Simpson came other wives were bound to . CARTERWell , I guess I better —", "I just wonder —", "Well , if that 's something the meeting can settle ? CARTERWell , it 's got to vote on it .", "We did vote on Mrs. Simpson last meeting .", "It did n't seem to settle Mrs. Simpson , did it ?", "No ; I should think not !", "I do n't know what will be an inspiration to you .", "The next order of business —", "Is reports of committees . CARTERThe next order of business is reports of committees .The first committee I will report on is my committee . I will state it is very difficult reading , because consisting of figures written by the bookkeeper , and pretty hard to make head or tail of , but —", "It 's over ; it has n't done any harm ! FRANKELIt was in that piano .Look out , he 's probably got another one in there .MIFFLINIt must have been an accident !", "The only way , comrades , to know how much we have gained since the last division is to read the bookkeeper 's report .", "The bookkeeper has charge , but there are n't any checks .", "It 's all of us ! Have n't we all done this thing together ?", "We 've all got to !", "Could n't we have learned ? Could n't one of us ?", "But he left !", "Other people offered him more money .", "But were you worth all that you took ? You took all that the business made .", "Were you actually worth that much to it ?", "It is n't right ; you pay labour only what you have to pay .", "It is n't right ! It is n't right !", "Will it always be so ?", "But will the plan always fail ?", "Well — I 'm whipped .Are you going to accept that offer ?" ]

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[ "Not to me who ‘ ave seen a Lord married in", "Hengland .", "Mrs. Haustin !", "A good many ‘ appens to be ‘ aving the sense to be going now .", "‘ E 's glad to get ‘ er !", "Mrs. Cullingham do n't seem in no ‘ urry ; she 's a common lot !", "Miss Chester . I 've seen there was something goin ’ hon between them whenever she 's dined or lunched ‘ ere .", "I 'll bet my month 's wages .", "Why , what 's it to you , please ?", "If I was a gentleman , miss , I would n't be here ; I 'd be on the other side of the door .", "Very well , miss .", "Go and see if the carriage is there !", "You can take that first .", "Now , James , you 're to go over with the luggage to Twenty-third", "Street Ferry and check the heavy baggage ; you know where to .", "I am hunder hoath not to tell , Miss .", "And wait with the checks and Mr. Austin 's dressing-bag —— until they come ." ]

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[ "Now , do n't move . Remember you 're a sick man , and forget you 're a servant .", "I found a red lamp only three doors off . He 'll be along in half a minute .", "How could I explain what it was , you fool , when I do n't know ? I simply asked to see the doctor , and I told him there was a fellow-creature suffering at No . 126 , and would he come at once . “ 126 ? ” he said , “ 126 has been shut up for years . ”", "I saida hundred and twenty-six — and ran off . Then he yelled out after me that he 'd come instantly .... I say , Shawn , we 're discovered . I could tell that from his sudden change of tone . I bet the entire street knows that the celebrated Me has arrived at last . I feel like a criminal already , dashed if I do n't ! I wish we 'd gone to a hotel now .I say , did you make up the bed ?", "But what about sheets and so on ?", "Well , do n't you think you could work your passage out to the bed ? With my help ?", "Keep on in that tone — and I 'll give you the sack on the spot . Now then . Try — before the doctor comes .", "Confound ——", "Just now . That is , he only began to complain about six o'clock . We arrived in London this morning from Madrid .", "What for ?", "But there is n't any ... we 've nothing except this spirit-lamp .", "Not one .", "Shawn , my poor fellow , he takes you for the illustrious Ilam Carve . This is what comes of me rushing out in shirt sleeves .I can n't explain it to him .", "It 's all right . You 'll be infinitely better looked after , you know , and I shall be saved from their infernal curiosity .", "Shawn , I 've always suspected you were a bad lot . Now I know . I also know why you were so devilish anxious to put me to bed early . What am I to say to this young lady on your behalf ?", "I do n't think we 've got a wine glass . There 's a cup , but I suppose that is n't medical enough .", "What is this device ? PASCOE . This device ? I 'm going to get some strychnine into him by injection . Steady with that cup , now !", "Might I ask what 's the matter with him ?", "Surely that 's some one in the hall .", "There 's one there .", "Yes . I — I think he was just making it up .", "Always .", "Can I do anything ?", "I see it .", "The bell must be out of order .", "Oh ! You think I 'm out of order .", "All we famous folk ?", "What sort of thing ?", "The front door ? On purpose ? What for ?", "You 're the young lady that Mr. Shawn 's expecting ——", "So you 're the young lady — Mrs .— Miss ——", "No , no . Not a message .... But — the fact is , we 're rather upset here for the moment .", "Now , if it is n't an indiscreet question , how did you know that there was illness ?", "Pneumonia .", "Mercy ?", "Coming over from the Continent .", "Mr. Shawn ? Oh no , no ! It 's Ilam Carve .", "And who told you that ?", "You think he will ?", "Well , if you could call again ——", "Not precisely a message . But if you could call again ——", "Any time . Any time . Soon .", "Why not morning ?", "Nothing to complain of , if you ask me .", "I say — you wo n't forget ?", "What 's this about a nurse ?", "On the contrary , I should like him to be treated with every care . He 's invaluable to me .", "But you think I carry oddness rather far ?", "Nervousness — nothing but nervousness . I 'm very nervous . And then — you know the saying — like master , like man .", "Oh , very . Always was . Ever since I 've known him . You remember his first picture at the Academy ?", "Either you remember it exactly or you do n't remember it at all . Life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle .", "Not a bit . The oddness of the fellow ——", "His oddness came out in this way — although the thing had really a great success , from that day to this he 's never painted another life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle .", "Do n't you ? Well , perhaps you do n't go in for art much . If you did , you 'd know that the usual and correct thing for a painter who has made a great success with a life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle , is to keep on doing life-size pictures of a policeman blowing his whistle for ever and ever , so that the public can always count on getting from him a life-size picture of a policeman blowing his whistle .", "Seeing the way he invariably flouted the public , it 's always been a mystery to me how he managed to make a name , to say nothing of money .", "No , not Alcar . I think the bobby was last bought by Texel .", "Collector — United States — one of their kings , I 'm told .", "Really ! That 's what I should call influence . No . It was the “ Pelicans feeding their Young ” that Alcar bought . Four thousand . You 're getting mixed up .", "Then the — governor really is famous in England ? You see we never come to England .", "Yes . I 've looked at his prices . Titian 's prices are higher , but Titian is n't what you 'd call famous with the general public , is he ? What I want to know is — is the governor famous among the general public ?", "About how famous should you say he is ?", "No , it is n't . Is he as famous as — er — Harry Lauder ?", "Is he as famous as Harry Vardon ?", "I only see these names in the papers . Is he as famous as Bernard", "Shaw ?", "Oh , well that 's not so bad . Better than I thought ! It 's so difficult to judge where one is — er — personally concerned . Especially if you 're never on the spot .", "Why should he come to England ? He is n't a portrait painter . It 's true he owns this house , but surely that is n't sufficient excuse for living in a place like England ?", "Well , there is .", "Have a cigarette ?", "Oh !He gave it me .", "Well , you see we 're more like brothers — been together so long . He gives me his best suits too . Look at this waistcoat .", "Yes — shyness .", "Just simple shyness . Shyness is a disease with the governor , a perfect disease .", "Did you notice it ?", "Pardon me . My esteemed employer 's shyness is a special shyness . He 's only shy when he has to play the celebrity . So long as people take him for no one in particular he 's quite all right . For instance , he 's never shy with me . But instantly people approach him as the celebrity , instantly he sees in the eye of the beholder any consciousness of being in the presence of a toff — then he gets desperately shy , and his one desire is to be alone at sea or to be buried somewhere deep in the bosom of the earth .What are you laughing at ?", "No , but seriously ! It 's true what I tell you . It amounts almost to a tragedy in the brilliant career of my esteemed . You see now that England would be impossible for him as a residence . You see , do n't you ?", "Why , even on the Continent , in the big towns and the big hotels , we often travel incognito for safety . It 's only in the country districts that he goes about under his own name .", "None , except a few Italian and Spanish peasants — and me .", "Oh , not so bad as that ! And then it 's only fair to say he has his moments of great daring — you may say rashness .", "Are they ?We 're here now owing to one of his moments of rashness .", "Yes . We met an English lady in a village in Andalusia , and — well , of course , I can n't tell you everything — but she flirted with him and he flirted with her .", "Yes . And then he proposed to her . I knew all along it was a blunder .", "Yes . She belonged to the aristocracy , and she was one of those amateur painters that wander about the Continent by themselves — you know .", "Oh yes . They got as far as Madrid together , and then all of a sudden my esteemed saw that he had made a mistake .", "We fled the country . We hooked it . The idea of coming to London struck him — just the caprice of a man who 's lost his head — and here we are .", "Him ?Really ! Confound him ! Now I 've always suspected that ; though he manages to keep his goings-on devilish quiet .", "It 's such a pleasure to talk freely — for once in a way .", "Oh ! He wo n't mind !", "Digging ? Oh no . He must have got a bad chill on the steamer . Why ?", "Oh , I see ! All artists are like that . Messing about with paints and acids and things . Look at my hands .", "No , no .", "But — but ——", "You do n't mean to say — Why , he 's a strong healthy man !", "But this is ridiculous . I simply do n't know what I shall do without that man . The stage is darkened for a few moments to indicate passage of time .", "Will there have to be an inquest ?", "It 's some relief to know that . I could n't have faced a coroner .", "That 's what you call perfectly ordinary , is it ? A man is quite well on Tuesday afternoon , and dead at 4 a. m. on Thursday morning .My watch has stopped .", "Almost half an hour ago . Two sausages that were sent in yesterday for the nurse .", "Oh yes .", "No , I — I did n't telegraph — I forgot ——", "I did n't know the address .", "See here , doctor . I 'm afraid there 's been some mistake .", "Registrar ?", "Is that the front door bell ?", "Oh yes , I have ! You got up a great quarrel when you were aged twelve , you and he .", "How did you get to know about it ?", "Yes .", "I 've never spoken to a journalist in my life .", "Very well . Then you 're going ?", "PASCOE . Yes .", "Want a word of advice ?", "I — I ought ——", "Now for it !Well ?", "Recognize your cousin ?", "Should you indeed .And so you 're Cyrus , the little boy that kicked and tried to bite in that historic affray of thirty years ago .", "What salary ?", "Eighty pounds a year .", "The day before yesterday .", "But listen ——", "What bank ? He did n't keep them in any bank .", "He kept them himself .", "Yes . Why not ?", "Mine .", "That is ——", "His .Now then , mind what you 're about ! Those are etching things .", "That 's a typewriter .", "That was — his servant 's .", "Yes , I mean mine .", "What the devil has that got to do with you ?", "I 've got something to tell you ——", "Yes .", "Here .", "Yes .", "I 'm not laughing . I 'm smiling .There 's nothing there except lists of securities and pictures and a few oddments — passports and so on .", "Here , steady ! There 's twelve thousand francs there besides some", "English notes . That 's mine .", "Yes .", "And those letters are mine too .", "So long as you burn them I do n't mind .", "Oh ! Is that still there ? I thought it was destroyed .", "Yes . It 's a will that was made in Venice I do n't know how long ago — just after your aunt died and you had that appalling and final shindy by correspondence about the lease of this house . Everything is left for the establishment of an International Gallery of Painting and Sculpture in London , and you 're the sole executor , and you get a legacy of five pounds for your trouble .", "He did .", "He said it would be one in the eye for you — and he wondered whether you 'd decline the executorship .", "But he meant to destroy that will long since .", "No .", "I was forgetting that .", "He 's left his card . There it is .", "Yes . But he did n't . His house is only three doors off .", "Shall you ?", "I say .", "Nothing .", "Oh ! You !", "Had you ? Well , will you sit down — er — I sayWhat do you think of that chap ?", "It 's Mr. Cyrus Carve . The great West End auctioneer .", "Did he ?", "The man is an ass .", "Not content with being an ass merely , he is a pompous and a stupid ass .Now there is something very important that he ought to know , and he would n't let me tell him . JANET . Really ?", "Yes , very important . But no . He would n't let me tell him . And perhaps if I 'd told him he would n't have believed me .", "I do n't know — Would n't let me .", "Now I wonder if you 're right .", "No , I 'm hanged if I write to him !", "Perhaps it is .Pardon me .I was only thinking what a terrific lark it will be .", "If he never does get to know . If nobody ever gets to know .No . I 'll keep my mouth shut .", "You advise me to keep my mouth shut ?", "He shall go his own way .", "And", "I 'll — go — mine .", "And that being settled , the first thing I have to do is to apologize for my behaviour on Tuesday night .", "Done the same yourself ?", "Just so .", "Quite .", "Let me see now ——", "Where did I put it ? Oh , perhaps it 's in the pocket of another coat .", "If you knew what I 've been through this last day or two ——", "I have n't had a quiet moment . Now ——“ Dear Sir , in reply to your advertisement , I write to you with particulars of my case . I am a widow , aged thirty-two years —— ”", "My dear lady !“ Thirty-two years . My father was a jobbing builder , well known in Putney and Wandsworth . My husband was a rent collector and estate agent . He died four years ago of appendicitiscaught —— ”", "I beg pardon , “ — caused by accidentally swallowing a bristle out of his tooth-brush , the same being discovered at the operation . I am an orphan , a widow , and have no children . In consequence I feel very lonely , and my first experience not being distasteful , indeed the reverse , I am anxious to try again , provided I can meet with a sincere helpmeet of good family . I am the owner of the above house , rated at forty-five pounds a year , in one of the nicest streets in Putney , and I have private means of some three pounds a week , from brewery shares bringing in fifteen per cent . I will say nothing about my appearance , but enclose latest carte-de-visite photograph . ”", "“ As to my tastes , I will only say that as a general rule they are quiet . If the above seems in your line , I shall be obliged if you will write and send me particulars of yourself , with photographs .— Yours truly , JANET CANNOT . ” Well , Mrs . Cannot , your letter is an absolute model .", "Well —— By the way , what 's this type-written thing in the envelope ?", "Oh !", "So thats the explanation of the typewriter .", "Private secretary ! I — shall we just glance through my reply ?“ My dear Mrs . Cannot , your letter inspires me with more confidence than any of the dozens of others I have received . ”“ As regards myself , I should state at once that I am and have been for many years private secretary , indeed I may say almost companion , to the celebrated painter . Mr. Ilam Carve , whose magnificent pictures you are doubtless familiar with . ”", "Really . “ We have been knocking about England together for longer than I care to remember , and I personally am anxious for a change . Our present existence is very expensive . I feel the need of a home and the companionship of just such a woman as yourself . Although a bachelor , I think I am not unfitted for the domestic hearth . My age is forty . ” That 's a mistake of the typewriter .", "Forty-five it ought to be .", "“ My age is forty-five . By a strange coincidence Mr . Carve has suggested to me that we set out for England to-morrow . At Dover I will telegraph you with a rendezvous . In great haste . Till then , my dear Mrs . Cannot , believe me , ” etc .", "Perhaps I was afraid of prejudicing you in advance .", "Oh , quite .", "Mr . Carve ?...Oh !He 's dead !", "Early this morning .", "I forgot for the moment . I was n't thinking ——", "Now , Mrs . Cannot , I assure you I feel that man 's death . I admit I had very little affection for him — certainly not much respect — but we 'd been together a long time , and his death is a shock to me . Yes , really . But I 've had to think so much about my own case — and then a scene , a regular scene with Cyrus Carve . And then you coming . The fact is ——", "A month ? But what am I to do with myself for a month ? Do you know you 're absolutely the only friend I 've got in London — in England . We 're never here . I 'm an utter stranger . You can n't leave me like that — for a month — four weeks — four Sundays . I have n't the least idea what 's going to happen to me .", "Yes , but where ?", "I 've got to be out of this place in half an hour , less . The fact is , Cyrus Carve has been extremely — er — pert . He 's paid me a month 's salary and I 'm off at once . In under thirty minutes I shall be on the streets .", "But I do n't know any nice respectable boarding-house .", "I have n't had a paper to-day .", "I do n't think I should fancy it .", "And I was thinking how cheap it was .", "Upon my soul I do n't know what money I have got .", "Let 's see . Well , there 's seven poundsand thisNot much is it ? Sixteen shillings and sixpence . It 's true I 've an annuity of eighty pounds . I was forgetting that .", "Yes . But an annuity is n't ready cash , is it ?", "I was forgetting that too .", "Twenty-one fives , and ten tens . That makes two hundred and five pounds .I always knew I was a bad lot — but where did I collar all that from ?I know what I shall do ! I shall go to the Grand Babylon .", "In the big towns we always went to the best hotel . It 's cheapest in the end .", "Now , Mrs . Cannot , will you do me a favour ?", "Will you come and lunch with me at the Grand Babylon to-morrow ?", "Remember . You 're my only friend . Will you come and lunch with me at the Grand Babylon to-morrow ?", "I 'm really delighted to see you .", "I 'm not . Perhaps it 's these sleepless nights I 've had .", "I was wearing my dressing-gown . I nearly always do when I 'm alone . Do you think you 'd mind if I put it on again .", "Yes . Cousin Cyrus thought so too . He did n't want me to bring it away . Still , I beat him on that point .Do you know , you do me good .", "Well , and what 's the news from outside ? I have n't stirred since yesterday noon .", "Really ! Is it so much talked about as all that ?", "Nearly a page of it in the Telegraph !", "I never read obituaries of artists in the papers .", "Well , they make me angry . Obituaries of archbishops are n't so bad . Newspapers seem to understand archbishops . But when they begin about artists — you cannot imagine the astounding nonsense they talk .", "What did the Telegraph say ? Did you look at it ?", "Eccentric ! There you are ! He was n't eccentric in the least . The only society he avoided was the society of gaping fools .", "Really ! It said that ?", "Upon my soul I think I must .", "I was only going to telephone and have the daily papers sent up .", "There .", "Telephone in every room .", "Just take that thing off the hook and talk into it .It wo n't explode .", "Tell them to send me up the daily papers at once .", "Yes .", "Certainly .", "Thanks very much . Now you can hang it up again .", "What are you looking for ?", "No . This is my sitting-room .", "Yes .", "That 's one way to my bathroom . In a big hotel I always take a suite , you know . It 's so much more comfortable .", "To tell you the truth , I did n't ask the price .", "Thanks ! Give them to me .", "Now let 's just glance at these chaps .", "Why ? Here 's black borders and a heading across two columns ! “ Death of England 's greatest painter , ” “ Irreparable loss to the world 's art , ” “ Our readers will be shocked —— ” Are they all like that ?“ Sad death of a great genius . ”", "“ London 's grief . ” “ The news will come as a personal blow to every lover of great painting . ” But — but — I 'd no notion of this .It 's terrible .", "“ Although possibly something of a poseur in his choice of subjects .... ” The fellow 's a fool . Poseur indeed !", "Well — well .", "London 's grief . It 's the luncheon orchestra downstairs .", "Never mind it . Let ‘ em ring . I understand now why journalists and so on have been trying all day to see me . Honestly I 'm — I 'm staggered .", "I 'll stop it .", "Father Looe ? Never heard of him .", "Would you mind saying I 'm not at home ?", "Did you want to see him ?", "Then you shall . Tell them to send him up , will you ?", "Of course .", "Perhaps with your being here I sha n't be quite so shy .", "Painfully ! Who told them that , I should like to know ?", "It 's very curious . I have n't felt a bit shy with you .", "Yes .", "Yes .", "Please sit down .", "My friend , Mrs. Janet Cannot .", "A Catholic ?", "Yes — I believe so .", "Ilam Carve was not a Catholic .", "Ilam Carve was not a Catholic .", "Nothing in particular .", "Look here — what 's all this about ?", "Buried in Westminster Abbey ?", "I quite see .", "A decree absolute .", "Decidedly not .", "The whole thing is preposterous .", "Do n't you think you 're rather young to be in sole charge of this country ?", "He used Chinese white like anything .", "Chinese white , of course . My notion is that it does n't matter a fig how you get effects so long as you do get them .", "His ? Rather . You bet it was .", "The doctor ? What doctor ?", "But I do n't want to see him .", "Why ?", "But this is n't the doctor ?", "Who told you that ?", "I 've nothing to say .", "I 've nothing to say .", "Eccentric life on the Continent !", "I would n't mind signing an order for the fellow 's execution .", "Or burning at the stake .", "You 'd bury him in Westminster Abbey because he 's a philanthropist , not because he 's an artist . That 's England all over .... Well , I 'm hanged if I 'll have it .", "And I tell you another thing — he 's not dead .", "I am Ilam Carve .", "That 's just what I am .", "It must be stopped .", "I 'm doing nothing out of bed .", "I was afraid I had n't . But I called and called , and there was no answer . So then I began to argue the point . Why not get up ? I 'd had a tremendous long sleep . I felt singularly powerful . And I thought you 'd gone home .", "I did , honestly .", "Yes . But of course I thought you might be coming back sooner or later .", "You 've scarcely left me for three days and three nights , Mrs . Cannot , so far as I remember . Surely it was natural for me to suppose that you 'd gone home to your own affairs .", "Now , do n't be angry . I 'm only convalescent .", "No , I 'm dashed if I do !", "I say , I 'm dashed if I do ! I wo n't stir until I 've thanked you . I 've been ill I do n't know how many times ; but this is the first time in my life I 've ever enjoyed being ill. D'you knowI 'd really no idea what nursing was .", "I should like to . Even in this barracksyou 've quite altered my views of life .", "I suppose coffee 's on the menu ?", "I think I should like some café au lait , and a roll .", "All right . And then when I 've had it I 'll go to bed .", "Hello ! What 's this ? Hotel bill-receipted ?", "And you paid it ?", "Oh , not much above four pounds , I hope .", "Well ?", "Really !", "What ? “ Admit", "Mr. Albert Shawn to Westminster Abbey , cloisters entrance ....", "Funeral .... Tuesday . ” ... That 's to-day , is n't it ?", "But you told me he was n't going to be buried in", "Westminster Abbey .", "You told me Cyrus Carve had insisted on cremation .", "Then he 's .... Westminster Abbey !", "But it 's awful . Absolutely awful .", "I told you — I explained the whole thing to you .", "There 'll be a perfect Hades of a row . I must write to the Dean at once . I must ——", "Do you believe it ?", "No , you do n't . Honestly , do you now ?", "I must see her .", "I must see her .", "It 's very kind of you .", "And whom have we to thank for this beautiful national manifestation of sympathy with art ?", "Did your brother relent and graciously permit Lady Leonard Alcar to encourage a national funeral ? Or was it due solely to the influence of the newspapers written by people of refined culture like the man who gave his opinion the other day that I had got ‘ em ? Or perhaps you yourself settled it with your esteemed uncle over a cup of tea ?", "I used to — a little .", "Miss Looe , I suppose you 're on very confidential terms with your uncle .", "Will you give him a message from me . He 'll do perhaps better than anybody .", "It is something important — very important indeed . In fact —", "I —", "No , I can n't tell you . At least , not now . Thanks very much for calling .", "What 's this about being engaged to be married ?", "But are we cousins ?", "I see .", "All what ?", "But do you mean to say you 'd —", "But you must n't forget that he was really very successful indeed .... Just look at the money he made , for instance .", "He had the supreme satisfaction of doing what he enjoyed doing better than anybody else could do it .", "Painting .", "Do you know — a good deal of what you say applies to me .", "Doing with myself ?", "Oh , that ! It must be a photograph of the lady he was engaged to . He broke it off , you know . That was why we came to London in such a hurry .", "Lady Alice Rowfant .", "I do n't know . Everything got mixed up . Clothes , papers , everything .", "Of course ! Look here , do you suppose Lady Alice Rowfant is anything to me ?", "No .", "Honestly .", "I just wanted to tell you ——", "But I say , what are you doing ?", "What ? Now ?", "But you can n't leave me like this . I 'm very ill .", "And when shall you come back ?", "I shall be delighted to . But before that , wo n't you come here ?", "Why not to-morrow ?", "Listen — have some tea before you go .", "I have n't begun to thank you .", "You 're so sudden .", "I say — what can you see in me ?", "I — I do n't know what it is .... Something ....I dunno ! Everything !", "Supposing I have a relapse ?", "But supposing I do ?", "Please send me up a telegraph form .", "The pattern of this jug is really not so bad .... Yes , my soul ?", "Is there any more coffee ?", "Hot ?", "Then I do n't want any . Got any bacon ?", "Does n't matter .", "Ca n't you see he 's teasing you ?", "And now you 're going to leave me ?", "Jane —", "But I will call you Jane . Jane , why do you ask me if I 'm sure I 'm happy ? When a man has first-class food and first-class love , together with a genuine French bed , really waterproof boots , a constant supply of hot water in the bathroom , enough money to buy cigarettes and sixpenny editions , the freedom to do what he likes all day and every day — and — let me see , what else — a complete absence of domestic servants — then either that man is happy or he is a silly cuckoo !", "My sweet child , what 's the matter with you ?", "And I forgot it last year , did n't I ? I shall be forgetting my dinner next .", "And yet all last week I was thinking about this most important day , and telling myself I must remember it .", "Well , it does just happen that the proof is behind the sideboard .", "A present . It was all ready and waiting five days ago .", "No , no . You can n't take a picture like snuff ! Get away from it .Now !", "Well , not to beat about the bush , yes .", "How many times have you told me you hate flattery ?", "It is pretty good . In fact it 's devilish good . It 's one of the best things I ever did in my life . Old Carve would have got eight hundred for that like a shot .", "And now will she let him finish reading his paper ?", "This .", "Yes , they 've begun it at last .", "As for example ?", "Well , what should you have done , witch ?", "I do n't want more . If he 'd left me eight hundred a year instead of eighty , I should n't be any happier . That 's just what I 've learnt since I took lodgings in your delightful wigwam , Jane — money and fame have no connection whatever with happiness .", "But I have . You wo n't hear of me paying more than half the household expenses , and you say they 're never more than thirty shillings a week . Half thirty — fifteen . Look at the balance it leaves me .", "Anything wrong ?", "Jane , I do believe you 've been hiding something from me .", "I 've felt it for several days .", "“ Mrs. Albert Shawn . Sir or Madam . ” — Why are shareholders never supposed to have any particular sex ?— “ Sir or Madam . Cohoon 's Brewery , Ltd .,— I am directed by the shareholders ’ provisional committee of investigation to request your attendance at an informal meeting of shareholders to be held in room 2009 Winchester House on Friday the 20th inst . at noon . If you cannot be present , will you kindly write stating whether or not you will be prepared to support the committee of investigation at the annual meeting . In view of the probability that the directors ’ report will be unfavourable , and the ordinary dividend either passed or much reduced , the committee wishes to be thoroughly prepared and armed . Believe me , Sir or Madam . ” Oh ! So that 's it , is it ?", "Oh , well ! We must wait and see what happens .", "I never worry about money .", "Personally , I am quite satisfied with a plain but perfect table .", "I can place eighty pounds per annum at your absolute disposal . That alone will pay for over a thousand best cuts .", "And yet you have several times taken your Bible oath that my half-share of it all came to less than forty pounds .", "Jane , you have been a deceitful thing . But never mind . I will draw a veil over this sinful past . Let us assume that beer goes all to pieces , and that you never get another cent out of Cohoon 's . Well , as you need a hundred and eighty a year , I will give you a hundred and eighty a year .", "I shall earn it .", "I shall earn it here .", "Painting !", "If I wanted , I could take a cab and sell that in Bond Street inside sixty minutes at my own price . Only I do n't want .", "Yes , I was looking for it the other day , and I could n't find it .", "Sold ?What in the name of ——", "So he would . It was absolutely characteristic .", "And where 's the picture now ?", "I must get hold of it .", "How could I be vexed with two neckties to the good ? But do n't do it again , Jane . I shall go round to the Reindeer this morning and have a drink . If that picture ever found its way to a Bond Street expert 's , the consequences might be awkward — devilish awkward . Because it 's dated , you see .", "Just get me my cash-box , will you ?", "You see that ?Well , count it !", "That 's what I 've earned with painting , just at odd times .", "I 'll tell you . You know the framemaker 's next to Salmon and Gluckstein 's . I buy my colours and canvases and things there . They cost money . I owed the chap two pounds once , and one morning , in the shop , when I was opening my box to put some new tubes in , he saw one of my pictures all wet . He offered of his own accord to take it for what I owed him . I would n't let him have it . But I was rather hard up , so I said I 'd do him another instead , and I did him one in a different style and not half as good , and of course he liked it even better . Since then , I 've done him quite a few . It is n't that I 've needed the money ; but it 's a margin , and colours and frames , etc . come to a dickens of a lot in a year .", "With the pictures ? Do n't know . I 've never seen one in his window . I have n't been selling him any lately .", "Oh , I did n't feel like it . And the things were getting too good . But , of course , I can start again any time .", "You bet he would .", "Oh , three or four hours . I work pretty quickly .", "There 's one of your tradesmen .", "That ‘ ud make ‘ em sit up in Bond Street .", "Good-morning .", "By chance I have n't !", "Not a square inch .", "No .", "It 's not for sale .", "Well !", "Janet , would you mind leaving us a minute .", "Yes .", "Why do you ask me ?", "What 's that ?", "Look here ! I never could stick being called “ master ” ! It 's worse even than “ maître . ” Have a cigarette ? How did you find out who I was ?", "Yes , but you knew before you saw that .", "But I 'd completely altered my style . I altered it on purpose .", "Who are you ?", "What ! You 're my old dealer !", "The fact is , perhaps , I ought to explain .", "I 'll say this — you know a picture when you see it .", "All right ! Well , I 'll only ask you to persevere in your discretion . As you say , it is n't your affair . Thank goodness , I did n't put a date on any of these things . I wo n't sell any more . I 'd take an oath never to paint again , only I know I should go and break it next week . I shall rely on this famous discretion of yours to say nothing — nothing whatever .", "How too late ?", "Publicly ? Why ?", "What does that matter ? There is n't a date on any of them .", "And if there is ? No law against painting a taxi , I hope !", "The devil !", "But I wo n't give evidence ! You 've brought this on yourself . How much did you sell those little pictures for ?", "And what did you pay for them ? I ask you , what did you pay for them ?", "Damned Jew !", "I do n't care .", "Me in the witness-box ! Me cross-examined ! No . That 's always been my nightmare !", "Please go .Please go .", "You 've been listening ?", "Here 's a perfect Hades of a mess .", "Your faculty for keeping calm really is most singular .", "Anybody would say you did n't care a cent whether I 'm Ilam Carve or whether I 'm somebody else .", "But are n't you convinced now ?", "Oh yes ; had an excellent night in this chair .", "Well , of course I looked after it now and then . I did n't want to perish in my solitude .", "Janet , we are a pair of great babies to have quarrelled like that ,— especially at bedtime .", "Well , did n't we ?", "What did you agree with ? I should like to know .", "And do you call that agreeing with me ? I know perfectly well from your tone that in spite of all my explanations and reiterations during the last three months you do n't believe I 'm Ilam Carve . You only say you do in order to soothe me . I hate being soothed . You 're as convinced as ever that Ebag is a rascal , and that I 've got a bee in my bonnet .", "Well , I like that !", "Hush , hush ! There !Who 's being an infant now ?", "I hope you never will . One of the chief charms of existence in your wigwam , my child , is that I never hear any confounded chatter about art . Now — are we pals ?", "Why — what are you dressed like that for ?", "Going away ?", "Oh , nothing will upset me now . But you might let me know at once if the editor of the Spectator calls round with the bread .", "Oh , for a machine gun — one simple little machine gun !She immediately returns with a tray containing bread , etc ., and a toasting-fork .", "It 's too late — I 've had the subpoena . If I hooked it , everybody would say I was an adventurer .", "We should be followed .", "Now ?", "Creep away in the dark ! No ! I 'll go through with the thing .", "Jane !", "You 're taking an unfair advantage of me .", "You 're only a woman after all .... And I 'd thought so highly of you !", "What time is it ?", "Where do you mean to drag me to ?", "There 's a train from Victoria at 8. 30 .", "And the cab ?", "Why not ?", "I wanted to look at the weather .", "I say , here 's a curate pushed himself in at the front door !", "But I tell you he 's here !", "I suppose this is the very newest journalism . Would you mind me asking a question ?", "Why did you wait till the door was opened ? Seems a pity to stand on ceremony . Why not have broken a window or so and climbed right in ?", "Go on . Go on .... To think that I was once shy !", "As you say — really !", "And so these are my two sons ! They show little emotion in beholding the author of their being for the first time . As for me , I hardly recognise them .", "I see . If it is n't indiscreet , am I a grandfather ?", "I only wanted to know the worst . Silly joke about the fertility of curates — you 've met with it , no doubt !", "Undoubtedly .", "Good-morning . Good-morning .", "Incomparable woman !", "What ?", "You 're beginning to come round at last ?", "And yet she identified me . She was positive .", "Then you really think she could be mistaken on such a point ?", "I do n't know . It was to save worry to begin with , and then it went on by itself and somehow I could n't stop it .... I do n't know !", "It 's from Lord Leonard Alcar . He says if we 'll go up and see him to-morrow afternoon he 'll be very much obliged indeed , and he may be able to be of assistance to us .", "Oh , I sha n't go !", "Well , what about this trip to the Continent ?", "Now listen , Jane . What earthly good can it do ? I sha n't go .", "How d'you do ?", "Oh , very well ! Very well !", "How English !", "England all over !", "True ! What she is !", "I see you 've bought my latest portrait of my wife .", "I suppose it would be abusing your hospitality to inquire how much you paid our excellent dealer for it ?", "Really !", "Sheer carelessness , my lord .", "I beg your pardon . No , not profoundly . Why should it ?", "Excuse me . I claim nothing except to be let alone . Certainly I do not ask to be accepted as Ilam Carve . I was leading a placid and agreeable existence in a place called Putney , an ideal existence with a pearl among women , when my tranquillity was disturbed and my life transformed into a perfect nightmare by a quarrel between a retail trades-manand a wholesale ink-dealerabout one of my pictures . It does not concern me . My role is and will be passive . If I am forced into the witness-box I shall answer questions to the worst of my ability , and I shall do no more . I am not cross . I am not sulking ; but I consider that I have a grievance . If I am here , it is solely because my wife does what she likes with me .", "It depends .", "I assert nothing .", "Yes , but I do n't want to be .", "Well , he always did everything for me — a most useful man .... But I did n't ‘ allow ’ him to be buried in my name . On the contrary , I told various people that I was not dead — but strange to say , nobody would believe me . My handsome , fascinating cousin here would n't even let me begin to tell him . Even my wife would n't believe me , so I gave it up .", "Cousin , if you continue in that strain", "I shall have to take you out on to the doormat and assault you .", "My dear fellow , why not have told us this exciting news earlier ?", "Well ?", "True . And he 's seen you with yours off .", "Oh !", "No . Not precisely .", "Of course .", "I wo n't touch a penny of their wretched money .", "I 'm hanged if I do !", "I 'm dashed if I take my collar off .", "Why should I offer my skin to the inspection of two individuals in whom I have n't the slightest interest ? They 've quarrelled about me , but is that a reason why I should undress myself ? Let me say again , I 've no desire whatever to prove that I am Ilam Carve .", "I do n't look at it like that . Already my fellow-citizens , expressing their conviction that I was a great artist , have buried me in Westminster Abbey — not because I was a great artist , but because I left a couple of hundred thousand pounds for a public object . And now my fellow-citizens , here assembled , want me to convince them that I am a great artist by taking my collar off . I wo n't do it . I simply will not do it . It 's too English . If any person wishes to be convinced that I 'm an artist and not a mountebank , let him look at my work, because that 's all the proof that I mean to offer . If he is blind or shortsighted I regret it , but my neck is n't going to help him .", "Or Timbuctoo .", "And who 's going to stop me ? All the laws of this country added together can n't make me take my collar off if I do n't want to .", "Well , that will only be another proof that the name of this island is England . It will be telegraphed to the Continent that in order to prove to herself that she possessed a great artist , England had to arrest him for bigamy and shove him into prison .... Characteristic ! Characteristic !", "I 've got past shyness . I think it was the visit of my fine stalwart sons yesterday that cured me of shyness . I doubt if I shall ever be shy any more .", "No .", "That does n't concern you .", "The artist is always beaten !", "There 's only one question . Last time they buried me in the Abbey ,— what will they do with me next time ? CURTAIN . WORKS BY ARNOLD BENNETT NOVELS A MAN FROM THE NORTH ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS LEONORA A GREAT MAN SACRED AND PROFANE LOVE WHOM GOD HATH JOINED BURIED ALIVE THE OLD WIVES ’ TALE THE GLIMPSE HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND CLAYHANGER THE CARD HILDA LESSWAYS FANTASIAS THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL THE GATES OF WRATH TERESA OF WATLING STREET THE LOOT OF CITIES HUGO THE GHOST THE CITY OF PLEASURE SHORT STORIES TALES OF THE FIVE TOWNS THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS THE MATADOR OF THE FIVE TOWNS BELLES-LETTRES JOURNALISM FOR WOMEN FAME AND FICTION HOW TO BECOME AN AUTHOR THE TRUTH ABOUT AN AUTHOR THE REASONABLE LIFE HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY THE HUMAN MACHINE LITERARY TASTE THE FEAST OF ST . FRIEND THOSE UNITED STATES DRAMA POLITE FARCES CUPID AND COMMON SENSE WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS THE HONEYMOON MILESTONESTHE SINEWS OF WAR : A ROMANCE THE STATUE : A ROMANCE" ]

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[ "“ Choke off dat noise ! Where d'yuh get dat beer stuff ? Beer , hell ! Beer 's for goils — and Dutchmen . Me for somep'n wit a kick to it ! Gimme a drink , one of youse guys .All righto , Yank . Keep it and have another . ”", "Aw hell ! Nix on dat old sailing ship stuff ! All dat bull 's dead , see ? And you 're dead , too , yuh damned old Harp , on'y yuh do n't know it . Take it easy , see . Give us a rest . Nix on de loud noise .Ca n't youse see I 'm tryin ’ to t'ink ?", "Aw right . Can de noise . I got yuh de foist time .“ Far away in Canada , Far across the sea , There 's a lass who fondly waits Making a home for me — ”", "Shut up , yuh lousey boob ! Where d'yuh get dat tripe ? Home ? Home , hell ! I 'll make a home for yuh ! I 'll knock yuh dead . Home ! T'hell wit home ! Where d'yuh get dat tripe ? Dis is home , see ? What d'yuh want wit home ?I runned away from mine when I was a kid . On'y too glad to beat it , dat was me . Home was lickings for me , dat 's all . But yuh can bet your shoit noone ai n't never licked me since ! Wanter try it , any of youse ? Huh ! I guess not .Goils waitin ’ for yuh , huh ? Aw , hell ! Dat 's all tripe . Dey do n't wait for noone . Dey 'd double-cross yuh for a nickel . Dey 're all tarts , get me ? Treat ‘ em rough , dat 's me . To hell wit ‘ em . Tarts , dat 's what , de whole bunch of ‘ em .", "Sit down before I knock yuh down !De Bible , huh ? De Cap'tlist class , huh ? Aw nix on dat Salvation Army-Socialist bull . Git a soapbox ! Hire a hall ! Come and be saved , huh ? Jerk us to Jesus , huh ? Aw g'wan ! I 've listened to lots of guys like you , see , Yuh 're all wrong . Wanter know what I t'ink ? Yuh ai n't no good for noone . Yuh 're de bunk . Yuh ai n't got no noive , get me ? Yuh 're yellow , dat 's what . Yellow , dat 's you . Say ! What 's dem slobs in de foist cabin got to do wit us ? We 're better men dan dey are , ai n't we ? Sure ! One of us guys could clean up de whole mob wit one mit . Put one of ‘ em down here for one watch in de stokehole , what 'd happen ? Dey 'd carry him off on a stretcher . Dem boids do n't amount to nothin ’ . Dey 're just baggage . Who makes dis old tub run ? Ai n't it us guys ? Well den , we belong , do n't we ? We belong and dey do n't . Dat 's all .As for dis bein ’ hell — aw , nuts ! Yuh lost your noive , dat 's what . Dis is a man 's job , get me ? It belongs . It runs dis tub . No stiffs need apply . But yuh 're a stiff , see ? Yuh 're yellow , dat 's you .", "Aw , take it easy . Leave him alone . He ai n't woith a punch . Drink up . Here 's how , whoever owns dis .", "Sure ting ! Dat 's me ! What about it ?", "Aw ! Look out who yuh 're givin ’ the bark !", "Dat 's de stuff ! Now yuh 're gettin ’ wise to somep'n . Care for nobody , dat 's de dope ! To hell wit ‘ em all ! And nix on nobody else carin ’ . I kin care for myself , get me !Our watch , yuh old Harp !Come on down in hell . Eat up de coal dust . Drink in de heat . It 's it , see ! Act like yuh liked it , yuh better — or croak yuhself .", "Tinkin ’ and dreamin ’ , what 'll that get yuh ? What 's tinkin ’ got to do wit it ? We move , do n't we ? Speed , ai n't it ? Fog , dat 's all you stand for . But we drive trou dat , do n't we ? We split dat up and smash trou — twenty-five knots a hour !Aw , yuh make me sick ! Yuh do n't belong !", "Aw , yuh make me sick ! Lie down and croak , why do n't yuh ? Always beefin ’ , dat 's you ! Say , dis is a cinch ! Dis was made for me ! It 's my meat , get me !Dere 's de damn engineer crakin ’ de whip . He tinks we 're loafin ’ .", "Come on , youse guys ! Git into de game ! She 's gittin ’ hungry ! Pile some grub in her ! Trow it into her belly ! Come on now , all of youse ! Open her up !", "One — two — tree —Dat 's de stuff ! Let her have it ! All togedder now ! Sling it into her ! Let her ride ! Shoot de piece now ! Call de toin on her ! Drive her into it ! Feel her move ! Watch her smoke ! Speed , dat 's her middle name ! Give her coal , youse guys ! Coal , dat 's her booze ! Drink it up , baby ! Let 's see yuh sprint ! Dig in and gain a lap ! Dere she go-o-es", "Take it easy dere , you ! Who d'yuh tinks runnin ’ dis game , me or you ? When I git ready , we move . Not before ! When I git ready , get me !", "He ai n't got no noive . He 's yellow , get me ? All de engineers is yellow . Dey got streaks a mile wide . Aw , to hell wit him ! Let 's move , youse guys . We had a rest . Come on , she needs it ! Give her pep ! It ai n't for him . Him and his whistle , dey do n't belong . But we belong , see ! We gotter feed de baby ! Come on !", "Forgot nothin ’ ! To hell wit washin ’ .", "Aw say , youse guys . Lemme alone . Ca n't youse see", "I 'm tryin ’ to tink ?", "Yes , tink ! Tink , dat 's what I said ! What about it ?", "Love , hell ! Hate , dat 's what . I 've fallen in hate , get me ?", "Say ! Wait a moment ! Is all dat straight goods ?", "Hell ! Law !", "Hell ! Governments !", "Hell ! God !", "Aw , join de Salvation Army !", "Aw !", "She was all white . I tought she was a ghost . Sure .", "Aw !", "Aw , choke dat off , see !", "Say ! What yuh tryin ’ to do , kid me , yuh old", "Harp ?", "I 'll brain her ! I 'll brain her yet , wait ‘ n ’ see !Say , is dat what she called me — a hairy ape ?", "Hairy ape , huh ? Sure ! Dat 's de way she looked at me , aw right . Hairy ape ! So dat 's me , huh ?Yuh skinny tart ! Yuh white-faced bum , yuh ! I 'll show yuh who 's a ape !Say , youse guys . I was bawlin ’ him out for pullin ’ de whistle on us . You heard me . And den I seen youse lookin ’ at somep'n and I tought he 'd sneaked down to come up in back of me , and I hopped round to knock him dead wit de shovel . And dere she was wit de light on her ! Christ , yuh coulda pushed me over with a finger ! I was scared , get me ? Sure ! I tought she was a ghost , see ? She was all in white like dey wrap around stiffs . You seen her . Kin yuh blame me ? She did n't belong , dat 's what . And den when I come to and seen it was a real skoit and seen de way she was lookin ’ at me — like Paddy said — Christ , I was sore , get me ? I do n't stand for dat stuff from nobody . And I flung de shovel — on'y she 'd beat it .I wished it 'd banged her ! I wished it 'd knocked her block off !", "Yuh tink I made her sick , too , do yuh ? Just lookin ’ at me , huh ? Hairy ape , huh ?I 'll fix her ! I 'll tell her where to git off ! She 'll git down on her knees and take it back or I 'll bust de face offen her !I 'll find yuh ! I 'm comin ’ , d'yuh hear ? I 'll fix yuh , God damn yuh !", "She done me doit ! She done me doit , did n't she ? I 'll git square wit her ! I 'll get her some way ! Git offen me , youse guys ! Lemme up ! I 'll show her who 's a ape !", "I do n't see no grass , yuh boob .Clean , ai n't it ? Yuh could eat a fried egg offen it . The white wings got some job sweepin ’ dis up .Where 's all de white-collar stiffs yuh said was here — and de skoits — her kind ?", "Aw , hell ! I do n't see noone , see — like her . All dis gives me a pain . It do n't belong . Say , ai n't dere a backroom around dis dump ? Let 's go shoot a ball . All dis is too clean and quiet and dolled-up , get me ! It gives me a pain .", "Sure ting I do ! Did n't I try to git even wit her in Southampton ? Did n't I sneak on de dock and wait for her by de gangplank ? I was goin ’ to spit in her pale mug , see ! Sure , right in her pop-eyes ! Dat woulda made me even , see ? But no chanct . Dere was a whole army of plain clothes bulls around . Dey spotted me and gimme de bum 's rush . I never seen her . But I 'll git square wit her yet , you watch !De lousey tart ! She tinks she kin get away wit moider — but not wit me ! I 'll fix her ! I 'll tink of a way !", "De more de merrier when", "I gits started . Bring on de gang !", "Take a slant at dat ! Give it de once-over ! Monkey fur — two t'ousand bucks !Is dat straight goods — monkey fur ? What de hell —?", "Trowin ’ it up in my face ! Christ ! I 'll fix her !", "Votes , hell ! Votes is a joke , see . Votes for women ! Let dem do it !", "Git away from me ! Yuh 're yellow , dat 's what . Force , dat 's me ! De punch , dat 's me every time , see !", "Huh ! Huh !", "G'wan ! Tell it to Sweeney !Say , who d'yuh tink yuh 're bumpin ’ ? Tink yuh own de oith ?", "G'wan !", "I see yuh , all in white ! I see yuh , yuh white-faced tart , yuh ! Hairy ape , huh ? I 'll hairy ape yuh !", "At last ! Bus , huh ? I 'll bust yuh !", "Steel . Dis is de Zoo , huh ?", "I musta been dreamin ’ . I tought I was in a cage at de", "Zoo — but de apes do n't talk , do dey ?", "I was a fireman — stokin ’ on de liners .I 'm a hairy ape , get me ? And I 'll bust youse all in de jaw if yuh do n't lay off kiddin ’ me .", "Sure ting ! Ai n't dat what youse all are — apes ?A VOICE —I 'll show yuh who 's a ape , yuh bum !", "De guard ? Yuh mean de keeper , do n't yuh ?", "Aw , yuh 're all wrong ! Sure dere was a skoit in it — but not what youse mean , not dat old tripe . Dis was a new kind of skoit . She was dolled up all in white — in de stokehole . I tought she was a ghost . Sure .", "Her hands — dey was skinny and white like dey was n't real but painted on somep'n . Dere was a million miles from me to her — twenty-five knots a hour . She was like some dead ting de cat brung in . Sure , dat 's what . She did n't belong . She belonged in de window of a toy store , or on de top of a garbage can , see ! Sure !But would yuh believe it , she had de noive to do me doit . She lamped me like she was seein ’ somep'n broke loose from de menagerie . Christ , yuh 'd oughter seen her eyes !But I 'll get back at her yet , you watch ! And if I can n't find her I 'll take it out on de gang she runs wit . I 'm wise to where dey hangs out now . I 'll show her who belongs ! I 'll show her who 's in de move and who ai n't . You watch my smoke !", "Wreckers , dat 's de right dope ! Dat belongs ! Me for dem !", "I 'd like to catch dat senator guy alone for a second . I 'd loin him some trute !", "I got him . So dey blow up tings , do dey ? Dey turn tings round , do dey ? Hey , lend me dat paper , will yuh ?", "Tanks . I can n't read much but I kin manage .Sure — her old man — president of de Steel Trust — makes half de steel in de world — steel — where I tought I belonged — drivin ’ trou — movin ’ — in dat — to make HER — and cage me in for her to spit on ! ChristHe made dis — dis cage ! Steel ! IT do n't belong , dat 's what ! Cages , cells , locks , bolts , bars — dat 's what it means !— holdin ’ me down wit him at de top ! But I 'll drive trou ! Fire , dat melts it ! I 'll be fire — under de heap — fire dat never goes out — hot as hell — breakin ’ out in de night —", "Or a hairy ape , yuh big yellow bum ! Look out ! Here I come !", "Hello .", "I tought I 'd bumped into de wrong dump .", "Name ? Lemme tink .", "Dis burg is full of bulls , ai n't it ?", "Sure . Youse would n't for woilds . Sure . I 'm wise to dat .", "Aw , dat 's aw right , see .Aw , can it ! Youse need n't put me trou de toid degree . Ca n't youse see I belong ? Sure ! I 'm reg'lar . I 'll stick , get me ? I 'll shoot de woiks for youse . Dat 's why I wanted to join in .", "I know enough not to speak outa my toin .Aw , say ! I 'm reg'lar . I 'm wise to de game . I know yuh got to watch your step wit a stranger . For all youse know , I might be a plain-clothes dick , or somep'n , dat 's what yuh 're tinkin ’ , huh ? Aw , forget it ! I belong , see ? Ask any guy down to de docks if I do n't .", "Ai n't there no password — no grip nor nothin ’ ?", "Yuh mean to say yuh always run wide open — like dis ?", "Sure , I 'll come out wit it . I 'll show youse I 'm one of de gang . Dere 's dat millionaire guy , Douglas —", "What 's dat , yuh Sheeny bum , yuh !", "So dem boids do n't tink I belong , neider . Aw , to hell wit ‘ em ! Dey 're in de wrong pew — de same old bull — soapboxes and Salvation Army — no guts ! Cut out an hour offen de job a day and make me happy ! Gimme a dollar more a day and make me happy ! Tree square a day , and cauliflowers in de front yard — ekal rights — a woman and kids — a lousey vote — and I 'm all fixed for Jesus , huh ? Aw , hell ! What does dat get yuh ? Dis ting 's in your inside , but it ai n't your belly . Feedin ’ your face — sinkers and coffee — dat do n't touch it . It 's way down — at de bottom . Yuh can n't grab it , and yuh can n't stop it . It moves , and everyting moves . It stops and de whole woild stops . Dat 's me now — I do n't tick , see ?— I 'm a busted Ingersoll , dat 's what . Steel was me , and I owned de woild . Now I ai n't steel , and de woild owns me . Aw , hell ! I can n't see — it 's all dark , get me ? It 's all wrong !Say , youse up dere , Man in de Moon , yuh look so wise , gimme de answer , huh ? Slip me de inside dope , de information right from de stable — where do I get off at , huh ? A POLICEMAN —You 'll get off at the station , you boob , if you do n't get up out of that and keep movin ’ .", "Sure ! Lock me up ! Put me in a cage ! Dat 's de on'y answer yuh know . G'wan , lock me up !", "Say , where do I go from here ?", "Welcome to your city , huh ? Hail , hail , de gang 's all here !Say , yuh 're some hard-lookin ’ guy , ai n't yuh ? I seen lots of tough nuts dat de gang called gorillas , but yuh 're de foist real one I ever seen . Some chest yuh got , and shoulders , and dem arms and mits ! I bet yuh got a punch in eider fist dat 'd knock ‘ em all silly !Sure , I get yuh . Yuh challenge de whole woild , huh ? Yuh got what I was sayin ’ even if yuh muffed de woids .And why would n't yuh get me ? Ai n't we both members of de same club — de Hairy Apes ?So yuh 're what she seen when she looked at me , de white-faced tart ! I was you to her , get me ? On'y outa de cage — broke out — free to moider her , see ? Sure ! Dat 's what she tought . She was n't wise dat I was in a cage , too — worser'n yours — sure — a damn sight — ‘ cause you got some chanct to bust loose — but me —Aw , hell ! It 's all wrong , ai n't it ?I s'pose yuh wanter know what I 'm doin ’ here , huh ? I been warmin ’ a bench down to de Battery — ever since last night . Sure . I seen de sun come up . Dat was pretty , too — all red and pink and green . I was lookin ’ at de skyscrapers — steel — and all de ships comin ’ in , sailin ’ out , all over de oith — and dey was steel , too . De sun was warm , dey was n't no clouds , and dere was a breeze blowin ’ . Sure , it was great stuff . I got it aw right — what Paddy said about dat bein ’ de right dope — on'y I could n't get IN it , see ? I could n't belong in dat . It was over my head . And I kept tinkin ’ — and den I beat it up here to see what youse was like . And I waited till dey was all gone to git yuh alone . Say , how d'yuh feel sittin ’ in dat pen all de time , havin ’ to stand for ‘ em comin ’ and starin ’ at yuh — de white-faced , skinny tarts and de boobs what marry ‘ em — makin ’ fun of yuh , laughin ’ at yuh , gittin ’ scared of yuh — damn ‘ em !Sure ! Dat 's de way it hits me , too . On'y yuh 're lucky , see ? Yuh do n't belong wit ‘ em and yuh know it . But me , I belong wit ‘ em — but I do n't , see ? Dey do n't belong wit me , dat 's what . Get me ? Tinkin ’ is hard —It 's dis way , what I 'm drivin ’ at . Youse can sit and dope dream in de past , green woods , de jungle and de rest of it . Den yuh belong and dey do n't . Den yuh kin laugh at ‘ em , see ? Yuh 're de champ of de woild . But me — I ai n't got no past to tink in , nor nothin ’ dat 's comin ’ , on'y what 's now — and dat do n't belong . Sure , you 're de best off ! Yuh can n't tink , can yuh ? Yuh can n't talk neider . But I kin make a bluff at talkin ’ and tinkin ’ — a'most git away wit it — a'most !— and dat 's where de joker comes in .I ai n't on oith and I ai n't in heaven , get me ? I 'm in de middle tryin ’ to separate ‘ em , takin ’ all de woist punches from bot ’ of ‘ em . Maybe dat 's what dey call hell , huh ? But you , yuh 're at de bottom . You belong ! Sure ! Yuh 're de on'y one in de woild dat does , yuh lucky stiff !And dat 's why dey gotter put yuh in a cage , see ?Sure ! Yuh get me . It beats it when you try to tink it or talk it — it 's way down — deep — behind — you ‘ n ’ me we feel it . Sure ! Bot ’ members of dis club !What de hell ! T ’ hell wit it ! A little action , dat 's our meat ! Dat belongs ! Knock ‘ em down and keep bustin ’ ‘ em till dey croaks yuh wit a gat — wit steel ! Sure ! Are yuh game ? Dey 've looked at youse , ai n't dey — in a cage ? Wanter git even ? Wanter wind up like a sport ‘ stead of croakin ’ slow in dere ?Sure ! Yuh 're reg'lar ! Yuh 'll stick to de finish ! Me ‘ n ’ you , huh ?— bot ’ members of this club ! We 'll put up one last star bout dat 'll knock ‘ em offen deir seats ! Dey 'll have to make de cages stronger after we 're trou !Pardon from de governor ! Step out and shake hands ! I 'll take yuh for a walk down Fif ’ Avenoo . We 'll knock ‘ em offen de oith and croak wit de band playin ’ . Come on , Brother .Shake — de secret grip of our order .Hey , I did n't say , kiss me .Say — dey oughter match him — wit Zybszko . He got me , aw right . I 'm trou . Even him did n't tink I belonged .Christ , where do I get off at ? Where do I fit in ?Aw , what de hell ! No squakin ’ , see ! No quittin ’ , get me ! Croak wit your boots on !In de cage , huh ?Ladies and gents , step forward and take a slant at de one and only —— one and original — Hairy Ape from de wilds of —" ]

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[ "There 's no one here ; the garden is asleep .", ":", "The stars are sentinels discreet and mute :", "How many things they know and never tell !", ":", "Mistress , have no concern ; for when we hear", "The clatter of his horse along the street ,", "We 'll run this way and lead your dancers down", "With song and laughter ,— you shall know in time .", "Yes , dancing is the cure for homesickness .", "We 'll make her dance .", "Then sing for us ,— a song of Israel !", "All is ready for the rites of worship ; our lady will play a great part in them . She has put on her Tyrian robes , and all her ornaments .", "A favourite of Rimmon , too ! The High Priest has assured her of it . He is a great man ,— next to the King , now that Naaman is gone .", "How can he come back ? The Hebrew slave that went away with him , when they caught her , said that he was dead . The High Priest has shut her up in the prison of the temple , accusing her of her master 's death .", "What , then ?", "Hush ! here comes the fool Shumakim . He is never sober .", "About the lady Tsarpi , fool , and what she would do if her husband returned .", "You must have heard that he went away to Samaria to look for healing . Some say that he died on the journey ; but others say he has been cured , and is on his way home to his wife .", "You are a wicked old man . You mock the god . He will punish you ." ]

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[ "We drink , Master Wilford . Not a man of us has been chased as yet .", "We give you joy , Master Wilford , of the prospect of advancement which has so unexpectedly opened to you .", "Have you been sent for ?", "Lives there anyone that may dispute your claim — I mean vexatiously ?", "Doubtless you look for much happiness from this change of fortune ?", "The finest wife ?", "Give you joy !", "Come !", "We 'll drink to his lordship 's health ! ‘ Tis two o'clock ,", "We 'll e'en carouse till midnight ! Health , my lord !", "Give what ?", "What means the knave by revels ?", "Ay , knave !", "Thou sayest false !", "Though didst thou need a proof thou speakest true ,", "I 'd give thee one . Thou seest but one lord here ,", "And I see two !", "Ha !", "Only mark him ! how he struts about ! How laughs his straight sword at his noble back .", "A blow !", "His blood on his own head ! I 'm for you , sir !", "My lord , I 'm struck !", "With all my heart , since ‘ tis your lordship 's will ." ]

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[ "Giorgione ! GiorgioneIt is you ?", "Your word came to me ,", "In San Lazzario where I labored late ,", "And shakes my troubled heart . You will not do this !", "How my son ! her picture ! as a wanton 's !", "My son !", "And to what end ?", "The deeds of wounded pride and love", "Work not so , but fall back upon the doer —", "Or on some other .", "Nor have ,", "Ever , to heed me ! as Aretino ,", "Who turns your praise to Titian , has told .", "For your wild will runs ever without curb ,", "And I who reared you , as my very own ,", "Must pay the fall .", "And the piety", "I would have won you to in the past days", "Is wasted . The Madonnas", "I painted with a heart inspired of Heaven", "You paint with pride .", "Until", "A girl whom you had fixed your heart upon", "With boundless folly , you who should have lived", "With but one passion — that of brain and brush —", "Until she ——", "This Isotta ——", "So . And most strange .", "Because she is a woman — whom you tempted ,", "Tho with all trust to wed her — and you know not", "Whether her going was of shamelessness .", "Giorgione", "Or whether she may not yet return , today ,", "And with a heart that is a nymph 's , a soul", "That is a nun 's ,", "Beguile me back to doting ?", "Whether she may not —", "With that body God", "Might once , deceived , have moulded angels after —?", "Then flaunt her thralling of me to the world ,", "Whose ready lips should laugh where'er we went", "And whisper , “ Isotta , there ! Giorgione 's mistress !", "Who makes a mocking of him ? ”", "Never ! never !", "Only your unrelenting brain would think it .", "For this I know of her , that tho she has", "Deserted you for what must seem to be", "Only a new-found passion —", "Yet is she womanly , and did you give her ,", "As now you mean , to avid lusting eyes ,", "Life would be smitten from her .", "And then from you , repentant of her fate ?", "No , no , my son , I have not seen you rise ,", "A planet from the sea , the world 's first painter ,", "To set in this :", "You owe my fathering more .", "And listen , I have brought to you a way", "Of laurels for forgetting . I have come", "With a commission from the Signoria ,", "Which names you the chief glory of this city", "And votes you proud permission to adorn", "San Marco 's highest altar with perfection .", "Your ways have ever been the ways of wounding .", "Giorgione ! you have sent for them ? GiorgioneWhoever seeks my door is bidden — all !", "Then , O my son , it is a premonition ,", "A pall against this purpose ! that you may", "Not let these ribald two —", "Aretino , this poet and depraver ,", "And Titian snared within his pagan senses ,", "Enter and gaze upon .... O boy , you will not !", "Despoil the picture ,", "Scatter it to the seas ,", "And vow never again to paint another ,", "Tho that would break my heart , but promise me ——", "Aretino !...", "Aretino !", "Ah !...", "My son !" ]

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[ "Did you hear what I was playing , Lane ?", "I 'm sorry for that , for your sake . I do n't play accurately — any one can play accurately — but I play with wonderful expression . As far as the piano is concerned , sentiment is my forte . I keep science for Life .", "And , speaking of the science of Life , have you got the cucumber sandwiches cut for Lady Bracknell ?", "Oh ! . . . by the way , Lane , I see from your book that on Thursday night , when Lord Shoreman and Mr. Worthing were dining with me , eight bottles of champagne are entered as having been consumed .", "Why is it that at a bachelor 's establishment the servants invariably drink the champagne ? I ask merely for information .", "Good heavens ! Is marriage so demoralising as that ?", "I do n't know that I am much interested in your family life , Lane .", "Very natural , I am sure . That will do , Lane , thank you .", "Lane 's views on marriage seem somewhat lax . Really , if the lower orders do n't set us a good example , what on earth is the use of them ? They seem , as a class , to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility .", "How are you , my dear Ernest ? What brings you up to town ?", "I believe it is customary in good society to take some slight refreshment at five o'clock . Where have you been since last Thursday ?", "What on earth do you do there ?", "And who are the people you amuse ?", "Got nice neighbours in your part of Shropshire ?", "How immensely you must amuse them !By the way , Shropshire is your county , is it not ?", "Oh ! merely Aunt Augusta and Gwendolen .", "Yes , that is all very well ; but I am afraid Aunt Augusta wo n't quite approve of your being here .", "My dear fellow , the way you flirt with Gwendolen is perfectly disgraceful . It is almost as bad as the way Gwendolen flirts with you .", "I thought you had come up for pleasure ? . . . I call that business .", "I really do n't see anything romantic in proposing . It is very romantic to be in love . But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal . Why , one may be accepted . One usually is , I believe . Then the excitement is all over . The very essence of romance is uncertainty . If ever I get married , I 'll certainly try to forget the fact .", "Oh ! there is no use speculating on that subject . Divorces are made in Heaven —Please do n't touch the cucumber sandwiches . They are ordered specially for Aunt Augusta .", "That is quite a different matter . She is my aunt .Have some bread and butter . The bread and butter is for Gwendolen . Gwendolen is devoted to bread and butter .", "Well , my dear fellow , you need not eat as if you were going to eat it all . You behave as if you were married to her already . You are not married to her already , and I do n't think you ever will be .", "Well , in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with . Girls do n't think it right .", "It is n't . It is a great truth . It accounts for the extraordinary number of bachelors that one sees all over the place . In the second place , I do n't give my consent .", "My dear fellow , Gwendolen is my first cousin . And before I allow you to marry her , you will have to clear up the whole question of Cecily .", "Bring me that cigarette case Mr. Worthing left in the smoking - room the last time he dined here .", "Well , I wish you would offer one . I happen to be more than usually hard up .", "I think that is rather mean of you , Ernest , I must say .However , it makes no matter , for , now that I look at the inscription inside , I find that the thing is n't yours after all .", "Oh ! it is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one should n't . More than half of modern culture depends on what one should n't read .", "Yes ; but this is n't your cigarette case . This cigarette case is a present from some one of the name of Cecily , and you said you did n't know any one of that name .", "Your aunt !", "But why does she call herself little Cecily if she is your aunt and lives at Tunbridge Wells ?‘ From little Cecily with her fondest love . ’", "Yes . But why does your aunt call you her uncle ? ‘ From little Cecily , with her fondest love to her dear Uncle Jack . ’ There is no objection , I admit , to an aunt being a small aunt , but why an aunt , no matter what her size may be , should call her own nephew her uncle , I can n't quite make out . Besides , your name is n't Jack at all ; it is Ernest .", "You have always told me it was Ernest . I have introduced you to every one as Ernest . You answer to the name of Ernest . You look as if your name was Ernest . You are the most earnest-looking person I ever saw in my life . It is perfectly absurd your saying that your name is n't Ernest . It 's on your cards . Here is one of them .‘ Mr. Ernest Worthing , B . 4 , The Albany . ’ I 'll keep this as a proof that your name is Ernest if ever you attempt to deny it to me , or to Gwendolen , or to any one else .", "Yes , but that does not account for the fact that your small", "Aunt Cecily , who lives at Tunbridge Wells , calls you her dear uncle .", "Come , old boy , you had much better have the thing out at once .", "Well , that is exactly what dentists always do . Now , go on ! Tell me the whole thing . I may mention that I have always suspected you of being a confirmed and secret Bunburyist ; and I am quite sure of it now .", "I 'll reveal to you the meaning of that incomparable expression as soon as you are kind enough to inform me why you are Ernest in town and Jack in the country .", "Here it is .Now produce your explanation , and pray make it improbable .", "Where is that place in the country , by the way ?", "I suspected that , my dear fellow ! I have Bunburyed all over Shropshire on two separate occasions . Now , go on . Why are you Ernest in town and Jack in the country ?", "The truth is rarely pure and never simple . Modern life would be very tedious if it were either , and modern literature a complete impossibility !", "Literary criticism is not your forte , my dear fellow . Do n't try it . You should leave that to people who have n't been at a University . They do it so well in the daily papers . What you really are is a Bunburyist . I was quite right in saying you were a Bunburyist . You are one of the most advanced Bunburyists I know .", "You have invented a very useful younger brother called Ernest , in order that you may be able to come up to town as often as you like . I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury , in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose . Bunbury is perfectly invaluable . If it was n't for Bunbury 's extraordinary bad health , for instance , I would n't be able to dine with you at Willis 's to - night , for I have been really engaged to Aunt Augusta for more than a week .", "I know . You are absurdly careless about sending out invitations . It is very foolish of you . Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations .", "I have n't the smallest intention of doing anything of the kind . To begin with , I dined there on Monday , and once a week is quite enough to dine with one 's own relations . In the second place , whenever I do dine there I am always treated as a member of the family , and sent down with either no woman at all , or two . In the third place , I know perfectly well whom she will place me next to , to-night . She will place me next Mary Farquhar , who always flirts with her own husband across the dinner-table . That is not very pleasant . Indeed , it is not even decent . . . and that sort of thing is enormously on the increase . The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous . It looks so bad . It is simply washing one 's clean linen in public . Besides , now that I know you to be a confirmed Bunburyist I naturally want to talk to you about Bunburying . I want to tell you the rules .", "Nothing will induce me to part with Bunbury , and if you ever get married , which seems to me extremely problematic , you will be very glad to know Bunbury . A man who marries without knowing Bunbury has a very tedious time of it .", "Then your wife will . You do n't seem to realise , that in married life three is company and two is none .", "Yes ; and that the happy English home has proved in half the time .", "My dear fellow , it is n't easy to be anything nowadays . There 's such a lot of beastly competition about .Ah ! that must be Aunt Augusta . Only relatives , or creditors , ever ring in that Wagnerian manner . Now , if I get her out of the way for ten minutes , so that you can have an opportunity for proposing to Gwendolen , may I dine with you to-night at Willis 's ?", "Yes , but you must be serious about it . I hate people who are not serious about meals . It is so shallow of them .", "I 'm feeling very well , Aunt Augusta .", "Dear me , you are smart !", "Certainly , Aunt Augusta .", "Good heavens ! Lane ! Why are there no cucumber sandwiches ? I ordered them specially .", "No cucumbers !", "That will do , Lane , thank you .", "I am greatly distressed , Aunt Augusta , about there being no cucumbers , not even for ready money .", "I hear her hair has turned quite gold from grief .", "I am afraid , Aunt Augusta , I shall have to give up the pleasure of dining with you to-night after all .", "It is a great bore , and , I need hardly say , a terrible disappointment to me , but the fact is I have just had a telegram to say that my poor friend Bunbury is very ill again .They seem to think I should be with him .", "Yes ; poor Bunbury is a dreadful invalid .", "I 'll speak to Bunbury , Aunt Augusta , if he is still conscious , and I think I can promise you he 'll be all right by Saturday . Of course the music is a great difficulty . You see , if one plays good music , people do n't listen , and if one plays bad music people do n't talk . But I 'll run over the programme I 've drawn out , if you will kindly come into the next room for a moment .", "Did n't it go off all right , old boy ? You do n't mean to say Gwendolen refused you ? I know it is a way she has . She is always refusing people . I think it is most ill-natured of her .", "My dear boy , I love hearing my relations abused . It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all . Relations are simply a tedious pack of people , who have n't got the remotest knowledge of how to live , nor the smallest instinct about when to die .", "It is n't !", "That is exactly what things were originally made for .", "All women become like their mothers . That is their tragedy . No man does . That 's his .", "It is perfectly phrased ! and quite as true as any observation in civilised life should be .", "We have .", "The fools ? Oh ! about the clever people , of course .", "By the way , did you tell Gwendolen the truth about your being", "Ernest in town , and Jack in the country ?", "The only way to behave to a woman is to make love to her , if she is pretty , and to some one else , if she is plain .", "What about your brother ? What about the profligate Ernest ?", "Yes , but it 's hereditary , my dear fellow . It 's a sort of thing that runs in families . You had much better say a severe chill .", "Of course it is n't !", "But I thought you said that . . . Miss Cardew was a little too much interested in your poor brother Ernest ? Wo n't she feel his loss a good deal ?", "I would rather like to see Cecily .", "Have you told Gwendolen yet that you have an excessively pretty ward who is only just eighteen ?", "Women only do that when they have called each other a lot of other things first . Now , my dear boy , if we want to get a good table at Willis 's , we really must go and dress . Do you know it is nearly seven ?", "Well , I 'm hungry .", "What shall we do after dinner ? Go to a theatre ?", "Well , let us go to the Club ?", "Well , we might trot round to the Empire at ten ?", "Well , what shall we do ?", "It is awfully hard work doing nothing . However , I do n't mind hard work where there is no definite object of any kind .", "Gwendolen , upon my word !", "Really , Gwendolen , I do n't think I can allow this at all .", "Thanks , I 've turned round already .", "A glass of sherry , Lane .", "To-morrow , Lane , I 'm going Bunburying .", "I shall probably not be back till Monday . You can put up my dress clothes , my smoking jacket , and all the Bunbury suits . . .", "I hope to-morrow will be a fine day , Lane .", "Lane , you 're a perfect pessimist .", "Oh , I 'm a little anxious about poor Bunbury , that is all .", "I love scrapes . They are the only things that are never serious .", "Nobody ever does .ACT DROP", "You are my little cousin Cecily , I 'm sure .", "Oh ! I am not really wicked at all , cousin Cecily . You must n't think that I am wicked .", "Oh ! Of course I have been rather reckless .", "In fact , now you mention the subject , I have been very bad in my own small way .", "It is much pleasanter being here with you .", "That is a great disappointment . I am obliged to go up by the first train on Monday morning . I have a business appointment that I am anxious . . . to miss ?", "No : the appointment is in London .", "About my what ?", "I certainly would n't let Jack buy my outfit . He has no taste in neckties at all .", "Australia ! I 'd sooner die .", "Oh , well ! The accounts I have received of Australia and the next world , are not particularly encouraging . This world is good enough for me , cousin Cecily .", "I 'm afraid I 'm not that . That is why I want you to reform me . You might make that your mission , if you do n't mind , cousin Cecily .", "Well , would you mind my reforming myself this afternoon ?", "I will . I feel better already .", "That is because I am hungry .", "Thank you . Might I have a buttonhole first ? I never have any appetite unless I have a buttonhole first .", "No , I 'd sooner have a pink rose .", "Because you are like a pink rose , Cousin Cecily .", "Then Miss Prism is a short-sighted old lady .You are the prettiest girl I ever saw .", "They are a snare that every sensible man would like to be caught in .", "Brother John , I have come down from town to tell you that I am very sorry for all the trouble I have given you , and that I intend to lead a better life in the future .", "Of course I admit that the faults were all on my side . But I must say that I think that Brother John 's coldness to me is peculiarly painful . I expected a more enthusiastic welcome , especially considering it is the first time I have come here .", "I am afraid I can n't stay more than a week this time .", "What a fearful liar you are , Jack . I have not been called back to town at all .", "I have n't heard any one call me .", "My duty as a gentleman has never interfered with my pleasures in the smallest degree .", "Well , Cecily is a darling .", "Well , I do n't like your clothes . You look perfectly ridiculous in them . Why on earth do n't you go up and change ? It is perfectly childish to be in deep mourning for a man who is actually staying for a whole week with you in your house as a guest . I call it grotesque .", "I certainly wo n't leave you so long as you are in mourning . It would be most unfriendly . If I were in mourning you would stay with me , I suppose . I should think it very unkind if you did n't .", "Yes , if you are not too long . I never saw anybody take so long to dress , and with such little result .", "If I am occasionally a little over-dressed , I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated .", "I think it has been a great success . I 'm in love with Cecily , and that is everything .", "He 's gone to order the dog-cart for me .", "He 's going to send me away .", "I am afraid so . It 's a very painful parting .", "Thank you .", "I hope , Cecily , I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection .", "Do you really keep a diary ? I 'd give anything to look at it . May I ?", "Ahem ! Ahem !", "Cecily , ever since I first looked upon your wonderful and incomparable beauty , I have dared to love you wildly , passionately , devotedly , hopelessly .", "Cecily !", "Tell it to come round next week , at the same hour .", "Oh , I do n't care about Jack . I do n't care for anybody in the whole world but you . I love you , Cecily . You will marry me , wo n't you ?", "For the last three months ?", "But how did we become engaged ?", "Darling ! And when was the engagement actually settled ?", "Did I give you this ? It 's very pretty , is n't it ?", "My letters ! But , my own sweet Cecily , I have never written you any letters .", "Oh , do let me read them , Cecily ?", "But was our engagement ever broken off ?", "But why on earth did you break it off ? What had I done ? I had done nothing at all . Cecily , I am very much hurt indeed to hear you broke it off . Particularly when the weather was so charming .", "What a perfect angel you are , Cecily .", "Yes , darling , with a little help from others .", "You 'll never break off our engagement again , Cecily ?", "Yes , of course .", "But , my dear child , do you mean to say you could not love me if I had some other name ?", "Oh , any name you like — Algernon — for instance . . .", "Well , my own dear , sweet , loving little darling , I really can n't see why you should object to the name of Algernon . It is not at all a bad name . In fact , it is rather an aristocratic name . Half of the chaps who get into the Bankruptcy Court are called Algernon . But seriously , Cecily . . .if my name was Algy , could n't you love me ?", "Ahem ! Cecily !Your Rector here is , I suppose , thoroughly experienced in the practice of all the rites and ceremonials of the Church ?", "I must see him at once on a most important christening — I mean on most important business .", "I sha n't be away more than half an hour .", "I 'll be back in no time .", "My own love !", "To what young lady ? Good heavens ! Gwendolen !", "Of course not ! What could have put such an idea into your pretty little head ?", "I cannot deny it .", "Yes , and a perfectly wonderful Bunbury it is . The most wonderful Bunbury I have ever had in my life .", "That is absurd . One has a right to Bunbury anywhere one chooses . Every serious Bunburyist knows that .", "Well , one must be serious about something , if one wants to have any amusement in life . I happen to be serious about Bunburying . What on earth you are serious about I have n't got the remotest idea . About everything , I should fancy . You have such an absolutely trivial nature .", "Your brother is a little off colour , is n't he , dear Jack ? You wo n't be able to disappear to London quite so frequently as your wicked custom was . And not a bad thing either .", "I can see no possible defence at all for your deceiving a brilliant , clever , thoroughly experienced young lady like Miss Fairfax . To say nothing of the fact that she is my cousin .", "Well , I simply wanted to be engaged to Cecily . I adore her .", "I do n't think there is much likelihood , Jack , of you and Miss", "Fairfax being united .", "If it was my business , I would n't talk about it .It is very vulgar to talk about one 's business . Only people like stock-brokers do that , and then merely at dinner parties .", "Well , I can n't eat muffins in an agitated manner . The butter would probably get on my cuffs . One should always eat muffins quite calmly . It is the only way to eat them .", "When I am in trouble , eating is the only thing that consoles me . Indeed , when I am in really great trouble , as any one who knows me intimately will tell you , I refuse everything except food and drink . At the present moment I am eating muffins because I am unhappy . Besides , I am particularly fond of muffins .", "I wish you would have tea-cake instead . I do n't like tea-cake .", "But you have just said it was perfectly heartless to eat muffins .", "That may be . But the muffins are the same .", "You can n't possibly ask me to go without having some dinner . It 's absurd . I never go without my dinner . No one ever does , except vegetarians and people like that . Besides I have just made arrangements with Dr. Chasuble to be christened at a quarter to six under the name of Ernest .", "Yes , but I have not been christened for years .", "Quite so . So I know my constitution can stand it . If you are not quite sure about your ever having been christened , I must say I think it rather dangerous your venturing on it now . It might make you very unwell . You can hardly have forgotten that some one very closely connected with you was very nearly carried off this week in Paris by a severe chill .", "It use n't to be , I know — but I daresay it is now . Science is always making wonderful improvements in things .", "Jack , you are at the muffins again ! I wish you would n't . There are only two left .I told you I was particularly fond of muffins .", "Why on earth then do you allow tea-cake to be served up for your guests ? What ideas you have of hospitality !", "I have n't quite finished my tea yet ! and there is still one muffin left .ACT DROP", "In order that I might have an opportunity of meeting you .", "I am !", "Darling !", "Yes , Aunt Augusta .", "Oh ! No ! Bunbury does n't live here . Bunbury is somewhere else at present . In fact , Bunbury is dead .", "Oh ! I killed Bunbury this afternoon . I mean poor", "Bunbury died this afternoon .", "Bunbury ? Oh , he was quite exploded .", "My dear Aunt Augusta , I mean he was found out ! The doctors found out that Bunbury could not live , that is what I mean — so Bunbury died .", "I am engaged to be married to Cecily , Aunt Augusta .", "Yes , Aunt Augusta !", "Cecily is the sweetest , dearest , prettiest girl in the whole world . And I do n't care twopence about social possibilities .", "Thank you , Aunt Augusta .", "Thank you , Aunt Augusta .", "Of course I could , Cecily . You know I could .", "Then what is to be done , Cecily ?", "Well , not till to-day , old boy , I admit . I did my best , however , though I was out of practice .", "My dear boy , we were never even on speaking terms . He died before I was a year old .", "Cecily !At last !" ]

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[ "Attilia waiting here ? Is't possible ?", "Is this a place for Regulus 's daughter ?", "Just gods ! must that incomparable maid", "Associate here with Lictors and Plebeians ?", "Let not her sorrows make my fair unjust .", "Is there in Rome a heart so dead to virtue", "That does not beat in Regulus 's cause ?", "That wearies not the gods for his return ?", "That does not think all subjugated Afric", "A slender , unimportant acquisition ,", "If , in return for this extended empire ,", "The freedom of thy father be the purchase ?", "These are the feelings of Imperial Rome ;", "My own , it were superfluous to declare .", "For if Licinius were to weigh his merit ,", "That he 's thy father were sufficient glory .", "He was my leader , train 'd me up to arms ;", "And if I boast a spark of Roman honour ,", "I owe it to his precepts and his virtues .", "Ah ! spare me thy reproaches — what , when late", "A private citizen , could I attempt ?", "‘ Twas not the lust of power , or pride of rank ,", "Which made me seek the dignity of tribune ;", "No , my Attilia , but I fondly hop 'd", "‘ Twould strengthen and enforce the just request", "Which as a private man I vainly urg 'd ;", "But now , the people 's representative ,", "I shall demand , Attilia , to be heard .", "Ah ! think , Attilia , who that Consul is ,", "Manlius , thy father 's rival , and his foe :", "His ancient rival , and his foe profess 'd :", "To hope in him , my fair , were fond delusion .", "Be it so , my fair ! but elsewhere make thy suit ;", "Let not the Consul meet Attilia here ,", "Confounded with the refuse of the people .", "Behold he comes .", "O bless me with a look ,", "One parting look at least .", "O sweet , yet powerful influence of virtue ,", "That charms though cruel , though unkind subdues ,", "And what was love exalts to admiration !", "Yes , ‘ tis the privilege of souls like thine", "To conquer most when least they aim at conquest .", "Yet , ah ! vouchsafe to think upon Licinius ,", "Nor fear to rob thy father of his due ;", "For surely virtue and the gods approve", "Unwearied constancy and spotless love .", "Ah ! my friend !", "and At . O by this hand we beg ——", "With joy , my honour 'd friend , I seek thy presence .", "Because my heart once more", "Beats high with flattering hope . In thy great cause", "I have been labouring .", "In thine and Rome 's . Does it excite thy wonder ?", "Couldst thou , then , think so poorly of Licinius ,", "That base ingratitude could find a place", "Within his bosom ?— Can I , then , forget", "Thy thousand acts of friendship to my youth ?", "Forget them , too , at that important moment", "When most I might assist thee ?— Regulus ,", "Thou wast my leader , general , father — all .", "Didst thou not teach me early how to tread", "The path of glory ; point the way thyself ,", "And bid me follow thee ?", "I have defended", "Thy liberty and life !", "Just as the Fathers were about to meet ,", "I hasten 'd to the temple — at the entrance", "Their passage I retarded by the force", "Of strong entreaty : then address 'd myself", "So well to each , that I from each obtain 'd", "A declaration , that his utmost power", "Should be exerted for thy life and freedom .", "Not he alone ; no , ‘ twere indeed unjust", "To rob the fair Attilia of her claim", "To filial merit .— What I could , I did .", "But she — thy charming daughter — heav'n and earth ,", "What did she not to save her father ?", "Attilia , thy belov 'd — thy age 's darling !", "Was ever father bless 'd with such a child ?", "Gods ! how her looks took captive all who saw her !", "How did her soothing eloquence subdue", "The stoutest hearts of Rome ! How did she rouse", "Contending passions in the breasts of all !", "How sweetly temper dignity with grief !", "With what a soft , inimitable grace", "She prais 'd , reproach 'd , entreated , flatter 'd , sooth 'd .", "What could they say ?", "Who could resist the lovely conqueror ?", "See where she comes — Hope dances in her eyes ,", "And lights up all her beauties into smiles .", "For pity 's sake , my Lord !", "Because I am a Roman , I aspired", "T ’ oppose th ’ inhuman rigour of thy fate .", "Oh ! my best Attilia ,", "Do not repent thee of the pious deed :", "It was a virtuous error . That in us", "Is a just duty , which the god-like soul", "Of Regulus would think a shameful weakness .", "If the contempt of life in him be virtue ,", "It were in us a crime to let him perish .", "Perhaps at last he may consent to live :", "He then will thank us for our cares to save him :", "Let not his anger fright thee . Though our love", "Offend him now , yet , when his mighty soul", "Is reconcil 'd to life , he will not chide us .", "The sick man loathes , and with reluctance takes", "The remedy by which his health 's restor 'd .", "Would my Attilia rather lose her father", "Than , by offending him , preserve his life ?", "Yes , he shall live , and we again be bless 'd ;", "Then dry thy tears , and let those lovely orbs", "Beam with their wonted lustre on Licinius ,", "Who lives but in the sunshine of thy smiles .", "Ah ! my fair mourner ,", "All 's lost .", "Yes , at my life 's expense , my heart 's best treasure ,", "Wouldst thou instruct me how .", "Farewell , my love !", "If possible , to save the life of Regulus .", "Since the disease so desperate is become ,", "We must apply a desperate remedy .", "No , my gentle love ,", "Too much I prize thy safety and thy peace .", "Let me entreat thee , stay with Barce here", "Till our return .", "Soon shalt thou know it all — Farewell ! farewell ! Let us keep Regulus in Rome , or die .", "At length I 've found thee — ah , my charming maid !", "How have I sought thee out with anxious fondness !", "Alas ! she hears me not .—— My best Attilia !", "Ah ! grief oppresses every gentle sense .", "Still , still she hears not —— ‘ tis Licinius speaks ,", "He comes to soothe the anguish of thy spirit ,", "And hush thy tender sorrows into peace .", "‘ Tis one who comes the messenger of heav'n ,", "To talk of peace , of comfort , and of joy .", "Cease , cease , my love , this tender voice of woe ,", "Though softer than the dying cygnet 's plaint :", "She ever chants her most melodious strain", "When death and sorrow harmonise her note .", "I come to dry thy tears , not make them flow ;", "The gods once more propitious smile upon us ,", "Joy shall again await each happy morn ,", "And ever-new delight shall crown the day !", "Yes , Regulus shall live .——", "Mock thy afflictions ?— May eternal Jove ,", "And every power at whose dread shrine we worship ,", "Blast all the hopes my fond ideas form ,", "If I deceive thee ! Regulus shall live ,", "Shall live to give thee to Licinius ’ arms .", "Oh ! we will smooth his downward path of life ,", "And after a long length of virtuous years ,", "At the last verge of honourable age ,", "When nature 's glimmering lamp goes gently out ,", "We 'll close , together close his eyes in peace —", "Together drop the sweetly-painful tear —", "Then copy out his virtues in our lives .", "Thou know'st what influence the name of Tribune", "Gives its possessor o'er the people 's minds :", "That power I have exerted , nor in vain ;", "All are prepar 'd to second my designs :", "The plot is ripe ,— there 's not a man but swears", "To keep thy god-like father here in Rome ——", "To save his life at hazard of his own .", "We 'll seek thy father , and meanwhile , my fair ,", "Compose thy sweet emotions ere thou see'st him ,", "Pleasure itself is painful in excess ;", "For joys , like sorrows , in extreme , oppress :", "The gods themselves our pious cares approve ,", "And to reward our virtue crown our love .", "Rome will not suffer Regulus to go .", "I grant they are —", "But still the people are the greater part .", "The less cruel .——", "Full of esteem and gratitude to Regulus ,", "We would preserve his life .", "His honour !——", "On your lives ,", "Stir not a man .", "And I forbid it .", "How dar'st thou , Manlius , thus oppose the Tribune ?", "Romans , guard it .", "The Majesty of Rome is in the people ;", "Thou dost insult it by opposing them .", "Hatred ? ah ! my friend ,", "It is our love would break these cruel chains .", "What faith should be observ 'd with savages ? What promise should be kept which bonds extort ?", "Rome is no more if Regulus departs .", "Lay down your arms — let Regulus depart ." ]

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[ "Ah , madonna ....", "It has not seemed brief to me .", "Yes , but I did not then know that each day spent apart from you , Madonna", "Graciosa , would be a century in passing .", "Yes , my search is desperate .", "Very certainly , since at my journey 's end I find Madonna Graciosa , the chief jewel of Tuscany .", "Ah , well , to balance that , you will presently find courtiers in Florence who will barter for you like merchants . May I descend ?", "Am I to be welcomed merely for the sake of my gems ? You were more gracious , you were more beautifully like your lovely name , on the fortunate day that I first encountered you ... only six weeks ago , and only yonder , where the path crosses the highway . But now that I esteem myself your friend , you greet me like a stranger . You do not even invite me into your garden . I much prefer the manner in which you told me the way to the inn when I was an unknown passer-by . And yet your pennant promised greeting .", "Now , there is the greeting I had hoped for ! But how do you escape your father 's watch so easily ?", "That “ Oh , yes , you ! ” is a very fitting reward for my devotion . For I find that nowadays I travel about the kingdom buying jewels less for my patrons at court than for the pleasure of having your eyes appraise them , and smile at me .", "That is wise , for the turquoise is a talisman . They say that the woman who wears a turquoise is thereby assured of marrying the person whom she prefers .", "In fact , they are handsome stones .", "Oh , with your lute !", "Yes , to be sure ! with my jewels .", "There is again my gracious lady . Now , in reward for that , you shall feast your eyes .", "Oh , I did not mean to offer them to you to-day . No , this string is intended for the Duke 's favorite , Count Eglamore .", "For Count Eglamore .", "If it be taste to appreciate pearls , then the Duke 's chief officer has excellent taste . He seeks them far and wide . He will be very generous in paying for this string .", "Oh , the nobles complain of him , but we merchants have no quarrel with Eglamore . He buys too lavishly .", "It is a pursuit not limited to us who frankly live by sale and purchase . Count Eglamore , for example , knows that men may be bought as readily as merchandise . It is one reason why he is so hated — by the unbought .", "You pray too much , madonna . Even very pious people ought to be reasonable .", "The Marquis of Cibo conspired , or so the court judged —", "Yet you have never even seen him , I believe ?", "So I have gathered . They remain among the unbought .", "Ah , yes , I remember .", "I remember that also .", "Yes , the dog seemed to think so , I remember .", "Has my Lord Balthazar yet set a day for that presentation ?", "I wish to have this Eglamore 's accounts all settled by that date .", "In fact , a noble who is not rich cannot afford to continue supporting a daughter who is salable in marriage .", "Marvels . I think — yes , I am afraid that you will like them .", "Few courtiers have expressed dislike of him in my presence .", "Eh , madonna ! some day , when you have seen his jewels —", "Yes , he will show them to you , I think , without fail , for the Duke loves beauty in all its forms . So he will take pleasure in confronting the brightness of your eyes with the brightness of the four kinds of sapphires , of the twelve kinds of rubies , and of many extraordinary pearls —", "And you will see his famous emerald necklace , and all his diamonds , and his huge turquoises , which will make you ashamed of your poor talisman —", "He will show you the very finest of his gems , assuredly . And then , worse still , he will be making verses in your honor .", "It is a preposterous feature of Duke Alessandro 's character that he is always making songs about some beautiful thing or another .", "The songs of a reigning duke are always good .", "Tastes differ , of course —", "I have a portrait of the Duke . It does not , I think , unduly flatter him . Will you look at it ?", "Here is the likeness .", "Oh , it was a gift to me from his highness for a special service I did him , and as such must be treasured .", "If you do , I ask only that in noisy Florence you remember this quiet garden .", "You may see his arms on it , and on the back his inscription .", "You are astonished at his highness ’ coloring ? That he inherits from his mother . She was , you know , a blackamoor .", "Such observations are court etiquette .", "Seen him ! here ! riding past !", "That was idle gossip , I fancy . The Duke rarely rides abroad without my —— without my lavish patron Eglamore , the friend of all honest merchants .", "True , madonna , true . I had forgotten you did not see them .", "Madonna ! but wise persons do not apply such adjectives to dukes . And wise persons do not criticize Count Eglamore 's appearance , either , now that Eglamore is indispensable to the all-powerful Duke of Florence .", "It is thanks to the Eglamore whom you hate that the Duke has ample leisure to indulge in recreations which are reputed to be — curious .", "That is perhaps quite as well .To be brief , madonna , business annoys the Duke .", "It interferes with the pursuit of all the beautiful things he asks for in that song .", "Eglamore is an industrious person who affixes seals , and signs treaties , and musters armies , and collects revenues , upon the whole , quite as efficiently as Alessandro would be capable of doing these things .", "And otherwise amuses himself as his inclinations prompt , while Eglamore rules Tuscany — and the Tuscans are none the worse off on account of it .But is not that a horseman ?", "I confess I wish to run no risk of being found here , by your respected father or by your ingenious cousins and uncles .", "A prince has means to overcome all obstacles .", "What would you do ?", "In which you would be very ravishingly beautiful . His tone has become rather ardent , and he is now standing nearer to her than the size of the garden necessitates . So GRACIOSA demurely steps down from the bench , and sits at the far end .", "I ? What would I do if I were a great lord instead of a tradesman !I think you know the answer , madonna .", "And is it not a serious matter that a pedler of crystals should have dared to love a nobleman 's daughter ?", "But you are perfectly right . It is not a serious matter . That I worship you is an affair which does not seriously concern any person save me in any way whatsoever . Yet I think that knowledge of the fact would put your father to the trouble of sharpening his dagger .", "Indeed , I am not certain that I do worship you ; for in order to adore whole-heartedly the idolater must believe his idol to be perfect .Now your nails are of an ugly shape , like that of little fans . Your nose is nothing to boast of . And your mouth is too large . I do not admire these faults , for faults they are undoubtedly —", "No .... Then , too , I know that you are vain and self-seeking , and look forward contentedly to the time when your father will transfer his ownership of your physical attractions to that nobleman who offers the highest price for them .", "That is true , and nobody disputes it . Still , you participate in a monstrous bargain , and I would prefer to have you exhibit distaste for it . Bending forward , GUIDO draws from his jewel pack the string of pearls , and this he moodily contemplates , in order to evince his complete disinterestedness . The pose has its effect . GRACIOSA looks at him for a moment , rises , draws a deep breath , and speaks with a sort of humility .", "I am afraid that men do not always love according to the strict laws of logic .I desire your happiness above all things , yet to see you so abysmally untroubled by anything which troubles me is — another matter .", "No ?", "You know that I love you .", "Madonna is candid this morning .", "Would I incur such risks without caring ?", "Your highness was never lacking in penetration .", "It happens that not a moment ago we were admiring your highness ’ portrait .", "I gave orders for the Marquis of Cibo 's execution , as was the duty of my office . I did not devise the manner of his punishment . The punishment for Cibo 's crime was long ago fixed by our laws . All who attack the Duke 's person must die thus .", "Graciosa ... you shame me —", "God , God ! The DUKE looks with delight at GRACIOSA , who stands bewildered and childlike .", "Highness —!", "She is a child —", "Highness , I love this child —", "No !", "No , I will not have it .", "I have never been too nice to profit by your vices . I have taken my thrifty toll of abomination . I have stood by contentedly , not urging you on , yet never trying to stay you as you waded deeper and ever deeper into the filth of your debaucheries , because meanwhile you left me so much power .", "It was not altogether I who made of you a brainsick beast . But what you are is in part my handiwork . Nevertheless , you shall not harm this child .", "I know this means my ruin .", "That is nothing to me .", "At court you are the master . At your court in Florence I have seen many mothers raise the veil from their daughters ’ faces because you were passing . But here upon this hill-top I can see only the woman I love and the man who has insulted her .", "By killing you , your highness .", "I think this knife will serve me , highness , to make earth a cleaner place .", "You risk your life , for very certainly I mean to kill you .", "Ah ! He catches up the fallen dagger , and attacks the DUKE , this time with utter disregard of the rules of fence and his own safety . GUIDO drives the DUKE back . GUIDO is careless of defence , and desirous only to kill . The DUKE is wounded , and falls with a cry at the foot of the shrine . GUIDO utters a sort of strangled growl . He raises his dagger , intending to hack at and mutilate his antagonist , who is now unconscious . As GUIDO stoops , GRACIOSA , from behind him , catches his arm .", "Madonna , the Duke is not yet dead . That wound is nothing serious .", "It is impossible to let him live .", "I think so , too , but I know that all this madman 's whims are ruthless .", "Power ! I , who have attacked the Duke 's person ! I , who have done what your dead cousin merely planned to do !", "Living , this brain-sick beast will make of you his plaything — and , a little later , his broken , soiled and cast-by plaything . It is therefore necessary that I kill Duke Alessandro .", "That is the law , madonna . But what he said is true . I am useless to him , a rebellious lackey to be punished . Whether I have his life or no , I am a lost man .", "Now there is not a beggar in the kingdom who would change lots with me . But at least I shall first kill this kingdom 's lord . He picks up his dagger .", "Perhaps I might escape , going north to Bologna , and then to Venice , which is at war with the Duke —", "But first the Duke must die , because his death saves you .", "Not even Eglamore would leave you at the mercy of this poet .", "And I must need upset the bargain between these jewel merchants !", "I had no choice . I love you .It is a theme on which I shall not embroider . So long as I thought to use you as an instrument I could woo fluently enough . Today I saw that you were frightened and helpless — oh , quite helpless . And something in me changed . I knew for the first time that I loved you . And I knew I was not clean as you are clean . I knew that I had more in common with this beast here than I had with you .", "You , who had only scorn to give me when I was a kingdom 's master ! Would you go with me now that I am homeless and friendless ?", "Graciosa —!", "Ah , you shall not regret that foolish preference .", "He will not enter Hell to-day .Already he revives , you see . So let us begone before his attendants come .", "So we may pass for minstrels on the road to Venice .", "The Duke 's attendants fetching him new women — two more of those numerous damsels that his song demands . They will revive this ruinous songmaker to rule over Tuscany more foolishly than Eglamore governed when Eglamore was a great lord .It is a very rich and lovely country , this kingdom which a half-hour since lay in the hollow of my hand . Now I am empty-handed ." ]

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[ "Tis that I came to towne for , I wo 'd not", "Endure againe the countrey conversation ,", "To be the Lady of sixe shires I the men", "So neare the Primitive making , they retaine", "A sence of nothing but the earth , their braines", "And barren heads standing as much in want", "Of plowing as their ground , to heare a fellow", "Make himselfe merry and his horse with whisteling", "Sellingers round , to observe with what solemnitie", "They keepe their Wakes , and throw for pewter Candlestickes ,", "How they become the Morris , whith whose bells", "They ring all into Whitson Ales , and sweate ,", "Through twenty Scarffes and Napkins , till the Hobbyhorse", "Tire , and the maide Marrian dissolv 'd to a gelly ,", "Be kept for spoone meate .", "You doe imagine ,", "No doubt , you have talk 'd wisely , and confuted ,", "London past all defence , your Master should", "Doe well to send you backe into the countrie ,", "With title of Superintendent Baylie .", "Even so sir .", "A country-gentleman ,", "By your affection to converse with stuble ,", "His tenants will advance your wit , and plumpe it so", "With beefe and bag-pudding .", "Complaine to the Lord of the soyle your master .", "I am angry with my selfe ,", "To be so miserably restrained in things ,", "Wherein it doth concern your love and honour", "To see me satisfied .", "What charge more than is necessarie ,", "For a lady of my birth and education ?", "Tis English .", "Decoy welcome , this visite is a favour .", "You oblige me Madam , but I must", "Not dispence so with your absence .", "Thou shalt command mine , prethee sweete Decoy .", "So you will promise to dine with me . De . I shall", "Present a guest . Are . Why then good morrow Madam .", "Whats your newes sir ? St. Madam two gentlemen .", "What gentlemen ? Have they no names . St . They are", "The gentleman with his owne head of haire ,", "Whom you commended for his horsemanship", "In Hide Parke , and becomming the saddle", "The tother day . Are . What circumstance is this ,", "To know him by . St. His names at my tongues end ,", "He lik 'd the fashion of your pearle chaine Madam ,", "And borrowed it for his Jewelier to take", "A coppie by it . Bor . What cheating gallants this ?", "Fie , how 's this haire disordered ? here 's a curle ,", "Straddle most impiously , I must to my closet . Exit .", "Faire morning to you gentlemen ,", "You went not late to bed by your early visit ,", "You doe me honour . Al . It becomes our service .", "What newes abroade ? you hold precious intelligence .", "And where were you last night ? Al . I Madam ? where", "I slept not , it had beene sin where so much", "Delight and beauty was to keepe me waking ,", "There is a Lady Madam will be worth", "Your free societie , my conversation", "Nere knew so elegant and brave a soule ,", "With most incomparable flesh and bloud ,", "So spirited , so Courtly speakes the Languages ,", "Sings , Dances , playes o'th Lute to admiration ,", "Is faire and paints not , games too , keepes a table ,", "And talkes most witty Satyre , has a wit", "Of a cleane Mercury .", "A Virgin ? Al . Neither . Lit . What a widow ? something", "Of this wide commendation might have beene", "Excusd , this such a prodigie ? Al . Repent", "Before I name her , shee did never see", "Yet full sixteene , an age in the opinion", "Of wise men not contemptible , she ha 's", "Mourned out her yeare too for the honest Knight", "That had compassion of her youth , and dy 'd", "So timely , such a widow is not common ,", "And now she shines more fresh and tempting", "Then any naturall Virgin .", "Whats her name ?", "You have beene high in praises . Al . I come short ,", "No flattery can reach her . Bor . Now my Lady", "Is troubled as she feared to be eclipsd ,", "This newes will cost me somewhat . Are . You deserve", "Her favour for this noble character .", "You must bring us acquainted . Bo . I pray doe sir ,", "I long to see her too , Madam I have", "Thought upo n't and corrected my opinion ,", "Pursue what wayes of pleasure your desires", "Incline you too , not onely with my state ,", "But with my person I will follow you ,", "I see the folly of my thrift , and will", "Repent in Sacke and prodigalitie", "To your owne hearts content .", "But doe not mocke .", "I am glad to heare you sir in so good tune .", "The boy 's undone . Fre . Madam you appeare troubled .", "Have J not cause ? Was not J trusted with", "Thy education boy , and have they sent thee", "Home like a very scholler . Alex . Twas ill done", "How ere they usd him in the Vniversitie ,", "To send him to his friends thus . Fre . Why sir , blacke", "Is not within my reading any blemish ,", "Sables are no disgrace in Heraldry .", "What lucke I did not send him into France ,", "They would have given him generous education ,", "Taught him another garbe , to weare his locke ,", "And shape , as gawdie as the Summer , how", "To dance , and wagge his feather ala mode ,", "To complement , and cringe , to talke not modestly", "Like J forsooth , and no forsooth , to blush", "And looke so like a Chaplaine , there he might", "Have learned a brazen confidence , and observ 'd", "So well the custome of the countrey , that", "He might by this time have invented fashions", "For us , and beene a benefit to the Kingdome", "Preserv 'd our Tailors in their wits , and sav 'd", "The charge of sending into forraine Courts", "For pride and anticke fashions , observe ,", "In what a posture he does hold his hat now .", "I feare hee 's spoild forever , he did name", "Logicke , and may for ought I know be gone", "So farre to understand it , I did alwayes", "Suspect they would corrupt him in the Colledge ,", "Will your Greeke sawes and sentences discharge", "The Mercer , or is Latin a fit language", "To court a mistresse in ? Mr. Alexander", "If you have any charitie , let me", "Commend him to your breeding , I suspect", "I must employ my Doctor first , to purge", "The Vniversitie that lies in 's head", "It alters his complexion . Alex . If you dare", "Trust me to serve him . Are . Mr. Littleworth", "Be you joynd in commission . Lit . I will teach him", "Postures and rudiments . Are . I have no patience", "To see him in this shape , it turnes my stomacke ,", "When he has cast his Academicke skinne", "He shall be yours , I am bound in conscience", "To see him bred , his owne state shall maintaine", "The change , while hees my Ward , come hither sir .", "I wanted such an engine , my Lord has", "Done me a curtesie to disclose her nature ,", "I now know one to trust , and will employ her .", "Touching my Lord , for reasons , which I shall", "Offer to your Ladiship hereafter , I", "Desire you would be silent , but to shew", "How much I dare be confident in your secrecie ,", "I powre my bosome forth , I love a gentleman", "On whom there woo'not meet much conjuration", "To meet — your eare —", "Your pardon a few minutes sir —— you must", "Contrive it thus . Lit . I attend , and shall account it", "Honour to waite on your returne . Are . He must not", "Have the least knowledge of my name , or person .", "I hope the revells are maintained within .", "Tis well . Lit . And praises her beyond all poetry .", "I'me glad he has so much wit . Lit . Not jealous !", "This secures me , what would make other Ladies pale", "With jealousie , gives but a licence to my wandrings ,", "Let him now taxe me if he dare —— and yet", "Her beauti 's worth my envie , and I wish", "Revenge upon it , not because he loves ,", "But that it shines above my owne . Enter Alex .", "I have it , you two gentlemen professe", "Much service to me , if I have a way", "To employ your wit and secrecie . Both . You'le honour us .", "You gave a high and worthy character", "Of Celestina . Alex . I remember Madam .", "Doe either of you love her ? Alex . Not I Madam .", "They are here , begin not till I whisper you .", "C'est bien de la douceur de vostre naturel que vous tenez", "Ceste language ; mais j'espere que mon mary n'a pas", "Manque de vous entretenir en mon absence .", "Il eut trop failly , s'il n'eust tasche de tout son pouvoir a vous rendre toutes fortes de services .", "Vrayement Madame , que jamais personne a plus desire ,", "L'honneur de vostre compagnie , que moy .", "Vous m'obligez trop .", "Passion of my braine .", "There 's a complement .", "Ie vous prie Madame d'excuser les habitz , & le rude", "Comportement de mon cousin . Il est tout fraichement", "Venu de l'universite , ou on l'a tout gaste .", "Oh most unpardonable ! get him off", "Quickly , and discreetely , or if I live ——", "What shall I doe ? Try your skill , Master Littleworth .", "Nephew Fredricke ! Fr . Little gentleman ,", "This an affront both to my bloud and person ,", "I am a gentleman of as tall a birth", "As any boast nobility , though my clothes", "Smell o'the lampe , my coate is honourable ,", "Right honourable , full , of or , and argent ,", "A little gentleman ! Bor . Coze you must be patient ,", "My Lady meant you no dishonour , and", "You must remember shee 's a woman .", "Now gentlemen . Ex . all but Cel . & Alex . & Little .", "Is she gone . Li . I thinke we peperd her .", "Some love letter —— He smiles upont .", "Now Mr. Alexander , you looke bright o the suddaine ,", "Another spirit 's in your eye .", "I blush while I converse with my owne thoughts ,", "Some strange fate governes me , but I must on ,", "The wayes are cast already , and we thrive", "When our sinne feares no eye nor perspective . Exit .", "Well , turne about Fredricke , very well .", "A coach will easily convey it , or", "You may take water at strand bridge . Lit . But I", "Have taken fire . Are . The Thames will coole .", "But hath Sir Thomas lost five hundred pounds", "Already ? Ser . And five hundred more he borrow 'd ,", "The Dice are notable devourers Madam ,", "They make no more of peeces , than of pebbles ,", "But thrust their heapes together to engender ,", "Two hundred more the Caster cries this gentleman ,", "I am w'ee . I ha that to nothing sir , the Caster", "Agen , tis covered , and the table too ,", "With summes that frighed me , here one sneakes out ,", "And with a Martyrs patience , smiles upon", "His moneyes Executioner , the Dice ,", "Commands a pipe of good Tobacco , and", "I'th smoke o n't vanishes ; another makes", "The bones vault ore his head , sweares that ill throwing", "Has put his shoulder out of joynt , calls for", "A bone setter that lookes to'th boxe , to bid", "His master send him some more hundred pounds ,", "Which lost , he takes tobacco , and is quiet ;", "Here a strong arme throwes in , and in , with which", "He brusheth all the table , payes the Rookes", "That went their smelts a peece upon his hand ,", "Yet sweares he has not drawne a stake this seven yeare .", "But I was bid make haste , my master may", "Lose this five hundred pounds ere I come thither . Exit .", "If we both waste so fast , we shall soone finde", "Our state is not immortall , some thing in", "His other wayes appeare not well already . Enter sir Thomas .", "Say you so ? I'le have another coach to morrow If there be rich above ground . Bor . I forgot To bid the fellow aske my Jeweller , Whether the chaine of Diamonds be made up , I will present it to my Lady Bellamour , Faire Celestina . Are . This gowne J have worne Sixe dayes already , it lookes dull , ile give it My waiting woman , and have one of cloth of gold enbrodered , shooes and pantables Will show well of the same . Bor . I have invited A covey of Ladies , and as many gentlemen To morrow to the Italian Ordinary , I shall have rarities , and regalli as To pay for Madam , musicke , wanton songs , And tunes of silken petticotes to dance to .", "And to morrow have I invited halfe the Court To dine here , what misfortune tis your company And ours should be devided ? after dinner J entertaine e 'm with a play . Bor . By that time Your play inclines to the Epilogue , shall we quit our Italian host , and whirle in coaches , To the Douch Magazine of sawce , the Stillyard , Where deale , and backragge , and what strange wine else , They dare but give a name too in the reckoning Shall flow into our roome , and drowne Westphalias , Tongues , and Anchoavis , like some little towne Endangered by a sluce , through whole fierce ebbe We wade and wash our selves into a boate , And bid our Coachmen drive their leather tenements By land , while we saile home with a fresh tide To some new randevous . Are . If you have not Pointed the place , pray bring your Ladies hither , J meane to have a Ball to morrow night , And a rich banquet for e 'm , where we'le dance Till morning rise , and blush to interrupt us .", "Tis very pretty . Enter Decoy .", "Madam Decoy . De . What melancholy Exit .", "After so sweet a nights worke ? Have not I", "Shew 'd my selfe Mistris of my art . Are . A Lady .", "Where have you beene cozen ? Fre . At the bridge , At the Beares foote , where our first health began To the faire Aretina , whose sweet company Was wished by all , we could not get a lay , a Tumbler , a Device , a bona roba For any money , drawers were growne dull ; We wanted our true firkes and our vagaries ; When were you in drinke Aunt ? Are . How ? Fr . Do not Ladies Play the good fellowes too ? there 's no true mirth Without e 'm , I have now such tickling fancies , That Doctour of the chaire of wit , has read A precious lecture , how I should behave My selfe to Ladies , as now for example .", "Would you practise upon me ? Fre . I first salute you ,", "You have a soft hand Madam , are you so", "All over ? Are . Nephew . Fre . Nay you should but smile ,", "And then agen I kisse you ; and thus draw", "Off your white glove , and start to see your hand", "More excellently white , I grace my owne", "Lip with this touch , and turning gently thus ,", "Prepare you for my skill in Palmistry ,", "Which out of curiosity no Lady", "But easily applies too , the first line", "I tooke with most ambition to find out ,", "Is Venus girdle , a faire semicircle", "Enclosing both the mount of Sol and Saturne ,", "If that appeare , she 's for my turne , a Lady", "Whom nature has prepar 'd for the careere ,", "And Cupid at my elbow , I put forward ,", "You have this very line , Aunt .", "The boy 's franticke .", "He has sacke enough , and I may find his humor . Exeunt .", "Your other clothes were not so rich , who was", "Your tailor sir ? Al . They were made for me long since ,", "They have knowne but two bright dayes upon my backe ,", "I had a humor Madam to lay things by ,", "They will serve two dayes more , I thinke I ha gold enough", "To goe to'th Mercer , Ile now allow my selfe", "A suite a weeke as this , with necessary", "Dependances , Beaver , silke stockings , garters ,", "And roses in their due conformitie ,", "Bootes are forbid a cleane legge , but to ride in ,", "My linnen every morning comes in new ,", "The old goes too great bellies . Ar . You are charitable .", "You make me wonder sir , to see this change", "Of fortune , your revenew was not late", "So plentifull . Al . Hang durty land and Lordships ,", "I wonot change one lodging I ha got", "For the Chamber of London . Are . Strange of such a sudden ,", "To rise to this estate , no fortunate hand", "At dice could lift you up so , for tis since", "Last night , yesterday , you were no such Monarke .", "Dare you trust my security . Al . There 's gold ,", "I shall have more to morrow .", "You astonish me , who can supply these ?", "Not that I wish to know", "More of your happinesse , then I have aready", "Heart to congratulate , be pleasd to lay", "My wonder . Al . Tis a secret . Are . Which ile die", "Ere Ile betray . Al . You have alwayes wish 'd me well ,", "But you shall sweare not to reveale the partie .", "Ile lose the benefit of my tongue . Alex . Nor be", "Afraid at what I say , what thinke you first", "Of an old Witch , a strange ill favor 'd hag", "That for my company last night , has wrought", "This cure upon my fortune ? I doe sweat", "To thinke upon her name . Are . How sir a Witch ?", "What devill ? How I tremble . Ale . Have a heart ,", "Twas a shee devill too , a most insatiate", "Abominable devill with a taile", "Thus long . Are . Goodnesse defend me , did you see her ?", "Tis a false glasse , sure I am more deform 'd ,", "What have I done , my soule is miserable . Enter Lord .", "Heaven has dissolv 'd the clouds that hung upon", "My eyes , and if you can with mercy meet", "A penitent , I throw my owne will off ,", "And now in all things obey yours , my nephew", "Send backe agen to'th colledge , and my selfe", "To what place you'le confine me . Bor . Dearer now", "Than ever to my bosome , thou shalt please", "Me best to live at thy owne choice , I did", "But fright thee with a noise of my expences ,", "The summes are safe , and we have wealth enough ,", "If yet we use it nobly ? My Lord —— Madam ,", "Pray honour to night . Are . I begge your presence ,", "And pardon . Bor . I know not how my Aretina", "May be disposd to morrow for the country ." ]

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[ "I tell you , Sir , his love to me is all a pretence : it is amazing that you , who are so acute , so quick in discerning on other occasions , should be so blind upon this .", "Surely , Sir , strong circumstances in every court should have weight .", "Not perfectly well .", "I do , Sir .", "Attentively .", "Clearly .", "True .", "Very obliging , Sir . But suppose now , Sir , it should appear that the attention of Sir Luke Limp is directed to some other object , would not that induce you to —", "In this very house .", "No , Sir ?", "Yes , Sir , one person else .", "But remember , Sir , my accusation is confined to Sir Luke .", "Suppose then , Sir , those powerful charms which made a conquest of you , may have extended their empire over the heart of Sir Luke ?", "Indeed , Sir , but I do .", "Overt acts !", "I can n't say that , Sir ; but another organ has been pretty explicit .", "In those cases a very infallible one — the eye .", "Perhaps not , Sir , but it is a decisive evidence in a court of love .", "Sir , you mistake me ; it is not the lady , but the gentleman I am about to impeach .", "You were never more deceiv 'd in your life ; for it is impossible , my dear Sir , that jealousy can subsist without love .", "And from that passionI am pretty free at present .", "A sweet object to excite tender desires !", "First as to his years .", "I own , Sir , age procures honor , but I believe it is very rarely productive of love .", "And tho ’ the loss of a leg can n't be imputed to Sir Luke Limp as a fault —", "I hope , Sir , at least you will allow it a misfortune .", "A pretty thing truly , for a girl , at my time of life , to be ty 'd to a man with one foot in the grave .", "O ! Sir ! I know how proud Sir Luke is of his leg , and have often heard him declare , that he would not change his bit of timber for the best flesh and bone in the kingdom .", "To be sure , sustaining unavoidable evils with constancy is a certain sign of greatness of mind .", "But then to derive a vanity from a misfortune , will not I 'm afraid be admitted as a vast instance of wisdom , and indeed looks as if the man had nothing better to distinguish himself by .", "By inunendo .", "Besides , Sir , I have other proofs of your hero 's vanity , not inferior to that I have mention 'd .", "The paltry ambition of levying and following titles .", "I mean the poverty of fastening in public upon men of distinction , for no other reason but because of their rank ; adhering to Sir John till the Baronet is superceded by my Lord ; quitting the puny Peer for an Earl ; and sacrificing all three to a Duke .", "True , Sir , if the virtues that procur 'd the father a peerage , could with that be entail 'd on the son .", "Sir !", "No , Sir ; I am contented with only , not thinking him the better .", "Not unless the proposer had other qualities than what he possesses by patent . Besides , Sir , you know Sir Luke is a devotee to the bottle .", "It occasions one evil at least ; that when under its influence , he generally reveals all , sometimes more than he knows .", "You mean , Sir , they prove the object a trifle .", "Nobody .", "But , Sir —", "Without doubt , Sir ; but there are notwithstanding in this town a great number of nobodies , not described by lord Coke .", "There is your next-door neighbour , Sir Harry Hen , an absolute blank .", "What , Sir ! a man who is not suffer 'd to hear , see , smell , or in short to enjoy the free use of any one of his senses ; who , instead of having a positive will of his own , is deny 'd even a paltry negative ; who can neither resolve or reply , consent or deny , without first obtaining the leave of his lady : an absolute monarch to sink into the sneaking state of being a slave to one of his subjects — Oh fye !", "Nobody Sir , in the fullest sense of the word — Then your client Lord", "Solo .", "O yes , Sir , I am no stranger to that nobleman 's attributes ; but then , Sir , please to consider , his power as a peer he gives up to a proxy ; the direction of his estate , to a rapacious , artful attorney : and as to his skill in the elegant arts , I presume you confine them to painting and music , he is directed in the first by Mynheer Van Eisel , a Dutch dauber ; and in the last is but the echo of Signora Florenza , his lordship 's mistress and an opera singer .", "In short , Sir , I define every individual who , ceasing to act for himself , becomes the tool , the mere engine of another man 's will , to be nothing more than a cypher .", "Every one — Sir Luke has not a first principle in his whole composition ; not only his pleasures , but even his passions are prompted by others ; and he is as much directed to the objects of his love and his hatred , as in his eating , drinking , and dressing . Nay , though he is active , and eternally busy , yet his own private affairs are neglected ; and he would not scruple to break an appointment that was to determine a considerable part of his property , in order to exchange a couple of hounds for a lord , or to buy a pad-nag for a lady . In a word — but he 's at hand , and will explain himself best ; I hear his stump on the stairs .", "Lover ! ha , ha , ha !", "Christen 'd ! I do n't understand you .", "He does ?", "Meaning me , I presume .", "A chair-minuet ! I do n't understand you .", "Ay , Sir Luke ; how do you prove that ?", "You make light , Sir Luke , of these sort of engagements .", "You see , Sir , the Knight must give way for my Lord .", "By the choice of his company he gives an unanswerable instance of that .", "Well , Sir , what dy'e think of the proofs ? I flatter myself I have pretty well established my case .", "It was not in my power to keep him .", "What will at any time take him away — a Duke at the door .", "What have you got there , Jack ?", "For me ! Prythee what is it ?", "What thing ?", "Come , do n't be a boy , let me have it .How 's this ! a letter ! from whom ?", "Not I ; I do n't know the hand .", "Then tell me his name .", "“ Charles Woodford ! ” — I am sure I know nothing of him .", "How ! when , and where ?", "Well ?", "What can be his business with me ?", "Indeed , Sir , but I shall .", "Upon my word !— The young man has made no bad choice of an agent ; you are for pushing matters at once .— But harkee , Sir , who is this spark you are so anxious about ? And how long have you known him ?", "He is .", "Upon my word !", "Ah , Jack ! that 's the worst part of the story .", "Well , Jack , when that point is determin 'd , it will be time enough to —", "I warrant you . Either Cupid 's darts were always but poetical engines , or they have been lately depriv 'd of their points . Love holds no place in the modern bills of mortality . However , Jack , you may tell your friend , that I have observ 'd his frequent walks in our street .", "And that from his eyes being constantly fixed on my window——", "I had a pretty shrewd guess at his business ; but tell him that unless my fa —— Hush ! our tyrant is return 'd . Do n't leave the house till I see you .", "When , Sir , you hear this whole matter explain 'd , you will acquit I am sure .", "I have a father , and can have no will of my own ." ]

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[ "Because I bid her clean the pots for supper", "She took that old book down out of the thatch ;", "She has been doubled over it ever since .", "We should be deafened by her groans and moans", "Had she to work as some do , Father Hart ;", "Get up at dawn like me and mend and scour ;", "Or ride abroad in the boisterous night like you ,", "The pyx and blessed bread under your arm .", "You 've married her ,", "And fear to vex her and so take her part .", "MAURTEEN", "It is but right that youth should side with youth", "She quarrels with my wife a bit at times ,", "And is too deep just now in the old book", "But do not blame her greatly ; she will grow", "As quiet as a puff-ball in a tree", "When but the moons of marriage dawn and die", "For half a score of times .", "She would not mind the kettle , milk the cow ,", "Or even lay the knives and spread the cloth .", "She 's old enough to know that it is wrong", "To mope and idle .", "She 'd never do a turn if I were silent .", "And maybe , Father , what he said was true ;", "For there is not another night in the year", "So wicked as to-night .", "The good people beg for milk and fire", "Upon May Eve — woe to the house that gives ,", "For they have power upon it for a year .", "She 's given milk away . I knew she would bring evil on the house .", "I am afraid .", "You are the fool of every pretty face ,", "And I must spare and pinch that my son 's wife", "May have all kinds of ribbons for her head .", "You 've given milk and fire", "Upon the unluckiest night of the year and brought ,", "For all you know , evil upon the house .", "Before you married you were idle and fine", "And went about with ribbons on your head ;", "And now — no , Father , I will speak my mind", "She is not a fitting wife for any man —", "You know well", "How calling the good people by that name ,", "Or talking of them over much at all ,", "May bring all kinds of evil on the house .", "You have a comely shape .", "I 'll warm your chilly feet .", "I have some honey .", "She is the child of gentle people ; look", "At her white hands and at her pretty dress .", "I 've brought you some new milk , but wait a while", "And I will put it to the fire to warm ,", "For things well fitted for poor folk like us", "Would never please a high-born child like you .", "The young are idle .", "I have begun to be afraid again .", "That would be sacrilege !", "She is blaspheming .", "Do not leave us .", "Come from that image ; body and soul are gone", "You have thrown your arms about a drift of leaves ,", "Or bole of an ash-tree changed into her image ." ]

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[ "I ’ ll tell Miss Marsh you ’ re here , Miss Pringle .", "She ’ s tired out , poor thing . She ’ s lying down now . But I ’ m sure she ’ d like to see you , Miss .", "Dr. Evans thought she ’ d better stay at home , Miss , and Mrs. Wickham said she ’ d only upset herself if she went .", "Miss Wickham wouldn ’ t have a professional nurse . And you know what she was , Miss .... Miss Marsh slept in Miss Wickham ’ s room , and the moment she fell asleep Miss Wickham would have her up because her pillow wanted shaking , or she was thirsty , or something .", "Inconsiderate isn ’ t the word , Miss . I wouldn ’ t be a lady ’ s companion , not for anything . What they have to put up with !", "That sounds like Miss Marsh coming downstairsMiss Pringle is here , Miss .", "It didn ’ t arrive till after they ’ d started , Miss .", "Sorrowing relatives is good , Miss .", "What shall I do with it , Miss ?", "Very good , Miss .", "Mr. Wynne .", "Very good , sir .", "Mr. Hornby would like to see you for a minute , Miss .", "I told him I didn ’ t think it would be convenient , Miss , but he says it ’ s very important , and he won ’ t detain you more than five minutes .", "Very good , Miss .", "Mr. Hornby ." ]

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[ "Good day , sir .", "I have not seen you long ; how goes the world ?", "Ay , that 's well known .", "But what particular rarity ? What strange ,", "Which manifold record not matches ? See ,", "Magic of bounty , all these spirits thy power", "Hath conjur 'd to attend ! I know the merchant .", "When we for recompense have prais 'd the vile ,", "It stains the glory in that happy verse", "Which aptly sings the good .", "A thing slipp 'd idly from me .", "Our poesy is as a gum , which oozes", "From whence ‘ tis nourish 'd . The fire i ’ th ’ flint", "Shows not till it be struck : our gentle flame", "Provokes itself , and like the current flies", "Each bound it chafes . What have you there ?", "Upon the heels of my presentment , sir . Let 's see your piece .", "So ‘ tis ; this comes off well and excellent .", "Admirable . How this grace", "Speaks his own standing ! What a mental power", "This eye shoots forth ! How big imagination", "Moves in this lip ! To th ’ dumbness of the gesture", "One might interpret .", "I will say of it", "It tutors nature . Artificial strife", "Lives in these touches , livelier than life .", "The senators of Athens - happy man !", "You see this confluence , this great flood of visitors .", "I have in this rough work shap 'd out a man", "Whom this beneath world doth embrace and hug", "With amplest entertainment . My free drift", "Halts not particularly , but moves itself", "In a wide sea of tax . No levell 'd malice", "Infects one comma in the course I hold ,", "But flies an eagle flight , bold and forth on ,", "Leaving no tract behind .", "I will unbolt to you .", "You see how all conditions , how all minds-", "As well of glib and slipp'ry creatures as", "Of grave and austere quality , tender down", "Their services to Lord Timon . His large fortune ,", "Upon his good and gracious nature hanging ,", "Subdues and properties to his love and tendance", "All sorts of hearts ; yea , from the glass-fac 'd flatterer", "To Apemantus , that few things loves better", "Than to abhor himself ; even he drops down", "The knee before him , and returns in peace", "Most rich in Timon 's nod .", "Sir , I have upon a high and pleasant hill", "Feign 'd Fortune to be thron 'd . The base o ’ th ’ mount", "Is rank 'd with all deserts , all kind of natures", "That labour on the bosom of this sphere", "To propagate their states . Amongst them all", "Whose eyes are on this sovereign lady fix 'd", "One do I personate of Lord Timon 's frame ,", "Whom Fortune with her ivory hand wafts to her ;", "Whose present grace to present slaves and servants", "Translates his rivals .", "Nay , sir , but hear me on .", "All those which were his fellows but of late-", "Some better than his value - on the moment", "Follow his strides , his lobbies fill with tendance ,", "Rain sacrificial whisperings in his ear ,", "Make sacred even his stirrup , and through him", "Drink the free air .", "When Fortune in her shift and change of mood", "Spurns down her late beloved , all his dependants ,", "Which labour 'd after him to the mountain 's top", "Even on their knees and hands , let him slip down ,", "Not one accompanying his declining foot .", "Vouchsafe my labour , and long live your lordship !", "How now , philosopher !", "Art not one ?", "Then I lie not .", "Yes .", "That 's not feign'dhYpppHeN he is so .", "to be thought of him ? Does the rumour hold for true that he 's so full of gold ?", "Then this breaking of his has been but a try for his friends ?", "What have you now to present unto him ?", "I must serve him so too , tell him of an intent that 's coming toward him .", "I am thinking what I shall say I have provided for him . It must be a personating of himself ; a satire against the softness of prosperity , with a discovery of the infinite flatteries that follow youth and opulency .", "Nay , let 's seek him ;", "Then do we sin against our own estate", "When we may profit meet and come too late .", "Hail , worthy Timon !", "Sir ,", "Having often of your open bounty tasted ,", "Hearing you were retir 'd , your friends fall'n off ,", "Whose thankless natures - O abhorred spirits ! -", "Not all the whips of heaven are large enough-", "What ! to you ,", "Whose star-like nobleness gave life and influence", "To their whole being ! I am rapt , and cannot cover", "The monstrous bulk of this ingratitude", "With any size of words .", "Nor I ." ]

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[ "I can n't help it .", "To follow my conscience ? That 's new , Mendip .", "God made them , Dean .", "If I hit a little man in the eye , and he hits me back , have I the right to chastise him ?", "What ! With our missionaries and our trading ?", "They went into a wild country , against the feeling of the tribes , on their own business . What has the nation to do with the mishaps of gamblers ?", "Sometimes ; but with all my soul I deny the fantastic superstition that our rule can benefit a people like this , a nation of one race , as different from ourselves as dark from light — in colour , religion , every mortal thing . We can only pervert their natural instincts .", "Big ones could let little ones alone .", "I hope to serve her fifty , Sir John , and I say she is .", "They 'll be said by me to-night , Mendip .", "You can tell people that to-morrow , Mendip . Give it a leader in ‘ The Parthenon ’ .", "I 've made no secret of my feelings all along . I 'm against this war , and against the annexation we all know it will lead to .", "I 'm not out for advertisement .", "Must speak the truth sometimes , even at that risk .", "Nations are bad judges of their honour , Dean .", "No . It 's an awkward word .", "Is a man only to hold beliefs when they 're popular ? You 've stood up to be shot at often enough , Sir John .", "You admit the show-up ?", "My country , right or wrong ! Guilty — still my country !", "I 'll have no truck with tyranny .", "Sir John , we great Powers have got to change our ways in dealing with weaker nations . The very dogs can give us lessons — watch a big dog with a little one .", "There 's no reason in the world , Mendip , why the rules of chivalry should not apply to nations at least as well as to — - dogs .", "This cause is not lost .", "Because general sentiment 's against me , I — a public man — am to deny my faith ? The point is not whether I 'm right or wrong , Mendip , but whether I 'm to sneak out of my conviction because it 's unpopular .", "I am not ! But I prefer to fight some one my own size .", "What ? When d'you sail ?", "Poor Helen !", "I must speak , Hubert .", "You 're not shirking your duty because of your wife .", "Must risk something , sometimes , Hubert — even in my profession !", "You know my feeling .", "I tell you , Kit , some one must raise a voice . Two or three reverses — certain to come — and the whole country will go wild . And one more little nation will cease to live .", "Is that your faith ?", "I respect it ; I even understand it ; but — I can n't hold it .", "Dogs will bark . These things soon blow over .", "History wo n't say : “ And this they did without a single protest from their public men ! ”", "Poets ?", "Love her !", "Would you have asked me — then , Kit ?", "Kit ! This is n't fair . Do you want me to feel myself a cur ?", "A cur ! He seems about to tear his notes across . Then , changing his mind , turns them over and over , muttering . His voice gradually grows louder , till he is declaiming to the empty room the peroration of his speech .", "We have arrogated to our land the title Champion of Freedom , Foe of Oppression . Is that indeed a bygone glory ? Is it not worth some sacrifice of our pettier dignity , to avoid laying another stone upon its grave ; to avoid placing before the searchlight eyes of History the spectacle of yet one more piece of national cynicism ? We are about to force our will and our dominion on a race that has always been free , that loves its country , and its independence , as much as ever we love ours . I cannot sit silent to-night and see this begin . As we are tender of our own land , so we should be of the lands of others . I love my country . It is because I love my country that I raise my voice . Warlike in spirit these people may be — but they have no chance against ourselves . And war on such , however agreeable to the blind moment , is odious to the future . The great heart of mankind ever beats in sense and sympathy with the weaker . It is against this great heart of mankind that we are going . In the name of Justice and Civilization we pursue this policy ; but by Justice we shall hereafter be judged , and by Civilization — condemned . While he is speaking , a little figure has flown along the terrace outside , in the direction of the music , but has stopped at the sound of his voice , and stands in the open window , listening — a dark-haired , dark-eyed child , in a blue dressing-gown caught up in her hand . The street musicians , having reached the end of a tune , are silent . In the intensity of MORES feeling , a wine-glass , gripped too strongly , breaks and falls in pieces onto a finger-bowl . The child starts forward into the room .", "Olive !", "The wind , sweetheart !", "What blew you down , then ?", "Now my sprite ! Upstairs again , before Nurse catches you . Fly ! Fly !", "You 're right there !", "Hello , Steel !", "“ The ball is opened . ” He stands brooding over the note , and STEEL looks at him anxiously . He is a dark , sallow , thin-faced young man , with the eyes of one who can attach himself to people , and suffer with them .", "You too , Steel !", "Yes . Keep that to yourself .", "Answer these .", "Nice quiet night !", "No . STEEL writes ; then looking up and seeing that MORE is no longer there , he goes to the window , looks to right and left , returns to the bureau , and is about to sit down again when a thought seems to strike him with consternation . He goes again to the window . Then snatching up his hat , he passes hurriedly out along the terrace . As he vanishes , KATHERINE comes in from the hall . After looking out on to the terrace she goes to the bay window ; stands there listening ; then comes restlessly back into the room . OLIVE , creeping quietly from behind the curtain , clasps her round the waist .", "Open them ! KATHERINE opens one after the other , and lets them fall on the table .", "Well ?", "‘ Ware Mob !I must write to the Chief . KATHERINE makes an impulsive movement towards him ; then quietly goes to the bureau , sits down and takes up a pen .", "“ July 15th . “ DEAR SIR CHARLES , After my speech to-night , embodying my most unalterable convictionsI have no alternative but to place the resignation of my Under-Secretaryship in your hands . My view , my faith in this matter may be wrong — but I am surely right to keep the flag of my faith flying . I imagine I need not enlarge on the reasons —— ” THE CURTAIN FALLS .", "Good-morning , gentlemen .", "As everybody else does , Banning . Sit down again , please .", "Do me the justice to remember that even then I was against our policy . It cost me three weeks ’ hard struggle to make up my mind to that speech . One comes slowly to these things , Banning .", "Such things have happened , Shelder , even in politics .", "I 'm sorry ; but I can n't help my convictions , Banning .", "Muzzling order ?", "Give up my principles to save my Parliamentary skin . Then , indeed , they might call me a degenerate !KATHERINE makes an abrupt and painful movement , then remains as still as before , leaning against the corner of the window-seat .", "Conspiracy of silence ! And have it said that a mob of newspapers have hounded me to it .", "But I do . I can n't betray the dignity and courage of public men . If popular opinion is to control the utterances of her politicians , then good-bye indeed to this country !", "I understand your feeling , Banning . I tender you my resignation . I can n't and wo n't hold on where I 'm not wanted .", "I do n't make cheap promises . You ask too much .", "There are always excellent reasons for having your way with the weak .", "Better lift cattle than lift freedom .", "But that is just what I must do .", "Is it ?", "To try to muzzle me like this — is going too far .", "I 've held my seat with you in all weathers for nine years . You 've all been bricks to me . My heart 's in my work , Banning ; I 'm not eager to undergo political eclipse at forty .", "I am trying to .", "Mr. Home a great country such as ours — is trustee for the highest sentiments of mankind . Do these few outrages justify us in stealing the freedom of this little people ?", "Ah , Banning ! now we come to it . In your hearts you 're none of you for that — neither by force nor fraud . And yet you all know that we 've gone in there to stay , as we 've gone into other lands — as all we big Powers go into other lands , when they 're little and weak . The Prime Minister 's words the other night were these : “ If we are forced to spend this blood and money now , we must never again be forced . ” What does that mean but swallowing this country ?", "We are not forced .", "We shall not agree there , Shelder ; and we might argue it all day . But the point is , not whether you or I are right — the point is : What is a man who holds a faith with all his heart to do ? Please tell me .", "I can see them , as well as you , Banning . But , imagine ! Up in our own country — the Black Valley — twelve hundred foreign devils dead and dying — the crows busy over them — in our own country , our own valley — ours — ours — violated . Would you care about “ the poor fellows ” in that Pass ?— Invading , stealing dogs ! Kill them — kill them ! You would , and I would , too ! The passion of those words touches and grips as no arguments could ; and they are silent .", "Well ! What 's the difference out there ? I 'm not so inhuman as not to want to see this disaster in the Pass wiped out . But once that 's done , in spite of my affection for you ; my ambitions , and they 're not few ;in spite of my own wife 's feeling , I must be free to raise my voice against this war .", "Thank you , Shelder .", "I — I ——", "The drum-tap of a regiment marching is heard .", "I give you —— Then , sharp and clear above all other sounds , the words : “ Give the beggars hell , boys ! ” “ Wipe your feet on their dirty country ! ” “ Do n't leave ‘ em a gory acre ! ” And a burst of hoarse cheering .", "That 's reality ! By Heaven ! No !", "It sticks in my gizzard , Steel .", "All right ; do n't dislocate my arm . They move down the steps , and away to the left , as a boy comes running down the alley . Sighting MORE , he stops dead , spins round , and crying shrilly : “ ‘ Ere ‘ e is ! That 's ‘ im ! ‘ Ere ‘ e is ! ” he bolts back in the direction whence he came .", "That is the end of the limit , as the foreign ambassador remarked .", "Well , what do you want ?", "Indeed ! That 's new .", "You shall have it in a nutshell !", "Go home , and think ! If foreigners invaded us , would n't you be fighting tooth and nail like those tribesmen , out there ?", "They fight the best way they can .", "My friend there in khaki led that hooting . I 've never said a word against our soldiers . It 's the Government I condemn for putting them to this , and the Press for hounding on the Government , and all of you for being led by the nose to do what none of you would do , left to yourselves . The TALL YOUTH leads a somewhat unspontaneous burst of execration .", "I say not one of you would go for a weaker man . VOICES IN THE CROWD .", "Stop that ! Stop that ! You — - !", "Those tribesmen are defending their homes .", "Defending their homes ! Not mobbing unarmed men !", "Ah ! Do me in by all means ! You 'd deal such a blow at cowardly mobs as would n't be forgotten in your time .", "Well ! There is an ugly rush , checked by the fall of the foremost figures , thrown too suddenly against the bottom step . The crowd recoils . There is a momentary lull , and MORE stares steadily down at them .", "Well , Steel ! And followed by STEEL , he descends the steps and moves away . Two policemen pass glancing up at the broken glass . One of them stops and makes a note . THE CURTAIN FALLS .", "Kit ! Catching sight of her figure in the window , he goes quickly to her .", "Let me look at you ! He draws her from the window to the candle-light , and looks long at her .", "What have you done to your hair ?", "It 's wonderful to-night .", "At last !", "How is she ?", "And you ?", "Six weeks !", "Why !", "Kit !", "What 's come to you ?", "Put that away to-night .This is what travellers feel when they come out of the desert to-water .", "It 's nothing .", "No , dear ! It 's all right .", "Poor child !", "Hide ? Because of me ?", "I see . I thought from your letters you were coming to feel ——. Kit ! You look so lovely !", "My dear , do n't cry ! God knows I do n't want to make things worse for you . I 'll go away . She draws away from him a little , and after looking long at her , he sits down at the dressing-table and begins turning over the brushes and articles of toilet , trying to find words .", "Never look forward . After the time I 've had — I thought — tonight — it would be summer — I thought it would be you — and everything ! While he is speaking KATHERINE has stolen closer . She suddenly drops on her knees by his side and wraps his hand in her hair . He turns and clasps her .", "Kit !", "My darling !", "God !", "You 're not making terms ? Bargaining ? For God 's sake , Kit !", "You !— of all people — you !", "A bargain ! It 's selling my soul ! He struggles out of her arms , gets up , and stands without speaking , staring at her , and wiping the sweat from his forehead . KATHERINE remains some seconds on her knees , gazing up at him , not realizing . Then her head droops ; she too gets up and stands apart , with her wrapper drawn close round her . It is as if a cold and deadly shame had come to them both . Quite suddenly MORE turns , and , without looking back , feebly makes his way out of the room . When he is gone KATHERINE drops on her knees and remains there motionless , huddled in her hair . THE CURTAIN FALLS", "They will .", "Poor Henry !", "Patriotism . Quite ! they 'll do the next smashing themselves . That reminds me — to-morrow you begin holiday , Steel .", "My dear fellow — yes . Last night ended your sulphur cure . Truly sorry ever to have let you in for it .", "There 's lots of kick in me .", "To fight to a finish ; knowing you must be beaten — is anything better worth it ?", "This is my private hell , Steel ; you do n't roast in it any longer . Believe me , it 's a great comfort to hurt no one but yourself .", "My dear boy , you 're a brick — but we 've got off by a miracle so far , and I can n't have the responsibility of you any longer . Hand me over that correspondence about to-morrow 's meeting . STEEL takes some papers from his pocket , but does not hand them .", "Come !Give them to me , Steel !Now , that ends it , d'you see ? They stand looking at each other ; then STEEL , very much upset , turns and goes out of the room . MORE , who has watched him with a sorry smile , puts the papers into a dispatch-case . As he is closing the bureau , the footman HENRY enters , announcing : “ Mr. Mendip , sir . ” MENDIP comes in , and the FOOTMAN withdraws . MORE turns to his visitor , but does not hold out his hand .", "What ?", "Thank God !", "Yes !", "So — even you defend the mob !", "Conglomerate excrescence . Mud of street and market-place gathered in a torrent — This blind howling “ patriotism ” — what each man feels in here ?No !", "This used to be the country of free speech . It used to be the country where a man was expected to hold to his faith .", "Let no man stand to his guns in face of popular attack . Still your advice , is it ?", "Thanks ! I 'll see that Katherine and Olive go .", "There 's the comfort of not running away . And — I want comfort .", "Down the steps , and through the gate . Good-bye ? KATHERINE has come in followed by NURSE , hatted and cloaked , with a small bag in her hand . KATHERINE takes from the bureau a cheque which she hands to the NURSE . MORE comes in from the terrace .", "You 're wise to go , Nurse .", "In full use .", "Enough , please ! NURSE stands for a moment doubtful ; looks long at KATHERINE ; then goes .", "There has been a victory .", "Yes , Sir John . You wanted me ?", "Hubert !", "Chose !", "I would willingly change places with any one of them .", "Yes !", "Do you imagine I think myself better than the humblest private fighting out there ? Not for a minute .", "Sir John , you believe that country comes before wife and child ?", "So do I .", "I would give all I have — for that creed .", "Vision of what might be .", "Sir John , imagine what the last two months have been to me ! To see people turn away in the street — old friends pass me as if I were a wall ! To dread the post ! To go to bed every night with the sound of hooting in my ears ! To know that my name is never referred to without contempt ——", "Does that make up for being spat at as I was last night ? Your battles are fool 's play to it . The stir and rustle of the crowd in the street grows louder . SIR JOHN turns his head towards it .", "Sir John ! Our men are dying out there for , the faith that 's in them ! I believe my faith the higher , the better for mankind — Am I to slink away ? Since I began this campaign I 've found hundreds who 've thanked me for taking this stand . They look on me now as their leader . Am I to desert them ? When you led your forlorn hope — did you ask yourself what good you were doing , or , whether you 'd come through alive ? It 's my forlorn hope not to betray those who are following me ; and not to help let die a fire — a fire that 's sacred — not only now in this country , but in all countries , for all time .", "For them to shut this room up .", "I see .", "Good ! You prefer that to an hotel ?Will you let me say , Kit , how terribly I feel for you — Hubert 's ——", "Not ? Not while the house ——", "Kit !", "Do you understand what this means ? After ten years — and all — our love !", "This is madness , Kit — Kit !", "Do n't be so terribly cruel !", "In God 's name , how can I help the difference in our faiths ?", "God knows — I never meant ——", "For God 's sake , put your pride away , and see ! I 'm fighting for the faith that 's in me . What else can a man do ? What else ? Ah ! Kit ! Do see !", "And Olive ?", "That I shall not do — you know very well . You are free to go , and to take her .", "And drown in — that ? KATHERINE turns swiftly to the door . There she stands and again looks at him . Her face is mysterious , from the conflicting currents of her emotions .", "So — you 're going ?", "Never mind , my dicky bird .", "Go along , my pretty !", "Trot , my soul !MORE follows her to the door , but stops there . Then , as full realization begins to dawn on him , he runs to the bay window , craning his head to catch sight of the front door . There is the sound of a vehicle starting , and the continual hooting of its horn as it makes its way among the crowd . He turns from the window .", "Alone as the last man on earth !", "Ah ! Henry , I thought you 'd gone .", "Good fellow !", "Very well . You are here by the law that governs the action of all mobs — the law of Force . By that law , you can do what you like to this body of mine .", "I do n't doubt it . But before that , I 've a word to say .", "You — Mob — are the most contemptible thing under the sun . When you walk the street — God goes in .", "My fine friends , I 'm not afraid of you . You 've forced your way into my house , and you 've asked me to speak . Put up with the truth for once !You are the thing that pelts the weak ; kicks women ; howls down free speech . This to-day , and that to-morrow . Brain — you have none . Spirit — not the ghost of it ! If you 're not meanness , there 's no such thing . If you 're not cowardice , there is no cowardicePatriotism — there are two kinds — that of our soldiers , and this of mine . You have neither !", "My country is not yours . Mine is that great country which shall never take toll from the weakness of others .Ah ! you can break my head and my windows ; but do n't think that you can break my faith . You could never break or shake it , if you were a million to one . A girl with dark eyes and hair all wild , leaps out from the crowd and shakes her fist at him ." ]

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[ "Well , Master Wildrake , speak you of the chase !", "To hear you one doth feel the bounding steed ;", "You bring the hounds and game , and all to view —", "All scudding to the jovial huntsman 's cheer !", "And yet I pity the poor crowned deer ,", "And always fancy ‘ tis by fortune 's spite ,", "That lordly head of his , he bears so high —", "Like Virtue , stately in calamity ,", "And hunted by the human , worldly hound —", "Is made to fly before the pack , that straight", "Burst into song at prospect of his death .", "You say their cry is harmony ; and yet", "The chorus scarce is music to my ear ,", "When I bethink me what it sounds to his ;", "Nor deem I sweet the note that rings the knell", "Of the once merry forester !", "Not so ! The maid", "In simple honesty I must pronounce", "A miracle of virtue , well as beauty .", "Good Master Neville !", "Sir !", "My sword is sheathed ?", "Wilt let me take thy hand ?", "Be it so — Your hand again , good Master Trueworth ! I am sorry I did pain you .", "But thou shalt hear me , gentle Lydia .", "Sweet maiden , thou art frightened at thyself !", "Thy own perfections ‘ tis that talk to thee .", "Thy beauty rich !— thy richer grace !— thy mind ,", "More rich again than that , though richest each !", "Except for these , I had no tongue for thee ,", "Eyes for thee !— ears !— had never followed thee !—", "Had never loved thee , Lydia ! Hear me !—", "Right ! Love should seek its match ; and that is , love", "Or nothing ! Station — fortune — find their match", "In things resembling them . They are not love !", "Comes love", "Comes it of title-deeds which fools may boast ?", "Or coffers vilest hands may hold the keys of ?", "Or that ethereal lamp that lights the eyes", "To shed the sparkling lustre o'er the face ,", "Gives to the velvet skin its blushing glow ,", "And burns as bright beneath the peasant 's roof", "As roof of palaced prince ? Yes , Love should seek", "Its match — then give my love its match in thine ,", "Its match which in thy gentle breast doth lodge", "So rich — so earthly , heavenly fair and rich ,", "As monarchs have no thought of on their thrones ,", "Which kingdoms do bear up .", "I would .", "I would .", "Then , in spite", "Of them !", "Why , then I 'd give them up my throne — content", "With that thou'dst yield me in thy gentle breast .", "Far more ! Far less !", "Yes .", "No part of love .", "At times it is ,", "At times is not . Men love and marry — love", "And marry not .", "Oh , no ! not part ! How could they love and part ?", "Alone in marriage doth not union lie !", "If there is truth in man , I love thee ! Hear me !", "In wedlock , families claim property .", "Old notions , which we needs must humour often ,", "Bar us to wed where we are forced to love !", "Thou hear'st ?", "My family is proud ;", "Our ancestor , whose arms we bear , did win", "An earldom by his deeds . ‘ Tis not enough", "I please myself ! I must please others , who", "Desert in wealth and station only see .", "Thou hear'st ?", "I cannot marry thee ,", "And must I lose thee ? Do not turn away !", "Without the altar I can honour thee !", "Can cherish thee , nor swear it to the priest ;", "For more than life I love thee !", "Stay , Lydia !— No !", "‘ Tis vain ! She is in virtue resolute ,", "As she is bland and tender in affection .", "She is a miracle , beholding which", "Wonder doth grow on wonder ! What a maid !", "No mood but doth become her — yea , adorn her .", "She turns unsightly anger into beauty !", "Sour scorn grows sweetness , touching her sweet lips !", "And indignation , lighting on her brow ,", "Transforms to brightness as the cloud to gold", "That overhangs the sun ! I love her ! Ay !", "And all the throes of serious passion feel", "At thought of losing her !— so my light love ,", "Which but her person did at first affect ,", "Her soul has metamorphosed — made a thing", "Of solid thoughts and wishes — I must have her !", "Enchanting woman !", "The matchless form of woman ! The choice calling", "Of the aspiring artist , whose ambition", "Robs Nature to outdo her — the perfections", "Of her rare various workmanship combines", "To aggrandise his art at Nature 's cost ,", "And make a paragon !", "Ha ! The Widow Green !", "Thank", "My lucky stars !", "She must be mine", "Whate'er her terms !", "What ! though it be the ring ?— the marriage ring ?", "If that she sticks at , she deserves to wear it", "Oh , the debate which love and prudence hold !", "They to each other company enough !", "I , company for no one but myself .", "I 'll take my leave , nor trouble them to pay", "The compliments of parting . Lydia ! Lydia !", "Hoa ! Alice ! Hoa ! Open the door ! Quick , Alice ! Quick !", "Alice !", "No , she but faints .— A chair !— Quick , Alice , quick !", "Water to bathe her temples .", "Such a turn", "Kind fortune never do me . Shall I kiss", "To life these frozen lips ?— No !— of her plight", "‘ Twere base to take advantage .", "All is well ,", "The blood returns .", "Thou think'st her so ?— No wonder then should I . How say you ?— Wondrous fair ?", "You think her fair ?", "Who taught thee thus ?", "Why , how thou talk'st !", "She 's quite restored ,", "Leave us !— Why cast'st thou that uneasy look ?", "Why linger'st thou ? I 'm not alone with her .", "My honour 's with her too . I would not wrong her .", "You are better ?", "Know you him who durst", "Attempt this violence in open day ?", "It seemed as he would force thee to his coach ,", "I saw attending .", "I read no letter !", "Tell me , what of him", "I saw offend thee ?", "Oh , speak not o n't !", "I pray you to forget it .", "Sweet Lydia , I beseech you spare me .", "Lydia !", "Thou saidst thou lovedst me ?", "I cannot lose thee !", "No !", "Wouldst have me lose the hand that holds my life ?", "Yet , for awhile , I cannot let thee go .", "Propound for me an oath that I 'll not wrong thee !", "An oath , which , if I break it , will entail", "Forfeit of earth and heaven . I 'll take it — so", "Thou stay'st one hour with me .", "Lo ! Thou art free to go !", "I swear as thou propound'st to me .", "Lydia ! by all —", "Yet hear me , Lydia !—", "Wouldst ensure the thing Thou wishest ?Stop !Oh , sternly resolute !I mean thee honour !Thou dost meditate — I know it — flight . Give me some pause for thought , But to confirm a mind almost made up . If in an hour thou hearest not from me , then Think me a friend far better lost than won ! Wilt thou do this ?", "An hour decides .", "Master Trueworth !", "Good Master Trueworth , thank you . Finding you", "From home , I e'en made bold to follow you ,", "For I esteem you as a man , and fain", "Would benefit by your kind offices .", "But let me tell you first , to your reproof ,", "I am indebted more than e'er I was", "To praise of any other ! I am come , sir ,", "To give you evidence I am not one", "Who owns advice is right , and acts not o n't .", "Will you the bearer be", "Of this to one has cause to thank you , too ,", "Though I the larger debtor ?— Read it , sir .", "How say you , sir ?", "If she consents — which affectation ‘ twere", "To say I doubt — bid her prepare for church ,", "And you shall act the father , sir , to her", "You did the brother by .", "May I implore you , haste ! A time is set !—", "How light an act of duty makes the heart !", "Where is she ? What !", "All that bespeaks the day , except the fair", "That 's queen of it ? Most kind of you to grace", "My nuptials so ! But that I render you", "My thanks in full , make full my happiness ,", "And tell me where 's my bride ?", "Where ?", "Lady , do not mock me .", "Lady , no widow is the bride I seek ,", "But one the church has never given yet", "The nuptial blessing to !", "It is , addressed to your fair waiting-maid .", "Is Trueworth false ? He must be false . What madness tempted me To trust him with such audience as I knew Must sense , and mind , and soul of man entrance , And leave him but the power to feel its spell ! Of his own lesson he would profit take , And plead at once an honourable love , Supplanting mine , less pure , reformed too late ! And if he did , what merit I , except To lose the maid I would have wrongly won ; And , had I rightly prized her , now had worn ! I get but my deservings !Master Trueworth , Though for thy treachery thou hast excuse , Thou must account for it ; so much I lose ! Sir , you have wronged me to amount beyond Acres , and gold , and life , which makes them rich . And compensation I demand of you , Such as a man expects , and none but one That 's less than man refuses ! Where 's the maid You falsely did abstract ?", "Show me another sun , another earth", "I can inherit , as this Sun and Earth ;", "As thou didst take the maid , the maid herself", "Give back ! herself , her sole equivalent !", "Lydia !", "Thy sister , Trueworth ! Art thou fit brother to this virtuous maid ?" ]

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[ "Ah , Jack !", "Yes . I expected a friend , but she can n't come until later .", "I 've been on the go all day . Have something .", "I was just finishing up .No ; sit down .", "What have you been up to to-day ?", "It 's marvelous how those Swedes hold on , is n't it ?", "Yes . Did you see my article ?", "Do you think so ?", "Indeed ?", "I 've a friend I want you to meet . Somebody I 'm engaged in educating .", "You 've seen things with your own eyes , Jack .", "And you know how to tell about them . And you 've such an engaging way about you ... nobody could help but take to you .", "Her name 's Hegan .", "A girl , yes . And she 's coming right along , Jack . You must take a little trouble with her , for if we can only bring her through , she can do a lot for us . She 's got no end of money .", "She 's his daughter .", "His only daughter .", "What 's the matter ?", "Why not ?", "My dear Jack , the girl can n't help her father .", "You could n't be doing any better work than this . If we can make a", "Socialist of Laura Hegan ...", "— But think what she could do !", "My dear boy , do n't be silly .", "Of course it 's true ... but why declaim to me about it ? You forget you are talking to the champion female muckraker of the country .", "My dear Jack , did you ever observe anything of the tuft-hunter in me ?", "Well , until you do , have a little faith in me ! Meet", "Laura Hegan , and judge for yourself .", "That 's all right , my boy . Give her the class war and the Revolution with a capital R ! Tell her you 're the only original representative of the disinherited proletariat , and that some day , before long , you intend to plant the red flag over her daddy 's palace .Of course , what you 'll actually do is meet her like a gentleman , and tell her of some of your adventures in Russia , and give her some idea of what 's going on outside of her little Fifth avenue set . J ACK . Where did you run on to her ?", "I met her at the settlement .", "Well , you know what settlement people are . She 's been coming there for quite a while , and seems to be interested . She 's given them quite a lot of money .", "I had a little talk with her one afternoon . She 's a quiet , self-contained girl , but she gave me a peculiar impression . She seemed to be unhappy ; there was a kind of troubled note in what she said . I had felt uncomfortable about meeting her ... you can imagine , after my study of “ Tammany and the Traction Trust . ”", "No , she never has . But I 've several times had the feeling that she was trying to get up the courage to do it . I 've thought , somehow , that she must be suffering about her father .", "Yes ; would n't it !", "I do n't know , but I fancy they must have had it out . She 's not the sort of person to let herself be turned back when her mind 's made up .", "Oh , that 's all right ; it wo n't make any difference .", "I see . We 'll reciprocate .", "Ah , there 's somebody .", "Is that you ,", "Miss Hegan ?", "You found your way , did you ?", "I am so glad to see you . Jack , this is Miss Hegan . Mr. Bullen .", "Let me take your things .", "They 're indispensable to us agitators ... an oasis in a desert .", "It 's certainly the truth about this one . Below me are two painters and a settlement worker , and next door is a blind Anarchist and a Yiddish poet .", "The places are clean and cheap ; and whenever the poor can n't pay their rent , we take their homes .", "Do n't make up your mind too soon about Jack . He 's liable to startle you .", "By the way , Jack ‘ phoned me this afternoon , and said he 'd invited a friend here . I hope you do n't mind .", "What did he do ?", "It 's a wonder he ever held them .", "And how did it end ?", "How did you come to know him ?", "We all have to go through that stage . I can remember just as well ...Ah , there he is .", "We had no idea we were bringing old friends together .", "Mr. Bullen has just been telling us about your heroism .", "At the polling place .", "Would you ever think , to look at his innocent countenance , that he had helped to hold a building for six hours against Russian artillery ?", "During the St. Petersburg uprising .", "She 's doing well , I think . Better every day .", "Not so much . I can always handle her now .", "Yes . She 's been asleep since afternoon .", "Oh , no . Truly , it would kill the poor girl .", "She 's very quiet . And the neighbors come in and help when I 'm out . They all sympathize .", "Why , nonsense !... the girl was simply thrown into my arms .", "I went this afternoon to see the Tammany leader of our district ...", "The same . I went straight into his saloon . “ Lady , ” says he , “ the goil 's nutty ! You got a bughouse patient on your bands ! This here talk about the white-slave traffic , ma'am ... it 's all the work o ’ these magazine muckrakers ! ” “ Meaning myself , Mr. Leary ? ” said I , and he looked kind of puzzled . I do n't think he knew who I was .", "It 's curious to note how much less denunciation of Tammany one hears now than in the old days .", "Who can that be ?", "I hope this is n't any more company .", "I 'll go .", "Wo n't you come in ?", "How do you do , Mr. Hegan ?", "Why , yes ... she only just got here .", "Wo n't you stop a minute ?", "Jack !", "Annie !", "Help ! Help !", "Annie ! Annie !", "Annie , dear ! Annie ! Look at me ! Do n't you know me ? I 'm Julia ! Your own Julia ! No one shall hurt you ... no one !", "Listen to me , dear . Do n't think of things like that . You are in my home ... nothing can hurt you . Do n't let these evil dreams take hold of you .", "Come , dear ... come .", "Yes , dear . I know ...", "They are all friends ; they will help you . Come , dear ... lie down again .", "It will be all right , dear ." ]

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[ "Fancy a house without a chairman 's hammer !See that there 's something . Did your wife go to the meeting last night ?", "“ Gave her the evening out ” !", "Have this put somewhere to dry .Get near the fire . You 're as cold as ice .", "Is she coming — the Villiers woman ?", "No ; it 's all right . I have seen her . Let her know we are here the moment she comes in .", "Reaches St. Pancras at two-forty .Train 's late , I expect .", "We are all here except Villiers . She 's coming . Did you have a good meeting ?", "This is where we come in .", "Chilvers for ever !", "Bravo ! Congratulations , old boy !", "Are Miss Blake 's things dry yet ?", "You 'll be alone this evening ?", "Yes , I 'll come with you .", "Is n't Annys here ?", "She could n't have gone home ? Is there a telephone here ?", "Obstinate pig .", "Shall see you again .We must n't keep them waiting . They are giving us a whole page .", "Put on your cloak ." ]

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[ "Your minde is tossing on the Ocean ,", "There where your Argosies with portly saile", "Like Signiors and rich Burgers on the flood ,", "Or as it were the Pageants of the sea ,", "Do ouer-peere the pettie Traffiquers", "That curtsie to them , do them reuerence", "As they flye by them with their wouen wings", "My winde cooling my broth ,", "Would blow me to an Ague , when I thought", "What harme a winde too great might doe at sea .", "I should not see the sandie houre-glasse runne ,", "But I should thinke of shallows , and of flats ,", "And see my wealthy Andrew docks in sand ,", "Vailing her high top lower then her ribs", "To kisse her buriall ; should I goe to Church", "And see the holy edifice of stone ,", "And not bethinke me straight of dangerous rocks ,", "Which touching but my gentle Vessels side", "Would scatter all her spices on the streame ,", "Enrobe the roring waters with my silkes ,", "And in a word , but euen now worth this ,", "And now worth nothing . Shall I haue the thought", "To thinke on this , and shall I lacke the thought", "That such a thing bechaunc 'd would make me sad ?", "But tell me , I know Anthonio", "Is sad to thinke vpon his merchandize", "Good morrow my good Lords", "Wee 'll make our leysures to attend on yours .", "We haue not spoke vs yet of Torch-bearers", "I marry , ile be gone about it strait", "‘ Tis good we do so .", "His houre is almost past", "O ten times faster Venus Pidgions flye", "To steale loues bonds new made , then they are wont", "To keepe obliged faith vnforfaited", "Why man I saw Bassanio vnder sayle ;", "With him is Gratiano gone along ;", "And in their ship I am sure Lorenzo is not", "He comes too late , the ship was vndersaile ;", "But there the Duke was giuen to vnderstand", "That in a Gondilo were seene together", "Lorenzo and his amorous Iessica .", "Besides , Anthonio certified the Duke", "They were not with Bassanio in his ship", "Why all the boyes in Venice follow him ,", "Crying his stones , his daughter , and his ducats", "Marry well remembred ,", "I reason 'd with a Frenchman yesterday ,", "Who told me , in the narrow seas that part", "The French and English , there miscaried", "A vessell of our countrey richly fraught :", "I thought vpon Anthonio when he told me ,", "And wisht in silence that it were not his", "A kinder Gentleman treads not the earth ,", "I saw Bassanio and Anthonio part ,", "Bassanio told him he would make some speede", "Of his returne : he answered , doe not so ,", "Slubber not businesse for my sake Bassanio ,", "But stay the very riping of the time ,", "And for the Iewes bond which he hath of me ,", "Let it not enter in your minde of loue :", "Be merry , and imploy your chiefest thoughts", "To courtship , and such faire ostents of loue", "As shall conueniently become you there ;", "And euen there his eye being big with teares ,", "Turning his face , he put his hand behinde him ,", "And with affection wondrous sencible", "He wrung Bassanios hand , and so they parted", "Doe we so .", "Why yet it liues there vncheckt , that Anthonio hath a ship of rich lading wrackt on the narrow Seas ; the Goodwins I thinke they call the place , a very dangerous flat , and fatall , where the carcasses of many a tall ship , lye buried , as they say , if my gossips report be an honest woman of her word", "Come , the full stop", "I would it might proue the end of his losses", "That 's certaine , I for my part knew the Tailor that made the wings she flew withall", "That 's certaine , if the diuell may be her Iudge", "There is more difference betweene thy flesh and hers , then betweene Iet and Iuorie , more betweene your bloods , then there is betweene red wine and rennish : but tell vs , doe you heare whether Anthonio haue had anie losse at sea or no ?", "Why I am sure if he forfaite , thou wilt not take his flesh , what 's that good for ?", "We haue beene vp and downe to seeke him .", "I did my Lord ,", "And I haue reason for it , Signior Anthonio", "Commends him to you", "Not sicke my Lord , vnlesse it be in minde ,", "Nor wel , vnlesse in minde : his Letter there", "Wil shew you his estate .", "Opens the Letter .", "I would you had won the fleece that hee hath lost", "Not one my Lord .", "Besides , it should appeare , that if he had", "The present money to discharge the Iew ,", "He would not take it : neuer did I know", "A creature that did beare the shape of man", "So keene and greedy to confound a man .", "He plyes the Duke at morning and at night ,", "And doth impeach the freedome of the state", "If they deny him iustice . Twenty Merchants ,", "The Duke himselfe , and the Magnificoes", "Of greatest port haue all perswaded with him ,", "But none can driue him from the enuious plea", "Of forfeiture , of iustice , and his bond", "He is ready at the doore , he comes my Lord .", "My Lord , heere stayes without", "A Messenger with Letters from the Doctor ,", "New come from Padua" ]

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[ "Sir Hugh , persuade me not ; I will make a Star-chamber matter of it : if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs , he shall not abuse Robert Shallow , esquire .", "Ay , cousin Slender , and ‘ Custalorum .’", "Ay , that I do ; and have done any time these 10 three hundred years .", "It is an old coat .", "The luce is the fresh fish ; the salt fish is an old coat . 20", "You may , by marrying .", "Not a whit .", "The council shall hear it ; it is a riot .", "Ha ! o ’ my life , if I were young again , the sword should end it .", "Well , let us see honest Master Page . Is Falstaff there ?", "Master Page , I am glad to see you : much good do it your good heart ! I wished your venison better ; it was ill killed . How doth good Mistress Page ?— and I thank you always with my heart , la ! with my heart . 75", "Sir , I thank you ; by yea and no , I do .", "That he will not . ’ Tis your fault , ’ tis your fault ; ’ tis a good dog .", "Sir , he ’ s a good dog , and a fair dog : can there be more said ? he is good and fair . Is Sir John Falstaff here ?", "He hath wronged me , Master Page .", "If it be confessed , it is not redressed : is not that so , Master Page ? He hath wronged me ; indeed he hath ; at a word , he hath , believe me : Robert Shallow , esquire , 95 saith , he is wronged .", "Knight , you have beaten my men , killed my 100 deer , and broke open my lodge .", "Tut , a pin ! this shall be answered .", "The council shall know this .", "Come , coz ; come , coz ; we stay for you . A word with you , coz ; marry , this , coz : there is , as ’ twere , a tender , a kind of tender , made afar off by Sir Hugh here . Do you understand me ? 190", "Nay , but understand me .", "Ay , there ’ s the point , sir .", "Cousin Abraham Slender , can you love her ?", "That you must . Will you , upon good dowry , marry her ?", "Nay , conceive me , conceive me , sweet coz : what", "I do is to pleasure you , coz . Can you love the maid ?", "Ay , I think my cousin meant well .", "Here comes fair Mistress Anne . 235", "Re-enter ANNE PAGE .", "Would I were young for your sake , Mistress Anne !", "I will wait on him , fair Mistress Anne .", "I follow , mine host , I follow . Good even and twenty , good Master Page ! Master Page , will you go with us ? we have sport in hand .", "Sir , there is a fray to be fought between Sir", "Hugh the Welsh priest and Caius the French doctor .", "Will you go with us to behold it ? My 185 merry host hath had the measuring of their weapons ; and , I think , hath appointed them contrary places ; for , believe me , I hear the parson is no jester . Hark , I will tell you what our sport shall be .", "Have with you , mine host .", "Tut , sir , I could have told you more . In these times you stand on distance , your passes , stoccadoes , and I know not what : ’ tis the heart , Master Page ; ’ tis here , ’ tis here . I have seen the time , with my long sword I would have made you four tall fellows skip like rats . 205", "Save you , Master Doctor Caius !", "He is the wiser man , master doctor : he is a curer of souls , and you a curer of bodies ; if you should 35 fight , you go against the hair of your professions . Is it not true , Master Page ?", "Bodykins , Master Page , though I now be old , 40 and of the peace , if I see a sword out , my finger itches to make one . Though we are justices , and doctors , and churchmen , Master Page , we have some salt of our youth in us ; we are the sons of women , Master Page .", "It will be found so , Master Page . Master Doctor Caius , I am come to fetch you home . I am sworn of the peace : you have shewed yourself a wise physician , and Sir Hugh hath shewn himself a wise and patient churchman . You must go with me , master doctor . 50", "We will do it . Page , Shal ., and Slen . Adieu , good master doctor .", "How now , master parson ! Good morrow , good Sir Hugh . Keep a gamester from the dice , and a good 35 student from his book , and it is wonderful .", "What , the sword and the word ! do you study 40 them both , master parson ?", "I have lived fourscore years and upward ; I never heard a man of his place , gravity , and learning , so wide of his own respect .", "It appears so , by his weapons . Keep them asunder : here comes Doctor Caius .", "So do you , good master doctor .", "Trust me , a mad host . Follow , gentlemen , follow .", ", Page , & c. Well met , Master Ford .", "I must excuse myself , Master Ford . 45", "We have lingered about a match between Anne Page and my cousin Slender , and this day we shall have 50 our answer .", "Well , fare you well : we shall have the freer wooing at Master Page ’ s .", "Break their talk , Mistress Quickly : my kinsman shall speak for himself .", "Be not dismayed .", "She ’ s coming ; to her , coz . O boy , thou hadst a father !", "Mistress Anne , my cousin loves you .", "He will maintain you like a gentlewoman . 45", "He will make you a hundred and fifty pounds jointure .", "Marry , I thank you for it ; I thank you for that good comfort . She calls you , coz : I ’ ll leave you .", "Indeed , Master Ford , this is not well , indeed .", "By my fidelity , this is not well , Master Ford ; this wrongs you .", "That ’ s good too : but what needs either your ‘ mum ’ or her ‘ budget ?’ the white will decipher her well enough . It hath struck ten o ’ clock . 10", "Nere talke to me , Ile make a star-chamber matter of it . The Councell shall know it .", "Tho he be a knight , he shall not thinke to carrie it so away .", "M. Page I will not be wronged . For you", "Syr , I loue you , and for my cousen ,", "He comes to looke vpon your daughter . 10", "Sir Iohn , sir Iohn , you haue hurt my keeper ,", "Kild my dogs , stolne my deere .", "Well this shall be answered .", "Well , the Councell shall know it . 30", "At hand mine host , at hand . M. Ford . god den to you", "God den and twentie good M. Page .", "I tell you sir we haue sport in hand . 95", "Harke you sir , Ile tell you what the sport shall be 100", "Doctor Cayus and sir Hu are to fight ,", "My merrie Host hath had the measuring", "Of their weapons , and hath", "Appointed them contrary places . Harke in your eare :", "I tell you what M. Page , I beleeue", "The Doctor is no Iester , heele laie it on :", "For tho we be Iustices and Doctors ,", "And Church men , yet we are 115", "The sonnes of women M. Page :", "Ha with you mine host .", "How do you M. Doctor ?", "We wil do it my host . Farewel M. Doctor .", "God saue you M. parson .", "Keep them asunder , take away their weapons .", "Let them keepe their limbs hole , and hack our English .", "Afore God a mad host , come let vs goe .", "wel , wel , God be with you , we shall haue the fairer Wooing at Maister { P } ages :", "Mary I thanke you for that : 35", "To her cousin , to her .", "Fie cusse fie , thou art not right ,", "O thou hadst a father .", "He will make you ioynter of three hundred pound a yeare , he shall make you a Gentlewoman .", "God saue you sir Iohn Falstaffe ." ]

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[ "Hul-lo ! I 'm in luck ! Just the chap I 'm hunting for .How d'ye do , Lord Farncombe ?", "Ta .Phew , it 's hot !", "She wo n't be long , I dare say .", "Have you ? I 've sent her a trifle of jewellery .", "By Jove , does n't she ! Ah , there 's my brooch !", "Exactly ; but I 'm an old friend , you know .", "Perhaps , by her next birthday ——", "What I want to say to you is , doing anything to-night ?", "Oh , we shall all be at the theatre , to shout Many Happy Returns . Later , I mean .", "Good . Look here . Smythe is giving her a bit of supper in the foyer after the show , a dance on the stage to follow . About five-and-twenty people . ‘ Ull you come ?", "He does ask you , through me . He 's left all the arrangements to me and Morrie Cooling . Carlton never did anything in his life ; I egged him on to this . I 've been sweating at it since eleven o'clock this morning . Have n't been near the City ; not near it . Well ?", "Splendid . Been trying to get on to you all day . I 've called twice at your club and at St. James 's Place .", "There 'll be the Baron , Sam de Castro , Bertie Fulkerson , Stew Heneage , Jerry Grimwood , Dwarf Kennedy , Colonel and Mrs. Stidulph — Dolly Ensor that was — and ourselves , besides Cooling and Vincent Bland and the pick o ’ the Company . Catani does the food and drink . I do n't believe I 've forgotten a single thing .Sit down a minute .Are you going to wait to see Lily this afternoon ?", "Because if Jeyes should happen to drop in while you 're here ——", "Nicko Jeyes — or if you knock up against him to-night at the theatre — mum about this .", "Um . We do n't want Nicko Jeyes ; we simply do n't want him . And if he heard that you and some of the boys are coming , he might wonder why he is n't included .", "A regular loafer .", "Exactly . Catani 's and a top , back bedroom in Jermyn Street , and hanging about the Pandora ; that 's Nicko Jeyes 's life .", "Known ‘ em some time . That 's it ; Lily 's so faithful to her old friends .", "Oh , but I 'm a real friend . I 've always been a patron of the musical drama — it 's my fad ; and I 've kept an eye on Lily from the moment she sprang into prominence —“ Mind the paint ! Mind the paint ! ” — looked after her like a father . Uncle Lal she calls me .I 'm a married man , you know ;but the wife has plenty to occupy her with the kids and she leaves the drama to me . She prefers Bexhill .Farncombe , what a charming creature !", "No , no , no ; Lily .Oh , and so 's my missus , for that matter , when she chooses . But Lily Upjohn ——!", "Yes , and as good as she 's beautiful ; you take it from me .Well , if you see Jeyes , you wo n't ——?", "I 've warned the others .By-the-bye , if Lily should mention the supper in the course of conversation , remember , she 's not in the conspiracy .", "To shunt Nicko . We 're letting her think there are to be no outsiders .", "Have n't I told you , once you 're a friend of Lil 's ——!Is this Ma ?Hul-lo , Ma !", "Lord Farncombe ——", "Lord Farncombe 's brought Lily some flowers , Ma .", "Where are they ?", "Where is", "Lil ?", "Never heard of Morgan .", "No , no , Ma !", "Why not ?", "What 's wrong with that ? Everybody 'll recognise who that is .", "Farncombe ——", "Do me a favour .", "It 's only half-past four . Take a turn round the Square . I 've some business to talk over with the old lady .", "I did ; told him I wanted to talk business with you .", "Upon my soul , Ma , you 're a champion !", "Well , you might spread yourself a little over young Farncombe .", "Lord Farncombe !", "No , but damn it all —! I beg your pardon ——", "This chap 's in love with her .", "Yes , but they 're not all Farncombes and they 're not all marrying men . I 'm prepared to bet my boots that if Lil and young Farncombe could be thrown together ——!Here ! Do talk it over .", "The Captain !Ma , the day Lil marries Nicko Jeyes , you and she 'll see the last o ’ me .", "I do say it . The disappointment ‘ ud be more than I could stand . Selfish , designing beggar !", "A fellow who gets on the soft side of Lil before she 's out of her teens — before she 's made any position to speak of ; and when she has made a position , and he 's practically on his uppers , sticks to her like a limpet !", "It 's cruel ; that 's what it is — it 's cruel . Here 's Gwennie Harker and Maidie Trevail both married to peers ’ sons , and Eva Shafto to a baronet — all of ‘ em Pandora girls ; and Lil — she 's left high and dry , engaged to a nobody ! It 's cruel !", "Ho , ho !", "Oh , to be just , I admit he 's in no hurry . He 's been a whole year looking for something to do in London — looking for it at Catani 's and at the Pandora bars !", "Exactly ! And when a decent , eligible young chap comes along , and means business , he 's choked off by finding Nicko Jeyes in possession .But , I say !", "Farncombe has n't tumbled to it yet .", "Bertie Fulkerson 's held his tongue about it ; so have the other boys who 're friends of Farncombe 's . They see he 's hard hit .Oh , they 're good boys ; they 're good , loyal boys ! There 's not one of them who would n't throw up his hat if Nicko got the chuck .Ma !", "This little spree to-night at the theatre —", "Lil thinks it 's to be merely among the members of the Company .", "You keep quiet , now . No , it is n't .", "The boys — and Farncombe .", "Pishhh !", "Oh , I dare say I 'm a fool for my pains , Ma . Nothing 'll come of it .Farncombe 's as shy as a school-girl ; he 'd be on a desert island with a pretty woman for a month without squeezing her hand .", "Hullo !", "Objection !", "And Countess of Godalming when his father dies .", "The family !", "Why , Ma , these tiptop families ought to feel jolly grateful that we 're mixing the breed for them a bit . Look at the two lads who 've married Gwennie Harker and Maidie Trevail — Kinterton and Glenroy ; and Fawcus — Sir George Fawcus — Eva Shafto 's husband ; they have n't a chin or a forehead between ‘ em , and their chests are as narrow as a ten-inch plank .", "Farncombe himself , he 's inclined to be weedy . I maintain it 's a grand thing for our English nobs that their slips of sons have taken to marrying young women of the stamp of Maidie Trevail and Gwennie Harker — or Lil ; keen-witted young women full of the joy of life , with strong frames , beautiful hair and fine eyes , and healthy pink gums and big white teeth . Sneer at the Pandora girls ! Great Scot , it 's my belief that the Pandora girls 'll be the salvation of the aristocracy in this country in the long run !", "Hullo , Nicko !", "Yes , and some nice presents over here .", "I may remark that one of those gifts is from me , Jeyes .", "Much obliged .", "Yes , Carlton 's standing a little spread in the foyer , in honour of the occasion .Quite right too ; she 's his best asset , and chance it .", "Late last night .", "Er — only the principal members of the Company , I understand .", "With Morrie Cooling and Vincent Bland thrown in .", "I was behind when Morrie was going round to the dressing-rooms .", "E — eh ?", "Oh , yes , they 've dragged me into it .", "No , but — dash it , I 've done business for Carlton in the City for twenty years or more ——!", "And I 'm an old friend of Lil 's .", "My dear Nicko , I 'm not giving the party . Really , you do jump down a man 's throat ——!", "T-t-the matter ?", "Ring ! A brooch !", "Now , no personalities .", "You are a patent ass . Why do n't you leave betting alone ?", "Come along , Farncombe !", "Give it to me . I want a little exercise .", "Ices , sweets or chocolates , full piano-score !", "Ices , sweets or chocolates , full piano-score !", "Mind the paint , Ma .", "Sssh !Dam fool !", "Er — good-bye , Nicko .", "Come along ,", "Vincent .", "Coming our way , Farncombe ?", "Hul-lo !Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year , and how are you to-morrow !", "Splendid !Seating ‘ em , hey ?", "Which d'ye make your principal table ?", "Ah , yes .“ Miss Lily Parradell — ” !Why , you 've gone and put the Baron on her right !", "Where 's Farncombe ? Where 's Lord Farncombe ?", "Rats !", "My dear fellow , Miss Parradell is the heroine o ’ the party ; the seat next to her is the seat of honour .", "If Germany does n't like it , she must lump it . Lord Farncombe 's the eldest son of an Earl ; you can n't get over that .", "Besides , the Baron 's sweet on Enid just now ; I 'm sure he 'd prefer —thanks , ol ’ man . Sorry I was shirty .", "Tantrum ?", "What 's amiss ?", "Oh , lord !", "All right , all right .", "Nicko Jeyes .", "Well , I 'm blessed !", "Lying worm and a cad ! And from Miss Lily Margaret Upjohn !", "Done anything about it ?", "I 'd better run round to her , and try to smooth her down , had n't I ?", "Damn it , you agreed that that sulky brute Jeyes ‘ ud be a wet blanket ! You blow hot and cold , you do !", "If ever I assist in getting up another party ——!Hul-lo ! Here we are again ! All change for Oxford Circus !", "I 'm just going to have a word with Lil Parradell .", "It 's all right ; she 'll be round in a minute .", "Angelic . She 's wearing a new dress , and that 's taken her mind off it .", "Oh , but I have given her such a talking to !Hul-lo !Speshul edishun , cricket , py-per !Dolly — Nita — Gabs — Daphne ! Douglas — Albert ! Ah , here you are , Farncombe !Hul-lo , Colonel ! Results , py-per , extry speshul !", "Hul-lo , here 's Enid !", "Hul-lo ! Show your tickets , please ! Room inside for four !How are you , Flo ! How are you , Sybil ! How are you , Olga ! I say , look at ‘ Vangy !", "Mind the paint !", "Mr. Roper , forward !", "Miss Kato , wanted !", "Ladies ’ mantles on the second-floor !", "Yes ; but how long ago ?", "Here 's", "Lil !", "Hul-lo !Jolly party , hey , Farncombe ?", "Four-fifty .", "Yes , and blued the whole lot at one go !", "Ices , sweets or chocolates , full piano-score ! Hul-lo , here ! Ha , ha , ha !", "Ours ,", "Dolly .", "Another waltz .", "By Jove , yes ! When I think o ’ the work Mr. Lionel Hesketh Roper manages to dispose of in the course of a day ——!", "Now , then , give your orders , gents !", "Ladies , do n't all speak at once .", "Now , then ; have it out with Lily !", "Choose your partners , gents !Jimmie ——!", "Well , nobody can say the affair has n't been a brilliant success ; that 's one comfort .", "W-w-with pleasure .", "Yes , yes , I wo n't keep you and —from your tête-à-tête .Ha , ha , ha , ha !Lil , Uncle Lal you call me , but I 've always felt more like a parent towards you — acted as such , hey ?", "And any happiness that befalls you — any happiness that befalls you —I 'll leave it there . God bless yer ; God bless yer !and God bless you , my lad !I 'm proud — proud to have the honour — and to have been the means of — the means of —God bless you both !I — I — I — I 'll drop in by-and-by and — and — and inquire after you , my pet .", "Ha , ha , ha , ha !Wurrr-roo ! Stand away from the lift ; no more passengers this journey !", "Hullo , hullo , hullo , hul-lo !Morning , Ma !Any more bids for the handsome gilt candelabra with the crystal drops ? Ha , ha , ha !Morning , Jimmie !Well , Lil ! Well , my pet !", "Oh , I — thank you , Lil —Not up to much to-day ?", "Dancing too hard , I ‘ spect .", "Anything else amiss , Ma ?", "T-t-tell —?", "Jimmie ——!", "Is n't going to —? I d-d-do n't follow you .", "Now , look here , Jimmie ! A jest is a capital thing in its way . No man has a keener sense of humour than Lal Roper . But there are occasions when it 's out o ’ place , and this is one of ‘ em , my dear ; and if it 's not putting you to serious inconvenience ——", "Ma ——!", "Wo n't draw him into her ——?", "Jimmie Birch ——!", "Of course , there is this to be said , Ma .It may be wise of dear Lil to decline Farncombe at first . It — it — it — it does n't do for a girl , does it , to appear to throw herself at any man , let alone a young fellow of the position — the — the — the social status ——!", "In the dark !", "Finishing ——?", "Plighted herself ——?", "Do I — do I know him ?", "Jeyes !", "Ma — Mrs. Upjohn — Lily ——", "P'sh !Ma — Lily — for years — longer than it 's agreeable to count — I 've been a patron of the drama — particularly musical comedy , of which I 've studied the development with especial interest .", "It 's been a fad with me ; I put it no higher than that .But I 've devoted time to it ——", "Often to the neglect of my ventures in the", "City . Here I am now , for instance .", "And — I frankly admit it — I 've had more than one serious dispute with Mrs. Roper on the subject .Yesterday , by a coincidence —letter from the wife — full o ’ complaints — have n't been to Bexhill , to her and the kids , for weeks . And to do Ellen Roper justice , she 's not the woman to grumble without cause .Dash it all , home ties are home ties !And , taking one consideration with another — and after this — this occurrence — it 's my intention for the future — my firm intention ——", "And Jeyes !", "Understanding ?", "Great Scot ——!", "Undoubtedly she ought to see them .", "Hear what they 've got to say .", "Lucky I was on the spot ; lucky I was on the spot .", "Choose between ‘ em !", "I can n't ——", "Oh ——!", "I — ah — I think I 'll run downstairs and shake hands with Jeyes and Farncombe while Lily 's tidying herself .", "Risk it ?", "Throttle me !", "Throttle Lal", "Roper ——!" ]

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[ "Oceana ! Oceana !Oh , I wonder if she 'll be as good as she is beautiful ! She must be ! Oceana !No message from my brother yet ?", "Look at this , Remson .", "That 's she . Is n't she lovely ?", "The natives do n't even wear that much , Remson .", "Oh , yes ... they never know what cold weather is .", "Maukuri — it 's in the South Seas .", "Fifteen years , Remson .", "Not since her father died .", "She did n't seem to feel that way .But we 'll try to make her change her mind . Just think of it ... she 's been forty-six days on the steamer !", "Was n't that the street door just now , Remson ?", "Mother !", "Mother , this has gone just as far as it can go ! I 've felt all along that something like this was preparing .", "Mother , this concerns me as much as it concerns any one of you . And I tell you , you have simply got to let me know about that will .", "Do I understand that it is your intention to threaten to go to law , unless Oceana gives us a part of grandfather 's property ?", "It 's perfectly certain that he hated you and mother and Aunt Letitia and me and Freddy ... every one of us ; and that he had hated us for years and years ; and that he left his money to Oceana to spite us all .", "And I , for one , knowing that he hated me , do n't want his money . And what is more , I refuse to touch his money .", "I am near enough of age to possess my self-respect . And I shall refuse to touch one penny .", "I shall be of age two years from now , and then I shall return to Oceana every penny of grandfather 's money that may have been gotten for me .", "I can n't help it , mother . I am meek and patient ... I try to let you have your way with me in everything . But this is a matter of principle , and I can n't let myself be sat on .", "You know , perfectly well , mother ; that it 's impossible for anybody to preserve any individuality in contact with you ... that as a matter of fact , neither father nor Letitia nor Freddy nor myself have preserved a shred of it . Grandfather said that to you himself , the last time you ever saw him ... I know it , for I 've heard father say it a hundred times .", "Yes , but it 's the first time , mother .", "Oh ! If only I might change places with Oceana ! If I could get away to some South Sea island , and be my own mistress and live my own life .Oceana ! I 'm wild to see you ! I want to see you dancing . Your Sunrise Dance ... and to your own music !Oceana ! Oceana !", "Freddy ! Where 's Oceana ?", "Oh , Freddy !", "Did you go and see ?", "I 'm so sorry !", "So long as she does n't miss to-morrow night ! Did I read you what she said about that , Freddy ?“ I 'll pray for fair weather , so that I may get there to see the beautiful dancing . There is nothing in all the world that I love more ... my whole being seems to flow into the dance . I send you the music of my Sunrise Dance , that father composed for me . You can learn it , and I 'll do it for you . I do n't know , of course ; but father used to think that I was wonderful in it .. and he had known all the great dances in Europe . It was the last thing I heard him play , before he went out in the boat , and I saw him perish before my eyes . ” Do n't you think that she writes beautifully , Freddy ?", "Listen to this :“ About my name ... I forgot to explain . You see , Anna sounds like England ... or New England ... and I am not the least like those places . Father used to see me , as a little tot , diving through the breakers , and floating out in the sea , with the snow-white frigate-birds flashing by overhead ; and he said I was the very spirit of the island and the wild , lonely ocean . So he called me Oceana , and that 's the name I 've always borne . ”", "She goes on : “ You must n't be surprised at what I am . You may think it 's dreadful ... even wicked . But at least do n't expect anything like you 've ever known before . Fifteen years with only cocoa-palms and naked savages ... the Boston varnish rubs off one . But I 'm going to try to behave . I expect to feel quite at home ... I have pictures of all of you , and a picture of the house ... I even have father 's keys , to let myself in with ! ”", "Play it ? I could play it in my sleep .", "The Sunrise", "Dance !", "Listen !", "Oceana !", "Oceana ! But how did you get here ?", "Oh , how fine you are !", "You liked the way I played it ?", "But how big you are !", "Walked all the way ?", "But in the storm !", "I must tell mother . And Letitia !Mother ! Letitia ! Oceana 's here !", "Here 's mother !", "And Letitia !", "Here 's father !", "They warned me to turn my toes out when I walked , and not to eat fish with a knife .", "Mother , CAN'T you be good to her ? You do n't understand her at all .", "Ca n't you say something to them ,", "Freddy ? They treat her so badly .", "No ! No ! They do n't understand ! They do n't really care .", "Take me with you ! Take me away to your island !", "Oceana !", "Oh , here you are ! And your new clothes !", "No , they do n't belong to you !", "What are you going to do ?", "What kind ?", "And did you get something beautiful for tonight ?", "Oceana , when am I to see the dance ?", "But when will that be ?", "Oh !", "Oh , how lovely !", "Tell me a little about the Sunrise Dance .", "Yes .", "And do you dance other things ?", "Oh , Oceana ! I 'm just wild to see you !", "We were brought up that way .", "And are you always happy , Oceana ?", "You never ... you never even start to feel sad ?", "You mean you would not mourn , even if some one you loved were to die ?", "Oceana !", "Why , this is Henry . Letitia 's husband .", "Yes ... two .", "Six years .", "Why ... you know Letitia .", "I guess he 's so-so . Like most of us .", "That 's so ! You never saw one ?", "What ?", "Oh , Freddy !", "Was that she at the ‘ phone ?", "What in the world will we do ?", "How perfectly beastly !", "How do you mean ?", "Oh !", "Oceana ! You 'd do the Sunrise Dance ?", "Oh , Oceana ! How perfectly lovely ! But ... but I wonder if it would be all right . I mean ... it would n't shock them ?", "Is it what they 'd call proper ?", "Then I 'll ask mother .", "Of course .", "Of course .", "Oceana !", "Oh , would you dare ?", "No , she 's never been in Boston before .", "I was .", "Freddy , what do you say ?", "Mother , what 's the matter ?", "Mother ! The people are waiting ...", "I am going with Oceana .", "Some day ... if not now . She 's perfectly right . Letitia has no business to keep him . She never would have got him if she had n't played a part .", "Wait !", "Wait .", "Oceana , I ran away !", "To you ! I could n't stand it ! I must be with you , Oceana — no matter how wicked it is , I must be with you !", "Yes , I 'm desperate ... I 'll die if I have to stay at home .", "You wo n't send me back ?", "But , Oceana , Letitia is coming !", "I took a train from Boston . And when I saw her come aboard , imagine how I felt ! I hid ... she did n't see me . And I got off the train first and dodged out of sight . I ran all the way . I suppose she stopped to get a sleigh .", "You knew it ?", "Well , of all the ...", "Oceana !", "Do n't let her take me back home ?", "She might persuade you .", "She 'll threaten to make me go .", "But mother will come ! And she 'll command me to return . I 'm not of age , you know .", "No ... hardly that .", "And , oh , Oceana ... what do you think ? Freddy 's run away , too !", "He 's gone out West !", "He says he 's going to be a cowboy . He 's going to make a man of himself . He left a letter to father .", "Oceana , do you know what was the matter ?", "I think I know . He was in love with you !", "Here she is !", "Of all the adventures !", "Oceana !", "He left you ?", "Oceana !", "Why did you do it ?", "What ?", "Your child !", "No , no , Oceana !", "I do n't know , Oceana .", "Yes .", "Oceana !", "Yes .", "What do you mean ?", "I will !", "Henry ?" ]

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[ "Give us what no man here is master of :", "Breath . Leave us pray , my father Cardinal", "Can by the physic of philosophy", "Set all again in order . Leave us pray .", "As with a ship", "Now beat with storms , now safe . The storms are vanished", "And having you my Pilot , I not only", "See shore , but harbour ; I to you will open", "The book of a black sin , deep printed in me .", "Oh father , my disease lies in my soul .", "Yes that , it festers inwards .", "For though I have a beauty to my bed", "That even creation envies at , as wanting", "Stuff to make such another , yet on her pillow", "I lie by her , but an adulterer ,", "And she as an adulteress . She is my queen", "And wife , yet but my strumpet though the church", "Set on the seal of marriage . Good Onaelia ,", "Niece to our Lord High Constable of Spain", "Was precontracted mine .", "I confess it .", "Even Troy , though she has wept her eyes out ,", "Would find tears to wail my kingdom 's ruins .", "She has that contract written , sealed by you ,", "And other churchmen witnesses unto it .", "A kingdom should be given for that paper .", "‘ Tis my soul 's aim", "To tie it upon a faster knot .", "Oh I know", "I wrestle with a lioness . To imprison her", "And force her to it , I dare not . Death ! What King", "Did ever say ‘ I dare not ’ ? I must have it ;", "A bastard have I by her , and that cock", "Will have , I fear , sharp spurs , if he crow after", "Him that trod for him . Something must be done", "Both to the hen and the chicken . Haste you therefore", "To sad Onaelia , tell her I 'm resolved", "To give my new hawk bells , and let her fly .", "My Queen , I 'm weary of , and her will marry .", "To this , our text , add you what gloss you please ;", "The secret drifts of kings are depthless seas .", "Leave us .", "‘ Tis granted , do .", "But stay , what mean these emblems of distress ?", "My picture so defaced , opposed against", "A holy cross ! Room hung in black , and you", "Dressed like chief mourner at a funeral ?", "But who has played the tyrant with me thus ,", "And with such dangerous spite abused my picture ?", "And wished it had been I .", "I will descend and cease to be a King ,", "To leave my judging part , freely confessing", "Thou canst not give thy wrongs too ill a name .", "And here to make thy apprehension full ,", "And seat thy reason in a sound belief", "I vow tomorrow , ere the rising sun", "Begins his journey , with all ceremonies", "Due to the Church , to seal our nuptials ,", "To prive < 8 > thy son with full consent of state ,", "Spain 's heir apparent , born in wedlock 's vows .", "By this I swear .", "Why then , by this .", "This way for her , the contract which thou hast ,", "By best advice of all our Cardinals ,", "Today shall be enlarged till it be made", "Past all dissolving . Then to our council table", "Shall she be called , that read aloud , she told", "The church commands her quick return for Florence", "With such a dower as Spain received with her ,", "And that they will not hazard heaven 's dire curse", "To yield to a match unlawful , which shall taint", "The issue of the King with bastardy .", "This done , in state majestic come you forth ,", "Our new crowned Queen in sight of all our peers .", "Are you resolved ?", "And will keep it .", "Deliver up the contract then , that I", "May make this day end with thy misery .", "‘ Tis in the lion 's paw , and who dares snatch it ? Now to your beads and crucifix again .", "Pray there may come Embassadors from France", "Their followers are good customers .", "‘ Twill raise the price , being the King 's mistress .", "Away bold strumpet !", "Call and try , here 's a whore 's curse", "To fall in that belief , which her sins nurse .", "My Balthazar ! Let us make haste to meet thee . How art thou altered ? Do you not know him ?", "Half turned Moor !", "I 'll honour thee , reach him a chair , that table", "And now , Aeneas-like , let thine own trumpet", "Sound forth thy battle with those slavish Moors .", "On to the battle .", "This satisfies my eye , but now my ear", "Must have his music too . Describe the battle .", "So .", "A pitched field , quickly fought . Our hand is thine ,", "And because thou shalt not murmur that thy blood", "Was lavished forth for an ungrateful man ,", "Demand what we can give thee and ‘ tis thine .", "‘ Tis thine , rise soldier 's best accord", "When wounds of wrong are healed up by the sword .", "Onaelia knocks loudly at the door .", "What woman 's voice is that ?", "Bar out that fiend .", "Keep her from following me . A guard .", "Let a quick summons call our Lords together ,", "This disease kills me .", "Forebear us , but see the doors are well guarded .", "Yes , I will , take it , speak any thing , ‘ tis pardoned .", "What kingdom ?", "Wherein ?", "Ha , ha , ha !", "Any more ?", "Nay , spit thy venom .", "No more .", "The barber that draws out a lion 's tooth", "Curseth his trade ; and so shalt thou .", "Because you have beaten a few base-born moors ,", "Me think'st thou to chastise ? What is past I pardon ,", "Because I made the key to unlock thy railing ;", "But if thou dar'st once more be so untuned", "I 'll sent thee to the galleys . Who are without there ,", "How now ?", "Yes , yes , I am , but ‘ tis no point of weapon", "Can rescue me . Go presently and summon", "All our chief Grandees , Cardinals , and Lords", "Of Spain to meet in Council instantly .", "We called you forth to execute a business", "Of another strain - but ‘ tis no matter now .", "Thou diest when next thou furrowest up our brow .", "I find my sceptre shaken by enchantments", "Charactered in this parchment , which to unloose ,", "I 'll practice only counter-charms of fire ,", "And blow the spells of lightening into smoke :", "Fetch burning tapers .", "Art frantic ?", "If I be ,", "Then here 's my first mad fit .", "Reach the flames :", "Grandees and Lords of Spain be witness all", "What here I cancel . Read , do you know this bond ?", "Marquis Daenia", "We 'll lend that tongue , when this no more can speak .", "I am deaf ,", "Played the full concert of the spheres unto me", "Upon their loudest strings - so burn that witch", "Who would dry up the tree of all Spain 's glories ,", "But that I purge her sorceries by fire .", "Troy lies in cinders . Let your Oracles", "Now laugh at me if I have been deceived", "By their ridiculous riddles . Why , good father ,", "Now you may freely chide , why was your zeal", "Ready to burst in showers to quench our fury ?", "Th'art mad ex tempore :", "What eye ? Which is that wound ?", "Oil to blood shall turn ,", "I 'll lose a limb before the heart shall mourn .", "The presence door be guarded , let none enter", "On forfeit of your lives , without our knowledge .", "Oh you are false physicians all unto me ,", "You bring me poison , but no antidotes .", "Prithee , no more .", "Thunder aloud .", "Who ! Who dares once but think so in his dream ?", "Be cursed he and his faction . Oh how I labour", "For these preventions ! But so cross is fate", "My ills are ne'r hid from me , but their cures .", "What 's to be done ?", "Ha !", "I shall be massacred in this their spleen ,", "Ere I have time to guard myself . I feel", "The fire already falling . Where 's our guard ?", "Let them be doubled . I am full of thoughts ,", "A thousand wheels toss my incertain fears ,", "There is a storm in my hot boiling brains ,", "Which rises without wind . A horrid one .", "What clamour 's that ?", "Thou desperate fellow , thus press in upon us ! Is murder all the story we shall read ? What King can stand , when thus his subjects bleed ? What has thou done ?", "Played even the wolf ,", "And from a fold committed to my charge ,", "Stolen and devoured one of the flock .", "I would not have thy sin scored on my head", "For all the Indian Treasury . I prithee tell me ,", "Suppose thou had'st our pardon , oh can that cure", "Thy wounded conscience , can there my pardon help thee ?", "Yet having deserved well both of Spain and us ,", "We will not pay thy worth with loss of life ,", "But banish thee for ever .", "No more . We banish thee our court and Kingdom .", "A King that fosters men so dipped in blood ,", "May be called merciful , but never good .", "Be gone upon thy life .", "For thee , Paulina , swell my troubled thoughts", "Like billows beaten by two warring winds .", "Instruct me how .", "Where 's the instrument ?", "He 's banished .", "His spirit is hot", "And rugged , but so honest that his soul", "Will never turn devil to do it .", "Be happy in thy workings , I obey .", "Balthazar ,", "Come hither , listen . Whatsoe'er our Queen", "Has importuned thee to touching Onaelia", "Niece to the Constable , and her young son ,", "My voice shall second it , and sign her promise .", "That .", "So .", "Any way , so ‘ tis done .", "Pen , ink and paper .", "Thou shalt have my pardon .", "Yes , any thing dear Balthazar .", "Chide him not .", "That song no more . Do this and I will make thee a great man .", "Farewell . Be confident and sudden .", "A Private room ,", "Exeunt , King and Balthazar remain", "I'st done ? Hast drawn thy two-edged sword out yet ?", "No , no I see it .", "How ? Put up - so - how ?", "So what of that ?", "Was this all ?", "Conscience ! What 's that ? A conjuring book ne'r opened", "Without the reader 's danger . ‘ Tis indeed", "A scarecrow set i'th world to frighten weak fools .", "Hast thou seen fields paved o'er with carcasses ,", "Now to be tender-footed , not to tread", "On a boy 's mangled quarters , and a woman 's !", "No more . Here comes a satyr with sharp horns .", "A Frenchman ?", "Cannot he speak the Spanish ?", "What is the tune you strike up , touch the string .", "Onaelia .", "Speak low .", "Thou namest ten thousand Crowns , I 'll treble them", "Rid me of this leprosy . Thy name ?", "Shall I a second wheel add to this mischief", "To set it faster going ? If one break ,", "T'other may keep his motion .", "Balthazar .", "To give thy sword an edge again , this Frenchman", "Shall whet thee on , that if thy pistol fail ,", "Or poniard , this can send the poison home .", "And more to arm your resolution ,", "I 'll tune this Churchman so , that he shall chime", "In sounds harmonious , merit to that man", "Whose hand has but a finger in that act .", "Holy father ,", "You must give pardon to me in unlocking", "A cave stuffed full with serpents , which my State", "Threaten to poison , and it lies in you", "To break their bed with thunder of your voice .", "Suppose a universal", "Hot pestilence beat her mortiferous wings", "O'er all my kingdoms , am I not bound in soul ,", "To empty all our academies of doctors", "And Aesculapian < 46 > spirits to charm this plague ?", "Or had the canon made a breach", "Into our rich Escurial < 47 >, down to beat it", "About our ears , should I stop this breach", "Spare even our richest Ornaments , nay our crown ,", "Could it keep bullets off .", "This linstock < 48 > gives you fire . Shall then that strumpet", "And bastard breathe quick vengeance in my face ,", "Making my Kingdom reel , my subjects stagger", "In their obedience , and yet live ?", "As I am Catholic King , I 'll have their hearts", "Panting in these two hands .", "Rise my good angel ,", "Whose holy tunes beat from me that evil spirit", "Which jogs mine elbow , hence thou dog of hell .", "Bark out no more thou mastiff , get you all gone , And let my soul sleep .There 's gold , peace , see it done .", "Commend us to Medina , say his letters", "Right pleasing are , and that , except himself", "Nothing could be more welcome . Counsel him ,", "To blot the opinion out of factious numbers ,", "Only to have his ordinary train", "Waiting upon him . For , to quit all fears", "Upon his side of us , our very court", "Shall even but dimly shine with some few Dons ,", "Freely to prove our longings great to peace .", "A King 's word is engaged .", "Valasco , call the Captain of our Guard ,", "Bid him attend us instantly .", "Lopez come hither . See ,", "Letters from Duke Medina , both in the name", "Of him and all his faction , offering peace ,", "And our old love , his niece Onaelia", "In marriage with her free and fair consent", "To Cockadillio , a Don of Spain .", "My crown as soon . They feel their sinewy plots", "Belike to shrink i'the joints . And fearing ruin ,", "Have found this cement out to piece up all ,", "Which more endangers all .", "Lions may hunted be into the snare ,", "But if they once break loose , woe be to him", "That first seized on them . A poor prisoner scorns", "To kiss his jailer . And shall a king be choked", "With sweet-meats by false traitors ! No , I will fawn", "On them as they stroke me , till they are fast", "But in this paw . And then ...", "Upon thy life", "Double our guard this day . Let every man", "Bear a charged pistol hid , and , at a watch-word", "Given by a musket , when our self sees time ,", "Rush in , and , if Medina 's faction wrestle", "Against your forces , kill , but if yield , save .", "Be secret !", "Watch Valasco .", "If any wear a Cross , feather or glove ,", "Or such prodigious signs of a knit faction ,", "Table their names up . At our court-gate plant", "Good strength to bar them out , if once they swarm .", "Do this upon thy life .", "Death ! What 's Done ?", "Sebastian ?", "Thou teachest me to curse thee .", "Half my crown I 'd lose were it undone .", "How lost I the French doctor ?", "Get thou from my sight , the Queen would see thee .", "Go with Judas and repent .", "Tell me true , is he dead ?", "No matter . ‘ Tis but morning of revenge ,", "The sunset shall be red and tragical .", "For half Spain 's weigh in ingots I 'd not lose", "This little man today .", "‘ Tis dimness of your sight , no fault i'the letter .", "Medina , you shall find that free from erratas ,", "And for a proof , if I could breathe my heart", "In welcome forth , this hall should ring naught else .", "Welcome Medina , Good Marquis Daenia ,", "Dons of Spain all welcome .", "My dearest love and Queen , be it your place", "To entertain the bride , and do her grace .", "Contracted bride , and bridegroom sit ,", "Sweet flowers not plucked in season lose their scent ,", "So will our pleasures . Father Cardinal ,", "Methinks this morning new begins our reign .", "Where is our noble soldier Balthazar ? So close in conference with that Signor ?", "What think'st thou of this great day Balthazar ?", "Mine I protest are free .", "Wine . A full cup crowned to Medina 's health .", "Onaelia , you are sad . Why frowns your brow ?", "Which mirth to heighten , Your bridegroom and yourself first pledge this health Which we begin to our High Constable . Three cups filled , one to the King , the second to the Bridegroom and the third to Onaelia , with whom the King compliments .", "Here 's to Medina 's heart with all my heart .", "Medina mocks me ,", "Because I wrong her with the largest bowl .", "I 'll change with thee Onaelia .", "Malateste rages .", "Fear you I cannot fetch it off ?", "This is your scorn to her , because I am doing", "This poorest honour to her . Music sound ,", "It goes were it ten fathoms to the ground .", "Cornets play . King drinks , Queen and Malateste storm .", "Interrupt me in my drink ? ‘ Tis off .", "Poisoned ?", "I feel no poison yet , only mine eyes", "Are putting out their lights . Me thinks I feel", "Death 's icy fingers stroking down my face .", "And now I 'm in a mortal cold sweat .", "Hence , call in my physicians .", "Bloody Medina , stab'st thou Brutus too ?", "I burn ,", "My brains boil in a cauldron , oh one drop", "Of water now to cool me .", "Physicians for my soul , I need none else .", "You 'll not deny me those . Oh holy father ,", "Is there no mercy hovering in a cloud", "For me a miserable King so drenched", "In perjury and murder ?", "Come down , come quickly down .", "Do , do .", "Onaelia ! Oh she 's drowned in tears ! Onaelia ,", "Let me not die unpardoned at thy hands .", "Ha ?", "My child ! ‘ Tis my Sebastian , or some spirit", "Sent in his shape to fright me .", "Oh my dull soul look up , thou art somewhat lighter .", "Noble Medina , see Sebastian lives .", "Onaelia cease to weep , Sebastian lives .", "Fetch me my crown . My sweetest pretty Friar", "Can my hands do't , I 'll raise thee one step higher .", "Thou'st been in heaven 's house all this while sweet boy ?", "Thou could'st n'er fare better .", "Religious houses are those hives where bees", "Make honey for men 's souls . I tell thee boy ,", "A Friary is a cube , which strongly stands ,", "Fashioned by men , supported by heaven 's hands .", "Orders of holy priesthood are as high", "I'th eyes of Angels , as a King 's dignity .", "Both these unto a Crown give the full weight ,", "And both are thine . You that our contract know ,", "See how I seal it with this marriage .", "My blessing and Spain 's kingdom both be thine .", "Oh no . Those are right sovereign ornaments .", "Had I been clothed so , I had never filled", "Spain 's chronicle with my black calumny .", "My work is almost finished . Where 's my Queen ?", "Onaelia !", "Your hand Paulina too , Onaelia yours .", "This hand , the pledge of my twice broken faith ,", "By you usurped is her inheritance .", "My love is turned , see as my fate is turned ,", "Thus they today laugh , yesterday which mourned .", "I pardon thee my death . Let her be sent", "Back into Florence with a trebled dowry .", "Death comes , oh now I see what late I feared !", "A contract broke , though pieced up ne'r so well ,", "Heaven sees , earth suffers , but it ends in hell ." ]

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[ "Now , Fortune , you ought to have told us downstairs that Dr. Kirke is with Mrs. Cleeve .", "Fortune !", "Doctors !", "Sir George Brodrick ? Amos !", "Mr. Cleeve 's constitution , Fortune .", "Oh , Mr. Cleeve exaggerates our little services .", "Nor I .", "Dr Kirke , you were n't in Florence with us ; you 're only a tale-bearer .", "Nonsense !You know , Amos — my big brother over there — Amos and I struck up an acquaintance with Mr. and Mrs. Cleeve at Florence , at the Hotel d'Italie , and occasionally one of us would give Mr Cleeve his dose while Poor Mrs. Cleeve took a little rest or drive — but positively that 's all .", "I 've nothing more to tell , except that I 'm awfully fond of", "Mrs. Cleeve —", "Yes , I always say that if I were a man searching for a wife , I should be inclined to base my ideal on Mrs. Cleeve .", "You conceive a different ideal , Sir George ?", "Well , Sir George ?", "Oh , I do n't share all Mrs. Cleeve 's views , or sympathise with them , of course . But they succeed only in making me sad and sorry . Mrs. Cleeve 's opinions do n't stop me from loving the gentle , sweet woman ; admiring her for her patient , absorbing devotion to her husband ; wondering at the beautiful stillness with which she seems to glide through life —!", "I 'll sun myself on the balcony .", "Dr. Kirke , I 've heard what doctors ’ consultations consist of . After looking at the pictures , you talk about whist .", "Oh , Mrs Cleeve !Am I in the way ?", "I 'll stay for a bit , but this hat does n't take off .", "How well your husband is looking !", "Is n't that splendid !Buon giorno , Signor Cleeve ! Come molto meglio voi state !Ha , ha ! My Italian !", "They 've been two of my bad days , dear .", "Oh , “ God 's in his heaven ” this morning ! When the sun 's out I feel that my little boy 's bed in Ketherick Cemetery is warm and cosy .", "The weather 's the same all over Europe , according to the papers . Do you think it 's really going to last ? To me these chilly , showery nights are terrible . You know , I still tuck my child up at night-time ; still have my last peep at him before going to my own bed ; and it is awful to listen to these cold rains — drip , drip , upon that little green coverlet of his !", "Your husband never calls you by that pet-name of yours . Why is it you have n't told me you 're a daughter of Admiral Steyning 's ?", "Oh , I must say what I mean ! I have often pulled myself up short in my gossips with you , conscious of a sort of wall between us .Somehow , I feel now that you have n't in the least made a friend of me . I 'm hurt . St 's stupid of me ; I can n't help it .", "Not —?", "Left — his wife !", "When you say that Mr. Cleeve has left his wife , I suppose you mean to tell me that you have taken her place ?", "I can hardly believe you .", "I wo n't go quite like that . Please tell me .", "Oh !", "Curse ?", "In church ?", "Of course , I guess your marriage was an unfortunate one .", "It changed you ?", "You spoke of yourself just now as a widow . He 's dead ?", "You were free then — free to begin again .", "You and Mr. Cleeve —?", "Lecturing ?", "Against what ?", "Marriage ?", "From what cause ?", "And yet , judging from what that girl said yesterday , Mr. Cleeve married quite recently ?", "I have often seen Mr. Cleeve 's name in the papers . His future promised to be brilliant , did n't it ?", "In Parliament — now ?", "Content !", "But tell me — you do n't know how I — how I have liked you !— tell me , if Mr. Cleeve 's wife divorces him , he will marry you ?", "No !", "But you are devoted to each other !", "What , is that the meaning of “ for as long as you are together ? ” You would go your different ways if ever you found that one of you was making the other unhappy ?", "Your legal marriage with him might not bring further miseries .", "You know that it would be impossible for me , if I would do so , to deceive my brother as to all this .", "Amos must be wondering —", "When Amos and I have talked this over , perhaps — perhaps —", "What you 've told me is dreadful .And yet you 're not a wicked woman !In case we do n't meet again .", "Where is he ?", "Fortune is complacently smoking a cigarette in the Campo .", "Mr Cleeve is out , I conclude ?", "I do n't think I 'll wait , then .", "I would come . I 've given poor Amos the slip ; he believes I am buying beads for the Ketherick school-children .", "Of course , it 's perfectly brutal to be underhanded . But we 're leaving for home tomorrow ; I could n't resist it .", "The fact is , Mrs. Cleeve — oh , what do you wish me to call you ?", "Your story , your present life ; you , yourself — such a contradiction to what you profess ! Well , it all has a sort of fascination for me .", "You want to physic me , do you , after worrying my poor brain as you 've done ?“ The Rectory , Daleham , Ketherick Moor . ” Yorkshire , you know . There can be no great harm in your writing to me sometimes . AGNESNo ; under the circumstances I can n't promise that .", "Very well .", "As you please . Picture me , sometimes , in that big , hollow shell of a rectory at Ketherick , strolling about my poor dead little chap 's empty room .", "God bless you .", "Do tell me .", "Torturing you ?", "You and Mr. Cleeve ?", "You are afraid he will succeed ?", "What upsets you , then ?", "But do n't you and Mr. Cleeve — talk to each other ?", "You have met the man ?", "Who is he ?", "He has right on his side , then ?", "Supposing he does succeed in taking Mr. Cleeve away from you ?", "Yes .", "Oh , I can n't understand you .", "Agnes !", "I remember what you told me of your being prepared to grant each other freedom if —", "What fear ?", "I see .", "Thanks : quite .", "I — I do n't — Why ?", "Oh , Mr. Cleeve , we — I — I —", "I — I can n't ; he — does n't know I 've — I 've —", "Brute !Oh , I suppose Mr. Cleeve has made me look precisely as I feel .", "Like people deserve to feel who do godly , mean things .", "Oh , I am going .", "The Duke ?", "Will he obey you ?", "Good-bye .You still refuse my address ?", "You !", "Ah !", "Yes ?", "A wooden chest , Mr. Cleeve thinks .", "How should I know doctor ?", "Half past eight .", "Excitement ?", "It is extraordinary to see her like this .", "No , nor is he quite the same man .", "Till eleven — if you will let my brother know where I am .", "I simply sent word , about an hour ago , that I should n't be back to dinner .", "Look here ! I 'll get you to tell him the truth .", "I called here this afternoon , unknown to Amos , to bid her good-bye . Then I pottered about , rather miserably , spending money . Coming out of Naya 's , the photographer 's , I tumbled over Mr. Cleeve , who had been looking for you , and he begged me to come round here again after I had done my shopping .", "Doctor , have you ever seen Amos look dreadfully stern and knit about the brows — like a bishop who is put out ?", "Then you will .", "I am going down into the kitchen to see what these people can do in the way of strong soup .", "Hush , please !", "Charming .", "Thank you .", "It is draughty at this table .", "Thank you .", "My brother .", "We do n't stay at one .", "Yes .", "You should gratify it . Our quarters are rather humble ; we are in the Campo San Bartolomeo .", "Why not come and see our rooms ?", "Five — four — nought — two", "Yes ; that would give the people ample time to tidy and clear up after us .", "After our departure . My brother and I leave early tomorrow morning .", "That 's rather a bad man , I think . Now , dear —", "So you have succeeded in coming to close quarters , as you expressed it , with him .", "His second visit here today , I gather .", "His attitude towards you — his presence here under any circumstances — it 's all rather queer .", "However , you are easier in your mind ?", "Defeat him ? You will succeed in holding Mr. Cleeve , you mean ?", "Oh , come , I remember all you told me this afternoon .So it has already arrived , then , at a simple struggle to hold Mr. Cleeve ?", "What do you want — wine ?", "Agnes —", "You are dressed very beautifully .", "Do n't you know it ? Who made you that gown ?", "I should n't have credited the little woman with such excellent ideas .", "When he ordered it ?", "Oh , the whole thing came as a surprise to you ?", "I noticed the box this afternoon when I called .", "An ordinary smart woman .Well , you ought to find no difficulty in managing that . You can make yourself very charming , it appears .", "Do you mind my drinking from your glass ?", "Ugh ! Ugh !I have something to propose . Come home with me tomorrow .", "Ketherick . The very spot for a woman who wants to shut out things . Miles and miles of wild moorland ! For company , purple heath and moss-covered granite , in summer ; in winter , the moor-fowl and the snow glistening on top of the crags . Oh , and for open-air music , our little church owns the sweetest little peal of bells —!Ah , I can n't promise you their silence ! Indeed , I 'm very much afraid that on a still Sunday you can even hear the sound of the organ quite a long distance off . I am the organist when I 'm at home . That 's Ketherick . Will you come ?", "His music ?", "Love-music !", "You 've come to fetch me , Amos ?", "No , dear , not yet . I want you to help me .", "I want you to join me in persuading Mrs. Ebbsmith — my friend , Mrs. Ebbsmith — to come to Ketherick with me .", "Please , Amos !", "Oh —! Then , surely , you —!", "I suspected something of the kind .Pull yourself out of the mud ! Get up out of the mud !", "You mad thing !", "Your hour —?", "It is especially my duty , Amos .", "You would rather I left it — I , the virtuous , unsoiled woman ! Yes , I am a virtuous woman , Amos ; and it strikes you as odd , I suppose , my insisting upon friendship with her . But look here , both of you . I 'll tell you a secret . You never knew it , Amos my dear . I never allowed anybody to suspect it —", "The sort of married life mine was . It did n't last long , but it was dreadful , almost intolerable .", "After the first few weeks — weeks , not months !— after the first few weeks of it , my husband treated me as cruelly —— just as cruelly , I do believe , as your husband treated you .Wait ! Now then ! There was another man — one I loved — one I could n't help loving ! I could have found release with him , perhaps happiness of a kind . I resisted , came through it . They 're dead — the two are dead ! And here I am , a virtuous , reputable woman ; saved by the blessed mercy of Heaven ! There , you are not surprised any longer , Amos !“ My friend , Mrs Ebbsmith ! ”Oh ! Oh , if my little boy had been spared to me , he should have grown up tender to women — tender to women ! He should , he should —!", "We 'll go , Amos .", "This frightens you . Simple print and paper , so you pretend to regard it ; but it frightens you .I called you a mad thing just now . A week ago I did think you half-mad — a poor , ill-used creature , a visionary , a moral woman living immorally ; yet , in spite of all , a woman to be loved and pitied . But now I 'm beginning to think you 're only frail — wanton . Oh , you 're not so mad as not to know you 're wicked !And so this frightens you .", "That !", "Agnes —!END OF THE THIRD ACT", "I 'll come back to you in a little while , Agnes .How are you getting on , Heppy ?", "We leave here at a quarter to eight in the morning ; not a minute later .", "Nothing at all . Besides her hand-bag , she has only the one box .", "Yes , nobbut that . I packed that for her at the Palazzo .", "Heppy , we are not going to call — my friend — “ Mrs Cleeve . ”", "I 'll tell you — by-and-bye . Remember , she must never , never be reminded of the name .", "The world 's full of unhappiness , Heppy .", "For what ?", "No , I never knew Captain Thorpe to complain of an ache or a pain .", "Yes , Heppy .Who 's this ?", "More as she used to be — so still , so gentle . She 's reading .", "Reading .", "Well , dear ! Go on !", "Them —", "At the hotel .", "Quite contented with the arrangement they believed they had brought about .", "Where was Mr. Cleeve ?", "Then by this time he has discovered that Mrs. Ebbsmith has left him ?", "Well , well ! The Duke and the cadaverous Baronet ?", "Did they inquire as to her movements ?", "What did they say to that ?", "Brute ! And then ?", "Yes — well ?", "Oh , Amos —!", "You 're mistaken there , dear ; there was no letter .", "Simply four shakily-written words .", "“ My — hour-is-over . ”", "Amos !", "Oh , then Mr. Cleeve now refuses to carry out his part of the shameful arrangement ?", "A man who prizes a woman when he has lost her .", "Men do n't relish , I suppose , being cast off by women .", "Ah —!", "No !", "Oh , what kind of woman can this Mrs. Cleeve be ?", "Character !", "What work for a wife !", "Yes .Oh , Amos !", "I — I can n't think so . Oh ! but I 'm afraid .", "Mrs. Ebbsmith —? Mrs. Ebbsmith —!", "Agnes —!", "Mrs Cleeve —!Mrs. Cleeve , we — my brother and I — hoped to save this woman . She was worth saving . You have utterly destroyed her ." ]

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[ "Hey ! laws a massey ! why , clar out ! drop dat banana ! I 'll murder this yer crowd ,Dem little niggers is a judgment upon dis generation .", "It 's dem black trash , Mas'r George ; dis ere property wants claring ; dem 's getting too numerous round ; when I gets time I 'll kill some on ‘ em , sure !", "Top , you varmin ! top till I get enough of you in one place !", "Guess they nebber was born — dem tings ! what , dem ?— get away ! Born here — dem darkies ? What , on Terrebonne ! Do n't b'lieve it , Mas'r George ; dem black tings never was born at all ; dey swarmed one mornin ’ on a sassafras tree in the swamp ; I cotched ‘ em ; dey ai n't no ‘ count . Do n't b'lieve dey 'll turn out niggers when dey 're growed ; dey 'll come out sunthin else .", "What ? dem tings — dem ?— getawayBorn here ! dem darkies ! What , on Terrebonne ? Do n't b'lieve it , Mas'r George ,— no . One morning dey swarmed on a sassafras tree in de swamp , and I cotched ‘ em all in a sieve .— dat 's how dey come on top of dis yearth — git out , you ,— ya , ya !", "Dat 's right , missus ! gib it to ole Pete ! he 's allers in for it . Git away dere ! Ya ! if dey aint all lighted , like coons , on dat snake fence , just out of shot . Look dar ! Ya ! ya ! Dem debils . Ya !", "Git down dar !— I 'm arter you !", "Yes , missus . Why , Minnie , why do n't you run when you hear , you lazy crittur ?Dat 's de laziest nigger on dis yere property .Do n't do nuffin .", "Hi ! Debbel 's in de pail ! Whar 's breakfass ?", "Hole yer tongue , Dido . Whar 's de coffee ?If it do n't stain de cup , your wicked ole life 's in danger , sure ! dat right ! black as nigger ; clar as ice . You may drink dat , Mas'r George .Yah ! here 's Mas'r Sunnyside , and Missey Dora , jist drov up . Some of you niggers run and hole de hosses ; and take dis , Dido .", "Mas'r Scudder ! Mas'r Scudder !", "You blow , Mas'r Scudder , when I tole you ; dere 's a man from Noo Aleens just arriv ’ at de house , and he 's stuck up two papers on de gates ; “ For sale — dis yer property , ” and a heap of oder tings — and he seen missus , and arter he shown some papers she burst out crying — I yelled ; den de corious of little niggers dey set up , den de hull plantation children — de live stock reared up and created a purpiration of lamentation as did de ole heart good to har .", "Dass it — I saw 'm !", "No , sar ; but dem vagabonds neber take de ‘ specable straight road , dey goes by de swamp .", "Dis way — dis way .", "Dis way , gen'l ' men ; now Solon — Grace — dey 's hot and tirsty — sangaree , brandy , rum .", "You see dat hole in dar , sar .I was raised on dis yar plantation — neber see no door in it — always open , sar , for stranger to walk in .", "No , sar ; nigger nebber cut stick on", "Terrebonne ; dat boy 's dead , sure .", "Nebber supply no more , sar — nebber dance again . Mas'r Ratts , you hard him sing about de place where de good niggers go , de last time .", "Well , he gone dar hisself ; why , I tink so — ‘ cause we missed Paul for some days , but nebber tout nothin ’ till one night dat Injiun Wahnotee suddenly stood right dar ‘ mongst us — was in his war paint , and mighty cold and grave — he sit down by de fire . “ Whar 's Paul ? ” I say — he smoke and smoke , but nebber look out ob de fire ; well knowing dem critters , I wait a long time — den he say , “ Wahnotee , great chief ; ” den I say nothing — smoke anoder time — last , rising to go , he turn round at door , and say berry low — O , like a woman 's voice , he say , “ Omenee Pangeuk , ” — dat is , Paul is dead — nebber see him since .", "What , sar ! You p'tend to be sorry for Paul , and prize him like dat . Five hundred dollars !—Tousand dollars , Massa Thibodeaux .", "Eh ! wass dat ?", "He said I want a nigger . Laws , mussey ! What am goin ’ to cum ob us !", "Cum yer now — stand round , cause I 've got to talk to you darkies — keep dem chil'n quiet — do n't make no noise , de missus up dar har us .", "Gen'l ' men , my colored frens and ladies , dar 's mighty bad news gone round . Dis yer prop'ty to be sold — old Terrebonne — whar we all been raised , is gwine — dey 's gwine to tak it away — can n't stop here no how .", "Hold quiet , you trash o ’ niggers ! tink anybody wants you to cry ? Who 's you to set up screching ?— be quiet ! But dis ai n't all . Now , my culled brethren , gird up your lines , and listen — hold on yer bref — it 's a comin . We tought dat de niggers would belong to de ole missus , and if she lost Terrebonne , we must live dere allers , and we would hire out , and bring our wages to ole Missus Peyton .", "Hush ! I tell ye , ‘ t'ain ' t so — we can n't do it — we 've got to be sold —", "Will you hush ? she will har you . Yes ! I listen dar jess now — dar was ole lady cryin ’ — Mas'r George — ah ! you seen dem big tears in his eyes . O , Mas'r Scudder , he did n't cry zackly ; both ob his eyes and cheek look like de bad Bayou in low season — so dry dat I cry for him .Den say de missus , “ ‘ Tai n't for de land I keer , but for dem poor niggars — dey 'll be sold — dat wot stagger me . ” “ No , ” say Mas'r George , “ I 'd rather sell myself fuss ; but dey sha n't suffer , nohow ,— I see ‘ em dam fuss . ”", "Hole yer tongues . Yes , for you , for me , for dem little ones , dem folks cried . Now , den , if Grace dere wid her chil'n were all sold , she 'll begin screechin ’ like a cat . She did n't mind how kind old judge was to her ; and Solon , too , he 'll holler , and break de ole lady 's heart .", "I do n't tink you will any more , but dis here will ; ‘ cause de family spile Dido , dey has . She nebber was ‘ worth much ‘ a dat nigger .", "What 's de use of your takin ’ it kind , and comfortin ’ de missus heart , if Minnie dere , and Louise , and Marie , and Julie is to spile it ?", "Dar , do ye hear dat , ye mis'able darkies , dem gals is worth a boat load of kinder men dem is . Cum , for de pride of de family , let every darky look his best for the judge 's sake — dat ole man so good to us , and dat ole woman — so dem strangers from New Orleans shall say , Dem 's happy darkies , dem 's a fine set of niggars ; every one say when he 's sold , “ Lor ’ bless dis yer family I 'm gwine out of , and send me as good a home . ”", "Hush ! hark ! I tell ye dar 's somebody in dar . Who is it ?", "Come along ; she har what we say , and she 's cryin ’ for us . None o ’ ye ign'rant niggars could cry for yerselves like dat . Come here quite ; now quite .", "That 's my son — buy him , Mas'r Ratts ; he 's sure to sarve you well .", "Dat 's me — yer , I 'm comin ’ — stand around dar .", "What 's dat ? A mistake , sar — forty-six .", "But do n't mount to nuffin — kin work cannel . Come , Judge , pick up . Now 's your time , sar .", "What , sar ? me ! for me — look ye here !", "Mas'r George — ah , no , sar — do n't buy me — keep your money for some udder dat is to be sold . I ai n't no count , sar .", "Whar 's Paul , Wahnotee ? What 's come ob de child ?", "Pangeuk — dead .", "Um , Paul reste ?", "Poor little Paul — poor little nigger !", "Top , sar ! Top a bit ! O , laws-a-mussey , see dis ; here 's a pictur ’ I found stickin ’ in that yar telescope machine , sar ! look sar !", "See Injiun ; look dar, see dat innocent ; look , dar 's de murderer of poor Paul .", "Ya !— as he ? Closky tue Paul — kill de child with your tomahawk dar ; ‘ twas n't you , no — ole Pete allus say so . Poor Injiun lub our little Paul .", "O , law , sir , dat debil Closky , he tore hisself from de gen'lam , knock me down , take my light , and trows it on de turpentine barrels , and de shed 's all afire !", "Nebber mind , sar , we bring good news — it wo n't spile for de keeping .", "P'r ' aps it floated away itself .", "Say , Mas'r Scudder , s'pose we go in round by de quarters and raise de darkies , den dey cum long wid us , and we ‘ proach dat ole house like Gin'ral Jackson when he took London out dar .", "I tell you , sar — hush !", "Was dat ?— a cry out dar in de swamp — dar agin !", "Mas'r Clusky . M'Closky . Save me — save me ! I can go no farther . I heard voices .", "You'se a dead man , Mas'r Clusky — you got to b'lieve dat . M'Closky . No — no . If I must die , give me up to the law ; but save me from the tomahawk . You are a white man ; you 'll not leave one of your own blood to be butchered by the red-skin ?", "O , no ; Mas'r Scudder , do n't leave Mas'r Closky like dat — do n't , sa — ‘ tai n't what good Christian should do .", "Whar 's Missus — whar 's Mas'r George ?", "Whar is she — whar is Miss Zoe ?", "Do n't ax me . Whar 's de gal ? I say .", "No — no . ‘ Tai n't no faint — she 's a dying , sa ; she got pison from old Dido here , this mornin ’ .", "Dat 's what her soul 's gwine to do . It 's going up dar , whar dere 's no line atween folks ." ]

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[ "Vainlove , and abroad so early ! Good-morrow ; I thought a contemplative lover could no more have parted with his bed in a morning than he could have slept i n't .", "Business ! And so must time , my friend , be close pursued , or lost . Business is the rub of life , perverts our aim , casts off the bias , and leaves us wide and short of the intended mark .", "Ay ; what else has meaning ?", "More than they believe — or understand .", "Ay , ay ! Wisdom 's nothing but a pretending to know and believe more than we really do . You read of but one wise man , and all that he knew was , that he knew nothing . Come , come , leave business to idlers and wisdom to fools ; they have need of ‘ em . Wit be my faculty , and pleasure my occupation ; and let Father Time shake his glass . Let low and earthly souls grovel till they have worked themselves six foot deep into a grave . Business is not my element — I roll in a higher orb , and dwell —", "I , marry , sir , I have a hawk 's eye at a woman 's hand . There 's more elegancy in the false spelling of this superscriptionthan in all Cicero . Let me see .— How now !— Dear perfidious Vainlove .", "Nay , let 's see the name — Sylvia !— how canst thou be ungrateful to that creature ? She 's extremely pretty , and loves thee entirely — I have heard her breathe such raptures about thee —", "No , faith , Frank , you wrong her ; she has been just to you .", "Never — her affections . ‘ Tis true , by heaven : she owned it to my face ; and , blushing like the virgin morn when it disclosed the cheat which that trusty bawd of nature , night , had hid , confessed her soul was true to you ; though I by treachery had stolen the bliss .", "Why , faith , I think it will do well enough , if the husband be out of the way , for the wife to show her fondness and impatience of his absence by choosing a lover as like him as she can ; and what is unlike , she may help out with her own fancy .", "As you say , the abuse is to the lover , not the husband . For ‘ tis an argument of her great zeal towards him , that she will enjoy him in effigy .", "What ! The old banker with the handsome wife ?", "Let me see — Laetitia ! Oh , ‘ tis a delicious morsel . Dear Frank , thou art the truest friend in the world .", "Hum , Hum — Out of town this evening , and talks of sending for Mr. Spintext to keep me company ; but I 'll take care he shall not be at home . Good ! Spintext ! Oh , the fanatic one-eyed parson !", "Hum , Hum — That your conversation will be much more agreeable , if you can counterfeit his habit to blind the servants . Very good ! Then I must be disguised ?— With all my heart !— It adds a gusto to an amour ; gives it the greater resemblance of theft ; and , among us lewd mortals , the deeper the sin the sweeter . Frank , I 'm amazed at thy good nature —", "I wish I may succeed as the same .", "Prithee , what sort of fellow is Fondlewife ?", "A very even temper , and fit for my purpose . I must get your man", "Setter to provide my disguise .", "You 're going to visit in return of Sylvia 's letter . Poor rogue ! Any hour of the day or night will serve her . But do you know nothing of a new rival there ?", "Yet rails on still , and thinks his love unknown to us . A little time will swell him so , he must be forced to give it birth ; and the discovery must needs be very pleasant from himself , to see what pains he will take , and how he will strain to be delivered of a secret , when he has miscarried of it already .", "With all my heart . It lies convenient for us to pay our afternoon services to our mistresses . I find I am damnably in love , I 'm so uneasy for not having seen Belinda yesterday .", "Why , what a cormorant in love am I ! Who , not contented with the slavery of honourable love in one place , and the pleasure of enjoying some half a score mistresses of my own acquiring , must yet take Vainlove 's business upon my hands , because it lay too heavy upon his ; so am not only forced to lie with other men 's wives for ‘ em , but must also undertake the harder task of obliging their mistresses . I must take up , or I shall never hold out . Flesh and blood cannot bear it always .", "Sharper , I 'm glad to see thee .", "No , faith , not for that . But there 's a business of consequence fallen out to-day that requires some consideration .", "Why , you must know , ‘ tis a piece of work toward the finishing of an alderman . It seems I must put the last hand to it , and dub him cuckold , that he may be of equal dignity with the rest of his brethren : so I must beg Belinda 's pardon .", "But she can n't have too much money . There 's twelve thousand pound , Tom . ‘ Tis true she is excessively foppish and affected ; but in my conscience I believe the baggage loves me : for she never speaks well of me herself , nor suffers anybody else to rail at me . Then , as I told you , there 's twelve thousand pound . Hum ! Why , faith , upon second thoughts , she does not appear to be so very affected neither .— Give her her due , I think the woman 's a woman , and that 's all . As such , I 'm sure I shall like her ; for the devil take me if I do n't love all the sex .", "Who ? Heartwell ? Ay , but he knows better things . How now , George , where hast thou been snarling odious truths , and entertaining company , like a physician , with discourse of their diseases and infirmities ? What fine lady hast thou been putting out of conceit with herself , and persuading that the face she had been making all the morning was none of her own ? For I know thou art as unmannerly and as unwelcome to a woman as a looking-glass after the smallpox .", "Would thou hadst come a little sooner . Vainlove would have wrought thy conversion , and been a champion for the cause .", "Truth o n't is she fits his temper best , is a kind of floating island ; sometimes seems in reach , then vanishes and keeps him busied in the search .", "Faith I do n't know , he 's of a temper the most easy to himself in the world ; he takes as much always of an amour as he cares for , and quits it when it grows stale or unpleasant .", "He 's of another opinion , and says I do the drudgery in the mine . Well , we have each our share of sport , and each that which he likes best ; ‘ tis his diversion to set , ‘ tis mine to cover the partridge .", "Time enough , ay , too soon , I should rather have expected , from a person of your gravity .", "Thou art an old fornicator of a singular good principle indeed , and art for encouraging youth , that they may be as wicked as thou art at thy years .", "That only happens sometimes , where the dog has the sweeter breath , for the more cleanly conveyance . But , George , you must not quarrel with little gallantries of this nature : women are often won by ‘ em . Who would refuse to kiss a lap-dog , if it were preliminary to the lips of his lady ?", "What is it to read a play in a rainy day ? Though you should be now and then interrupted in a witty scene , and she perhaps preserve her laughter , till the jest were over ; even that may be borne with , considering the reward in prospect .", "O brute , the drudgery of loving !", "Prithee , how dost thou love ?", "Well come off , George , if at any time you should be taken straying .", "How , George ! Does the wind blow there ?", "Who the devil would have thee ? unless ‘ twere an oysterwoman to propagate young fry for Billingsgate — thy talent will never recommend thee to anything of better quality .", "What , not to make your family , man and provide for your children ?", "Well , but , George , I have one question to ask you —", "Nay , prithee , George —", "What does he mean ? Oh , ‘ tis Sir Joseph Wittoll with his friend ; but I see he has turned the corner and goes another way .", "Why , a fool .", "And a very beggarly lining — yet he may be worth your acquaintance ; a little of thy chymistry , Tom , may extract gold from that dirt .", "Hang him , no , he a dragon ! If he be , ‘ tis a very peaceful one . I can ensure his anger dormant ; or should he seem to rouse , ‘ tis but well lashing him , and he will sleep like a top .", "Yet is adored by that bigot , Sir Joseph Wittoll , as the image of valour . He calls him his back , and indeed they are never asunder — yet , last night , I know not by what mischance , the knight was alone , and had fallen into the hands of some night-walkers , who , I suppose , would have pillaged him . But I chanced to come by and rescued him , though I believe he was heartily frightened ; for as soon as ever he was loose , he ran away without staying to see who had helped him .", "No ; but is a pretender , and wears the habit of a soldier , which nowadays as often cloaks cowardice , as a black gown does atheism . You must know he has been abroad — went purely to run away from a campaign ; enriched himself with the plunder of a few oaths , and here vents them against the general , who , slighting men of merit , and preferring only those of interest , has made him quit the service .", "Speaks miracles , is the drum to his own praise — the only implement of a soldier he resembles , like that , being full of blustering noise and emptiness —", "Right ; but then the comparison breaks , for he will take a drubbing with as little noise as a pulpit cushion .", "Why , that , to pass it current too , he has gilded with a title : he is called Capt . Bluffe .", "So , fortune be praised ! To find you both within , ladies , is —", "Not o ’ your side , madam , I confess . But my tyrant there and I , are two buckets that can never come together .", "How never like ! marry , Hymen forbid . But this it is to run so extravagantly in debt ; I have laid out such a world of love in your service , that you think you can never be able to pay me all . So shun me for the same reason that you would a dun .", "Until he has created love where there was none , and then gets it for his pains . For importunity in love , like importunity at Court , first creates its own interest and then pursues it for the favour .", "Why , you wo n't hear me with patience .", "Nothing , madam , only —", "Yet all can n't melt that cruel frozen heart .", "But tell me how you would be adored . I am very tractable .", "Humph , I thought so , that you might have all the talk to yourself . You had better let me speak ; for if my thoughts fly to any pitch , I shall make villainous signs .", "Ay , but if I 'm tongue-tied , I must have all my actions free to — quicken your apprehension — and I — gad let me tell you , my most prevailing argument is expressed in dumb show . SCENE IX .", "Oh , very well performed ; but I do n't much admire the words .", "Faith , madam , I dare not speak to her , but I 'll make signs .", "Well , I find my apishness has paid the ransom for my speech , and set it at liberty — though , I confess , I could be well enough pleased to drive on a love-bargain in that silent manner — ‘ twould save a man a world of lying and swearing at the year 's end . Besides , I have had a little experience , that brings to mind — When wit and reason both have failed to move ; Kind looks and actionsdo prove , Ev'n silence may be eloquent in love .", "Hist , hist , is not that Heartwell going to Silvia ?", "Now Venus forbid !", "A very certain remedy , probatum est . Ha , ha , ha , poor George , thou art i ’ th ’ right , thou hast sold thyself to laughter ; the ill-natured town will find the jest just where thou hast lost it . Ha , ha , how a ’ struggled , like an old lawyer between two fees .", "Or as you did to-day , when half afraid you snatched a kiss from", "Araminta .", "Pauh , women are only angry at such offences to have the pleasure of forgiving them .", "Thou dost not know what thou wouldst be at ; whether thou wouldst have her angry or pleased . Couldst thou be content to marry Araminta ?", "Hum , not immediately , in my conscience not heartily . I 'd do a little more good in my generation first , in order to deserve it .", "But how the devil dost thou expect to get her if she never yield ?", "Marry her without her consent ; thou ‘ rt a riddle beyond woman —", "A good hearing , Setter .", "And hast thou provided necessaries ?", "Well , in this fanatic father 's habit will I confess Laetitia .", "Be at your master 's lodging in the evening ; I shall use the robes .", "Thou ‘ rt a lucky rogue ; there 's your benefactor ; you ought to return him thanks now you have received the favour .", "I doubt the knight repents , Tom . He looks like the knight of the sorrowful face .", "Ha , ha , ha , prithee come away ; ‘ tis scandalous to kick this puppy unless a man were cold and had no other way to get himself aheat . SCENE IX . SIR JOSEPH , BLUFFE .", "‘ Tis pretty near the hour .Well , and how , Setter , hae , does my hypocrisy fit me , hae ? Does it sit easy on me ?", "I wonder why all our young fellows should glory in an opinion of atheism , when they may be so much more conveniently lewd under the coverlet of religion .", "Gad 's so , there he is : he must not see me .", "Secure in my disguise I have out-faced suspicion and even dared discovery . This cloak my sanctity , and trusty Scarron 's novels my prayer - book ; methinks I am the very picture of Montufar in the Hypocrites . Oh ! she comes . SCENE VII . BELLMOUR , LAETITIA . So breaks Aurora through the veil of night , Thus fly the clouds , divided by her light , And every eye receives a new-born sight .", "Your lover .", "You are surprised . Did you not expect a lover , madam ? Those eyes shone kindly on my first appearance , though now they are o'ercast .", "Rather the hypocrisy was welcome , but not the hypocrite .", "I have directions in my pocket which agree with everything but your unkindness .", "If we part so I 'm mistaken . Hold , hold , madam ! I confess I have run into an error . I beg your pardon a thousand times . What an eternal blockhead am I ! Can you forgive me the disorder I have put you into ? But it is a mistake which anybody might have made .", "Nay , faith , madam , ‘ tis a pleasant one , and worth your hearing . Expecting a friend last night , at his lodgings , till ‘ twas late , my intimacy with him gave me the freedom of his bed . He not coming home all night , a letter was delivered to me by a servant in the morning . Upon the perusal I found the contents so charming that I could think of nothing all day but putting ‘ em in practice , until just now , the first time I ever looked upon the superscription , I am the most surprised in the world to find it directed to Mr. Vainlove . Gad , madam , I ask you a million of pardons , and will make you any satisfaction .", "You appear concerned , madam .", "And more love , or my face is a false witness and deserves to be pilloried . No , by heaven , I swear —", "Well , I promise . A promise is so cold : give me leave to swear , by those eyes , those killing eyes , by those healing lips . Oh ! press the soft charm close to mine , and seal ‘ em up for ever .", "Eternity was in that moment . One more , upon any condition !", "Doing ! No tongue can express it — not thy own , nor anything , but thy lips . I am faint with the excess of bliss . Oh , for love-sake , lead me anywhither , where I may lie down — quickly , for I 'm afraid I shall have a fit .", "Oh , a convulsion — I feel the symptoms .", "Oh , no : let me lie down upon the bed ; the fit will be soon over .", "Here 's nobody , nor no noise — ‘ twas nothing but your fears .", "‘ Tis an alarm to love — come in again , and let us —", "Pox choke him , would his horns were in his throat . My patch , my patch .", "Damned chance ! If I had gone a-whoring with the", "Practice of Piety in my pocket I had never been discovered .", "Soh !", "Well , now , I know my cue .— That is , very honourably to excuse her , and very impudently accuse myself .", "Since all artifice is vain . And I think myself obliged to speak the truth in justice to your wife .— No .", "By my troth , and so ‘ tis . I have been a little too backward ; that 's the truth o n't .", "A whore-master .", "To lie with your wife .", "Why , faith , I must confess , so I designed you ; but you were a little unlucky in coming so soon , and hindered the making of your own fortune .", "Well , since I see thou art a good , honest fellow , I 'll confess the whole matter to thee .", "In short , then , I was informed of the opportunity of your absence by my spyI knew Spintext was to come by your direction . But I laid a trap for him , and procured his habit , in which I passed upon your servants , and was conducted hither . I pretended a fit of the colic , to excuse my lying down upon your bed ; hoping that when she heard of it , her good nature would bring her to administer remedies for my distemper . You know what might have followed . But , like an uncivil person , you knocked at the door before your wife was come to me .", "That you may , faith , and I hope you wo n't believe a word o n't — but", "I can n't help telling the truth , for my life .", "No ; for then you must of consequence part with your wife , and there will be some hopes of having her upon the public ; then the encouragement of a separate maintenance —", "How can'st thou be so cruel , Isaac ? Thou hast the heart of a mountain-tiger . By the faith of a sincere sinner , she 's innocent for me . Go to him , madam , fling your snowy arms about his stubborn neck ; bathe his relentless face in your salt trickling tears .So , a few soft words , and a kiss , and the good man melts . See how kind nature works , and boils over in him .", "For my part , I am so charmed with the love of your turtle to you , that I 'll go and solicit matrimony with all my might and main .", "See the great blessing of an easy faith ; opinion cannot err .", "No husband , by his wife , can be deceived ;", "She still is virtuous , if she 's so believed .", "Setter ! Well encountered .", "No , I have brought nothing but ballast back — made a delicious voyage , Setter ; and might have rode at anchor in the port till this time , but the enemy surprised us — I would unrig .", "Ha ! Is it not that Heartwell at Sylvia 's door ? Be gone quickly , I 'll follow you — I would not be known . Pox take ‘ em , they stand just in my way .", "Humph , sits the wind there ? What a lucky rogue am I ! Oh , what sport will be here , if I can persuade this wench to secrecy !", "Madam .", "Even I . What dost think ?", "True . But to convince thee who I am , thou knowest my old token .", "Well , your business with me , Lucy ?", "Which mistake you must go through with , Lucy . Come , I know the intrigue between Heartwell and your mistress ; and you mistook me for Tribulation Spintext , to marry ‘ em — Ha ? are not matters in this posture ? Confess : come , I 'll be faithful ; I will , i'faith . What ! diffide in me , Lucy ?", "Well , is it as I say ?", "Phuh , secret , ay . And to be out of thy debt , I 'll trust thee with another secret . Your mistress must not marry Heartwell , Lucy .", "Nay , do n't be in passion , Lucy :— I 'll provide a fitter husband for her . Come , here 's earnest of my good intentions for thee too ; let this mollify .Look you , Heartwell is my friend ; and though he be blind , I must not see him fall into the snare , and unwittingly marry a whore .", "Nay , nay : look you , Lucy ; there are whores of as good quality . But to the purpose , if you will give me leave to acquaint you with it . Do you carry on the mistake of me : I 'll marry ‘ em . Nay , do n't pause ; if you do , I 'll spoil all . I have some private reasons for what I do , which I 'll tell you within . In the meantime , I promise — and rely upon me — to help your mistress to a husband : nay , and thee too , Lucy . Here 's my hand , I will ; with a fresh assurance .", "That 's as much as to say , the pox take me . Well , lead on .", "Sharper ! Fortify thy spleen : such a jest ! Speak when thou art ready .", "Pshaw , no ; I have a better opinion of thy wit . Gad , I defy thee .", "Nay , then , I thank thee for not putting me out of countenance . But , to tell you something you do n't know . I got an opportunity after I had married ‘ em , of discovering the cheat to Sylvia . She took it at first , as another woman would the like disappointment ; but my promise to make her amends quickly with another husband somewhat pacified her .", "I have no such intentions at present . Prithee , wilt thou think a little for me ? I am sure the ingenious Mr. Setter will assist .", "I 'll leave him with you , and go shift my habit .", "Say you so ? Is that a maxim among ye ?", "I hope there 's no French sauce .", "That were a miserable wretch indeed , who could not afford one warm dish for the wife of his bosom . But you timorous virgins form a dreadful chimaera of a husband , as of a creature contrary to that soft , humble , pliant , easy thing , a lover ; so guess at plagues in matrimony , in opposition to the pleasures of courtship . Alas ! courtship to marriage , is but as the music in the play-house , until the curtain 's drawn ; but that once up , then opens the scene of pleasure .", "You have an opportunity now , madam , to revenge yourself upon", "Heartwell , for affronting your squirrel .", "But give yourselves the trouble to walk to that corner-house , and", "I 'll tell you by the way what may divert and surprise you .", "SCENE XII .", "Now George , what , rhyming ! I thought the chimes of verse were past , when once the doleful marriage-knell was rung .", "That they are fit for no company but their wives .", "Ha , ha , ha !", "That 's home .", "Hold , hold . What the devil — thou wilt not draw upon a woman ?", "This is a little scurrilous though .", "I thank thee , George , for thy good intention ; but there is a fatality in marriage , for I find I 'm resolute .", "Wanton , as a young widow —", "Well ; ‘ midst of these dreadful denunciations , and notwithstanding the warning and example before me , I commit myself to lasting durance .", "Frank , will you keep us in countenance ?", "O ’ my conscience she dares not consent , for fear he should recant .Well , we shall have your company to church in the morning . May be it may get you an appetite to see us fall to before you . Setter , did not you tell me ?—", "Now set we forward on a journey for life . Come take your fellow - travellers . Old George , I 'm sorry to see thee still plod on alone ." ]

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[ "Polydore , our sport", "Has been to-day much better for the danger :", "When on the brink the foaming boar I met ,", "And in his side thought to have lodg 'd my spear ,", "The desperate savage rush 'd within my force ,", "And bore me headlong with him down the rock .", "Ay , then , my brother , my friend , Polydore ,", "Like Perseus mounted on his winged steed ,", "Came on , and down the dang'rous precipice leap 'd", "To save Castilio .— ‘ Twas a godlike act !", "So , Polydore , methinks , we might in war", "Rush on together ; thou shouldst be my guard ,", "And I be thine . What is't could hurt us then ?", "Now half the youth of Europe are in arms ,", "How fulsome must it be to stay behind ,", "And die of rank diseases here at home !", "Our father", "Has ta'en himself a surfeit of the world ,", "And cries , it is not safe that we should taste it .", "I own , I have duty very pow'rful in me :", "And though I 'd hazard all to raise my name ,", "Yet he 's so tender , and so good a father ,", "I could not do a thing to cross his will .", "Have I a thought my Polydore should not know ? What can this mean ?", "As calmly as the wounded patient bears", "The artist 's hand , that ministers his cure .", "Suppose I should ?", "You 'd say , I must not .", "Is love a fault ?", "Then I must inform you", "I lov 'd her first , and cannot quit the claim ;", "But will preserve the birthright of my passion .", "I will .", "Why not ?", "No ;", "Not with my Polydore :— though I must own", "My nature obstinate , and void of suff'rance ;", "I could not bear a rival in my friendship ,", "I am so much in love , and fond of thee .", "Not for crowns .", "Pr'ythee , where 's my fault ?", "Yes .", "No ;— sure we 're such friends ,", "So much one man , that our affections too", "Must be united , and the same as we are .", "Love her still ;", "Win , and enjoy her .", "No matter", "Whose chance it prove ; but let 's not quarrel for't .", "Wed her !", "No — were she all desire could wish , as fair", "As would the vainest of her sex be thought ,", "With wealth beyond what woman 's pride could waste ,", "She should not cheat me of my freedom .— Marry !", "When I am old and weary of the world ,", "I may grow desperate ,", "And take a wife to mortify withal .", "Mere vanity , and silly dotage , all :—", "No , let me live at large , and when I die ——", "My friend ,", "If he survive me ; if not , my king ,", "Who may bestow't again on some brave man ,", "Whose honesty and services deserve one .", "By yon heaven , I love", "My Polydore beyond all worldly joys ;", "And would not shock his quiet , to be blest", "With greater happiness than man e'er tasted .", "No matter whose .", "I was ; and should have met her here again .", "The opportunity shall now be thine ?", "But have a care , by friendship I conjure thee ,", "That no false play be offer 'd to thy brother .", "Urge all thy powers to make thy passion prosper ;", "But wrong not mine .", "If't prove thy fortune , Polydore , to conquer", ";", "Trust me , and let me know thy love 's success ,", "That I may ever after stifle mine .", "Madam , my brother begs he may have leave", "To tell you something that concerns you nearly .", "I leave you , as becomes me , and withdraw .", "Madam !", "He best can tell you . Business of importance", "Calls me away : I must attend my father .", "But for a moment .", "I could for ever hear thee ; but this time", "Matters of such odd circumstances press me ,", "That I must go .", "The actions of your life were always wondrous .", "Your lordship 's wrongs have been", "So great , that you with justice may complain ;", "But suffer us , whose younger minds ne'er felt", "Fortune 's deceits , to court her , as she 's fair :", "Were she a common mistress , kind to all ,", "Her worth would cease , and half the world grow idle .", "Methinks , I would be busy .", "I 'd serve my prince .", "I would , my lord .", "I 'd serve him with my fortune here at home ,", "And serve him with my person in his wars :", "Watch for him , fight for him , bleed for him .", "Monimia , my angel ! ‘ twas not kind", "To leave me here alone .", "Re-enter Polydore , with Page , at the door .", "When thou art from me , every place is desert ,", "And I , methinks , am savage and forlorn :", "Thy presence only ‘ tis can make me blest ,", "Heal my unquiet mind , and tune my soul .", "What means my love ? Oh , how have I deserv 'd", "This language from the sovereign of my joys ?", "Stop , stop , these tears , Monimia , for they fall", "Like baneful dew from a distemper 'd sky ;", "I feel ‘ em chill me to my very heart .", "Who told you so ? what hell-bred villain durst", "Profane the sacred business of my love ?", "‘ Tis I have been to blame , and only I ;", "False to my brother , and unjust to thee .", "For , oh ! he loves thee too , and this day own 'd it ,", "Tax 'd me with mine , and claim 'd a right above me .", "I , knowing him precipitate and rash ,", "Seem 'd to comply with his unruly will ;", "Lest he in rage might have our loves betray 'd ,", "And I for ever had Monimia lost .", "Is this Monimia ? Surely , no ! till now", "I ever thought her dove-like , soft , and kind .", "Who trusts his heart with woman 's surely lost :", "You were made fair on purpose to undo us ,", "While greedily we snatch th ’ alluring bait ,", "And ne'er distrust the poison that it hides .", "It never wants pretences or excuse .", "Who can hear this and bear an equal mind ?", "Since you will drive me from you , I must go :", "But , O Monimia ! when thou hast banish 'd me ,", "No creeping slave , though tractable and dull", "As artful woman for her ends would choose ,", "Shall ever dote as I have done .", "Where am I ? Surely , Paradise is round me !", "Sweets planted by the hand of heaven grow here ,", "And every sense is full of thy perfection .", "Sure , framing thee , heaven took unusual care ; }", "As its own beauty it design 'd thee fair , }", "And form 'd thee by the best lov 'd angel there . }", "Angels preserve my dearest father 's life !", "Oh ! may he live till time itself decay ,", "Till good men wish him dead , or I offend him !", "Would you but rest , it might restore you quite .", "Young Chamont and the chaplain ! sure ‘ tis they !", "No matter what 's contriv 'd , or who consulted ,", "Since my Monimia 's mine ; though this sad look", "Seems no good boding omen to our bliss ;", "Else , pr'ythee , tell me why that look cast down ,", "Why that sad sigh , as if thy heart was breaking ?", "O , thou art tender all !", "Gentle and kind as sympathising nature !", "Re-enter Polydore , unobserved .", "But wherefore do I dally with my bliss ?", "The night 's far spent , and day draws on apace ;", "To bed , my love , and wake till I come thither .", "No more , my blessing .", "What shall be the sign ?", "When shall I come ? for to my joys I 'll steal ,", "As if I ne'er had paid my freedom for them .", "Oh ! doubt it not , Monimia ; our joys", "Shall be as silent as the ecstatic bliss", "Of souls , that by intelligence converse .", "Away , my love ! first take this kiss . Now , haste :", "I long for that to come , yet grudge each minute past .", "My brother wand'ring too so late this way !", "My Polydore , how dost thou ? How does our father ? is he well recover 'd ?", "Doubtless , well :", "A cruel beauty , with her conquest pleas 'd ,", "Is always joyful , and her mind in health .", "She 's not woman else :", "Though I 'm grown weary of this tedious hoping ;", "We 've in a barren desart stray 'd too long .", "No ; she has still avoided me ;", "I wish I 'd never meddled with the matter ,", "And would enjoin thee , Polydore ——", "To leave this peevish beauty to herself .", "But I have wond'rous reasons on my side ,", "That would persuade thee , were they known .", "To-morrow I may tell you .", "It is a matter of such consequence ,", "As I must well consult ere I reveal .", "But pr'ythee cease to think I would abuse thee ,", "Till more be known .", "It seems you 've watch 'd me , then ?", "Pr'ythee avoid a thing thou may'st repent .", "Nay , if ye 're angry , Polydore , good night .", "Go , you 're an idle prattler :", "I 'll stay at home to-morrow ; if your lord", "Thinks fit , he may command my hounds . Go , leave me :", "I must to bed .", "No , my kind boy . Good night : commend me to my brother .", "You must be whipp 'd , youngster , if you get such songs as those are . What means this boy 's impertinence to-night ?", "Psalms , child , psalms .", "Well , leave me ; I 'm weary .", "Why , wert thou instructed to attend me ?", "What dost thou know ?—— ‘ Sdeath ! what can all this mean ?", "What 's that to me , boy ?", "That 's a wonder ! pr'ythee , tell it me .", "I will , my child .", "Talk 'd she of me when in her bed , Cordelio ?", "Hark ! what 's that noise ?", "Take this ; be gone , and leave me .", "You knave , you little flatterer , get you gone .", "‘ Tis I .", "Suppose the lord Castalio .", "Ha ! have a care ! what can this mean ?", "Whoe'er thou art , I charge thee , to Monimia fly :", "Tell her I 'm here , and wait upon my doom .", "She must ! tell her , she shall ; go , I 'm in haste ,", "And bring her tidings from the state of love .", "Or this will make me so .", "Obey me , or , by all the wrongs I suffer ,", "I 'll scale the window and come in by force ,", "Let the sad consequence be what it will !", "This creature 's trifling folly makes me mad !", "I 'll not believe't .", "Curses blast thee !", "And farewell all that 's just in woman !", "This is contriv 'd , a study 'd trick , to abuse", "My easy nature , and torment my mind !", "‘ Tis impudence to think my soul will bear it !", "Let but to-morrow , but to-morrow , come ,", "And try if all thy arts appease my wrong ;", "Till when , be this detested place my bed ;", "Who 's there ?", "Oh , leave me to my folly .", "Thou canst not serve me .", "Because my thoughts", "Are full of woman ; thou , poor wretch , art past them .", "Then I 'm thy friend , Ernesto !", "Wish 'd morning 's come ! And now upon the plains ,", "And distant mountains , where they feed their flocks ,", "The happy shepherds leave their homely huts ,", "And with their pipes proclaim the new-born day .", "There 's no condition sure so curs 'd as mine ——", "Monimia ! O Monimia !", "Oh ——", "‘ Tis here — ‘ tis in my head — ‘ tis in my heart —", "‘ Tis every where : it rages like a madness ,", "And I most wonder how my reason holds .", "No more , Monimia , of your sex 's arts :", "They 're useless all — I 'm not that pliant tool ;", "I know my charter better —— I am man ,", "Obstinate man , and will not be enslav 'd !", "Nay , you shall not , madam ;", "By yon bright heaven , you shall not : all the day", "I 'll play the tyrant , and at night forsake thee ;", "Nay , if I 've any too , thou shalt be made", "Subservient to my looser pleasures ;", "For thou hast wrong 'd Castalio .", "Away !—— Last night ! last night !——", "No more !— Forget it !", "I do .", "See where the deer trot after one another ;", "No discontent they know ; but in delightful", "Wildness and freedom , pleasant springs , fresh herbage ,", "Calm arbours , lusty health , and innocence ,", "Enjoy their portion :— if they see a man ,", "How will they turn together all , and gaze", "Upon the monster !", "Once in a season , too , they taste of love :", "Only the beast of reason is its slave ;", "And in that folly drudges all the year .", "Who 's there", "So wretched but to name Castalio ?", "My father ! ‘ Tis joy to see you , though where sorrow 's nourish 'd .", "Sure my lord but mocks me :", "Go see Monimia ?", "Who has complain 'd ?", "What terms ? Her brother ! Heaven ! Where learn 'd he that ? What , does she send her hero with defiance ? He durst not sure affront you ?", "Speak , what said he ?", "Shame on the ill-manner 'd brute ! Your age secur 'd him ; he durst not else have said .", "Justice ! to give her justice would undo her .", "Think you this solitude I now have chosen ,", "Wish 'd to have grown one piece", "With this cold day , and all without a cause ?", "The slave is here .", "Then you are Chamont ?", "I 've heard of such a man ,", "That has been very busy with my honour .", "I own I 'm much indebted to you , sir ,", "And here return the villain back again", "You sent me by my father .", "Sir , in my younger years with care you taught me", "That brave revenge was due to injur 'd honour :", "Oppose not then the justice of my sword ,", "Lest you should make me jealous of your love .", "I am a villain , if I will not seek thee ,", "Till I may be reveng 'd for all the wrongs", "Done me by that ungrateful fair thou plead'st for .", "It shall not .", "Ha ! set me free .", "Sir , if you 'd have me think you did not take", "This opportunity to show your vanity ,", "Let 's meet some other time , when by ourselves", "We fairly may dispute our wrongs together .", "Damn her !", "Did I ?", "I 'm sorry for't .", "No .", "That she 's my wife , may heaven and you forgive me .", "No .", "Why will you urge a thing my nature starts at ?", "Lightnings first shall blast me !", "I tell you , were she prostrate at my feet ,", "Full of her sex 's best dissembled sorrows", "And all that wondrous beauty of her own ,", "My heart might break , but it should never soften .", "Ha ! will she ? Does she name Castalio ?", "And with such tenderness ? Conduct me quickly", "To the poor lovely mourner .", "I cannot hear Monimia 's soul 's in sadness ,", "And be a man : my heart will not forget her .", "Oh ! I will throw my impatient arms about her ;", "In her soft bosom sigh my soul to peace ;", "Till through the panting breast she finds the way", "To mould my heart , and make it what she will .", "Monimia ! Oh !", "Who talks of dying , with a voice so sweet", "That life 's in love with it ?", "Here , my love .", "Have I been in a dream then all this while ?", "And art thou but the shadow of Monimia :", "Why dost thou fly me thus ?", "Is't then so hard , Monimia , to forgive", "A fault , when humble love , like mine , implores thee ?", "For I must love thee , though it prove my ruin .", "I 'll kneel to thee , and weep a flood before thee .", "Yet pr'ythee , tyrant , break not quite my heart ;", "But when my task of penitence is done ,", "Heal it again , and comfort me with love .", "Thou hast not wrong 'd me .", "No .", "My better angel , then do thou inform me", "What danger threatens me , and where it lies ;", "Why wert thou", "When I stood waiting underneath the window ,", "Deaf to my cries , and senseless of my pains ?", "If , lab'ring in the pangs of death ,", "Thou wouldst do any thing to give me ease ,", "Unfold this riddle ere my thoughts grow wild ,", "And let in fears of ugly form upon me .", "Ne'er meet again ?", "Where 's the power", "On earth , that dares not look like thee , and say so ?", "Thou art my heart 's inheritance : I serv 'd", "A long and faithful slavery for thee ;", "And who shall rob me of the dear-bought blessing ?", "Why turn'st thou from me ? I 'm alone already .", "Methinks I stand upon a naked beach ,", "Sighing to winds , and to the seas complaining ,", "Whilst afar off the vessel sails away ,", "Where all the treasure of my soul 's embark 'd ;", "Wilt thou not turn ?— Oh ! could those eyes but speak ,", "I should know all , for love is pregnant in ‘ em ;", "They swell , they press their beams upon me still :", "Wilt thou not speak ? If we must part for ever ,", "Give me but one kind word to think upon ,", "And please myself withal , whilst my heart 's breaking .", "What means all this ? Why all this stir to plague", "A single wretch ? If but your word can shake", "This world to atoms , why so much ado", "With me ? think me but dead , and lay me so .", "Who 's there ?", "My brother Polydore ?", "Canst thou inform me ——", "Of my Monimia ?", "In haste ! Methinks my Polydore appears in sadness .", "Do I ?", "Alas , I 've wondrous reason ! I 'm strangely alter 'd , brother , since I saw thee .", "I 'll tell thee , Polydore ; I would repose", "Within thy friendly bosom all my follies ;", "For thou wilt pardon ‘ em , because they 're mine .", "Why dost thou ask me that ? Does this appear", "Like a false friendship , when , with open arms", "And streaming eyes , I run upon thy breast ?", "Oh ! ‘ tis in thee alone I must have comfort !", "Dost thou not love me then ?", "I hope I have .", "O Polydore , I know not how to tell thee ;", "Shame rises in my face , and interrupts", "The story of my tongue .", "Oh , much too oft . Our destiny contriv 'd", "To plague us both with one unhappy love !", "Thou , like a friend , a constant , gen'rous friend ,", "In its first pangs didst trust me with thy passion ,", "Whilst I still smooth 'd my pain with smiles before thee ,", "And made a contract I ne'er meant to keep .", "Still new ways I studied to abuse thee ,", "And kept thee as a stranger to my passion ,", "Till yesterday I wedded with Monimia .", "No ; to conceal't from thee was much a fault .", "How my heart throbs !", "What will my fate do with me ? I 've lost all happiness , and know not why ! What means this , brother ?", "I 'll be thy slave , and thou shalt use me", "Just as thou wilt , do but forgive me .", "Oh ! think a little what thy heart is doing :", "How , from our infancy , we hand in hand", "Have trod the path of life in love together .", "One bed has held us , and the same desires ,", "The same aversions , still employ 'd our thoughts .", "Whene'er had I a friend that was not Polydore 's ,", "Or Polydore a foe that was not mine ?", "E'en in the womb we embrac 'd ; and wilt thou now ,", "For the first fault , abandon and forsake me ?", "Leave me , amidst afflictions , to myself ,", "Plung 'd in the gulf of grief , and none to help me ?", "What arts ?", "What ?", "Alas ! I can forgive e'en this to thee ;", "But let me tell thee , Polydore , I 'm griev 'd", "To find thee guilty of such low revenge ,", "To wrong that virtue which thou couldst not ruin .", "Should the bravest man", "That e'er wore conq'ring sword , but dare to whisper", "What thou proclaim'st , he were the worst of liars .", "My friend may be mistaken .", "A base-born villain !", "Thou art my brother still .", "Nay , then ——", "Ah !— ah !— that stings home ! Coward !", "This to thy heart , then , though my mother bore thee !", "What have I done ? my sword is in thy breast .", "Ye gods ! we 're taught that all your works are justice :", "Ye 're painted merciful , and friends to innocence :", "If so , then why these plagues upon my head ?", "By thee ?", "Now , where 's Monimia ? Oh !", "Ay , brother 's blood ! Art thou prepar 'd for everlasting pains ?", "Not kill her ?", "Tell me that story ,", "And thou wilt make a wretch of me , indeed .", "O , I 'm the unhappy wretch , whose cursed fate", "Has weigh 'd you down into destruction with him :", "Why then thus kind to me !", "Stand off ; thou hot-brain 'd , boisterous , noisy , ruffian ! And leave me to my sorrows .", "Vanish , I charge thee ! or —", "Thou , unkind Chamont ,", "Unjustly hast pursu 'd me with thy hate ,", "And sought the life of him that never wrong 'd thee :", "Now , if thou wilt embrace a noble vengeance ,", "Come join with me , and curse ——", "Patience ! preach it to the winds ,", "To roaring seas , or raging fires ! for , curs 'd", "As I am now , ‘ tis this must give me patience :", "Thus I find , rest , and shall complain no more .", "For I perceive they fall with weight upon him ——", "And , for Monimia 's sake , whom thou wilt find", "I never wrong 'd , be kind to poor Serina ——", "Now all I beg is , lay me in one grave", "Thus with my love : farewell ! I now am nothing ." ]

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[ "Good afternoon , sir .", "Yes , sir ; Western Union time . Corrected every hour .", "Five minutes , sir ? Easy ! Easy !", "Your collar also , sir .", "Well , sir , I try to do my work well .", "Yes , sir Thank you , sir .In a hurry , sir ?", "Oh ! The auction up-stairs ?", "Do n't worry , sir . There 's lots of time .... From the country , sir ?", "I thought so . I 'm from the country myself .", "Oh , that would be difficult to say . You see , I 've moved around so much that I 'm neither a Southerner nor a Northerner . I 'm just an American .I lived in a little town near Savannah for a year .", "Yes , indeed . I used to see you — quite frequently — though you never came into my shop . Then I went to Philadelphia .", "Let me think . It was April , twelve years ago .", "I saw you there , too , sir .", "I 'm hurrying , sir .", "And from Newark to Indianapolis .", "And then Muscatine — for a few months — and Chicago — and Louisville .", "Have you , sir ? It 's a little world , is n't it ?", "I could n't do anything else , sir . It 's my trade .", "Curious , is n't it ? But it may be the last .", "If I may ask , sir , where are you going ?", "Sooner or later , sir . It 's going to be a long journey , is n't it ?", "There 's a long journey we all take — sooner or later . Eh ?", "Am I , sir ?Fine weather we 're having .", "Though a little more rain would be good for the crops .", "You know , sir , the young man who keeps the shoe store at the corner was saying as I trimmed his hair this morning —", "Yes , sir ! Yes , sir ! And — and the young lady who runs the news stand up-stairs — right next to the elevator , sir — she was saying that she had never —", "Yes , sir .", "Do n't worry , sir . I always keep my promises . Why , I remember , sir , back in Savannah , when my poor daughter was alive , I promised —", "No , sir . I did n't think you did .", "Oh , no , sir ! It has n't begun .", "Do n't do that again , sir ! You do n't know how near you came to cutting yourself !", "No , sir , if you will allow me to contradict you , I did not .", "Yes , sir . That is correct .", "Easy , sir , easy ! The razor is sharp !When I promised to shave you in five minutes , I did n't say anything about lathering . That takes several minutes by itself .", "Now you 've done it !", "Smarts , does n't it ?", "Do n't talk to a gentleman like that ! You cur !I did it on purpose .", "You really must n't accuse me of being clumsy , sir . I 'm not clumsy . If I cut you , it was quite intentional — like this !", "No , sir , I 'm quite sane .Oh , do n't do that , sir ! Do n't do that ! My razor is frightfully sharp !", "Do n't try it while the razor is at your throat , sir . It is sure to be fatal .", "Oh , no , no , no ! When I am through shaving you — not before . Now take it easy , sir . Lie back quietly ! Quietly ! That 's it .", "What am I —Take that filthy thing out of your mouth !What am I going to do with you , sir ? Why , really , I have n't the slightest idea . Er — can n't you suggest something ?", "You need n't raise your voice , sir . My hearing is excellent .", "Oh , I believe you . Do n't let that trouble you . In fact , I know all about the meeting . There 's going to be an auction , and unless you bid , it will be all up with you .", "I 'm afraid I wo n't , sir .", "If I may use your own words , sir , I do n't give a damn about your meeting .", "Oh , shut up !", "Beg pardon , sir ?", "I do n't hear well on this side . Try the other .", "I 'm afraid it wo n't do , sir . You see , the young lady who runs the news stand up-stairs says — you wo n't interrupt me this time will you ?— she says it 's important to keep customers in sight . There 's nothing so bad for trade as an empty shop .", "Well , sir , it will console you to know that my time is worth very little .", "I sha n't object , sir .", "So you are beginning to feel some regrets ? I 'm glad to see it . I always thought you 'd regret sooner or later .By the way , sir , have n't you recognized me yet ?", "Oh , I see . You thought I was just a lunatic . Well ,", "I 'm not . Look at me . Look at me closely .", "No ? Well , just say to yourself , “ Twelve years ago this man 's hair was not so gray . Twelve years ago this man 's face did n't show so many lines of care . Twelve years ago this man lived — well , in a little town near Savannah , and — ”", "Say it .", "Yes , Kilburn !", "For twelve years !", "I was never more than a week behind you .", "Yes , God . I used to think of Him a great deal ,", "John . I used to ask Him why He never brought you into my shop .", "But He brought you here at last , John ! He brought you here at last !For twelve mortal years I 've been hoping for this day ! Once , in Muscatine , you came in , but there was another man in the chair , and you would n't wait . Once , in Louisville , you crossed my threshold , looked at your watch , and walked out again . But sooner or later , John , I knew you 'd walk into my shop , and sit down in my chair ! That day has come !You and I , John , the two of us , have a long account to settle , have n't we ? I 've been one of your creditors , too ! And this is the reckoning , John ! You 're going to pay me — pay me in full — and you 're going to pay me now !", "That 's a hard question , John . I 'd be justified in cutting your throat , would n't I ?", "Ugly word , is n't it ?", "Oh , of course !", "I would n't run away .", "I 've been thinking about it for twelve years , John .", "You 'd run if I let you up .", "No , John , you get no chance . You gave Jennie none .She was just eighteen when you came to our town . She was only a child , John , only a child . Her mother was dead . I was all she had — and she was all I had . And I was trying to bring her up right — to make her the same kind of a woman her mother had been , if you know what that means .", "Do n't tell me what you did and what you did n't ! She loved you — and — and I trusted you . You were going to get married . You took her away with you — and you did n't marry her ! Marriage ? Why , you never thought of it ! You could n't get her any other way — you wanted her — and you got her ! You did n't care about me , and you did n't care about her . She was a toy . She amused you , and when you were through with her , you flung her into the gutter ! It makes me sick to think of it !She came home six months later . How she got back all the way from where you 'd taken her , I do n't know — and I do n't like to guess . And then-then —", "You 'll have to ask her about that .", "In two minutes you 'll be able to ask her .", "She 's dead , John — dead .", "Thirty seconds for your prayers , John !", "So your nerve gave way , John ? Your nerve gave way ?", "You ought to be in hell , but I guess you 're still on", "God 's good earth .", "No . I did n't .", "John , when you 're just about to cross the river , when your eyes are beginning to glaze and your heart 's about to stop beating , you wo n't be nearer death than you were a minute ago !", "It would n't bring back Jennie , would it ?", "After I had been looking forward to it for twelve years ? No .", "You 'll remember why !John , tell me : are fellows who are so brave with women always so cowardly when they deal with men ? Or ,, or , perhaps , was it on account of that meeting ?", "Yes , the meeting .", "I did n't kill you , no ! I left you your life , but I made it worthless ! I broke you ! I broke you !", "Yes ?", "What do you mean ?", "Is that all ? Well , the clockis half an hour slow ." ]

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[ "“ Despairing . ”", "“ Oh , dinner ! Dinner , to a broken heart ! ”", "“ But I tell you it is ! I ought to know when my own heart is broken , I should hope . What makes you think it is n't ? ”", "“ But this is a real case . You ought to feel my forehead . It 's as hot ! ”", "“ No ; I should feel worse . The idea of household gods makes me sick . Sylvan deities are what I want ; the great god Pan among the cat-tails and arrow-heads in the ‘ ma'sh ’ at Ponkwasset ; the dryads of the birch woods — there are no oaks ; the nymphs that haunt the heights and hollows of the dear old mountain ; the ” -", "“ That 's because you keep fussing about so . Why do n't you be quiet , if you want to hear ? ” She lifts her voice to its highest pitch , with a pause for distinctness between the words : “ I 'm heart - broken for — Ponkwasset . The dryads — of the — birch woods . The nymphs — and the great — god — Pan — in the reeds — by the river . And all — that — sort of — thing ! ”", "“ I 'm not ? What 's the reason I 'm not ? Then , what am I heart-broken for ? ”", "“ Who ? ”", "“ Oh , how cruel you are , to mock me so ! Come in here , and sympathize a little ! Do , Nettie . ”", "“ When they want to be disagreeable ! ”", "“ I 'm that now . I can n't be more so — there 's that comfort . What makes you think he 'll call ? ”", "“ No , Nettie ; I behaved rudely to HIM . Yes ! Besides , if he behaved rudely , he was no gentleman . It 's a contradiction in terms , do n't you see ? But I 'll tell you what I 'm going to do if he comes . I 'm going to show a proper spirit for once in my life . I 'm going to refuse to see him . You 've got to see him . ”", "“ Why nonsense ? Oh , why ? Expound ! ”", "“ I 'm NOT ! You know it perfectly well . I 'm hideous . ”", "“ DEPENDENT property , I should call it : just enough to be useless on ! But that 's insulting to HIM . How can you say it 's because I have a little money ? ”", "“ You 're NOT old . You 're as young as anybody , Nettie Spaulding . And you know I 'm not young ; I 'm twenty-seven , if I 'm a day . I 'm just dropping into the grave . But I can n't argue with you , miles off so , any longer . ” Miss Reed appears at the open door , dragging languidly after her the shawl which she had evidently drawn round her on the sofa ; her fair hair is a little disordered , and she presses it into shape with one hand as she comes forward ; a lovely flush vies with a heavenly pallor in her cheeks ; she looks a little pensive in the arching eyebrows , and a little humorous about the dimpled mouth . “ Now I can prove that you are entirely wrong . Where- - were you ?— This room is rather an improvement over the one we had last winter . There is more of a view ” — she goes to the window — “ of the houses across the Place ; and I always think the swell front gives a pretty shape to a room . I 'm sorry they 've stopped building them . Your piano goes very nicely into that little alcove . Yes , we 're quite palatial . And , on the whole , I 'm glad there 's no fireplace . It 's a pleasure at times ; but for the most part it 's a vanity and a vexation , getting dust and ashes over everything . Yes ; after all , give me the good old-fashioned , clean , convenient register ! Ugh ! My feet are like ice . ” She pulls an easy-chair up to the register in the corner of the room , and pushes open its valves with the toe of her slipper . As she settles herself luxuriously in the chair , and poises her feet daintily over the register : “ Ah , this is something like ! Henrietta Spaulding , ma'am ! Did I ever tell you that you were the best friend I have in the world ? ” MISS SPAULDING , who continues her work of arranging the room : “ Often . ”", "“ Did you ever believe it ? ”", "“ Why ? ” MISS SPAULDING , thoughtfully regarding a vase which she holds in her hand , after several times shifting it from a bracket to the corner of her piano and back : “ I wish I could tell where you do look best ! ” MISS REED , leaning forward wistfully , with her hands clasped and resting on her knees : “ I wish you would tell me WHY you do n't believe you 're the best friend I have in the world . ” MISS SPAULDING , finally placing the vase on the bracket : “ Because you 've said so too often . ”", "“ Oh , that 's no reason ! I can prove to you that you are . Who else but you would have taken in a homeless and friendless creature like me , and let her stay bothering round in demoralizing idleness , while you were seriously teaching the young idea how to drub the piano ? ”", "“ And you 're not afraid that you wrong yourself ? ”", "“ Well , be it so — as they say in novels . I will not contradict you ; I will not say you are my BEST friend ; I will merely say that you are my ONLY friend . Come here , Henrietta . Draw up your chair , and put your little hand in mine . ” MISS SPAULDING , with severe distrust : “ What do you want , Ethel Reed ? ”", "“ I want — I want — to talk it over with you . ” MISS SPAULDING , recoiling : “ I knew it ! Well , now , we 've talked it over enough ; we 've talked it over till there 's nothing left of it . ”", "“ Oh , there 's everything left ! It remains in all its original enormity . Perhaps we shall get some new light upon it . ” She extends a pleading hand towards Miss Spaulding . “ Come , Henrietta , my only friend , shake !— as the ‘ good Indians ’ say . Let your Ethel pour her hackneyed sorrows into your bosom . Such an uncomfortable image , it always seems , does n't it , pouring sorrows into bosoms ! Come ! ” MISS SPAULDING , decidedly : “ No , I wo n't ! And you need n't try wheedling any longer . I wo n't sympathize with you on that basis at all . ”", "“ What shall I try , then , if you wo n't let me try wheedling ? ” MISS SPAULDING , going to the piano and opening it : “ Try courage ; try self-respect . ”", "“ Oh , dear ! when I have n't a morsel of either . Are you going to practise , you cruel maid ? ”", "“ Well , well , perhaps it 's all for the best . If music be the food of — umph-ump !— you know what !— play on . ” They both laugh , and Miss Spaulding pushes back a little from the piano , and wheels toward her friend , letting one hand rest slightly on the keys .", "“ Correct ! ”", "“ Ah , there you wrong me , Henrietta ! I have been , and I shall be — lots of times . ”", "“ I will free my mind with neatness and despatch . I simply wish to go over the whole affair , from Alfred to Omaha ; and you 've got to let me talk as much slang and nonsense as I want . And then I 'll skip all the details I can . Will you ? ” MISS SPAULDING , with impatient patience : “ Oh , I suppose so ! ”", "“ That 's very sweet of you , though you do n't look it . Now , where was I ? Oh , yes , do you think it was forth-putting at all , to ask him if he would give me the lessons ? ”", "“ I asked him from — from — Let me see ; I asked him because - - from — Yes , I say it boldly ; I asked him from an enthusiasm for art , and a sincere wish to learn the use of oil , as he called it . Yes ! ”", "“ Sure ? Well , we will say that I am , for the sake of argument . And , having secured this basis , the question is whether I was n't bound to offer him pay at the end , and whether he was n't wrong to take my doing so in dudgeon . ”", "“ No , no . I 've told you everything — everything ! ”", ": “ Nothing . ”", "MISS SPAULDING , sternly : “ Yes , you do , Ethel . ”", "“ I do n't , really . What makes you ’ think I do ? ”", "“ Did it ? I did n't mean it to . ” Her friend breaks down with a laugh , while Miss Reed preserves a demure countenance .", "“ Nothing at all — less than nothing ! I never thought it was worth mentioning . ”", "“ I 'm telling you the truth and something more . You can n't ask better than that , can you ? ” MISS SPAULDING , turning to her music again : “ Certainly not . ”", "in a pathetic wail : “ O Henrietta ! do you abandon me thus ? Well , I will tell you , heartless girl ! I 've only kept it back till now because it was so extremely mortifying to my pride as an artist — as a student of oil . Will you hear me ? ” MISS SPAULDING , beginning to play : “ No . ” MISS REED , with burlesque wildness : “ You shall ! ” Miss Spaulding involuntarily desists . “ There was a moment — a fatal moment — when he said he thought he ought to tell me that if I found oil amusing I could go on ; but that he did n't believe I should ever learn to use it , and he could n't let me take lessons from him with the expectation that I should . There ! ” MISS SPAULDING , with awful reproach : “ And you call that less than nothing ? I 've almost a mind never to speak to you again , Ethel . How COULD you deceive me so ? ”", "“ Was it really deceiving ? I should n't call it so . And I needed your sympathy so much , and I knew I should n't get it unless you thought I was altogether in the right . ”", "“ Why — do n't you see , Nettie ?— I did keep on taking the lessons of him . I did find oil amusing — or the oilist — and I kept on . Of course I had to , off there in a farmhouse full of lady boarders , and he the only gentleman short of Crawford 's . Strike , but hear me , Henrietta Spaulding ! What was I to do about the half-dozen lessons I had taken before he told me I should never learn to use oil ? Was I to offer to pay him for these , and not for the rest ; or was I to treat the whole series as gratuitous ? I used to lie awake thinking about it . I 've got little tact , but I could n't find any way out of the trouble . It was a box — yes , a box of the deepest dye ! And the whole affair having got to be — something else , do n't you know ?— made it all the worse . And if he 'd only — only — But he did n't . Not a syllable , not a breath ! And there I was . I HAD to offer him the money . And it 's almost killed me — the way he took my offering it , and now the way you take it ! And it 's all of a piece . ” Miss Reed suddenly snatches her handkerchief from her pocket , and buries her face in it .— “ Oh , dear — oh , dear ! Oh !— hu , hu , hu ! ” MISS SPAULDING , relenting : “ It was awkward . ”", "“ Awkward ! You seem to think that because I carry things off lightly I have no feeling . ”", "“ It 's not that I care for him ” -", "“ For I do n't in the least . He is horrid every way : blunt , and rude , and horrid . I never cared for him . But I care for myself ! He has put me in the position of having done an unkind thing — an unladylike thing — when I was only doing what I had to do . Why need he have taken it the way he did ? Why could n't he have said politely that he could n't accept the money because he had n't earned it ? Even THAT would have been mortifying enough . But he must go and be so violent , and rush off , and — Oh , I never could have treated anybody so ! ”", "“ What ? ”", "“ He 's let me wither for twenty-four hours already ! But it 's nothing to me , now , how long he lets me wither . I 'm perfectly satisfied to have the affair remain as it is . I am in the right , and if he comes I shall refuse to see him . ”", "“ Yes , I shall . I shall receive him very coldly . I wo n't listen to any excuse from him . ”", "“ No , I shall not . If he wishes me to listen he must begin by humbling himself in the dust — yes , the dust , Nettie ! I wo n't take anything short of it . I insist that he shall realize that I have suffered . ”", "“ Oh , HE suffered ! ”", "“ He never said so . ”", "“ He dared to be very insolent to me . ”", "“ I wo n't let you say that , Nettie Spaulding . I DIDN'T like him . I respected and admired him ; but I did n't LIKE him . He will come near me ; but if he does he has to begin by — by — Let me see , what shall I make him begin by doing ? ” She casts up her eyes for inspiration while she leans forward over the register . “ Yes , I will ! He has got to begin by taking that money ! ”", "“ Would n't I ? You wait and SEE , Miss Spaulding ! He shall take the money , and he shall sign a receipt for it . I 'll draw up the receipt now , so as to have it ready , and I shall ask him to sign it the very moment he enters this door — the very instant ! ” She takes a portfolio from the table near her , without rising , and writes : “ ‘ Received from Miss Ethel Reed one hundred and twenty-five dollars , in full , for twenty-five lessons in oil-painting . ’ There — when Mr. Oliver Ransom has signed this little document he may begin to talk ; not before ! ” She leans back in her chair with an air of pitiless determination .", "“ I do n't say but what , after he 's taken the money and signed the receipt , I 'll listen to anything else he 's got to say , very willingly . ” Miss Spaulding makes no answer , but begins to play with a scientific absorption , feeling her way fitfully through the new piece , while Miss Reed , seated by the register , trifles with the book she has taken from the table . II . The interior of the room of Miss Spaulding and Miss Reed remains in view , while the scene discloses , on the other side of the partition wall in the same house , the bachelor apartment of Mr. Samuel Grinnidge . Mr. Grinnidge in his dressing-gown and slippers , with his pipe in his mouth , has the effect of having just come in ; his friend Mr. Oliver Ransom stands at the window , staring out into the November weather .", "“ Nothing , nothing ; I — I — thought it was getting too warm . Go on , dear ; do n't let me interrupt you . ” After a moment of heroic self-denial she softly presses the register open with her foot . RANSOM , coming back to the register : “ It all began in that way . I had the good fortune one day to rescue her from a — cow . ”", "“ Oh , for shame ! ” MISS SPAULDING , desisting from her piano : “ What IS the matter ? ” MISS REED , clapping the register to : “ This ridiculous book ! But do n't — do n't mind me , Nettie . ” Breathlessly : “ Go — go — on ! ” Miss Spaulding resumes , and again Miss Reed softly presses the register open . RANSOM , after a pause : “ The cow was grazing , and had no more thought of hooking Miss — ”", "“ Oh , I did n't suppose he WOULD !— Go on , Nettie , go on ! The hero — SUCH a goose ! ”", "“ Oh ! ” She shuts the register , but instantly opens it again . “ Louder , Nettie . ” MISS SPAULDING , in astonishment : “ What ? ”", "“ Did I speak ? I did n't know it . I ” - MISS SPAULDING , desisting from practice : “ What is that strange , hollow , rumbling , mumbling kind of noise ? ” MISS REED , softly closing the register with her foot : “ I do n't hear any strange , hollow , rumbling , mumbling kind of noise . Do you hear it NOW ? ”", "“ Oh , very likely . ” As Miss Spaulding turns again to her practice Miss Reed re-opens the register and listens again . A little interval of silence ensues , while Ransom lights a cigarette .", "“ Oh , DID you , indeed ! ” To Miss Spaulding , who bends an astonished glance upon her from the piano : “ The man in this book is the most CONCEITED creature , Nettie . Play chords — something very subdued — ah ! ”", "“ Oh !— Go on , Nettie ; do n't let my outbursts interrupt you . ”", "“ You wretch !— Oh , scales , Nettie ! Play scales ! ”", "“ Oh , you silly , silly thing !— Really this book makes me sick , Nettie . ”", "“ No , sir ! You HADN'T ! ” MISS SPAULDING gradually ceases to play , and fixes her attention wholly upon Miss Reed , who bends forward over the register with an intensely excited face .", "“ No , no ; not any more . But — but — Oh , dear ! what shall I do ? ” She still struggles in the embrace of her friend . GRINNIDGE , remaining quietly at the register , while Ransom walks away to the window : “ Well , what did you do ? ”", "“ There , there ! They 're commencing again ! DO open it , Nettie . I WILL have it open ! ” She wrenches herself free , and dashes the register open .", "“ That 's Ol — Mr . Ransom . And , oh , I can n't make out what he 's saying ! He must have gone away to the other side of the room — and it 's at the most important point ! ” MISS SPAULDING , in an awful undertone : “ Was that the hollow rumbling I heard ? And have you been listening at the register to what they 've been saying ? O ETHEL ! ”", "“ I have n't been listening , exactly . ”", "“ Eavesdropping is listening through a key-hole , or around a corner . This is very different . Besides , it 's Oliver , and he 's been talking about ME . Hark ! ” She clutches her friend 's hand , where they have crouched upon the floor together , and pulls her forward to the register . “ Oh , dear , how hot it is ! I wish they would cut off the heat down below . ” GRINNIDGE , smoking peacefully through the silence which his friend has absent-mindedly let follow upon his last words : “ Well , you seem disposed to take your time about it . ”", "“ ‘ Sh ! Listen . ”", ": “ How he DOES go to the heart of the matter ! ” She presses", "Miss Spaulding 's hand in an ecstasy of approval .", "“ Oh , how generous ! how noble ! ”", "“ How can he say it right out so bluntly ? But if it 's true ” -", "“ Oh , how little they know us , Nettie ! ”", "“ There ! NOW do you call it eavesdropping ? If listeners never hear any good of themselves , what do you say to that ? It proves that I have n't been listening . ”", "“ You HAD , you poor thing ! ”", "“ ‘ Sh ! ”", "“ My very words ! ”", "“ Oh , the horrid thing ! ”", "“ Oh , was it , indeed ! Well ! ”", "“ Do n't you think he 's VERY humorous ? Give his good resolutions a rest ! That 's the way he ALWAYS talks . ”", "“ How droll they are with each other ! Do n't you LIKE to hear them talk ? Oh , I could listen all day . ” GRINNIDGE , calling after Ransom : “ You have n't told me your duck 's name . ”", "“ Is THAT what they call us ? Duck ! Do you think it 's very respectful , Nettie ? I do n't believe I like it . Or , yes , why not ? It 's no harm — if I AM his duck ! ” RANSOM , coming back : “ Well , I do n't propose to go shouting it round . Her name is Miss Reed — Ethel Reed . ”", "“ How CAN he ? ”", "“ Indigenous ! I should hope so ! ”", "“ Now he 'll have to go down to the parlor and send up his name , and that just gives me time to do the necessary prinking . You stay here and receive him , Nettie . ”", "“ For shame , Nettie ! I 'm NOT in love with him . ”", "“ Receive him in the parlor ! Why , Nettie , dear , you 're crazy ! I 'm going to ACCEPT him : and how can I accept him — with all the consequences — in a public parlor ? No , indeed ! If you wo n't meet him here for a moment , just to oblige me , you can go into the other room . Or , no — you 'd be listening to every word through the key-hole , you 're so demoralized ! ”", "“ Oh ! Ask him to come up here , please .— Nettie ! Nettie ! ” She calls to her friend in the next room . “ He 's coming right up , and if you do n't run you 're trapped . ” MISS SPAULDING , re-appearing , cloaked and bonneted : “ I do n't blame YOU , Ethel , comparatively speaking . You can say that everything is fair in love . He will like it , and laugh at it in you , because he 'll like everything you 've done . Besides , you 've no principles , and I HAVE . ”", "“ Oh , I 've lots of principles , Nettie , but I 've no practice ! ”", "“ I wo n't give you away ; if you really feel so badly ” -" ]

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[ "Did I disturb you , James ?", "Do you like your new work ?", "James !", "Too bad you left college ! You had only one more year .", "I understand why you came back . You simply must live where things grow , must n't you , James ? So must I . Have you seen our orchids ?", "James : why do n't you try to please Uncle", "Peter Grimm ?", "Do n't be quite so blunt . Try to be like one of the family .", "Why not ? I 'm no relation at all ; and yet —", "Thank you , James .", "Thank you , Uncle Peter , thank you very much . And now you must have your cup of coffee .", "No , Uncle Peter , I have everything I need , thank you .", "You 're always speaking of weddings , Uncle Peter . I do n't know what 's come over you of late .", "Done for you ? I do you the great favour to let you do everything for me .", "That 's not much — youth .", "Ah , Uncle Peter , have I made you take a liking to all the rest of the ladies ?", "You promised not to —", "I 'll leave the room , Uncle .", "I should say not ! My home ? An offer ? Our gardens ? I should say not !", "“ In the spring of 1709 there settled on Quassick Creek , New York State , Johann Grimm , aged twenty-two , husbandman and vine-dresser , also Johanna , his wife . ”", "“ To him Queen Anne furnished one square , one rule , one compass , two whipping saws and several small pieces . To him was born — ”", "Oh , yes — “ and two augurs . To him was born a son — ”", "Uncle Peter , I think you 're unfair to James . We used to have him to dinner very often before he went away . Now that he 's back , you treat him like a stranger .", "Ready for coffee ?", "What is it ?", "What is it , Uncle ?... Tell me ... tell me ....", "No ....", "Oh ...Why , Uncle Peter !... Uncle Peter !... whatever put this notion into your head ?", "I 've always known James .... We went to school together .... James has shown no interest he ought not to have shown , Uncle Peter ,— if that 's what you mean . He has always been very respectful in a perfectly friendly way .", "Would n't you like a cup , Doctor ?", "Were you speaking of — of ghosts , Doctor ?", "“ Are the Dead Alive ? ”", "Settle your worldly affairs ? What do you mean ,", "Uncle Peter ?", "Please do n't interrupt , Uncle . I love to hear him tell of —", "Doctor !", "Uncle , please .", "That 's wonderful , Doctor !", "You really do believe , Doctor , that the dead can come back , do n't you ?", "Do you believe that you could come back here into this room and", "I could see you ?", "Could you talk to me ?", "And could I hear you ?", "“ The bird so free in the heavens ” —", "“ Is but the slave of the nest ;", "For all must toil as God wills it ,—", "Must laugh and toil and rest . ”", "“ The rose must blow in the garden ” —", "“ The bee must gather its store ;", "The cat must watch the mouse-hole ;", "The dog must guard the door . ”", "“ The cat must watch the mouse-hole ;", "The dog must guard the door .", "La la , La la , ” & c .", "At the close of the song , PETER puts down his pipe and beckons to", "CATHERINE .", "There 's nothing I would n't do to make you happy , Uncle , but —", "Uncle ...", "I could n't in ten days ....", "If you have set your heart on it , I will ,", "Uncle Peter ... I will ... I promise .", "Uncle Peter ... Uncle ! What is it ? What 's the matter ?Doctor ! There he is — just going out .Come back . Come back , Doctor .I felt it . I felt something strange a minute ago . I felt it .", "Uncle", "Peter ! Answer me ! ... It 's Katie !", "The DOCTOR enters hurriedly .", "Yes . ... I meant to speak to you — again .", "Yes ....", "Yes .... Just as he wished . Everything is just as he ....Frederik , I do n't want to go away . I do n't want to go to Europe . If only I could stay quietly here in —— in my dear home .", "I do n't want to leave this house .... I do n't want any home but this .Do n't take me away Frederik . I know you 've never really liked it at Grimm 's Manor . Are you sure you 'll want to come back to live here ?", "I — I 've always wanted to please ...Uncle Peter .... I felt that I owed everything to him .... If he had lived ... if I could see his happiness at our marriage — it would make me happy ;but he 's gone ... and ... I 'm afraid we 're making a mistake . I do n't feel towards you as I ought , Frederik . I 've told you again and again ; but I want to tell you once more : I 'm willing to marry you ... but I do n't love you — I never shall .", "I know ... I know .... It seems so disloyal to speak like this after I promised him ; but —", "Yes .", "Yes .", "That 's it . That 's what makes me try to live up to it .But you know how I feel .... You understand ....", "He 's to stay here , of course .", "Why do you dislike him ?", "Yes , you do . I can n't understand it . I remember how angry you were when you came back from college and found him living here . You never mention his mother 's name , yet you played together as children . When Uncle tried to find Annamarie and bring her back , you were the only one opposed to it .", "What question ?", "Nothing .... I was only thinking .... I was hoping that those we love ... and lose ... can n't see us here . I 'm beginning to believe there 's not much happiness in this world .", "Uncle Peter ! Uncle Peter ! Why did you do it ? Why did you ask it ? Oh , dear ! Oh , dear ! If you could see me now .There , there ... I must n't cry ... others have troubles , too , have n't they ?", "I had hoped , Marta , that Annamarie would have heard of Uncle 's loss and come back to us at this time ....", "She knows that our door is open .... The rain beats against the windows . A sharp double knock is heard at the door . CATHERINE starts as though suddenly brought to herself , hastily goes into the next room , taking the DOCTOR 'S book with her . MARTA has hurried towards the front door , when the REV . MR. BATHOLOMMEY and COLONEL LAWTON appear in the hall as though they had entered quickly , to escape the storm . MARTA , greeting them , passes of to tell FREDERIK of their presence . The REV . MR. BATHOLOMMEY wears a long , black cloth , rain-proof coat . COLONEL LAWTON wears a rubber poncho . COLONEL LAWTON is a tall man with a thin brown beard and moustache , about forty-eight . He is dressed in a Prince Albert coat , unpressed trousers , and a negligée shirt . He wears spectacles and has a way of throwing back his head and peering at people before answering them . The REV . MR. BATHOLOMMEY sets his umbrella in the hall and the COLONEL hangs his broad-brimmed hat on the handle — as though to let it drip .", "Did someone call me ? Without pausing , she sets the lamp on the table down right — opposite the group of characters . She turns up the wick and PETER GRIMM is seen standing in the room — half in shadow . He is as he was in life . The clothes he wears appear to be those he wore about his house in the first act . He carries his hat in his hand . He has the same kind smile , the same deferential manner , but his face is more spiritual and years younger . The lamp , which CATHERINE has placed on the table , brightens the room .", "I 'm so accustomed to hear Uncle Peter 's voice in this room , that sometimes I forget he 's not here ... I can n't get over it ! I was almost sure I heard him speak ... but , of course , as soon as I came in — I remembered .... But some one must have called me .", "Is n't it curious ... to hear your name and turn and ...no one there ?", "Perhaps it was the book I was reading that made me think I heard .... The Doctor lent it to me .", "If he does know , if he can see , he 'll be comforted by the thought that I 'm going to do everything he wanted .", "Crying does n't help matters .", "Oh ,", "I 'm so alone .", "That I should sit here singing — at a time like this !", "How is he , Doctor ?", "Yes , I — I am happier — for some reason .... For the last few minutes I — I 've had such a strange feeling .", "What do you mean , Doctor ?", "Everything 's arranged : I shall be married as Uncle Peter wished . I sha'n ' t change my mind .", "Good-night .", "James ...", "I 'm very glad to see you again , James .Why did you go away ?", "And without saying a word .", "Oh ...", "Where are you going ? What do you intend to do ?", "It will seem very strange when I come back home .... Uncle gone ... and you , James .", "James , Uncle died smiling at me — thinking of me ... and just before he went , he gave me his mother 's wedding ring and asked me to marry Frederik . I shall never forget how happy he was when I promised . That was all he wanted . His last smile was for me ... and there he sat — still smiling after he was gone ... the smile of a man leaving the world perfectly satisfied — at peace . It 's like a hand on my heart — hurting it — when I question anything he wanted . I could n't meet him in the hereafter if I did n't do everything he wished ; I could n't say my prayers at night ; I could n't speak his name in them .... He trusted me ; depended upon me ; did everything for me ; so I must do this for him .... I wanted you to know this , James , because ...", "I have .", "You mus n't say that , James .", "James !", "No !... Do n't touch me , James — you must n't ! Do n't !... Do n't ! PETER pushes her into JAMES ’ arms , without touching her . She exclaims “ Oh , James ! ” and fairly runs towards JAMES as though violently propelled . In reality , she thinks that she is yielding to an impulse . As she reaches him , she exclaims “ No , ” and turns back , but JAMES , with outstretched arms , catches her .", "Do n't make me say that , James .", "No matter if I do , that wo n't alter matters .", "No , no , do n't say any more .... I wo n't hear it .Good-bye , Jim .", "Please do n't .... Please do n't ....", "No .", "No ! No ! No !Please !... Not now ....", "Do n't — please .", "I sha'n ' t forget .", "Why , William ! What are you doing here ?", "No , dear — come upstairs ; there 's a good boy . You must n't play down there . Come to bed .", "A sensitive ?", "William , ... are you sure he ...", "Do you think he could have seen Uncle Peter ?", "It 's his mother — Annamarie .", "We have n't .", "I never saw it before . It 's very strange .... We 've all been waiting for news of her . Even her mother does n't know where she is , or — could Marta have received this since I —", "If not , who had the picture ?... And why were n't we all told ?... Who tore it up ? Did you , William ?Who has been at the desk ? No one save Frederik ... Frederik ... and surely he —", "I wonder if there was any message with it .", "Annamarie wrote to my uncle ...", "Who was he ?", "So you do remember the time when you lived with Annamarie ; ... you always told me that you did n't ...I must know more of this —Think , William , who came to the house ?", "Why does he always look towards that door ? You 're not afraid now , William ?", "What , William ? What of to-morrow ?", "Why are you afraid of him ? Was Frederik the man that came to see Annamarie ?", "Was he ? Was it Frederik Grimm ? Tell me , William .", "I 've thought of a great many things to-day ... little things ... little things I 'd never noticed before .... I 'm putting them together just as he put that picture together .... I must know the truth .", "Frederik , you 've heard from Annamarie ....You 've had a letter from her . You tried to destroy it . Why did you tell Marta that you 'd had no message — no news ? You went to see her , too . Why did you tell me that you 'd never seen her since she went away ? Why did you lie to me ? Why do you hate that child ?", "I 'm going to find out . I 'm going to find out where she is , before I marry you . That child may be right or wrong ; but I 'm going to know what his mother was to you . I want the truth .", "Yes , it is true . I believe Uncle Peter Grimm was in this room to-night .", "I do n't care what anyone else may think — people have the right to think for themselves ; but I believe he has been here — he is here . Uncle Peter , if you can hear me now , give me back my promise — or — or I 'll take it back !", "I wonder , James , if he can see us now .", "Yes ... yes ....now reveals the old windmill . From outside the door the voices of JAMES and CATHERINE are heard as they both say :] Good-night .", "Good-night !Oh , I 'm so happy ! I 'm so happy !", "Dear Uncle Peter ....", "MARTA enters — pausing to hear if all is quiet in WILLIAM 'S room .", "CATHERINE , lifting her face , sees MARTA and rapturously hugs her , to", "MARTA 'S amazement — then goes up the stairs ." ]

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[ "Whether first nature , or long want of peace ,", "Has wrought my mind to this , I cannot tell ;", "But horrors now are not displeasing to me :", "Enter Isabella .", "Who 's there ? My love !", "The dead alone in such a night can rest ,", "And I indulge my meditation here .", "Woman , away . I choose to be alone .", "In tears ? thou fool ! then hear me , and be plung 'd", "In hell 's abyss , if ever it escape thee .", "To strike thee with astonishment at once —", "I hate Alonzo . First recover that ,", "And then thou shalt hear further .", "Hear then . ‘ Tis twice three years since that great man", "Made me the captive of his arm in fight .", "He slew my father , and threw chains o'er me ,", "While I with pious rage pursu 'd revenge .", "I then was young ; he plac 'd me near his person ,", "And thought me not dishonour 'd by his service .", "One day", "For something , or for nothing , in his pride", "He struck me .", "He smote me on the cheek — I did not stab him ,", "For that were poor revenge — E'er since , his folly", "Has strove to bury it beneath a heap", "Of kindnesses , and thinks it is forgot .", "Insolent thought ! and like a second blow !", "Affronts are innocent , where men are worthless ;", "And such alone can wisely drop revenge .", "Yes , woman , with the temper that befits it .", "Has the dark adder venom ? So have I", "When trod upon . Proud Spaniard , thou shalt feel me !", "For from that day , that day of my dishonour ,", "From that day have I curs 'd the rising sun ,", "Which never fail 'd to tell me of my shame .", "From that day have I bless 'd the coming night ,", "Which promis 'd to conceal it ; but in vain ;", "The blow return 'd for ever in my dream .", "Yet on I toil 'd , and groan 'd for an occasion", "Of ample vengeance ; none has yet arriv 'd .", "Howe'er , at present , I conceive warm hopes", "Of what may wound him sore in his ambition ,", "Life of his life , and dearer than his soul .", "By nightly march he purpos 'd to surprise", "The Moorish camp ; but I have taken care", "They shall be ready to receive his favour .", "Failing in this , a cast of utmost moment ,", "Would darken all the conquests he has won .", "To whom ?", "Be propitious ,", "Oh ! Mahomet , on this important hour ,", "And give at length my famish 'd soul revenge !", "What is revenge , but courage to call in", "Our honour 's debts , and wisdom to convert", "Others ’ self-love into our own protection ?", "But see , the morning dawn breaks in upon us ;", "I 'll seek don Carlos , and inquire my fate .", "Manuel , my lord , returning from the port ,", "On business both of moment and of haste ,", "Humbly begs leave to speak in private with you .", "My lord Alonzo , I obey 'd your orders .", "She will , my lord , and soon .", "Thanks to Zanga ,", "We hear , my lord , that in that action too ,", "Your interposing arm preserv 'd his life .", "Hadst thou a thousand lives , thy death would please me .", "Unhappy fate ! my country overcome !", "My six years ’ hope of vengeance quite expir 'd !—", "Would nature were — I will not fall alone :", "But others ’ groans shall tell the world my death .", "If this be true , I cannot blame your pain", "For wretched Carlos ; ‘ tis but humane in you .", "But when arriv 'd your dismal news ?", "What , not a vessel sav 'd ?", "Is Alvarez", "Determin 'd to deny his daughter to him .", "That treasure was on shore ; must that too join", "The common wreck ?", "How does don Carlos bear it ?", "But is he then in absolute despair ?", "Ha ! was not that receiv 'd with ecstasy", "By don Alonzo ?", "Not if his friend consented : and since now", "He can n't himself espouse her —", "Ha , it dawns !—", "It rises to me , like a new-found world", "To mariners long time distress 'd at sea ,", "Sore from a storm , and all their viands spent ;", "Or like the sun just rising out of chaos ,", "Some dregs of ancient night not quite purg 'd off .", "But shall I finish it ?— Hoa , Isabella !", "Enter Isabella .", "I thought of dying ; better things come forward ;", "Vengeance is still alive ! from her dark covert ,", "With all her snakes erect upon her crest ,", "She stalks in view , and fires me with her charms .", "When , Isabella , arriv 'd don Carlos here ?", "That was the very night", "Before the battle — Mem'ry , set down that ;", "It has the essence of a crocodile ,", "Though yet but in the shell — I 'll give it birth —", "What time did he return ?", "So —", "Say , did he see that night his Leonora ?", "No matter — tell me , woman ,", "Is not Alonzo rather brave than cautious ,", "Honest than subtle , above fraud himself ,", "Slow , therefore , to suspect it in another ?", "Why , that was well — go , fetch my tablets hither . Re-enter Isabella , with the tablets ; Zanga writes , then reads as to himself . Thus it stands — The father 's fix 'd — Don Carlos cannot wed — Alonzo may — but that will hurt his friend — Nor can he ask his leave — or , if he did , He might not gain it — It is hard to give Our own consent to ills , though we must bear them . Were it not then a master-piece worth all The wisdom I can boast , first to persuade Alonzo to request it of his friend , His friend to grant — then from that very grant , The strongest proof of friendship man can give, to work out a cause Of jealousy , to rack Alonzo 's peace ? I have turn 'd o'er the catalogue of human woes , Which sting the heart of man , and find none equal . It is the hydra of calamities , The sev'nfold death ; the jealous are the damn 'd . Oh , jealousy , each other passion 's calm To thee , thou conflagration of the soul ! Thou king of torments , thou grand counterpoise For all the transports beauty can inspire !", "Most opportunely .—", "Withdraw .", "Enter Don Alonzo .", "My lord , I give you joy .", "Is not the lovely Leonora yours ?", "He 's your friend ;", "And since he can n't espouse the fair himself ,", "Will take some comfort from Alonzo 's fortune .", "You will not wed her then ?", "I understand you : but you 'll wed hereafter ,", "When your friend 's gone , and his first pain assuag 'd .", "My lord , I love", "Your very errors ; they are born from virtue .", "Your friendship", "does lead you blindfold to your ruin .", "Consider , wherefore did Alvarez break", "Don Carlos ’ match , and wherefore urge Alonzo 's ?", "‘ Twas the same cause , the love of wealth . To-morrow", "May see Alonzo in don Carlos ’ fortune ;", "A higher bidder is a better friend ,", "And there are princes sigh for Leonora .", "When your friend 's gone , you 'll wed ; why , then the cause", "Which gives you Leonora now , will cease .", "Carlos has lost her ; should you lose her too ,", "Why , then you heap new torments on your friend ,", "By that respect which labour 'd to relieve him —", "‘ Tis well , he is disturb 'd ; it makes him pause .", "I know , it would .", "Methinks , you are severe upon your friend . Who was it gave him liberty and life ?", "My lord , you know the sad alternative .", "Is Leonora worth one pang or not ?", "It hurts not me , my lord , but as I love you :", "Warmly as you I wish don Carlos well ;", "But I am likewise don Alonzo 's friend :", "There all the diff'rence lies between us two .", "In me , my lord , you hear another self ;", "And , give me leave to add , a better too ,", "Clear 'd from those errors , which , though caus 'd by virtue ,", "Are such as may hereafter give you pain —", "Don Lopez of Castile would not demur thus .", "Half of my work is done . I must secure Don Carlos , ere Alonzo speak with him .Proud , hated Spain , oft drench 'd in Moorish blood ! Dost thou not feel a deadly foe within thee ? Shake not the tow'rs where'er I pass along , Conscious of ruin , and their great destroyer ? Shake to the centre , if Alonzo 's dear . Look down , oh , holy prophet ! see me torture This Christian dog , this infidel , who dares To smite thy votaries , and spurn thy law ; And yet hopes pleasure from two radiant eyes , Which look as they were lighted up for thee ! Shall he enjoy thy paradise below ? Blast the bold thought , and curse him with her charms ! But see , the melancholy lover comes .", "My noble lord ,", "I mourn your fate : but are no hopes surviving ?", "You wanted not to have your heart made tender ,", "By your own pains , to feel a friend 's distress .", "I dare be sworn you do . Yet he has other thoughts .", "Indeed he has ; and fears to ask a favour", "A stranger from a stranger might request ;", "What costs you nothing , yet is all to him :", "Nay , what indeed will to your glory add ,", "For nothing more than wishing your friend well .", "He loves to death ; but so reveres his friend ,", "He can n't persuade his heart to wed the maid", "Without your leave , and that he fears to ask .", "In perfect tenderness I urg 'd him to it .", "Knowing the deadly sickness of his heart ,", "Your overflowing goodness to your friend ,", "Your wisdom , and despair yourself to wed her ,", "I wrung a promise from him he would try :", "And now I come , a mutual friend to both ,", "Without his privacy , to let you know it ,", "And to prepare you kindly to receive him .", "Alas , my lord , you know his heart is steel :", "“ ‘ Tis fixed , ‘ tis past , ‘ tis absolute despair . ”", "A storm of plagues upon him ! he refuses .", "To-day , or never .", "To-morrow may some wealthier lover bring ,", "And then Alonzo is thrown out like you :", "Then whom shall he condemn for his misfortune ?", "Carlos is an Alvarez to his love .", "To peace .", "His happiness is yours ——", "I dare not disbelieve you .", "You have convinc 'd me ‘ tis a dreadful task .", "I find Alonzo 's quitting her this morning", "For Carlos ’ sake , in tenderness to you ,", "Betray 'd me to believe it less severe", "Than I perceive it is .", "No , my good lord ; but since you can n't comply ,", "‘ Tis my misfortune that I mention 'd it ;", "For had I not , Alonzo would indeed", "Have died , as now , but not by your decree .", "My lord , I 'm bound in duty to obey you ——", "If I not bring him , may Alonzo prosper !", "Is this don Carlos ? this the boasted friend ? How can you turn your back upon his sadness ? Look on him , and then leave him if you can .", "My lord , my lord , this is your time to speak .", "Then lose her .", "Thus far success has crown 'd my boldest hope .", "My next care is to hasten these new nuptials ,", "And then my master-works begin to play .", "O joy , thou welcome stranger ! twice three years", "I have not felt thy vital beam ; but now", "It warms my veins , and plays around my heart :", "A fiery instinct lifts me from the ground ,", "And I could mount !— the spirits numberless", "Of my dear countrymen , which yesterday", "Left their poor bleeding bodies on the field ,", "Are all assembled here , and o'erhYpppHeNinform me .—", "O , bridegroom ! great indeed thy present bliss ;", "Yet even by me unenvy 'd ! for be sure", "It is thy last , thy last smile , that which now", "Sits on thy cheek ; enjoy it while thou may'st ;", "Anguish , and groans , and death , bespeak to-morrow .", "Enter Isabella .", "My Isabella !", "My fair ally ! my lovely minister !", "‘ Twas well , Alvarez , by my arts impell 'd", ",", "Finish 'd the nuptials soon as he resolv 'd them ;", "This conduct ripen 'd all for me and ruin .", "Scarce had the priest the holy rites perform 'd ,", "When I , by sacred inspiration , forg 'd", "That letter which I trusted to thy hand ;", "That letter , which in glowing terms conveys ,", "From happy Carlos to fair Leonora ,", "The most profound acknowledgement of heart ,", "For wondrous transports which he never knew .", "This is a good subservient artifice ,", "To aid the nobler workings of my brain .", "With a lucky hand ;", "For soon Alonzo found it ; I observ 'd him", "From out my secret stand . He took it up ;", "But scarce was it unfolded to his sight ,", "When he , as if an arrow pierc 'd his eye ,", "Started , and trembling dropp 'd it on the ground .", "Pale and aghast awhile my victim stood ,", "Disguis 'd a sigh or two , and puff 'd them from him ;", "Then rubb 'd his brow and took it up again .", "At first he look 'd as if he meant to read it ;", "But check 'd by rising fears he crush 'd it thus ,", "And thrust it , like an adder , in his bosom .", "At first I thought so ;", "But farther thought informs me otherwise ,", "And turns this disappointment to account .", "This , Isabella , is don Carlos ’ picture ;", "Take it , and so dispose of it , that found ,", "It may raise up a witness of her love ;", "Under her pillow , in her cabinet ,", "Or elsewhere , as shall best promote our end .", "Is that Alonzo prostrate on the ground ?—", "Now he starts up like flame from sleeping embers ,", "And wild distraction glares from either eye .", "If thus a slight surmise can work his soul ,", "How will the fulness of the tempest tear him ?", "He doubts .", "Hold there , and we succeed . He has descry 'd me .", "And", "will unfold", "His aching heart , and rest it on my counsel .", "I 'll seem to go , to make my stay more sure .", "My lord .", "My lord 's obey 'd .", "If I do love , my lord ?", "Speak , sir , O , speak ,", "And take me from the rack .", "Save me , my lord !", "Then heaven has lost its image here on earth .", "Did you not read it then ?", "Thus perish all that gives Alonzo pain !", "Think of it no more . ‘ Twas your mistake , and groundless are your fears .", "Is this Alonzo 's language to his Zanga ?", "Draw forth your sword , and find the secret here .", "For whose sake is it , think you , I conceal it ?", "Wherefore this rage ? Because I seek your peace ?", "I have no interest in suppressing it ,", "But what good-natur 'd tenderness for you", "Obliges me to have . Not mine the heart", "That will be rent in two . Not mine the fame", "That will be damn 'd , though all the world should know it .", "What has the rashness of my passion utter 'd ?", "I know not what ; but rage is our destruction ,", "And all its words are wind — Yet sure , I think ,", "I nothing own 'd — but grant I did confess ,", "What is a letter ? letters may be forg 'd .", "For heav'n ' s sweet sake , my lord , lift up your heart .", "Some foe to your repose —", "Indeed !", "— Our innocence is not our shield .", "They take offence , who have not been offended ;", "They seek our ruin too , who speak us fair ,", "And death is often ambush 'd in their smiles .", "‘ Tis certain", "A letter may be forg 'd , and in a point", "Of such a dreadful consequence as this ,", "One would rely on nought that might be false —", "Think , have you any other cause to doubt her ?", "Away , you can find none . Resume your spirit ;", "All 's well again .", "It is ;", "For who could credit that , which , credited ,", "Makes hell superfluous by superior pains ,", "Without such proofs as cannot be withstood ?", "Has she not ever been to virtue train 'd ?", "Is not her fame as spotless as the sun ,", "Her sex 's envy , and the boast of Spain ?", "No more , my lord , for you condemn yourself .", "What is absurdity , but to believe", "Against appearance !— You can n't yet , I find ,", "Subdue your passion to your better sense ;—", "And , truth to tell , it does not much displease me .", "‘ Tis fit our indiscretions should be check 'd", "With some degree of pain .", "Come , you must bear to hear your faults from me .", "Had you not sent don Carlos to the court", "The night before the battle , that foul slave ,", "Who forg 'd the senseless scroll which gives you pain ,", "Had wanted footing for his villany .", "Not send him !— Ha !— That strikes me .", "I thought he came on message to the king .", "Is there another cause could justify", "His shunning danger , and the promis 'd fight ?", "But I perhaps may think too rigidly ;", "So long an absence , and impatient love —", "You wrong him ;", "He knew not of your love .", "That stings home .", "Were then their loves far gone ?", "Indeed , my lord ; then you must pardon me ,", "If I presume to mitigate the crime .", "Consider , strong allurements soften guilt ;", "Long was his absence , ardent was his love ,", "At midnight his return , the next day destin 'd", "For his espousals — ‘ twas a strong temptation .", "‘ Twas but gaining of one night .", "That crime could ne'er return again .", "My lord , I hope the best .", "What says my lord ? Did Leonora then", "Never before disclose her passion for you ?", "Throughout the whole three years ?", "Hold , sir , I 'll break your fall — wave ev'ry fear ,", "And be a man again — Had he enjoy 'd her ,", "Be most assur 'd , he had resign 'd her to you", "With less reluctance .", "But was it not with utmost agony ?", "Was't his request ? Are you right sure of that ? I fear the letter was not all a tale .", "I should distrust my sight on this occasion .", "You now are too much ruffled to think clearly .", "Since bliss and horror , life and death , hang on it ,", "Go to your chamber , there maturely weigh", "Each circumstance ; consider , above all ,", "That it is jealousy 's peculiar nature", "To swell small things to great ; nay , out of nought", "To conjure much , and then to lose its reason", "Amid the hideous phantoms it has form 'd .", "Thus far it works auspiciously . My patient", "Thrives , underneath my hand , in misery .", "He 's gone to think ; that is , to be distracted .", "There ,", "There , Isabella , I out-did myself .", "For , tearing it , I not secure it only", "In its first force , but superadd a new .", "For who can now the character examine", "To cause a doubt , much less detect the fraud ?", "And after tearing it , as loth to show", "The foul contents , if I should swear it now", "A forgery , my lord would disbelieve me ,", "Nay , more , would disbelieve the more I swore .", "But is the picture happily dispos 'd of ?", "That 's well — Ah ! what is well ? O pang to think !", "O dire necessity ! is this my province ?", "Whither , my soul ! ah ! whither art thou sunk ?", "Does this become a soldier ? this become", "Whom armies follow 'd , and a people lov 'd ?", "My martial glory withers at the thought .", "But great my end ; and since there are no other ,", "These means are just , they shine with borrow 'd light ,", "Illustrious from the purpose they pursue .", "And greater sure my merit , who , to gain", "A point sublime , can such a task sustain ;", "To wade through ways obscene , my honour bend ,", "And shock my nature , to attain my end .", "Late time shall wonder ; that my joys will raise :", "For wonder is involuntary praise .", "O , forbear ! You totter on the very brink of ruin .", "That will discover all ,", "And kill my hopes . What can I think or do ?", "Force the secret from her !", "What 's perjury to such a crime as this ?", "Will she confess it then ? O , groundless hope !", "But rest assur 'd , she 'll make this accusation ,", "Or false or true , your ruin with the king ;", "Such is her father 's pow'r .", "But for what better will you change this load ? Grant you should know it , would not that be worse ?", "Ah ! were I sure of that , my lord —", "You should not hazard life to gain the secret .", "That is , to death . My lord , I am not yet", "Quite so far gone in guilt to suffer it ;", "Though gone too far , heav'n knows — ‘ Tis I am guilty ;", "I have took pains , as you , I know , observ 'd ,", "To hinder you from diving in the secret ,", "And turn 'd aside your thoughts from the detection .", "I confound myself ;", "And frankly own , though to my shame I own it ,", "Nought but your life in danger could have torn", "The secret out , and made me own my crime .", "Not yet , dread sir :", "First , I must be assur 'd , that if you find", "The fair one guilty , scorn , as you assur 'd me ,", "Shall conquer love and rage , and heal your soul .", "Alas ! I fear it much ,", "And scarce can hope so far ; but I of this", "Exact your solemn oath , that you 'll abstain", "From all self-violence , and save my lord .", "You 'll bear it like a man ?", "Such have you been to me , these tears confess it ;", "And pour 'd forth miracles of kindness on me :", "And what amends is now within my pow'r ,", "But to confess , expose myself to justice ,", "And as a blessing claim my punishment ?", "Know then , don Carlos —", "You cannot bear it .", "Don Carlos did return at dead of night —", "That night , by chance", "did I", "Command the watch that guards the palace gate .", "He told me he had letters for the king ,", "Despatch 'd from you .", "My lord ,", "I pray , forbear — Transported at his sight ,", "After so long a bondage , and your friend ,", "No farther I inquir 'd , but let him pass ,", "False to my trust , at least imprudent in it .", "Our watch reliev 'd , I went into the garden ,", "As is my custom , when the night 's serene ,", "And took a moon-light walk : when soon I heard", "A rustling in an arbour that was near me .", "I saw two lovers in each other 's arms ,", "Embracing and embrac 'd . Anon the man", "Arose ; and , falling back some paces from her ,", "Gaz 'd ardently awhile , then rush 'd at once ,", "And , throwing all himself into her bosom ,", "There softly sigh 'd , “ Oh , night of ecstasy !", "When shall we meet again ? ” — Don Carlos then", "Led Leonora forth .", "Groan on , and with the sound refresh my soul !", "‘ Tis through his heart ; his knees smite one another :", "‘ Tis through his brain ; his eye-balls roll in anguish .", "You said you 'd bear it like a man .", "Pray , be calm .", "Is this the wise Alonzo ?", "Alas ! he weeps .", "My lord !", "And I would pledge thee .", "My lord !", "Hear me , my lord ; your anger will abate .", "I knew it not :— I saw them in the garden ;", "But saw no more than you might well expect", "To see in lovers destin 'd for each other .", "By heav'n , I thought their meeting innocent .", "Who could suspect fair Leonora 's virtue ,", "‘ Till after-proofs conspir 'd to blacken it ?", "Sad proofs , which came too late , which broke not out ,", "‘ Till holy rites had made the wanton yours ;", "And then , I own , I labour 'd to conceal it ,", "In duty and compassion to your peace .", "I fear , his heart has fail 'd him . She must die .", "Can I not rouse the snake that 's in his bosom ,", "To sting out human nature , and effect it ?", "I think , my lord , you talk 'd of death .", "I give you joy , then Leonora 's dead .", "Alas , my lord ,", "‘ Tis not your reason , but her beauty , finds", "Those arguments , and throws you on your sword .", "You cannot close an eye that is so bright ,", "You cannot strike a breast that is so soft ,", "That has ten thousand ecstasies in store —", "For Carlos ?— No , my lord , I mean for you .", "I know not what to answer to my lord .", "Men are but men ; we did not make ourselves .", "Farewell then , my best lord , since you must die .", "Oh , that I were to share your monument ,", "And in eternal darkness close these eyes", "Against those scenes which I am doom 'd to suffer !", "And is it then unknown ?", "Oh , grief of heart , to think that you should ask it !", "Sure you distrust that ardent love I bear you ,", "Else could you doubt when you are laid in dust —", "But it will cut my poor heart through and through ,", "To see those revel on your sacred tomb ,", "Who brought you thither by their lawless loves .", "For there they 'll revel , and exult to find", "Him sleep so fast , who else might mar their joys .", "I 'll work him to the murder of his friend .", "I dare not disobey .", "Ah , sir ! think , think again . Are all men buried", "In Carlos ’ grave ? you know not womankind :", "When once the throbbing of the heart has broke", "The modest zone , with which it first was ty 'd ,", "Each man she meets will be a Carlos to her .", "You cannot die ; nor can you murder her .", "What then remains ? In nature no third way ,", "But to forget , and so to love again .", "If you forgive , the world will call you good ;", "If you forget , the world will call you wise ;", "If you receive her to your grace again ,", "The world will call you — very , very kind .", "That 's truly great . What think you ‘ twas set up", "The Greek and Roman name in such a lustre ,", "But doing right in stern despite to nature ;", "Shutting their ears to all her little cries ,", "When great , august , and godlike justice call 'd ?", "At Aulis , one pour 'd out a daughter 's life ,", "And gain 'd more glory than by all his wars ;", "Another , slew a sister in just rage ;", "A third , the theme of all succeeding times ,", "Gave to the cruel axe a darling son :", "Nay more , for justice some devote themselves ,", "As he at Carthage , an immortal name !", "Yet there is one step left above them all ,", "Above their history , above their fable :", "A wife , bride , mistress , unenjoy 'd — do that ,", "And tread upon the Greek and Roman glory .", "I obey 'd your order .", "Six ruffians overtook him on the road ;", "He fought as he was wont , and four he slew .", "Then sunk beneath an hundred wounds to death .", "His last breath blest Alonzo , and desir 'd", "His bones might rest near yours .", "I told her , from your childhood you was wont ,", "On any great surprise , but chiefly then", "When cause of sorrow bore it company ,", "To have your passion shake the seat of reason ;", "A momentary ill , which soon blew o'er :", "Then did I tell her of don Carlos ’ death", ",", "And laid the blame on that . At first she doubted ;", "But such the honest artifice I us 'd ,", "And such her ardent wish it should be true ,", "That she , at length , was fully satisfied .", "But what design you , sir , and how ?", "Why , get thee gone ! horror and night go with thee .", "Sisters of Acheron , go hand in hand ,", "Go dance around the bow'r , and close them ;", "And tell them , that I sent you to salute them", "Profane the ground ; and for th ’ ambrosial rose ,", "And breath of jess'mine , let hemlock blacken ,", "And deadly nightshade poison , all the air .", "For the sweet nightingale , may ravens croak ,", "Toads pant , and adders rustle through the leaves ;", "May serpents winding up the trees let fall", "Their hissing necks upon them from above ,", "And mingle kisses — such as I would give them .", "Death to my tow'ring hope ! Oh ! fall from high !", "My close , long-labour 'd scheme at once is blasted ,", "That dagger , found , will cause her to inquire ;", "Inquiry will discover all ; my hopes", "Of vengeance perish ; I myself am lost —", "Curse on the coward 's heart ; wither his hand ,", "Which held the steel in vain !— what can be done ?", "Where can I fix ?— that 's something still — ‘ twill breed", "Fell rage and bitterness betwixt their souls ,", "Which may , perchance , grow up to greater evil :", "If not , ‘ tis all I can — It shall be so —", "Yours , madam , yours .", "Carry you goodness then to such extremes ,", "So blinded to the faults of him you love ,", "That you perceive not he is jealous ?", "Some villain ; who , hell knows ; but he is jealous ;", "And ‘ tis most fit a heart so pure as yours", "Do itself justice , and assert its honour ,", "And make him conscious of his stab to virtue .", "This succeeds", "Just to my wish . Now she , with violence ,", "Upbraids him ; he , not doubting she is guilty ,", "Rages no less ; and if on either side", "The waves run high , there still lives hope of ruin .", "Re-enter Alonzo .", "My lord —", "My lord , her guilt —", "How stands the great account ‘ twixt me and vengeance ?", "Though much is paid , yet still it owes me much ,", "And I will not abate a single groan —", "Ha ! that were well — but that were fatal too —", "Why , be it so — Revenge so truly great ,", "Would come too cheap , if bought with less than life .", "Re-enter Isabella .", "Welters in blood , and gasps for her last breath . What then ? we all must die .", "Begone . Now , now , my soul , consummate all .", "Re-enter Alonzo .", "Do not tremble so ; but speak .", "You will drown me with your tears .", "As yet , you have no cause .", "Your anguish is to come :", "You much have been abus 'd .", "To know , were little comfort .", "Indeed !", "Born for your use , I live but to oblige you . Know , then , ‘ twas — I .", "For ever .", "Thy wife is guiltless — that 's one transport to me ;", "And I , I let thee know it — that 's another .", "I urg 'd don Carlos to resign his mistress ,", "I forg 'd the letter , I dispos 'd the picture ;", "I hated , I despis 'd , and I destroy !", "Why , this is well — why , this is blow for blow !", "Where are you ? crown me , shadow me with laurels ,", "Ye spirits which delight in just revenge !", "Let Europe and her pallid sons go weep ;", "Let Afric and her hundred thrones rejoice :", "Oh , my dear countrymen , look down and see", "How I bestride your prostrate conqueror !", "I tread on haughty Spain , and all her kings .", "But this is mercy , this is my indulgence ;", "‘ Tis peace , ‘ tis refuge from my indignation .", "I must awake him into horrors . Hoa !", "Alonzo , hoa ! the Moor is at the gate !", "Awake , invincible , omnipotent !", "Thou who dost all subdue !", "Fall'n Christian , thou mistak'st my character .", "Look on me . Who am I ? I know , thou say'st", "The Moor , a slave , an abject , beaten slave :", "But look again . Has six years ’ cruel bondage", "Extinguish 'd majesty so far , that nought", "Shines here to give an awe of one above thee ?", "When the great Moorish king , Abdallah , fell ,", "Fell by thy hand accurs 'd , I fought fast by him ,", "His son , though , through his fondness , in disguise ,", "Less to expose me to th ’ ambitious foe .—", "Ha ! does it wake thee ?— O'er my father 's corse", "I stood astride till I had clove thy crest ;", "And then was made the captive of a squadron ,", "And sunk into thy servant — But , oh ! what ,", "What were my wages ? Hear not heaven , nor earth !", "My wages were a blow ! by heaven , a blow !", "And from a mortal hand !", "All strife is vain .", "Must I despise thee too , as well as hate thee ?", "Complain of grief , complain thou art a man .—", "Priam from fortune 's lofty summit fell ;", "Great Alexander ‘ midst his conquests mourn 'd ;", "Heroes and demi-gods have known their sorrows ;", "Cæsars have wept ; and I have had — my blow :", "But , ‘ tis reveng 'd , and now my work is done .", "Yet , ere I fall , be it one part of vengeance", "To force thee to confess that I am just .—", "Thou seest a prince , whose father thou hast slain ,", "Whose native country thou hast laid in blood ,", "Whose sacred person", "thou hast profan 'd ,", "Whose reign extinguish 'd — what was left to me ,", "So highly born ? No kingdom , but revenge ;", "No treasure , but thy tortures and thy groans .", "If men should ask who brought thee to thy end ,", "Tell them , the Moor , and they will not despise thee .", "If cold white mortals censure this great deed ,", "Warn them , they judge not of superior beings ,", "Souls made of fire , and children of the sun ,", "With whom revenge is virtue . Fare thee well —", "Now , fully satisfied , I should take leave :", "But one thing grieves me , since thy death is near ,", "I leave thee my example how to die .", "As he is going to stab himself , Alonzo rushes upon him to prevent him .", "In the mean time , enter Don Alvarez , attended . They disarm and seize", "Zanga , Alonzo puts the dagger in his bosom .", "As I have been a vulture to thy heart ,", "So will I be a raven to thine ear ,", "As true as ever snuff 'd the scent of blood ,", "As ever flapp 'd its heavy wing against", "The window of the sick , and croak 'd despair .", "Thy wife is dead .", "This too is well . The fix 'd and noble mind", "Turns all occurrence to its own advantage ;", "And I 'll make vengeance of calamity .", "Were I not thus reduc 'd , thou wouldst not know ,", "That , thus reduc 'd , I dare defy thee still .", "Torture thou may'st , but thou shall ne'er despise me .", "The blood will follow where the knife is driven ,", "The flesh will quiver where the pincers tear ,", "And sighs and cries by nature grow on pain .", "But these are foreign to the soul : not mine", "The groans that issue , or the tears that fall ;", "They disobey me ; on the rack I scorn thee ,", "As when my falchion clove thy helm in battle .", "While I live , old man , I 'll speak .", "And , well I know , thou dar'st not kill me yet ;", "For that would rob thy blood-hounds of their prey .", "Good ruffians , give me leave ; my blood is yours , The wheel 's prepar 'd , and you shall have it all . Let me but look one moment on the dead , And pay yourselves with gazing on my pangs ." ]

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[ "Alain , who arrived just now ?", "Is Mademoiselle Marguerite 's carriage ready for me ?", "Very well . Tell the ladies I shall be back in an hour , at most .", "I shall make my toilette less perfect than usual , and take an elaborate revenge another time .", "Home , for a short time .", "I know — at the ball —", "Why , what 's the matter ?", "Quite true . The fair Marguerite has become alive to my merits — she knows me at last .", "Of course .", "Sir !", "Ah !", "Oh , I 'm not afraid . However , I 'll go and dress , as it is her wish , and take the chance of the ball coming off .", "Most certainly .", "Decidedly —", "She must fetch it herself .", "Speak , sir .", "Upon my soul this is a little too strong .", "My dear madame , I beg to remind you that this is my wedding day . Pray reserve your tears till after the ceremony .My friends , if you will adjourn to the reception room , the carriages will be ready immediately .", "Certainly Doctor ; the evening 's before us . Pray vary the entertainment according to your own taste .", "Doctor , that 's a remarkably nice young man you recommended for steward .", "So I have already been informed .", "Madame , you wound my vanity .", "Madame , you just now reflected on my person , now you do worse ; you attack my heart . Do you think I am the man to step between two devoted young creatures for my own selfish ends ? No ! The moment I found the dear girl was penniless , I destroyed the contract , and in the most generous manner , gave her back her word .", "A very nice young person that .", "Mademoiselle , I 've got myself up utterly regardless of expense , and if somebody ai n't married , I shall withdraw my consent .", "Be it so ? Be it what , Madame ?", "You may , for an indefinite period ." ]

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[ "Baby Jesus , who dost lie", "Far above that stormy sky ,", "In Thy mother 's pure caress ,", "Stoop and save the motherless .", "Happy birds ! whom Jesus leaves", "Underneath His sheltering eaves ;", "There they go to play and sleep ,", "May not I go in to weep ?", "All without is mean and small ,", "All within is vast and tall ;", "All without is harsh and shrill ,", "All within is hushed and still .", "Jesus , let me enter in ,", "Wrap me safe from noise and sin .", "Let me list the angels ’ songs ,", "See the picture of Thy wrongs ;", "Let me kiss Thy wounded feet ,", "Drink Thine incense , faint and sweet ,", "While the clear bells call Thee down", "From Thine everlasting throne .", "At thy door-step low I bend ,", "Who have neither kin nor friend ;", "Let me here a shelter find ,", "Shield the shorn lamb from the wind .", "Jesu , Lord , my heart will break :", "Save me for Thy great love 's sake !", "Go ! you despise me like the rest .", "Hush now , I 've heard all , nurse ,", "A thousand times .", "I am most friendless .", "The Landgravine and Agnes — you may see them", "Begrudge the food I eat , and call me friend", "Of knaves and serving-maids ; the burly knights", "Freeze me with cold blue eyes : no saucy page", "But points and whispers , ‘ There goes our pet nun ;", "Would but her saintship leave her gold behind ,", "We 'd give herself her furlough . ’ Save me ! save me !", "All here are ghastly dreams ; dead masks of stone ,", "And you and I , and Guta , only live :", "Your eyes alone have souls . I shall go mad !", "Oh that they would but leave me all alone", "To teach poor girls , and work within my chamber ,", "With mine own thoughts , and all the gentle angels", "Which glance about my dreams at morning-tide !", "Then I should be as happy as the birds", "Which sing at my bower window . Once I longed", "To be beloved ,— now would they but forget me !", "Most vile I must be , or they could not hate me !", "But , Lewis , nurse ?", "If I love him ?", "What is this love ? Why , is he not my brother", "And I his sister ? Till these weary wars ,", "The one of us without the other never", "Did weep or laugh : what is't should change us now ?", "You shake your head and smile .", "Alas ! here comes a knight across the court ;", "Oh , hide me , nurse ! What 's here ? this door is fast .", "How did my mother die , nurse ?", "But how ? Why turn away ?", "Too long I 've guessed at some dread mystery", "I may not hear : and in my restless dreams ,", "Night after night , sweeps by a frantic rout", "Of grinning fiends , fierce horses , bodiless hands ,", "Which clutch at one to whom my spirit yearns", "As to a mother . There 's some fearful tie", "Between me and that spirit-world , which God", "Brands with his terrors on my troubled mind .", "Speak ! tell me , nurse ! is she in heaven or hell ?", "But was she holy ?— Died she in the Lord ?", "Isen", "O God ! my child ! And if I told thee all ,", "How couldst thou mend it ?", "Mend it ? O my Saviour !", "I 'd die a saint !", "Win heaven for her by prayers , and build great minsters ,", "Chantries , and hospitals for her ; wipe out", "By mighty deeds our race 's guilt and shame —", "But thus , poor witless orphan !", "Ah ! Count Walter ! you are too tall to kneel to little girls .", "To me ?", "Oh , peace , peace , peace ! I 'll go with him .", "Noble mother !", "How could I flaunt this bauble in His face", "Who hung there , naked , bleeding , all for me —", "I felt it shamelessness to go so gay .", "And when will that be ?", "No , she speaks truth ! I should have been a nun .", "These are the wages of my cowardice ,—", "Too weak to face the world , too weak to leave it !", "‘ Twere but a moment 's work ,—", "To slip into the convent there below ,", "And be at peace for ever . And you , my nurse ?", "Ah ! my brother ! No , I dare not —", "I dare not turn for ever from this hope ,", "Though it be dwindled to a thread of mist .", "Oh that we two could flee and leave this Babel !", "Oh if he were but some poor chapel-priest ,", "In lonely mountain valleys far away ;", "And I his serving-maid , to work his vestments ,", "And dress his scrap of food , and see him stand", "Before the altar like a rainbowed saint ;", "To take the blessed wafer from his hand ,", "Confess my heart to him , and all night long", "Pray for him while he slept , or through the lattice", "Watch while he read , and see the holy thoughts", "Swell in his big deep eyes !— Alas ! that dream", "Is wilder than the one that 's fading even now !", "Who 's here ?", "With me ? What 's this new terror ?", "Tell him I wait him .", "Isen", "Ah ! my old heart sinks —", "God send us rescue ! Here the champion comes .", "Tell him — tell him — God !", "Have I grown mad , or a child , within the moment ?", "The earth has lost her gray sad hue , and blazes", "With her old life-light ; hark ! yon wind 's a song —", "Those clouds are angels ’ robes .— That fiery west", "Is paved with smiling faces .— I am a woman ,", "And all things bid me love ! my dignity", "Is thus to cast my virgin pride away ;", "And find my strength in weakness .— Busy brain !", "Thou keep'st pace with my heart ; old lore , old fancies ,", "Buried for years , leap from their tombs , and proffer", "Their magic service to my new-born spirit .", "I 'll go — I am not mistress of myself —", "Send for him — bring him to me — he is mine !", "I come ,Here , Guta , take those monks a fee — Tell them I thank them — bid them pray for me . I am half mazed with trembling joy within , And noisy wassail round . ‘ Tis well , for else The spectre of my duties and my dangers Would whelm my heart with terror . Ah ! poor self ! Thou took'st this for the term and bourne of troubles — And now ‘ tis here , thou findest it the gate Of new sin-cursed infinities of labour , Where thou must do , or die !Lead on . I 'll follow .", "No streak yet in the blank and eyeless east — More weary hours to ache , and smart , and shiver On these bare boards , within a step of bliss . Why peevish ? ‘ Tis mine own will keeps me here — And yet I hate myself for that same will : Fightings within and out ! How easy ‘ twere , now , Just to be like the rest , and let life run — To use up to the rind what joys God sends us , Not thus forestall His rod : What ! and so lose The strength which comes by suffering ? Well , if grief Be gain , mine 's double — fleeing thus the snare Of yon luxurious and unnerving down , And widowed from mine Eden . And why widowed ? Because they tell me , love is of the flesh , And that 's our house-bred foe , the adder in our bosoms , Which warmed to life , will sting us . They must know — I do confess mine ignorance , O Lord ! Mine earnest will these painful limbs may prove . . . . . . And yet I swore to love him .— So I do No more than I have sworn . Am I to blame If God makes wedlock that , which if it be not , It were a shame for modest lips to speak it , And silly doves are better mates than we ? And yet our love is Jesus ’ due ,— and all things Which share with Him divided empery Are snares and idols — ‘ To love , to cherish , and to obey ! ’ . . . . . O deadly riddle ! Rent and twofold life ! O cruel troth ! To keep thee or to break thee Alike seems sin ! O thou beloved tempter ,Who first didst teach me love , why on thyself From God divert thy lesson ? Wilt provoke Him ? What if mine heavenly Spouse in jealous ire Should smite mine earthly spouse ? Have I two husbands ? The words are horror — yet they are orthodox !How many many brows of happy lovers The fragrant lips of night even now are kissing ! Some wandering hand in hand through arched lanes ; Some listening for loved voices at the lattice ; Some steeped in dainty dreams of untried bliss ; Some nestling soft and deep in well-known arms , Whose touch makes sleep rich life . The very birds Within their nests are wooing ! So much love ! All seek their mates , or finding , rest in peace ; The earth seems one vast bride-bed . Doth God tempt us ? Is't all a veil to blind our eyes from him ? A fire-fly at the candle . ‘ Tis love leads him ; Love 's light , and light is love : O Eden ! Eden ! Eve was a virgin there , they say ; God knows . Must all this be as it had never been ? Is it all a fleeting type of higher love ? Why , if the lesson 's pure , is not the teacher Pure also ? Is it my shame to feel no shame ? Am I more clean , the more I scent uncleanness ? Shall base emotions picture Christ 's embrace ? Rest , rest , torn heart ! Yet where ? in earth or heaven ? Still , from out the bright abysses , gleams our Lady 's silver footstool , Still the light-world sleeps beyond her , though the night-clouds fleet below . Oh that I were walking , far above , upon that dappled pavement , Heaven 's floor , which is the ceiling of the dungeon where we lie . Ah , what blessed Saints might meet me , on that platform , sliding silent , Past us in its airy travels , angel-wafted , mystical ! They perhaps might tell me all things , opening up the secret fountains Which now struggle , dark and turbid , through their dreary prison clay . Love ! art thou an earth-born streamlet , that thou seek'st the lowest hollows ? Sure some vapours float up from thee , mingling with the highest blue . Spirit-love in spirit-bodies , melted into one existence — Joining praises through the ages — Is it all a minstrel 's dream ? Alas ! he wakes .", "Forgive ! ‘ twas I — my maidens —", "Not so , not so — They wept", "When I did bid them , as I bid thee now", "To think of nought but love .", "Beloved , thou hast heard how godly souls ,", "In every age , have tamed the rebel flesh", "By such sharp lessons . I must tread their paths ,", "If I would climb the mountains where they rest .", "Grief is the gate of bliss — why wedlock — knighthood —", "A mother 's joy — a hard-earned field of glory —", "By tribulation come — so doth God 's kingdom .", "What ! Am I not as gay a lady-love", "As ever clipt in arms a noble knight ?", "Am I not blithe as bird the live-long day ?", "It pleases me to bear what you call pain ,", "Therefore to me ‘ tis pleasure : joy and grief", "Are the will 's creatures ; martyrs kiss the stake —", "The moorland colt enjoys the thorny furze —", "The dullest boor will seek a fight , and count", "His pleasure by his wounds ; you must forget , love ,", "Eve 's curse lays suffering , as their natural lot ,", "On womankind , till custom makes it light .", "I know the use of pain : bar not the leech", "Because his cure is bitter — ‘ Tis such medicine", "Which breeds that paltry strength , that weak devotion ,", "For which you say you love me .— Ay , which brings", "Even when most sharp , a stern and awful joy", "As its attendant angel — I 'll say no more —", "Not even to thee — command , and I 'll obey thee .", "You would have loved me still ?", "I think , mine own ,", "I am forgiven at last ?", "That 's a sweet song , and yet it does not chime", "With my heart 's inner voice . Where had you it , Guta ?", "Where then , Fool ?", "Far too well sung for such a saucy song . So go .", "Guta , there is sense in that knave 's ribaldry :", "We must not thus baptize our idleness ,", "And call it resignation : Which is love ?", "To do God 's will , or merely suffer it ?", "I do not love that contemplative life :", "No ! I must headlong into seas of toil ,", "Leap forth from self , and spend my soul on others .", "Oh ! contemplation palls upon the spirit ,", "Like the chill silence of an autumn sun :", "While action , like the roaring south-west wind ,", "Sweeps laden with elixirs , with rich draughts", "Quickening the wombed earth .", "Hast thou felt this ?", "Oh , happy Guta !", "Mine eyes are dim — and what if I mistook", "For God 's own self , the phantoms of my brain ?", "And who am I , that my own will 's intent", "Should put me face to face with the living God ?", "I , thus thrust down from the still lakes of thought", "Upon a boiling crater-field of labour .", "No ! He must come to me , not I to Him ;", "If I see God , beloved , I must see Him", "In mine own self :—", "Why start , my sister ?", "God is revealed in the crucified :", "The crucified must be revealed in me :—", "I must put on His righteousness ; show forth", "His sorrow 's glory ; hunger , weep with Him ;", "Writhe with His stripes , and let this aching flesh", "Sink through His fiery baptism into death ,", "That I may rise with Him , and in His likeness", "May ceaseless heal the sick , and soothe the sad ,", "And give away like Him this flesh and blood", "To feed His lambs — ay — we must die with Him", "To sense — and love —", "I know it — so speak not of them .", "Oh ! that 's the flow , the chasm in all my longings ,", "Which I have spanned with cobweb arguments ,", "Yet yawns before me still , where'er I turn ,", "To bar me from perfection ; had I given", "My virgin all to Christ ! I was not worthy !", "I could not stand alone !", "He comes ! my sun ! and every thrilling vein", "Proclaims my weakness .", "Oh , let us hear him !", "We too need warning ; shame , if we let pass ,", "Unentertained , God 's angels on their way .", "Send for him , brother .", "Now go , my ladies , both —", "Prepare fit lodgings ,— let your courtesies", "Retain in our poor courts the man of God .", "Now hear me , best beloved :— I have marked this man :", "And that which hath scared others , draws me towards him :", "He has the graces which I want ; his sternness", "I envy for its strength ; his fiery boldness", "I call the earnestness which dares not trifle", "With life 's huge stake ; his coldness but the calm", "Of one who long hath found , and keeps unwavering ,", "Clear purpose still ; he hath the gift which speaks", "The deepest things most simply ; in his eye", "I dare be happy — weak I dare not be .", "With such a guide ,— to save this little heart —", "The burden of self-rule — Oh — half my work", "Were eased , and I could live for thee and thine ,", "And take no thought of self . Oh , be not jealous ,", "Mine own , mine idol ! For thy sake I ask it —", "I would but be a mate and help more meet", "For all thy knightly virtues .", "I ? beloved ! This load more ? Strengthen , Lord , the feeble knees !", "Oh , kneel not —", "But grant my prayer — If we shall find this man ,", "As well I know him , worthy , let him be", "Director of my conscience and my actions", "With all but thee — Within love 's inner shrine", "We shall be still alone — But joy ! here comes", "Our embassy , successful .", "Hail to your holiness .", "Bless us doubly , master ,", "With holy doctrine , and with holy prayers .", "You shall be where you will —", "Do what you will ; unquestioned , unobserved ,", "Enjoy , refrain ; silence and solitude ,", "The better part which such like spirits choose ,", "We will provide ; only be you our master ,", "And we your servants , for a few short days :", "Oh , blessed days !", "Then your prayers", "Shall drive home your rebukes ; for both we need you —", "Our snares are many , and our sins are more .", "So say not nay — I 'll speak with you apart .", "Lewis", "Well , Walter mine , how like you the good legate ?", "I would be taught —", "I would know more —", "I would be holy , master —", "I would know how to rule —", "I will .", "I saw him just before us : let us onward ;", "We must not seem to loiter .", "In all I can ,", "And be a wife .", "So do I —", "This servitude shall free me — from myself .", "Therefore I 'll swear .", "I know not wholly :", "But this I know , that I shall swear to-night", "To yield my will unto a wiser will ;", "To see God 's truth through eyes which , like the eagle 's ,", "From higher Alps undazzled eye the sun .", "Compelled to discipline from which my sloth", "Would shrink , unbidden ,— to deep devious paths", "Which my dull sight would miss , I now can plunge ,", "And dare life 's eddies fearless .", "I do repent , even now . Therefore I 'll swear .", "And bind myself to that , which once being light ,", "Will not be less right , when I shrink from it .", "No ; if the end be gained — if I be raised", "To freer , nobler use , I 'll dare , I 'll welcome", "Him and his means , though they were racks and flames .", "Come , ladies , let us in , and to the chapel .", "How ? What wrong is mine , fair dame ?", "Oh ! chide not , nurse —", "My heart is full — and yet I went not far —", "Even here , close by , where my own bower looks down", "Upon that unknown sea of wavy roofs ,", "I turned into an alley ‘ neath the wall —", "And stepped from earth to hell .— The light of heaven ,", "The common air , was narrow , gross , and dun ;", "The tiles did drop from the eaves ; the unhinged doors", "Tottered o'er inky pools , where reeked and curdled", "The offal of a life ; the gaunt-haunched swine", "Growled at their christened playmates o'er the scraps .", "Shrill mothers cursed ; wan children wailed ; sharp coughs", "Rang through the crazy chambers ; hungry eyes", "Glared dumb reproach , and old perplexity ,", "Too stale for words ; o'er still and webless looms", "The listless craftsmen through their elf-locks scowled ;", "These were my people ! all I had , I gave —", "They snatched it thankless", ";", "Or in the new delight of rare possession ,", "Forgot the giver ; one did sit apart ,", "And shivered on a stone ; beneath her rags", "Nestled two impish , fleshless , leering boys ,", "Grown old before their youth ; they cried for bread —", "She chid them down , and hid her face and wept ;", "I had given all — I took my cloak , my shoes", ",", "And clothed her bare gaunt arms and purpled feet ,", "Then slunk ashamed away to wealth and honour .", "What ! Conrad ? unannounced ! This is too bold !", "Peace ! I have lent myself — and I must take", "The usury of that loan : your pleasure , master ?", "O God ! What have I done ?", "I have cast off the clue of this world 's maze ,", "And , like an idiot , let my boat adrift", "Above the waterfall !— I had no message —", "How 's this ?", "No moment ! ‘ Tis enough to have driven him forth —", "And that 's enough to damn me : I 'll not chide you —", "I can see nothing but my loss ; I 'll to him —", "I 'll go in sackcloth , bathe his feet with tears —", "And know nor sleep nor food till I am forgiven —", "And you must with me , ladies . Come and find him .", "Ah , my honoured master ! That name speaks pardon , sure .", "I have been washing these poor people 's feet .", "So I meant it —", "And use it as a penance for my pride ;", "And yet , alas , through my own vulgar likings", "Or stubborn self-conceit , ‘ tis none to me .", "I marvel how the Saints thus tamed their spirits :", "Sure to be humbled by such toil , but proves ,", "Not cures , our lofty mind .", "Could I see", "My Saviour in His poor !", "Why ! thine eyes flash fire !", "As when rich chanting ceases suddenly —", "And the rapt sense collapses !— Oh that Lewis", "Could feed my soul thus ! But to work — to work —", "What wilt thou , little maid ? Ah , I forgot thee —", "Thy mother lies in childbed — Say , in time", "I 'll bring the baby to the font myself .", "It knits them unto me , and me to them ,", "That bond of sponsorship — How now , good dame —", "Whence then so sad ?", "I will come to them .", "What ? where I am afraid", "To go myself , send others ? That 's strange doctrine .", "I 'll be with you anon .", "Ay , bread — Where is it , knights and servants ? Why butler , seneschal , this food forthcomes not !", "My good dame —", "That which you bear , I bear : for food , God knows ,", "I have not tasted food this live-long day —", "Nor will till you are served . I sent for wheat", "From Koln and from the Rhine-land , days ago :", "O God ! why comes it not ?", "Oh ! give him all he asks .", "Nay , Count ; the corn is his , and his the right", "To fix conditions for his own .", "You will not sell it", "Save at a price which , by the bill you tender ,", "Is far beyond our means . Heaven knows , I grudge not —", "I have sold my plate , have pawned my robes and jewels .", "Mortgaged broad lands and castles to buy food —", "And now I have no more .— Abate , or trust", "Our honour for the difference .", "Most miserable , cold , short-sighted man ,", "Who for thy selfish gains dost welcome make", "God 's wrath , and battenest on thy fellows ’ woes ,", "What ? wilt thou turn from heaven 's gate , open to thee ,", "Through which thy charity may passport be ,", "And win thy long greed 's pardon ? Oh , for once", "Dare to be great ; show mercy to thyself !", "See how that boiling sea of human heads", "Waits open-mouthed to bless thee : speak the word ,", "And their triumphant quire of jubilation", "Shall pierce God 's cloudy floor with praise and prayers ,", "And drown the accuser 's count in angels ’ ears .", "Where is the wretch 's wheat ?", "Now then — there 's many a one lies faint at home —", "I 'll go to them myself .", "Tut , tut , I wear my working dress to-day ,", "And those who work , robe lightly —", "Then I had best", "Roll to their door in lacqueyed equipage ,", "And dole my halfpence from my satin purse —", "I am their sister — I must look like one .", "I am their queen — I 'll prove myself the greatest", "By being the minister of all . So come —", "Now to my pastime ,", "And in happy toil", "Forget this whirl of doubt — We are weak , we are weak ,", "Only when still : put thou thine hand to the plough ,", "The spirit drives thee on .", "Too fast ? We live too slow — our gummy blood", "Without fresh purging airs from heaven , would choke", "Slower and slower , till it stopped and froze .", "God ! fight we not within a cursed world ,", "Whose very air teems thick with leagued fiends —", "Each word we speak has infinite effects —", "Each soul we pass must go to heaven or hell —", "And this our one chance through eternity", "To drop and die , like dead leaves in the brake ,", "Or like the meteor stone , though whelmed itself ,", "Kindle the dry moors into fruitful blaze —", "And yet we live too fast !", "Be earnest , earnest , earnest ; mad , if thou wilt :", "Do what thou dost as if the stake were heaven ,", "And that thy last deed ere the judgment-day .", "When all 's done , nothing 's done . There 's rest above —", "Below let work be death , if work be love !", "Lewis !", "My Lords ;", "Doubtless , you speak as your duty bids you :", "I know you love my husband : do you think", "My love is less than yours ? ‘ Twas for his honour", "I dare not lose a single silly sheep", "Of all the flock which God had trusted to him .", "True , I had hoped by this — No matter what —", "Since to your sense it bears a different hue .", "I keep no logic . For my gifts , thank God ,", "They cannot be recalled ; for those poor souls ,", "My pensioners — even for my husband 's knightly name ,", "Oh ! ask not back that slender loan of comfort", "My folly has procured them : if , my Lords ,", "My public censure , or disgraceful penance", "May expiate , and yet confirm my waste ,", "I offer this poor body to the buffets", "Of sternest justice : when I dared not spare", "My husband 's lands , I dare not spare myself .", "Nay ,— I must pray your knighthoods — You must honour", "Our dais and bower as private guests to-day .", "Thanks for your gentle warning ; may my weakness", "To such a sin be never tempted more !", "Oh that we two were Maying", "Down the stream of the soft spring breeze ;", "Like children with violets playing", "In the shade of the whispering trees !", "Oh that we two sat dreaming", "On the sward of some sheep-trimmed down", "Watching the white mist steaming", "Over river and mead and town !", "Oh that we two lay sleeping", "In our nest in the churchyard sod ,", "With our limbs at rest on the quiet earth 's breast ,", "And our souls at home with God !", "Five years agone ?", "Lewis , I am too happy ! floating higher", "Than e'er my will had dared to soar , though able ;", "But circumstance , which is the will of God ,", "Beguiled my cowardice to that , which , darling ,", "I found most natural , when I feared it most .", "Love would have had no strangeness in mine eyes ,", "Save from the prejudice which others taught me —", "They should know best . Yet now this wedlock seems", "A second infancy 's baptismal robe ,", "A heaven , my spirit 's antenatal home ,", "Lost in blind pining girlhood — found now , found !", "What have I said ? Do I blaspheme ? Alas !", "I neither made these thoughts , nor can unmake them .", "O God ! were that true !", "There , there , no more —", "I love thee , and I love thee , and I love thee —", "More than rich thoughts can dream , or mad lips speak ;", "But how , or why , whether with soul or body ,", "I will not know . Thou art mine .— Why question further ?", "Ay if I fall by loving , I will love ,", "And be degraded !— how ? by my own troth-plight ?", "No , but my thinking that I fall .— ‘ Tis written", "That whatsoe'er is not of faith is sin .—", "O Jesu Lord ! Hast Thou not made me thus ?", "Mercy ! My brain will burst : I cannot leave him !", "O God ! More wars ? More partings ?", "What I have done already .", "Have I not followed thee , through drought and frost ,", "Through flooded swamps , rough glens , and wasted lands ,", "Even while I panted most with thy dear loan", "Of double life ?", "A year ? A year ! A cold , blank , widowed year !", "Strange , that mere words should chill my heart with fear —", "This is no hall of doom ,", "No impious Soldan 's feast of old ,", "Where o'er the madness of the foaming gold ,", "A fleshless hand its woe on tainted walls enrolled .", "Yet by thy wild words raised ,", "In Love 's most careless revel ,", "Looms through the future 's fog a shade of evil ,", "And all my heart is glazed .—", "Alas ! What would I do ?", "I would lie down and weep , and weep ,", "Till the salt current of my tears should sweep", "My soul , like floating weed , adown a fitful sleep ,", "A lingering half-night through .", "Then when the mocking bells did wake", "My hollow eyes to twilight gray ,", "I would address my spiritless limbs to pray ,", "And nerve myself with stripes to meet the weary day ,", "And labour for thy sake .", "Until by vigils , fasts , and tears ,", "The flesh was grown so spare and light ,", "That I could slip its mesh , and flit by night", "O'er sleeping sea and land to thee — or Christ — till morning light .", "Peace ! Why these fears ?", "Life is too short for mean anxieties :", "Soul ! thou must work , though blindfold .", "Come , beloved ,", "I must turn robber .— I have begged of late", "So soft , I fear to ask .— Give me thy purse .", "Oh , those few coins ? I spent them all next day", "On a new chapel on the Eisenthal ;", "There were no choristers but nightingales —", "No teachers there save bees : how long is this ?", "Have you turned niggard ?", "Ah ! now I guess . You have some trinket for me —", "You promised late to buy no more such baubles —", "And now you are ashamed .— Nay , I must see —", "Ah , God ! what 's here ? A new crusader 's cross ?", "Whose ? Nay , nay — turn not from me ; I guess all —", "You need not tell me ; it is very well —", "According to the meed of my deserts :", "Yes — very well .", "Fear not — I shall weep soon . How long is it since you vowed ?", "Brave heart ! And all that time your tenderness", "Kept silence , knowing my weak foolish soul .", "O love ! O life ! Late found , and soon , soon lost !", "A bleak sunrise ,— a treacherous morning gleam ,—", "And now , ere mid-day , all my sky is black", "With whirling drifts once more ! The march is fixed", "For this day month , is't not ?", "Oh break not , heart !", "Ah ! here my master comes .", "No weeping before him .", "But none to you :", "Hard-hearted ! Am I not enough your slave ?", "Can I obey you more when he is gone", "Than now I do ? Wherein , pray , has he hindered", "This holiness of mine , for which you make me", "Old ere my womanhood ?", "Stay , Sir , and tell me", "Is this the outcome of your ‘ father 's care ’ ?", "Was it not enough to poison all my joys", "With foulest scruples ?— show me nameless sins ,", "Where I , unconscious babe , blessed God for all things ,", "But you must thus intrigue away my knight", "And plunge me down this gulf of widowhood !", "And I not twenty yet — a girl — an orphan —", "That cannot stand alone ! Was I too happy ?", "O God ! what lawful bliss do I not buy", "And balance with the smart of some sharp penance ?", "Hast thou no pity ? None ? Thou drivest me", "To fiendish doubts : Thou , Jesus ’ messenger ?", "This to any one", "Who dares to part me from my love .", "Thou traitor ! So thou would'st part us ?", "‘ Tis bitter !", "Oh , spare mine ears !", "Have mercy !", "I will devote him ;— a crusader 's wife ! I 'll glory in it . Thou speakest words from God — And God shall have him ! Go now — good my master ; My poor brain swims .Yes — a crusader 's wife ! And a crusader 's widow !SCENE X A street in the town of Schmalcald . Bodies of Crusading troops defiling past . Lewis and Elizabeth with their suite in the foreground .", "Yes — we shall part no more , where next we meet . Enough to have stood here once on such an errand !", "One kiss — and then another — and another —", "Till ‘ tis too late to go — and so return —", "O God ! forgive that craven thought ! There , take him", "Since Thou dost need him . I have kept him ever", "Thine , when most mine ; and shall I now deny Thee ?", "Oh ! go — yes , go — Thou'lt not forget to pray ,", "With me , at our old hour ? Alas ! he 's gone", "And lost — thank God he hears me not — for ever .", "Why look'st thou so , poor girl ? I say , for ever .", "The day I found the bitter blessed cross ,", "Something did strike my heart like keen cold steel ,", "Which quarries daily there with dead dull pains —", "Whereby I know that we shall meet no more .", "Come ! Home , maids , home ! Prepare me widow 's weeds —", "For he is dead to me , and I must soon", "Die too to him , and many things ; and mark me —", "Breathe not his name , lest this love-pampered heart", "Should sicken to vain yearnings — Lost ! lost ! lost !", "Well said — we 'll stay ; so this bright enterprise", "Shall blanch our private clouds , and steep our soul", "Drunk with the spirit of great Christendom .", "CRUSADER CHORUS .", "The tomb of God before us ,", "Our fatherland behind ,", "Our ships shall leap o'er billows steep ,", "Before a charmed wind .", "Above our van great angels", "Shall fight along the sky ;", "While martyrs pure and crowned saints", "To God for rescue cry .", "The red-cross knights and yeomen", "Throughout the holy town ,", "In faith and might , on left and right ,", "Shall tread the paynim down .", "Till on the Mount Moriah", "The Pope of Rome shall stand ;", "The Kaiser and the King of France", "Shall guard him on each hand .", "There shall he rule all nations ,", "With crozier and with sword ;", "And pour on all the heathen", "The wrath of Christ the Lord .", "Christ is a rock in the bare salt land ,", "To shelter our knights from the sun and sand :", "Christ the Lord is a summer sun ,", "To ripen the grain while they are gone .", "Then you who fight in the bare salt land ,", "And you who work at home ,", "Fight and work for Christ the Lord ,", "Until His kingdom come .", "Our stormy sun is sinking ;", "Our sands are running low ;", "In one fair fight , before the night ,", "Our hard-worn hearts shall glow .", "We cannot pine in cloister ;", "We cannot fast and pray ;", "The sword which built our load of guilt", "Must wipe that guilt away .", "We know the doom before us ;", "The dangers of the road ;", "Have mercy , mercy , Jesu blest ,", "When we lie low in blood .", "When we lie gashed and gory ,", "The holy walls within ,", "Sweet Jesu , think upon our end ,", "And wipe away our sin .", "The Christ-child sits on high :", "He looks through the merry blue sky ;", "He holds in His hand a bright lily-band ,", "For the boys who for Him die .", "On holy Mary 's arm ,", "Wrapt safe from terror and harm ,", "Lulled by the breeze in the paradise trees ,", "Their souls sleep soft and warm .", "Knight David , young and true ,", "The giant Soldan slew ,", "And our arms so light , for the Christ-child 's right ,", "Like noble deeds can do .", "The rich East blooms fragrant before us ;", "All Fairyland beckons us forth ;", "We must follow the crane in her flight o'er the main ,", "From the frosts and the moors of the North .", "Our sires in the youth of the nations", "Swept westward through plunder and blood ,", "But a holier quest calls us back to the East ,", "We fight for the kingdom of God .", "Then shrink not , and sigh not , fair ladies ,", "The red cross which flames on each arm and each shield ,", "Through philtre and spell , and the black charms of hell ,", "Shall shelter our true love in camp and in field .", "Jerusalem , Jerusalem !", "The burying place of God !", "Why gay and bold , in steel and gold ,", "O'er the paths where Christ hath trod ?", "ACT III", "‘ Tis written too", "In that same book , nurse , that the days shall come", "When the bridegroom shall be taken away — and then —", "Then shall they mourn and fast : I needed weaning", "From sense and earthly joys ; by this way only", "May I win God to leave in mine own hands", "My luxury 's cure : oh ! I may bring him back ,", "By working out to its full depth the chastening", "The need of which his loss proves : I but barter", "Less grief for greater — pain for widowhood .", "Why watch me thus ?", "You cannot know — and yet you know too much —", "I tell you , nurse , pain 's comfort , when the flesh", "Aches with the aching soul in harmony ,", "And even in woe , we are one : the heart must speak", "Its passion 's strangeness in strange symbols out ,", "Or boil , till it bursts inly .", "That 's a gentle dream ;", "But nature shows nought like it : every winter ,", "When the great sun has turned his face away ,", "The earth goes down into the vale of grief ,", "And fasts , and weeps , and shrouds herself in sables ,", "Leaving her wedding-garlands to decay —", "Then leaps in spring to his returning kisses —", "As I may yet !—", "Oh , forgive me !", "But hope at times throngs in so rich and full ,", "It mads the brain like wine : come with me , nurse ,", "Sit by me , lull me calm with gentle tales", "Of noble ladies wandering in the wild wood ,", "Fed on chance earth-nuts , and wild strawberries ,", "Or milk of silly sheep , and woodland doe .", "Or how fair Magdalen ‘ mid desert sands", "Wore out in prayer her lonely blissful years ,", "Watched by bright angels , till her modest tresses", "Wove to her pearled feet their golden shroud .", "Come , open all your lore .", "My mother-in-law !", "What means this preface ? Ah ! your looks are big", "With sudden woes — speak out .", "What ? is he captive ? Why then — what of that ?", "There are friends will rescue him — there 's gold for ransom —", "We 'll sell our castles — live in bowers of rushes —", "O God ! that I were with him in the dungeon !", "No ! he would have fought to the death !", "There 's treachery ! What paynim dog dare face", "His lance , who naked braved yon lion 's rage ,", "And eyed the cowering monster to his den ?", "Speak ! Has he fled ? or worse ?", "He is in purgatory now ! Alas !", "Angels ! be pitiful ! deal gently with him !", "His sins were gentle ! That 's one cause left for living —", "To pray , and pray for him : why all these months", "I prayed ,— and here 's my answer : Dead of a fever !", "Why thus ? so soon ! Only six years for love !", "While any formal , heartless matrimony ,", "Patched up by Court intrigues , and threats of cloisters ,", "Drags on for six times six , and peasant slaves", "Grow old on the same straw , and hand in hand", "Slip from life 's oozy bank , to float at ease .", "That 's some petitioner .", "Go to — I will not hear them : why should I work ,", "When he is dead ? Alas ! was that my sin ?", "Was he , not Christ , my lodestar ? Why not warn me ?", "Too late ! What 's this foul dream ? Dead at Otranto —", "Parched by Italian suns — no woman by him —", "He was too chaste ! Nought but rude men to nurse !—", "If I had been there , I should have watched by him —", "Guessed every fancy — God ! I might have saved him !", "I might have saved him !", "Servant", "Ay , saucy madam !—", "The Landgrave Henry , lord and master ,", "Freer than the last , and yet no waster ,", "Who will not stint a poor knave 's beer ,", "Or spin out Lent through half the year .", "Why — I see double !", "Who spoke there of the Landgrave ? What 's this drunkard ? Give him his answer — ‘ Tis no time for mumming —", "Why — that 's hasty — I must take my children", "Ah ! I forgot — they would not let me see them .", "I must pack up my jewels —", "He has indeed .", "Why , man !— I am thy children 's godmother —", "I nursed thy wife myself in the black sickness —", "Art thou a bird , that when the old tree falls ,", "Flits off , and sings in the sapling ?", "Keep thine hands off —", "I 'll not be shamed — Lead on . Farewell , my Ladies .", "Follow not ! There 's want to spare on earth already ;", "And mine own woe is weight enough for me .", "Go back , and say , Elizabeth has yet", "Eternal homes , built deep in poor men 's hearts ;", "And , in the alleys underneath the wall ,", "Has bought with sinful mammon heavenly treasure ,", "More sure than adamant , purer than white whales ’ bone ,", "Which now she claims . Lead on : a people 's love shall right me .", "You are afraid to shelter me — afraid .", "And so you thrust me forth , to starve and freeze .", "Soon said . Why palter o'er these mean excuses ,", "Which tempt me to despise you ?", "Silence ! I 'll go . Better in God 's hand than man 's .", "He shall kill us , if we die . This bitter blast", "Warping the leafless willows , yon white snow-storms ,", "Whose wings , like vengeful angels , cope the vault ,", "They are God 's ,— We 'll trust to them .", "How long their altar ?", "To God I gave — and God shall pay me back .", "Fool ! to have put my trust in living man ,", "And fancied that I bought God 's love , by buying", "The greedy thanks of these His earthly tools !", "Well — here 's one lesson learnt ! I thank thee , Lord !", "Henceforth I 'll straight to Thee , and to Thy poor .", "What ? Isentrudis not returned ? Alas !", "Where are those children ?", "They will not have the heart to keep them from me —", "Oh ! have the traitors harmed them ?", "Ay , ay —", "But she 's a mother — and mothers will dare all things —", "Oh ! Love can make us fiends , as well as angels .", "My babies ! Weeping ? Oh , have mercy , Lord !", "On me heap all thy wrath — I understand it :", "What can blind senseless terror do for them ?", "Silence , girl !", "I 'd plead my deeds , if mine own character ,", "My strength of will had fathered them : but no —", "They are His , who worked them in me , in despite", "Of mine own selfish and luxurious will —", "Shall I bribe Him with His own ? For pain , I tell thee", "I need more pain than mine own will inflicts ,", "Pain which shall break that will .— Yet spare them , Lord !", "Go to — I am a fool to wish them life —", "And greater fool to miscall life , this headache —", "This nightmare of our gross and crude digestion —", "This fog which steams up from our freezing clay —", "While waking heaven 's beyond . No ! slay them , traitors !", "Cut through the channels of those innocent breaths", "Whose music charmed my lone nights , ere they learn", "To love the world , and hate the wretch who bore them !", "What 's a wind to me ?", "I can see up the street here , if they come —", "They do not come !— Oh ! my poor weanling lambs —", "Struck dead by carrion ravens !", "What then , I have borne worse . But yesterday", "I thought I had a husband — and now — now !", "Guta ! He called a holy man before he died ?", "O happy bishop !", "Where are those children ? If I had but seen him !", "I could have borne all then . One word — one kiss !", "Hark ! What 's that rushing ? White doves — one — two — three —", "Fleeing before the gale . My children 's spirits !", "Stay , babies — stay for me ! What ! Not a moment ?", "And I so nearly ready to be gone ?", "Oh ! this grief is light", "And floats a-top — well , well ; it hides a while", "That gulf too black for speech — My husband 's dead !", "I dare not think o n't .", "A small bird dead in the snow ! Alas ! poor minstrel !", "A week ago , before this very window ,", "He warbled , may be , to the slanting sunlight ;", "And housewives blest him for a merry singer :", "And now he freezes at their doors , like me .", "Poor foolish brother ! didst thou look for payment ?", "Art sure ?", "Does this look like it , girl ? No — I 'll trust yet —", "Some have gone mad for less ; but why should I ?", "Who live in time , and not eternity .", "‘ Twill end , girl , end ; no cloud across the sun", "But passes at the last , and gives us back", "The face of God once more .", "O Lord , my Lord ! I thank thee !", "Loving and merciful , and tender-hearted ,", "And even in fiercest wrath remembering mercy .", "Lo ! here 's my ancient foe . What want you , Sir ?", "But know you , Sir , that all my husband 's vassals", "Are bidden bar their doors to me ?", "I thank you , Sir ; and for my children 's sake I do accept your bounty .Down , proud heart — Bend lower — lower ever : thus God deals with thee . Go , Guta , send the children after me .1st Peas . Here 's Father January taken a lease of March month , and put in Jack Frost for bailiff . What be I to do for spring-feed if the weather holds ,— and my ryelands as bare as the back of my hand ? 2d Peas . That 's your luck . Freeze on , say I , and may Mary Mother send us snow a yard deep . I have ten ton of hay yet to sell — ten ton , man — there 's my luck : every man for himself , and — Why here comes that handsome canting girl , used to be about the Princess .", "How ? Oh , my fortune rises to full flood :", "I met a friend just now , who told me truths", "Wholesome and stern , of my deceitful heart —", "Would God I had known them earlier !— and enforced", "Her lesson so , as I shall ne'er forget it", "In body or in mind .", "You know the stepping-stones across the ford .", "There as I passed , a certain aged crone ,", "Whom I had fed , and nursed , year after year ,", "Met me mid-stream — thrust past me stoutly on —", "And rolled me headlong in the freezing mire .", "There as I lay and weltered ,— ‘ Take that , Madam ,", "For all your selfish hypocritic pride", "Which thought it such a vast humility", "To wash us poor folk 's feet , and use our bodies", "For staves to build withal your Jacob'shYpppHeNladder .", "What ! you would mount to heaven upon our backs ?", "The ass has thrown his rider . ’ She crept on —", "I washed my garments in the brook hard by —", "And came here , all the wiser .", "Nay , who could dream", "She would have guessed my heart so well ? Dull boors", "See deeper than we think , and hide within", "Those leathern hulls unfathomable truths ,", "Which we amid thought 's glittering mazes lose .", "They grind among the iron facts of life ,", "And have no time for self-deception .", "Let be — we must not think o n't .", "The scoff was true — I thank her — I thank God —", "This too I needed . I had built myself", "A Babel-tower , whose top should reach to heaven ,", "Of poor men 's praise and prayers , and subtle pride", "At mine own alms . ‘ Tis crumbled into dust !", "Oh ! I have leant upon an arm of flesh —", "And here 's its strength ! I 'll walk by faith — by faith", "And rest my weary heart on Christ alone —", "On him , the all-sufficient !", "Shame on me ! dreaming thus about myself ,", "While you stand shivering here .", "Art cold , young knight ?", "Knights must not cry — Go slide , and warm thyself .", "Where shall we lodge to-night ?", "Hark ! look ! His father 's voice !— his very eye —", "Opening so slow and sad , then sinking down", "In luscious rest again !", "Oh yes — I 'll think — we 'll to our tavern friends ;", "If they be brutes , ‘ twas my sin left them so .", "Ay — stay a while in peace . The storms are still .", "Beneath her eider robe the patient earth", "Watches in silence for the sun : we 'll sit", "And gaze up with her at the changeless heaven ,", "Until this tyranny be overpast .", "Come .", "Lost ! Lost ! Lost !", "Yes — to go with him .", "I have kept my oath too long to break it now .", "I will to Marpurg , and there waste away", "In meditation and in pious deeds ,", "Till God shall set me free .", "Never , girl , never ! Save me from that at least , O God !", "And I , alas ! am none !", "O Guta ! dost thou mock my widowed love ?", "I was a wife — ‘ tis true : I was not worthy —", "But there was meaning in that first wild fancy ;", "‘ Twas but the innocent springing of the sap —", "The witless yearning of an homeless heart —", "Do I not know that God has pardoned me ?", "But now — to rouse and turn of mine own will ,", "In cool and full foreknowledge , this worn soul", "Again to that , which , when God thrust it on me ,", "Bred but one shame of ever-gnawing doubt ,", "Were — No , my burning cheeks ! We 'll say no more .", "Ah ! loved and lost ! Though God 's chaste grace should fail me ,", "My weak idolatry of thee would give", "Strength that should keep me true : with mine own hands", "I 'd mar this tear-worn face , till petulant man", "Should loathe its scarred and shapeless ugliness .", "Oh ! she who was not worthy of a husband", "Does not deserve his children . What are they , darlings ,", "But snares to keep me from my heavenly spouse", "By picturing the spouse I must forget ?", "Well — ‘ tis blank horror . Yet if grief 's good for me ,", "Let me down into grief 's blackest pit ,", "And follow out God 's cure by mine own deed .", "What will they think !", "What pleases them . That argument 's a staff", "Which breaks whene'er you lean o n't . Trust me , girl ,", "That fear of man sucks out love 's soaring ether ,", "Baffles faith 's heavenward eyes , and drops us down ,", "To float , like plumeless birds , on any stream .", "Have I not proved it ?", "There was a time with me , when every eye", "Did scorch like flame : if one looked cold on me ,", "I straight accused myself of mortal sins :", "Each fopling was my master : I have lied", "From very fear of mine own serving-maids .—", "That 's past , thank God 's good grace !", "In self-defence .", "I am too weak to live by half my conscience ;", "I have no wit to weigh and choose the mean ;", "Life is too short for logic ; what I do", "I must do simply ; God alone must judge —", "For God alone shall guide , and God 's elect —", "I shrink from earth 's chill frosts too much to crawl —", "I have snapped opinion 's chains , and now I 'll soar", "Up to the blazing sunlight , and be free .", "Let me settle your cushion , uncle .", "Uncle , I give but what to me is worthless . He loves these baubles — let him keep them , then : I have my dower .", "Uncle , I soar now at a higher pitch —", "To be henceforth the bride of Christ alone .", "Uncle , I am determined .", "Ah , there you speak again like my own uncle .", "I 'll go — to rest", "and die . I only wait", "To see the bones of my beloved laid", "In some fit resting-place . A messenger", "Proclaims them near . O God !", "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills As sheep that have no shepherd ! O my people ! Who crowd with greedy eyes round this my jewel , Poor ivory , token of his outward beauty — Oh ! had ye known his spirit !— Let his wisdom Inform your light hearts with that Saviour 's likeness For whom he died ! So had you kept him with you ; And from the coming evils gentle Heaven Had not withdrawn the righteous : ‘ tis too late ! 1st Lady . There , now , she smiles ; do you think she ever loved him ?", "I thank thee , gracious Lord , who hast fulfilled", "Thine handmaid 's mighty longings with the sight", "Of my beloved 's bones , and dost vouchsafe", "This consolation to the desolate .", "I grudge not , Lord , the victim which we gave Thee ,", "Both he and I , of his most precious life ,", "To aid Thine holy city : though Thou knowest", "His sweetest presence was to this world 's joy", "As sunlight to the taper — Oh ! hadst Thou spared —", "Had Thy great mercy let us , hand in hand ,", "Have toiled through houseless shame , on beggar 's dole ,", "I had been blest : Thou hast him , Lord , Thou hast him —", "Do with us what Thou wilt ! If at the price", "Of this one silly hair , in spite of Thee ,", "I could reclothe these wan bones with his manhood ,", "And clasp to my shrunk heart my hero 's self —", "I would not give it !", "I will weep no more —", "Lead on , most holy ; on the sepulchre", "Which stands beside the choir , lay down your burden .", "Now , gentle hosts , within the close hard by ,", "Will we our court , as queen of sorrows , hold —", "The green graves underneath us , and above", "The all-seeing vault , which is the eye of God ,", "Judge of the widow and the fatherless .", "There will I plead my children 's wrongs , and there ,", "If , as I think , there boil within your veins", "The deep sure currents of your race 's manhood ,", "Ye 'll nail the orphans ’ badge upon your shields ,", "And own their cause for God 's . We name our champions —", "Rudolf , the Cupbearer , Leutolf of Erlstetten ,", "Hartwig of Erba , and our loved Count Walter ,", "Our knights and vassals , sojourners among you .", "Follow us .", "ACT IV", "Oh ! spare me !", "Is there no middle path ? No way to keep", "My love for them , and God , at once unstained ?", "God 's world , man ! Why , God made it —", "The faith asserts it God 's .", "And yet God gave them to me —", "The Scripture bids me love them .", "Give up his children ! Why , I 'd not give up A lock of hair , a glove his hand had hallowed : And they are his gift ; his pledge ; his flesh and blood Tossed off for my ambition ! Ah ! my husband ! His ghost 's sad eyes upbraid me ! Spare me , spare me ! I 'd love thee still , if I dared ; but I fear God . And shall I never more see loving eyes Look into mine , until my dying day ? That 's this world 's bondage : Christ would have me free , And ‘ twere a pious deed to cut myself The last , last strand , and fly : but whither ? whither ? What if I cast away the bird i ’ the hand And found none in the bush ? ‘ Tis possible — What right have I to arrogate Christ 's bride-bed ? Crushed , widowed , sold to traitors ? I , o'er whom His billows and His storms are sweeping ? God 's not angry : No , not so much as we with buzzing fly ; Or in the moment of His wrath 's awakening We should be — nothing . No — there 's worse than that — What if He but sat still , and let be be ? And these deep sorrows , which my vain conceit Calls chastenings — meant for me — my ailments ’ cure — Were lessons for some angels far away , And I the corpus vile for the experiment ? The grinding of the sharp and pitiless wheels Of some high Providence , which had its mainspring Ages ago , and ages hence its end ? That were too horrible !— To have torn up all the roses from my garden , And planted thorns instead ; to have forged my griefs , And hugged the griefs I dared not forge ; made earth A hell , for hope of heaven ; and after all , These homeless moors of life toiled through , to wake , And find blank nothing ! Is that angel-world A gaudy window , which we paint ourselves To hide the dead void night beyond ? The present ? Why here 's the present — like this arched gloom , It hems our blind souls in , and roofs them over With adamantine vault , whose only voice Is our own wild prayers ’ echo : and our future ?— It rambles out in endless aisles of mist , The farther still the darker — O my Saviour ! My God ! where art Thou ? That 's but a tale about Thee , That crucifix above — it does but show Thee As Thou wast once , but not as Thou art now — Thy grief , but not Thy glory : where 's that gone ? I see it not without me , and within me Hell reigns , not Thou !‘ Kings ’ daughters were among thine honourable women ’ —", "Kings ’ daughters ! I am one !", "I will forget them ! They stand between my soul and its allegiance . Thou art my God : what matter if Thou love me ? I am Thy bond-slave , purchased with Thy life-blood ; I will remember nothing , save that debt . Do with me what Thou wilt . Alas , my babies ! He loves them — they 'll not need me .", "God 's will is spoken !", "The flesh is weak ; the spirit 's fixed , and dares ,—", "Stay ! confess , sir ,", "Did not yourself set on your brothers here", "To sing me to your purpose ?", "I know it , I know it ; And I 'll obey them : come , the victim 's ready .All worldly goods and wealth , which once I loved , I do now count but dross : and my beloved , The children of my womb , I now regard As if they were another 's . God is witness My pride is to despise myself ; my joy All insults , sneers , and slanders of mankind ; No creature now I love , but God alone . Oh , to be clear , clear , clear , of all but Him ! Lo , here I strip me of all earthly helps —Naked and barefoot through the world to follow My naked Lord — And for my filthy pelf —", "Why so , sir ?", "Be it so — I have no part nor lot i n't —", "There — I have spoken .", "Is self-contempt learnt thus ? I 'll home .", "No ! no ! no ! no ! I will not die in the dark :", "I 'll breathe the free fresh air until the last ,", "Were it but a month — I have such things to do —", "Great schemes — brave schemes — and such a little time !", "Though now I am harnessed light as any foot-page .", "Come , come , my ladies .", "I am she .", "Ah ! faithful friend ! Rise , gentles , rise , for shame ;", "Nay , blush not , gallant sir . You have seen , ere now ,", "Kings ’ daughters do worse things than spinning wool ,", "Yet never reddened . Speak your errand out .", "Oh ! I divine ;", "And grieve that you so far have journeyed , sir ,", "Upon a bootless quest .", "Wealth ? I have proved it , and have tossed it from me :", "I will not stoop again to load with clay .", "War ? I have proved that too : should I turn loose", "On these poor sheep the wolf whose fangs have gored me ,", "God 's bolt would smite me dead .", "Alas ! small comfort would they find in me !", "I am a stricken and most luckless deer ,", "Whose bleeding track but draws the hounds of wrath", "Where'er I pause a moment . He has children", "Bred at his side , to nurse him in his age —", "While I am but an alien and a changeling ,", "Whom , ere my plastic sense could impress take", "Either of his feature or his voice , he lost .", "Command ! Ay , that 's the phrase of the world : well — tell him , But tell him gently too — that child and father Are names , whose earthly sense I have forsworn , And know no more : I have a heavenly spouse , Whose service doth all other claims annul .", "What ? Thou too , friend ? Dost thou not know me better ?", "Wouldst have me leave undone what I begin ?", "My father took the cross , sir : so did I :", "As he would die at his post , so will I die :", "He is a warrior : ask him , should I leave", "This my safe fort , and well-proved vantage-ground ,", "To roam on this world 's flat and fenceless steppes ?", "It is not needed .", "Be but the mouthpiece to my father , sir ;", "And tell him — for I would not anger him —", "Tell him , I am content — say , happy — tell him", "I prove my kin by prayers for him , and masses", "For her who bore me . We shall meet on high .", "And say , his daughter is a mighty tree ,", "From whose wide roots a thousand sapling suckers ,", "Drink half their life ; she dare not snap the threads ,", "And let her offshoots wither . So farewell .", "Within the convent there , as mine own guests ,", "You shall be fitly lodged . Come here no more .", "May God go with you both .", "No ! I will win for him a nobler name ,", "Than captive crescents , piles of turbaned heads ,", "Or towns retaken from the Tartar , give .", "In me he shall be greatest ; my report", "Shall through the ages win the quires of heaven", "To love and honour him ; and hinds , who bless", "The poor man 's patron saint , shall not forget", "How she was fathered with a worthy sire .", "My shrunk limbs , stiff from many a blow , Are crazed with pain . A long dim formless fog-bank , creeping low , Dulls all my brain . I remember two young lovers , In a golden gleam . Across the brooding darkness shrieking hovers That fair , foul dream . My little children call to me , ‘ Mother ! so soon forgot ? ’ From out dark nooks their yearning faces startle me , Go , babes ! I know you not ! Pray ! pray ! or thou'lt go mad . . . . . . The past 's our own : No fiend can take that from us ! Ah , poor boy ! Had I , like thee , been bred from my black birth-hour In filth and shame , counting the soulless months Only by some fresh ulcer ! I 'll be patient — Here 's something yet more wretched than myself . Sleep thou on still , poor charge — though I 'll not grudge One moment of my sickening toil about thee , Best counsellor — dumb preacher , who dost warn me How much I have enjoyed , how much have left , Which thou hast never known . How am I wretched ? The happiness thou hast from me , is mine , And makes me happy . Ay , there lies the secret — Could we but crush that ever-craving lust For bliss , which kills all bliss , and lose our life , Our barren unit life , to find again A thousand lives in those for whom we die . So were we men and women , and should hold Our rightful rank in God 's great universe , Wherein , in heaven and earth , by will or nature , Nought lives for self — All , all — from crown to footstool — The Lamb , before the world 's foundations slain — The angels , ministers to God 's elect — The sun , who only shines to light a world — The clouds , whose glory is to die in showers — The fleeting streams , who in their ocean-graves Flee the decay of stagnant self-content — The oak , ennobled by the shipwright 's axe — The soil , which yields its marrow to the flower — The flower , which feeds a thousand velvet worms , Born only to be prey for every bird — All spend themselves for others : and shall man , Earth 's rosy blossom — image of his God — Whose twofold being is the mystic knot Which couples earth and heaven — doubly bound As being both worm and angel , to that service By which both worms and angels hold their life — Shall he , whose every breath is debt on debt , Refuse , without some hope of further wage Which he calls Heaven , to be what God has made him ? No ! let him show himself the creature 's lord By freewill gift of that self-sacrifice Which they perforce by nature 's law must suffer . This too I had to learn, To lie crushed down in darkness and the pit — To lose all heart and hope — and yet to work . What lesson could I draw from all my own woes — Ingratitude , oppression , widowhood — While I could hug myself in vain conceits Of self-contented sainthood — inward raptures — Celestial palms — and let ambition 's gorge Taint heaven , as well as earth ? Is selfishness For time , a sin — spun out to eternity Celestial prudence ? Shame ! Oh , thrust me forth , Forth , Lord , from self , until I toil and die No more for Heaven and bliss , but duty , Lord , Duty to Thee , although my meed should be The hell which I deserve !1st Woman . What ! snoring still ? ‘ Tis nearly time to wake her To do her penance . 2d Woman . Wait a while , for love : Indeed , I am almost ashamed to punish A bag of skin and bones . 1st Woman . ‘ Tis for her good : She has had her share of pleasure in this life With her gay husband ; she must have her pain . We bear it as a thing of course ; we know What mortifications are , although I say it That should not . 2d Woman . Why , since my old tyrant died , Fasting I 've sought the Lord , like any Anna , And never tasted fish , nor flesh , nor fowl , And little stronger than water . 1st Woman . Plague on this watching ! What work , to make a saint of a fine lady ! See now , if she had been some labourer 's daughter , She might have saved herself , for aught he cared ; But now — 2d Woman . Hush ! here the master comes : I hear him .—", "Have mercy , mercy , Lord !", "Oh ! she was but a worldling !", "And think , good Lord , if that this world is hell ,", "What wonder if poor souls whose lot is fixed here ,", "Meshed down by custom , wealth , rank , pleasure , ignorance ,", "Do hellish things in it ? Have mercy , Lord ;", "Even for my sake , and all my woes , have mercy !", "I am heard ! She is saved ! Where am I ? What ! have I overslept myself ? Oh , do not beat me ! I will tell you all — I have had awful dreams of the other world . 1st Woman . Ay ! ay ! a fine excuse for lazy women , Who cry nightmare with lying on their backs .", "I will be heard ! I am a prophetess ! God hears me , why not ye ?", "Methought from out the red and heaving earth My mother rose , whose broad and queenly limbs A fiery arrow did impale , and round Pursuing tongues oozed up of nether fire , And fastened on her : like a winter-blast Among the steeples , then she shrieked aloud , ‘ Pray for me , daughter ; save me from this torment , For thou canst save ! ’ And then she told a tale ; It was not true — my mother was not such — O God ! The pander to a brother 's sin ! 1st Woman . There now ? The truth is out ! I told you , sister , About that mother —", "She stretched her arms , and sank . Was it a sin", "To love that sinful mother ? There I lay —", "And in the spirit far away I prayed ;", "What words I spoke , I know not , nor how long ;", "Until a small still voice sighed , ‘ Child , thou art heard : ’", "Then on the pitchy dark a small bright cloud", "Shone out , and swelled , and neared , and grew to form ,", "Till from it blazed my pardoned mother 's face", "With nameless glory ! Nearer still she pressed ,", "And bent her lips to mine — a mighty spasm", "Ran crackling through my limbs , and thousand bells", "Rang in my dizzy ears — And so I woke .", "‘ Twas more ! ‘ twas more ! I 've tests :", "From youth I have lived in two alternate worlds ,", "And night is live like day . This was no goblin !", "‘ Twas a true vision , and my mother 's soul", "Is freed by my poor prayers from penal files ,", "And waits for me in bliss .", "No ! no ! I will not go !", "Then I will bear them ,", "Even as I bore the last , with thankful thoughts", "Upon those stripes my Lord endured for me .", "Oh , spare them , sir ! poor blindfold sons of men !", "No saint but daily errs ,— and must they burn ,", "Ah , God ! for an opinion ?", "Oh , let me give ! That only pleasure have I left on earth !", "Well ! I am freezing fast — I have grown of late", "Too weak to nurse my sick ; and now this outlet ,", "This one last thawing spring of fellow-feeling ,", "Is choked with ice — Come , Lord , and set me free .", "Think me not hasty ! measure not mine age ,", "O Lord , by these my four-and-twenty winters .", "I have lived three lives — three lives .", "For fourteen years I was an idiot girl :", "Then I was born again ; and for five years ,", "I lived ! I lived ! and then I died once more ;—", "One day when many knights came marching by ,", "And stole away — we 'll talk no more of that .", "And so these four years since , I have been dead ,", "And all my life is hid with Christ in God .", "Nunc igitur dimittas , Domine , servam tuam .", "Hark ! how they cry for bread ! Poor souls ! be patient ! I have spent all — I 'll sell myself for a slave — feed them with the price . Come , Guta ! Nurse ! We must be up and doing ! Alas ! they are gone , and begging ! Go ! go ! They 'll beat me , if I give you aught : I 'll pray for you , and so you 'll go to Heaven . I am a saint — God grants me all I ask . But I must love no creature . Why , Christ loved — Mary he loved , and Martha , and their brother — Three friends ! and I have none ! When Lazarus lay dead , He groaned in spirit , And wept — like any widow — Jesus wept ! I 'll weep , weep , weep ! pray for that ‘ gift of tears . ’ They took my friends away , but not my eyes , Oh , husband , babes , friends , nurse ! To die alone ! Crack , frozen brain ! Melt , icicle within !", "What ? weeping ?", "Daughters of Jerusalem , weep not for me —", "Weep for yourselves .", "Through the stifling room Floats strange perfume ; Through the crumbling thatch The angels watch , Over the rotting roof-tree . They warble , and flutter , and hover , and glide , Wafting old sounds to my dreary bedside , Snatches of songs which I used to know When I slept by my nurse , and the swallows Called me at day-dawn from under the eaves . Hark to them ! Hark to them now — Fluting like woodlarks , tender and low — Cool rustling leaves — tinkling waters — Sheepbells over the lea — In their silver plumes Eden-gales whisper — In their hands Eden-lilies — not for me — not for me — No crown for the poor fond bride ! The song told me so , Long , long ago , How the maid chose the white lily ; But the bride she chose The red red rose , And by its thorn died she . Well — in my Father 's house are many mansions — I have trodden the waste howling ocean-foam , Till I stand upon Canaan 's shore , Where Crusaders from Zion 's towers call me home , To the saints who are gone before .", "Did you not hear", "A little bird between me and the wall ,", "That sang and sang ?", "I heard him , and his merry carol revelled", "Through all my brain , and woke my parched throat", "To join his song : then angel melodies", "Burst through the dull dark , and the mad air quivered", "Unutterable music . Nay , you heard him .", "Slow hours ! Was that the cock-crow ?", "Then I must up —", "To matins , and to work — No , my work 's over .", "And what is it , what ?", "One drop of oil on the salt seething ocean !", "Thank God , that one was born at this same hour ,", "Who did our work for us : we 'll talk of Him :", "We shall go mad with thinking of ourselves —", "We 'll talk of Him , and of that new-made star ,", "Which , as he stooped into the Virgin 's side ,", "From off His finger , like a signet-gem ,", "He dropped in the empyrean for a sign .", "But the first tear He shed at this His birth-hour ,", "When He crept weeping forth to see our woe ,", "Fled up to Heaven in mist , and hid for ever", "Our sins , our works , and that same new-made star .", "Oh ! thank God", "Our eyes are dim ! What should we do , if he ,", "The sneering fiend , who laughs at all our toil ,", "Should meet us face to face ?", "There ! There ! Fly , Satan , fly ! ‘ Tis gone !", "O master , master ,", "You will not let the mob , when I lie dead ,", "Make me a show — paw over all my limbs —", "Pull out my hair — pluck off my finger-nails —", "Wear scraps of me for charms and amulets ,", "As if I were a mummy , or a drug ?", "As they have done to others — I have seen it —", "Nor set me up in ugly naked pictures", "In every church , that cold world-hardened wits", "May gossip o'er my secret tortures ? Promise —", "Swear to me ! I demand it !", "O my God !", "I had stripped myself of all , but modesty !", "Dost Thou claim yet that victim ? Be it so .", "Now take me home ! I have no more to give Thee !", "So weak — and yet no pain — why , now naught ails me !", "How dim the lights burn ! Here —", "Where are you , children ?", "Alas ! I had forgotten .", "Now I must sleep — for ere the sun shall rise ,", "I must begone upon a long , long journey", "To him I love .", "I said , to him I love .", "Let me sleep , sleep .", "You will not need to wake me — so — good-night .", "ACT V" ]

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[ "The Margery D. was a trim little ship ,", "The men they could man , and the skipper could skip ;", "She sailed from her haven one fine summer day ,", "And she foundered at sea in the following way ,—", "To-wit :", "Peace ! Peace , Mother Carey , hear your chickens screech !", "Come , boys !", "The captain was thirsty , and so was each man ,", "They ladled the grog out by cup and by can ,", "The night it was stormy , they knew not the place ,", "And they sang as they sank the following grace ,—", "To-wit :", "There , there now .The magistrates are not as quick to hear a sailor sing as thou art to take his orders . Bring us a pint apiece .", "Aye . Now , lads , bargain out your time ; ye 'll not see a petticoat for many a day .", "Mother Carey 's lost one of her chicks . Here lads ! here 's to the mousey Puritan lassies ! They wo n't dance , they can n't sing — Ah ! well ! here 's to them till we come again !", "He must be Privy Councilor to the Lord Himself !", "God'shYpppHeNmyhYpppHeNlife , there 's more poison in their tongues than in a nest of rattlesnakes ? What 's all this pother , lads ?", "Ha ! ha ! ha ! You rogues had better ship elsewhere ; if the wind sits in that quarter , you 'll find foul weather here .", "Cheapside on a holiday ! Re-enter MOTHER CAREY , dressed for walking .", "What 's the matter , Mother ?", "Would you have us die of thirst , Ursula ?", "Stingo , Ursula , stingo !", "What say you , lads , shall we see this trial ?", "Then let us get our ballast in , hoist sail and tack away .", "Re-enter URSULA with ale .", "Who is it , Ursula , they try ?", "But , what 's her name ?", "Hester Prynne ? The gentle Mistress Prynne I brought from", "Amsterdam three years ago ?", "My lads , do n't wait for me .", "But , didst thou know her , Ursula , as I", "Have known her , wisely good and true , thou wouldst", "Have wondered more .", "Thou , Ursula ?", "Where were her friends ?", "The Reverend Master Dimsdell", "And thou her only comforters ?", "How doth she bear her trouble , Ursula ?", "She yet is that ! But have you never learned her lover 's name ?", "‘ Tis strange that she", "Should fall ; and then endeavor to conceal", "Her lover ! Noble , wise and beautiful ,", "No other than a man of mark could win her !", "None , of which I know .", "I wonder if", "A rough sea-dog like me might speak a word", "For her ?", "I 'll go at once ." ]

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[ "Lo . I have as hard a task to perform in this house .", "Lo . And mine is to perswade a passionate woman , or to leave the Land . Make the boat stay , I fear I shall begin my unfortunate journey this night , though the darkness of the night and the roughness of the waters might easily disswade an unwilling man .", "Lo . Savil , you shall gain the opinion of a better servant , in seeking to execute , not alter my will , howsoever my intents succeed .", "Lo . Mistres Younglove .", "Lo . Loves she her ill taken up resolution so dearly ? Didst thou move her from me ?", "Lo . What critical minute was that ?", "Lo . I prethee deliver my service , and say , I desire to see the dear cause of my banishment ; and then for France .", "Lo . Yes , have you lost your memory ?", "Lo . Why she knows not you .", "Lo . Enough , I know her Brother . I shall intreat you only to salute my Mistres , and take leave , we'l part at the Stairs .", "Lo . First , let me beg your notice for this Gentleman my Brother .", "Lo . Would I were so . Mistris , for me to praise over again that worth , which all the world , and you your self can see .", "Lo . Mistris .", "Lo . Mistris , another in my place , that were not tyed to believe all your actions just , would apprehend himself wrong 'd : But I whose vertues are constancy and obedience .", "Lo . I have heard and seen your affability to be such , that the servants you give wages to may speak .", "Lo . Mistris , your will leads my speeches from the purpose . But as a man —", "Lo . Mistris I came to see you .", "Lo . To take leave of you .", "Lo . Yes .", "Lo . Yes , I had a third had you been apt to hear it .", "Lo . ‘ Twas to intreat you to hear reason .", "Lo . Lastly , it is to kindle in that barren heart love and forgiveness .", "Lo . Yes Lady .", "Lo . You wrong me .", "Lo . You wrong me much .", "Lo . You wrong me much .", "Lo . You know your least word is of force to make me seek out dangers , move me not with toyes : but in this banishment , I must take leave to say , you are unjust : was one kiss forc't from you in publick by me so unpardonable ? Why all the hours of day and night have seen us kiss .", "Lo . What are you Sir ?", "Lo . First , I thank you for schooling this young fellow ,", "Whom his own follies , which he 's prone enough", "Daily to fall into , if you but frown ,", "Shall level him a way to his repentance :", "Next , I should rail at you , but you are a Woman ,", "And anger 's lost upon you .", "Lo . Then have your asking , and be griev 'd he 's dead ;", "How you will answer for his worth , I know not ,", "But this I am sure , either he , or you , or both", "Were stark mad , else he might have liv 'd", "To have given a stronger testimony to th ’ world", "Of what he might have been . He was a man", "I knew but in his evening , ten Suns after ,", "Forc 'd by a Tyrant storm our beaten Bark", "Bulg 'd under us ; in which sad parting blow ,", "He call 'd upon his Saint , but not for life ,", "On you unhappy Woman , and whilest all", "Sought to preserve their Souls , he desperately", "Imbrac 'd a Wave , crying to all that saw it ,", "If any live , go to my Fate that forc 'd me", "To this untimely end , and make her happy :", "His name was Loveless : And I scap't the storm ,", "And now you have my business .", "Lo . Yes faith , wee'l have a cast at your best parts now . And then the Devil take the worst .", "Lo . I am too foolish : Ladie speak dear Ladie .", "Lo . I knew it , and min 'd with you , and so blew you up . Now you may see the Gentlewoman : stand close .", "Lo . Get on your doublet , here comes my Brother .", "Lo . Good morrow . Here 's a poor brother of yours .", "Lo . Come thou shalt kiss him for our sport sake .", "Lo . That at my peril . Lusty Mr. Morecraft ,", "Here is a Lady would salute you .", "Lo . Welford get you to the Church : by this light ,", "You shall not lie with her again , till y'are married .", "Lo . Th'art in a good beginning : come who leads ? Sir Roger , you shall have the Van : lead the way : Would every dogged wench had such a day .The | Scornful | Ladie . | A Comedie . | As it was Actedby the children of Her Majesties | Revels in the Blacke | Fryers . Written by | Fra . Beaumont and Jo . Fletcher , Gent . | London | Printed for Myles Partrich , and are to be sold | at his Shop at the George neere St Dunstans | Church in Fleet-streete . 1616 .The | Scorneful | Ladie . | A Comedie . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings | Majesties servants , at the | Blacke Fryers . | Written by | Fra . Beaumont , and Jo . Fletcher , | Gentlemen . | London , | Printed for M. P . and are to be sold by | Thomas Jones , at the blacke Raven , in | the Strand . 1625 .The | Scornefull | Ladie . | A Comedie . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings Majesties Servants , | at the Blacke-Fryers . | Written | By Fran : Beaumont , and Jo : Fletcher , | Gentlemen . | The third Edition . | London . | Printed by B. A . and T. F . for T. Jones , and are to be sold at his | Shop in St. Dunstans Church-yard in Fleet-street . | 1630 .The | Scornfull | Ladie . | A Comedy . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings Majesties Servants , | at the Blacke-Fryers . | Written by Francis Beaymont , and John Fletcher , Gentlemen . | The fourth Edition . | London , | Printed by A. M. 1635 .The | Scornfull | Lady . | A Comedy . | As it was now lately Actedby the Kings Majesties Servants ,The | Scornfull | Lady . | A Comedy . | As it was Actedby | the late Kings Majesties Servants , | at the Black-Fryers . | Written by Francis Beaumont , and John Fletcher . Gentlemen . | The sixt Edition , Corrected and | amended . | London : | Printed for Humphrey Moseley , and are to be sold at his Shop | at the Princes Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard . 1651 .The | Scornful | Lady : | A | Comedy . | As it is now Acted at the | Theater Royal , | by | His Majesties Servants . | Written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher Gent . | The Seventh Edition . | London : | Printed by A. Maxwell and R. Roberts , for D. N . and T. C . and are | to be sold by Simon Neale , at the Three Pidgeons in | Bedford-street in Covent-Garden , 1677 . p. 231 , l. 5 . A omits list of Persons Represented in the Play . B — E print the list on the back of the title-page , under the heading ‘ The Actors are these . ’ In F and G the same list is printed on a separate page following the title-page . G ] The Names of the Actors . l. 8 . B and C ] the eldest . D — G ] the elder . p. 232 , l. 1 . A ] a Userer . l. 4 . A ] Savill make the boate stay . B prints ‘ Savil . Make the boat stay , ’ as if the rest of the speech were spoken by Savil . C — G for ‘ Savil ’ print ‘ Yo . Lo ., ’ thus giving the words to Young Loveless . l. 9 . E and G ] at home marry . l. 10 . A — E and G ] your countrey . F ] your own country . A and B ] then to travell for diseases , and returne following the Court in a nightcap , and die without issue . l. 15 . Here and throughout the scene for ‘ Younglove ’ D — G ] Abigall . l. 16 . A — C ] Mistres . D ] Mistrisse . E — G ] Mistris . l. 22 . A and B ] for me . l. 33 . E — G omit ] Exit . p. 233 , l. 2 . G ] acted Loves . l. 3 . A , B and E — G ] murtherers . l. 6 . A and B ] that shall be . l. 12 . A — G ] woman . l. 25 . A — G omit ] and . l. 31 . F ] out there . l. 35 . D — G for Younglove ] Abigall . p. 234 , l. 5 . F ] time of place . l. 16 . E — G omit ] Yes . l. 19 . E — G ] that can . l. 27 . F ] deadfull . l. 37 . G ] and put . l. 39 . A and B ] with you for laughter . p. 235 , l. 10 . A and B ] and so you satisfied . l. 17 . B ] doeth . l. 28 . A ] Hipochrists . E and F ] Hipocrasse . G ] Hippocrass . l. 34 . A and B ] his yeere . l. 31 . G ] said she . p. 236 , l. 9 . B ] doeth . D and E ] with you . l. 17 . G omits one ] that . l. 19 . G ] I'le live . p. 237 , l. 1 . A and B ] with three guards . l. 4 . D ] wesse . E — G ] wisse . l. 10 . D — G ] Abigall . l. 14 . E — G ] happily . l. 21 . A — E ] may call . l. 25 . A — G ] as on others . A — G omit ] that . l. 27 . A — G ] A my credit . l. 30 . A and B ] beginnings . l. 31 . G ] maid . l. 32 . E and G ] bed . l. 33 . D — G ] doe you not . l. 35 . D — G ] Abigall . p. 238 , l. 2 . A and B ] rid hard . l. 25 . A ] other woemen the housholds of . B — G ] of the households . G ] of as good . l. 28 . F and G ] tho not so coy . D — G ] Abigall . l. 36 . A — G ] God . p. 239 , l. 7 . G ] Call 'd . l. 17 . A ] your names . l. 32 . A ] the weomen . l. 33 . A and B ] an needlesse . E — G omit ] a. F ] her comes . G and sometimes F ] here comes . p. 240 , l. 4 . E — G omit ] of . F and G ] I do inculcate Divine Homilies . l. 13 . G ] man neglect . l. 16 . A and B ] I pray ye . A — G ] and whilst . l. 19 . B ] your Lay . l. 20 . C — F ] ingenuous . l. 23 . A ] I shall beate . l. 25 . A — E ] forget one , who . F and G ] forget then who . l. 34 . A and B ] how Hoppes goe . p. 241 , l. 6 . A — G ] to keep . l. 14 . F and G ] like a Gentlemen . l. 15 . F omits ] me . l. 23 . D — G ] Yet , that . l. 25 . A — E omit ] of . F and G ] Ile here no more , this is . l. 30 . A — E and G ] comes . l. 39 . A ] Gent . p. 242 , l. 6 . A — G omit ] etc . l. 7 . B — G ] help all . l. 22 . A and B ] warre , that cries . l. 27 . G ] has knockt . l. 32 . D — G omit ] even . A — G ] a conscience . l. 34 . A — E omit ] he . p. 243 , l. 6 . E — G ] pound . l. 11 . A and B ] We will have nobody talke wisely neither . F ] Will you not . l. 17 . A — C ] ath Coram . l. 25 . F and G omit ] that . l. 27 . F and G ] sir , to expound it . l. 28 . 2nd Folio misprints ] iuterpretation . l. 37 . A and B omit ] Sir . l. 40 . F omits ] keep . p. 244 , l. 1 . F and G add after part ] Savil . l. 6 . D — G add ] Finis Actus Primus . F and G add ] Omnes . O brave Loveless !Exeunt omnes . l. 12 . F and G omit ] Lady . l. 13 . F and G ] that complaint . l. 28 . F and G ] it loveth . l. 34 . A ] premised . p. 245 , l. 11 . D — G ] reprov 'd him . l. 22 . F and G ] hath made . l. 23 . A and B misprint ] Maria . l. 25 . F and G ] with a. l. 27 . A and B ] He 's fast . l. 39 . F and G omit ] Sir . p. 246 , l. 4 . A , B and G ] Gentlewoman . l. 23 . G omits ] indeed . l. 26 . F and G ] smile hath . l. 28 . A — E and G ] cropping off . l. 34 . E and G ] meditations . l. 36 . F and G ] and experience the . E — G ] collection . l. 39 . F and G ] thus to . p. 248 , ll . 3 and 4 . G ] and fornication . l. 24 . A and G ] set . p. 249 , l. 10 . A — C , E — G ] appeares . l. 11 . A ] drown . l. 12 . G ] Sir Aeneas . l. 34 . A and B ] Gentlewoman . p. 250 , l. 15 . A — G ] a Gods name . p. 251 , l. 11 . A and B add ] Drinke to my friend Captaine . l. 14 . A , B , F and G add at end ] Sir . l. 15 . A — G ] cursie . F ] a tittle . l. 16 . G ] would strive , Sir . F ] I will strive , Sir . l. 22 . Second Folio misprints ] Youn . l. 24 . A ] to feede more fishes . l. 30 . F and G ] pray you let . l. 34 . A ] a ful rouse . ll . 36 and 37 . D and F ] I bear . l. 39 . A — G ] a your knees . p. 252 , l. 12 . A ] finde . l. 32 . F and G for Capt .read Sav . and add ‘ Let 's in and drink and give ’ etc . p. 253 , l. 5 . F and G ] be you your . l. 27 . D — F ] love chamber . G ] dares . l. 34 . A — C ] will stoop . l. 35 . A ] feede ill. l. 36 . A — G ] which for I was his wife and gave way to . l. 39 . F ] in patience of . p. 254 , l. 1 . D and E ] gossip too . l. 3 . E and F ] from whence . l. 9 . F misprints ] crown 'd at . l. 21 . E — G ] have the money . l. 23 . F and G ] provided my wise . l. 26 . F ] Here 's here . ll . 30 and 31 . F and G ] for thine . l. 32 . F omits ] well . p. 255 , l. 1 . A ] the faith . l. 11 . D — G ] mony fit for . l. 13 . A — D , F and G ] afore . l. 14 . G omits ] all . ll . 18 and 19 . D — G ] turne up . l. 20 . G ] Ship . l. 22 . G ] poor man . l. 26 . D , F and G ] against the . l. 28 . A — G ] thy staffe of office there , thy pen and Ink-horne . Noble boy . l. 29 . A ] sed . ll . 30 and 31 . A — G ] thy seat . l. 34 . F and G ] men immortal . l. 37 . A ] that shall . l. 40 . A ] What meane they Captaine . p. 256 , l. 8 . F and G ] pounds . l. 9 . F and G ] by this hand . l. 13 . F and G ] There is six Angels in earnest . l. 17 . A ] all in . l. 25 . F and G omit ] so be it . l. 35 . A and B ] at charge . l. 40 . A — G add ] Finis Actus Secundi . p. 257 , l. 2 . A omits ] and drops her glove . l. 3 . A — C ] tels . l. 8 . A , B and D — G ] Lenvoy . l. 16 . F and G ] No , Sir . p. 258 , l. 10 . D , E and G ] come here to speak with . l. 18 . F and G ] I say I. l. 26 . A misprints ] ralkt . F and G ] with the . l. 29 . F and G ] Troth guess . l. 33 . F ] Gentlewomen . l. 36 . A and B ] But one , I am . C ] or Woman . p. 259 , l. 1 . A ] shall not you . l. 16 . A — C and E — G ] no such . l. 19 . A — C and E — G ] tender Sir , whose gentle bloud . l. 29 . A omits ] be . l. 31 . A and G ] as he . l. 34 . A omits ] They draw . l. 36 . F and G omit ] Jesus . p. 260 , l. 4 . A and B omit ] Why . l. 11 . F ] but none so . l. 26 . A ] wilde . B , C and E — G ] vild . l. 31 . F and G ] sword . l. 33 . B and G ] a hazard . p. 261 , l. 1 . A and B ] which is prone inough . C — G ] are prone . l. 5 . A ] anger lost . l. 10 . F and G ] least share in . l. 25 . D , F and G ] are you . l. 33 . A and B ] self from such temptations . G ] self from temptations . l. 34 . A — D , F and G ] Pray leape . G ] the matter . C ] whether would . l. 38 . A — C , E and G ] should . p. 262 , l. 6 . F and G omit ] a. l. 11 . A — C ] see . l. 12 . E ] Of any . l. 20 . F and G ] his ruin . l. 27 . C omits ] him . E — G ] with these . l. 37 . E — G ] leave them to others . l. 40 . C ] works a mine . p. 263 , l. 13 . A ] certaine . l. 18 . E — G ] spoken . l. 19 . F ] ask you . l. 20 . E — G ] forward . l. 32 . G ] hard-hearted . l. 35 . F and G ] me to do . p. 264 , l. 4 . E — G ] could redeem . l. 10 . D , F and G ] This . l. 24 . A ] you have so . l. 27 . E and G ] By this light . p. 265 , l. 10 . F ] by your troth . l. 11 . A ] could . l. 15 . C ] cold meats . l. 23 . F and G ] we would . l. 27 . F and G ] that thou art here . l. 29 . F and G ] use thee . l. 33 . A and B ] offending . l. 34 . F and G ] Thou art nothing ... for love 's sake . p. 266 , l. 3 . G omits ] I hope . l. 13 . F and G ] thy face . l. 14 . A — G omit ] for . ll . 21 and 22 . F and G ] companion . l. 25 . A ] amable . l. 38 . G adds at end ] I hope . p. 267 , l. 4 . A , B and D — F ] Don Diego , Ile . l. 11 . A , C and E ] saies . l. 15 . E — G ] you may . l. 20 . E ] wine here . F and G add before All ] Mr. Morecraft . l. 21 . A — G ] Sir . Savill ? l. 31 . G ] and yet they . l. 33 . F omits ] pray . l. 36 . A — C and E — G ] God a gold . 2nd Folio misprints ] expouud . p. 268 , l. 3 . A ] not you . l. 7 . A and B ] is much is much . l. 18 . G ] in tenements of . l. 22 . F and G ] I shall not dare to . l. 23 . A ] By blithe . l. 33 . A and B ] of satten . l. 37 . A — G ] necessary . D — G ] and consuming . p. 269 , l. 10 . 2nd Folio misprints ] nor . l. 16 . A — G ] a ’ my knowledge . l. 20 . F and G ] the . F ] Morall . l. 27 . B and D — G ] worst on 's . l. 31 . A ] your complement . l. 34 . F and G ] paid back again . p. 270 , l. 4 . F and G ] we have liv 'd . ll . 4 and 5 . F and G ] be the hour that . l. 14 . A misprints ] Yo . Lo . l. 15 . F and G ] A thirsty . l. 17 . F omits ] Sir . l. 20 . A ] raile . l. 24 . D — G ] to'th . p. 271 , l. 1 . A ] hee 's your . l. 4 . A — G ] fall . l. 19 . A — G ] who you left me too . l. 20 . F omits ] for . l. 23 . F and G ] be leaping in . l. 24 . E — G ] nights . l. 25 . F omits ] my . l. 27 . E ] thirtie . l. 34 . B ] you fellow . l. 37 . A — G ] Cresses sir to coole . l. 39 . A — C ] fornications . p. 272 , l. 3 . E — G ] get no . l. 4 . A — G add ] Finis Actus tertii . l. 6 . A — G ] solus . l. 8 . A ] thee to ? to what scurvy Fortune . l. 9 . E ] of Noblemen . l. 15 . B and E — G ] profit . 2nd Folio misprints ] Eccle . l. 16 . F ] eats out youth . l. 22 . 2nd Folio misprints ] abolishth , is . l. 25 . D and E ] in his . l. 33 . A ] neglectingly . l. 34 . A ] broke . p. 273 , l. 9 . F and G ] abused like me . A — F ] Dalida . l. 11 . F and G ] you may dilate . l. 27 . F and G ] could not expound . l. 28 . A ] and then at prayers oncel. 29 . A ] mine owne royallissue . l. 34 . D and E ] for you . l. 35 B ] and thus . l. 36 . A , F and G ] contrition , as a Father saith . l. 39 . A — G ] Comfets . l. 40 . A , F and G ] then a long chapter with a pedigree . p. 274 , l. 3 . A ] lovely . l. 4 . F and G ] when due time . l. 8 . F and G ] but have . l. 14 . A — E ] cunny . l. 17 . A omits ] in . F and G ] the hanging . l. 19 . A , F and G ] more with the great Booke of Martyrs . l. 23 . F and G add after beloved ] Abigail . l. 31 . E — G ] chop up . p. 275 , l. 3 . A and B ] wise Sir . l. 7 . A , B , F and G ] make . l. 14 . F and G ] thank Heaven . l. 19 . E — G omit ] Lord . l. 22 . A and B ] some sow . l. 23 . F and G ] brought forth . l. 26 . F and G ] will not . l. 29 . E ] a cleere . E — G ] would take . l. 39 . A ] and yet would . p. 276 , l. 3 . A — F ] errant . l. 5 . A — F ] pray be . l. 9 . A ] the godsknowes . C ] God the knowes . F and G ] Heaven knows . l. 15 . 2nd Folio misprints ] Lo . l. 18 . A omits ] so . l. 19 . A — C omit ] for . l. 38 . E — G ] that has . p. 277 , l. 1 . A and B ] turne in to . l. 4 . A omits ] pray . l. 13 . G ] have you . l. 14 . G ] light , as spirited . l. 21 . G ] sheeps . l. 22 . G ] with two . l. 23 . F and G add at end ] I can . l. 33 . F and G ] your use of . l. 37 . A , B , D , F and G ] now then . p. 278 , l. 7 . A — G ] Rosasolis . l. 16 . G ] in presuming thus . l. 19 . E — G ] to any end . l. 23 . D , E and G ] heap affliction . B — D , F and G ] on me . l. 28 . F and G add ] ha . l. 33 . F and G for a read ] ha ’ . l. 37 . E — G omit ] Sir . p. 279 , l. 1 . G ] no so . l. 2 . A ] know . l. 6 . F omits ] that . ll . 6 — 8 . D and E omit ] at you ... not laugh and runs on the remainder of Lady 's speech as part of Mar .' s . F and G omit ] Sir ... not laugh . l. 7 . A — C omit one ] ‘ ha . ’ l. 15 . A and B ] for it then . l. 20 . E — G ] And you may . l. 28 . G ] crack . l. 36 . A — C ] fit ath . l. 38 . B ] will you cure . p. 280 , l. 5 . A and C ] Let him alone , ‘ is crackt . l. 6 . D — G ] he 's a beastly . A and B ] to loose . l. 7 . A — G ] is a. ll . 9 and 10 . G ] fohshe stinks . ll . 19 and 20 . F and G ] ye have ... hate ye . l. 23 . A and B ] in intercession . D — G ] make intercession . l. 25 . A ] not all . l. 26 . F and G ] and will . l. 32 . A and B ] safer dote . l. 33 . F ] disease . p. 281 , l. 8 . A — C ] I hope ‘ is not . l. 16 . A ] There is . l. 28 . A ] Carrire . D — G ] carriage . l. 29 . A — C , F and G ] now I. l. 30 . A — G ] a horse back . l. 31 . A — C and E — G ] to looke to . p. 282 , l. 3 . A — C ] ‘ is fleet . l. 10 . 2nd Folio misprints ] sweed . l. 11 . F ] not your . A — E ] Reasens . F and G ] your rotten Reasons . l. 13 . F and G ] civil and feed . l. 16 . A — G ] pounds . l. 18 . A , F and G ] defend . p. 283 , l. 2 . F and G ] Ordinaries do eat . l. 3 . F and G ] to a play . l. 6 . E ] Bootmaker . F and G ] to a bear-baiting . l. 13 . A , C — G ] aire . l. 15 . A ] as little . l. 18 . E ] if they may . ll . 22 and 23 . F and G ] ask me . l. 23 . A and B ] a modesty . l. 24 . A — F ] Wardrope . l. 28 . E — G ] to dogs . l. 36 E ] cheate . A — G ] add ] Finis Actus Quarti . p. 284 , l. 27 . F and G ] the Gentleman . l. 31 . A and B ] house Sir . p. 285 , l. 5 . B ] for your . l. 10 . A — D ] be lest . E — G ] be left . l. 15 . E ] never-worme . l. 25 . F and G ] the elder hath . l. 31 . 2nd Folio misprints ] Gentlewomau . p. 286 , l. 7 . G ] goodly . l. 8 . A and D ] beliefe . l. 10 . E — G ] you cas 'd . l. 29 . A — G ] in thy . l. 30 . G omits ] I. l. 31 . F ] years . p. 287 , l. 1 . F and G ] vilely . l. 3 . A and D — G ] shall want uryne to finde the cause by : and she . B and C ] shall want uryne finde the cause be . l. 14 . A and B ] I stoppe . p. 288 , l. 7 . E omits ] did . F and G ] he does . l. 25 . A and B omit ] be . l. 34 . F and G ] till death . p. 289 , l. 1 . 2nd Folio misprints ] berroth 'd . E and G add at beginning ] Ah . l. 5 . A and B ] mind is . l. 6 . G ] womens . l. 22 . F ] not any . l. 26 . F and G omit ] Godlike . l. 27 . A and B ] passions . l. 28 . F and G ] is her law . l. 39 . D — G ] and colour . p. 290 , l. 7 . 2nd Folio misprints ] yon . l. 7 . F and G ] you , though unknown . l. 18 . F and G ] Heaven to comfort . l. 34 . A and B ] Milde still as . l. 37 . B ] ends . l. 40 . F and G ] never find . p. 291 , l. 7 . A and B ] I will . l. 12 . G ] spoken . l. 25 . A — F ] judicially . l. 27 . G ] off her . A — C ] sound . G ] her Love . F ] lovers . l. 33 . A , B and E — G ] a bed . l. 37 . D ] at a third . F and G add after Balls ] admirably . p. 292 , l. 2 . A , F and G ] forgot . ll . 4 and 5 . F and G omit ] I 'll not ... you joy . l. 9 . G ] there was . l. 10 . A , B , F and G ] meant . G omits ] you . l. 19 . G ] rather then . l. 20 . A , B and D — F ] forsooke . l. 34 . A , E and G ] I had rather . p. 293 , l. 4 . D — G add after so ] a most ungodly thing . ll . 5 and 6 . D — G omit ] Since a ... ungodly thing . l. 30 . D and F omit ] and Young . l. 32 . A and B ] all uncivill , all such beasts as these . C ] are uncivill , all such beasts . D and E ] wee are uncivill , as such beasts as these . F and G ] all uncivil . Would , etc . p. 294 , l. 7 . G ] are you . l. 11 . A — C ] learning new sir . E — G omit ] Sir . l. 14 . A ] rouge . l. 16 . A ] capassions . l. 17 . 2nd Folio misprints ] Goaler . l. 25 . F and G ] indeed I do . p. 295 , l. 8 . 2nd Folio misprints ] A I. l. 27 . F and G ] Heaven quite . 1 . 31 . F and G ] thou help . l. 34 . F and G omit ] the Cleve . l. 36 . F ] all this . p. 296 , l. 30 . F , some copies ] hankt it . l. 34 . G ] O Heaven . p. 297 , l. 1 . F and G ] with this . l. 12 . F and G ] who I. l. 17 . B , F and G ] hold out . l. 22 . A ] witnes to . ll . 26 and 27 . F and G ] this Welford from . p. 298 , l. 5 . 2nd Folio misprints ] turn . l. 8 . A , B , D , F and G ] tyr 'd . l. 12 . A ] sore Ladies . D — G omit ] four . l. 19 . F and G ] I think I. l. 23 . A ] I see by her . l. 38 . A and E ] make . p. 299 , l. 2 . E — G ] he is . l. 10 . A and B ] A will . C ] I will . l. 13 . F and G ] make you well . l. 15 . G ] unconverted . l. 20 . F and G ] tell you . l. 26 . B ] yon . l. 34 . F and G ] Who 's . p. 300 , l. 8 . F and G ] must wear . l. 9 . G omits ] Of . l. 19 . A and B ] pound . l. 22 . E and F omit ] a. l. 29 . G ] you wall graze . l. 30 . F and G ] once again . l. 33 . F and G ] your Worship . l. 38 . G ] Why now . p. 301 , l. 3 . F and G ] As fast as . l. 11 . C ] helps . l. 17 . A and B omit ] the . l. 24 . F and G ] and lead . l. 25 . A — G add ] Finis .has been found in England by the writer of this note . Its existence has been ignored by every previous editor of Beaumont and Fletcher , and , apparently , by English bibliographers , the folio of 1679 being presumed to be ‘ Ed . 7 . ’ The knowledge that a copy existed in America led to a fruitless search for it in English libraries , until accident , a few months ago , brought one to light in time to enable a collation of its text to be included in the above notes . It will be seen that many of the readings are of considerable interest . A. R. W . ]" ]

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[ "You know , Dodo , it 's all pretty good rot in these days .", "What is a cad ?", "Well , Old Hornblower I 'll give you .", "Well , you 've got him . Now , Charlie — Chearlie — I say — the importance of not being Charlie ——", "My dear father , they 've been here seven years .", "Charlie Hornblower is n't really half a bad sport .", "Now , his wife — Chloe — -", "It 's a ripping name .", "Dodo , you 're narrow . Buck up , old darling , it wo n't do . Chloe has seen life , I 'm pretty sure ; THAT 'S attractive , anyway . No , mother 's not in the room ; do n't turn your uneasy eyes .", "The limit . Now , Rolf ——", "Rolf Hornblower 's a topper ; he really is a nice boy .", "Yes , darling . You know what a nice boy is , do n't you ?", "Well , I 'll tell you . In the first place , he 's not amorous .", "Just a jolly good companion .", "Well , to anyone — me .", "Anywhere . You do n't suppose I confine myself to the home paddocks , do you ? I 'm naturally rangey , Father .", "In the second place , he does n't like discipline .", "In the third place , he bars his father .", "Fish not ! Fourthly , he 's got ideas .", "For instance , he thinks — as I do ——", "Careful ! He thinks old people run the show too much . He says they ought n't to , because they 're so damtouchy . Are you damtouchy , darling ?", "He says there 'll be no world fit to live in till we get rid of the old . We must make them climb a tall tree , and shake them off it .", "Otherwise , with the way they stand on each other 's rights , they 'll spoil the garden for the young .", "Oh ! Rolf does n't talk to him , his mouth 's too large . Have you ever seen it , Dodo ?", "It 's considerable , is n't it ? Now yours is — reticent , darling .", "Poor ducky ! How long have we been here , Dodo ?", "It has its drawbacks . D'you think Hornblower had a father ? I believe he was spontaneous . But , Dodo , why all this — this attitude to the Hornblowers ?", "That 's only because we are , as mother would say , and they 're not — yet . But why not let them be ?", "Why ?", "But if you gave them the ell , they would n't want the inch . Why should it all be such a skin game ?", "Keep to the point , Dodo .", "Darling , do n't prose . They 're not half as bad as you think .", "Cut our throat spirit , you mean . What 's your definition of a gentleman , Dodo ?", "Oh ! Try !", "But suppose his standards are low ?", "Ah ! self-seeking ? But are n't we all , Dodo ? I am .", "Oh ! yes — too young to know .", "Except , of course , mother .", "Mother reminds me of England according to herself — always right whatever she does .", "That 's what I was saying . Now , no one could call you perfect , Dodo . Besides , you 've got gout .", "Shall I tell you my definition of a gentleman ? A man who gives the Hornblower his due .And I think mother ought to call on them . Rolf says old Hornblower resents it fearfully that she 's never made a sign to Chloe the three years she 's been here .", "I know you 're ever so much better than she is .", "You do keep your prejudices out of your phiz . But mother literally looks down her nose . And she never forgives an “ h . ” They 'd get the “ hell ” from her if they took the “ hinch . ”", "Do n't slime out of it , Dodo . I say , mother ought to call on the Hornblowers .Well ?", "I 'll go , darling .", "Look , Dodo , I 've brought the lot ! Is n't it a treat , dear Papa ? And here 's the stuff . Hallo !", "That 's not a bit sporting of you ,", "Mr. Hornblower .", "There is n't another side to turning out the Jackmans after you 'd promised .", "I had been standing up for you ; now I wo n't .", "I wo n't say anything about the other thing because I think it 's beneath , dignity to notice it . But to turn poor people out of their cottages is a shame .", "Free speech , Mr. Hornblower ; do n't be violent .", "Mr. Hornblower !", "Well , what 's the good of it ? Life 's too short for rows , and too jolly !", "Poor God !", "I can n't help it .", "I brought her in , mother", "Mother !", "Now , mother", "Why did you insult her ?", "Why ? Even if she is Old Combustion 's daughter-in-law ?", "She 's all right . Lots of women powder and touch up their lips nowadays . I think she 's rather a good sort ; she was awfully upset .", "Oh ! do n't be so mysterious , mother . If you know something , do spit it out !", "It 's no good , Dodo . It made me ashamed . It 's just as — as caddish to insult people who have n't said a word , in your own house , as it is to be — old Hornblower .", "It 's something Dawker 's told her ; I saw them . I do n't like", "Dawker , father , he 's so common .", "They 'll make you do things you do n't approve of , Dodo , if you do n't look out . Mother 's fearfully bitter when she gets her knife in . If old Hornblower 's disgusting , it 's no reason we should be .", "No , no , darling ! I only want to warn you solemnly that mother 'll tell you you 're fighting fair , no matter what she and Dawker do .", "No . Because —Well — I was just beginning to enjoy , myself ; and now — everything 's going to be bitter and beastly , with mother in that mood . That horrible old man ! Oh , Dodo ! Do n't let them make you horrid ! You 're such a darling . How 's your gout , ducky ?", "There , you see ! That shows ! It 's going to be half-interesting for you , but not for — us .", "No . But — now it 's all spoiled .", "I do n't mean any tosh about love 's young dream ; but I do like being friends . I want to enjoy things , Dodo , and you can n't do that when everybody 's on the hate . You 're going to wallow in it , and so shall I — oh ! I know I shall !— we shall all wallow , and think of nothing but “ one for his nob . ”", "Of course . I love it .", "Dodo !", "I do , Dodo , I do !", "Oh — oh-oh !Who goes there ?", "Pass , enemy ! And all 's ill !", "You know it is .", "Unto the third and fourth generations . What sin has my father committed ?", "Well , you should n't be , then ; I mean , he should n't be .", "It 's not because they 're new , it 's because — if your father behaved like a gentleman , he 'd be treated like one .", "I am just .", "I think it 's all very petty .", "How would you like to have your home spoiled ?", "All right ! You come and try and take ours .", "Like the Jackmans ’ ?", "Enemy ?", "Before the battle — let 's shake hands .", "Come to see us turned out ?", "Sorry . She need n't have come , I suppose ?", "Do n't you feel beastly all down the backs of your legs . Dodo ?", "Do you , mother ?", "A wagon of old Hornblower 's pots passed while we were in the yard . It 's an omen .", "Look at the old brute ! Dodo , hold my hand .", "Oh ! Look ! There 's Miss Mullins , at the back ; just come in . Is n't she a spidery old chip ?", "What a fish !", "I will .Have a sniff ; you look awfully white .", "No , do ! You must .", "D'you mind letting me see that a minute ?Beastly hot , is n't it ? You 'd better keep that .", "Why do you stay ? You did n't want to come , did you ?", "All right ! Here 's your water .", "What 's the time , Dodo ?", "Oh , hell !", "Sorry , Dodo . I was only thinking . Look ! Here he is ! Phew !— is n't he ——?", "Why can n't I see the bids , Dodo ?", "Who was that , Dodo ?", "Enemy , Dodo .", "Us , Dodo ?", "Oh ! we 've got it !", "Oh ! Dodo !", "Stick it , Dodo ; stick it !", "Oh , Dodo !", "Ours !", "Oh , Dodo ! How splendidly you stuck it !", "Dodo , may I spit in his eye or something ?", "Well ?", "Oh , Dodo ! He 's obscene .", "Dodo ! It 's awful !", "Look ! Chloe 's sitting down . She nearly fainted just now . It 's something to do with Dawker , Dodo , and that man with him . Look at mother ! Ask them !", "Nonsense , mother !", "Bosh ! I read the papers every day .", "It 's ridiculous , Dodo ; you 'd think I was mother at my age .", "No , but you had it , dear .", "Poor thing — whatever it is !", "What went before , mother ?", "Mother means that , father .", "Pitch , Dodo , pitch !", "He means humbug ; mother .", "Will it stop ?", "I 'm sorry , mother . Only it is a skin game , is n't it ?", "Mother , you 're wonderful !", "Coming , Dodo .", "Come in here . There 's no one .", "We did n't begin it .", "I hope I should be sorry .", "And we can n't help thinking he 's a pig . Sorry !", "He may be fitter , but he 's not going to survive .", "Is that all you came to say ?", "I do n't feel like joining .", "One can n't fight and not grow bitter .", "Wait ; you 'll feel it soon enough .", "Well ?", "I think you 'd better shut up .", "No .", "Yes .", "I do n't expect so .", "Lots of horrible things in the world .", "Do n't be moral .", "Better be real first .", "There is n't any . We 're all out , for our own . And why not ?", "Cynical ? Your father 's motto — “ Every man for himself . ”", "That 's the winner — hands down . Goodbye !", "—", "“ If auld acquaintance be forgot", "And days of auld lang syne ” ——", "Let the three gentlemen in , and me out .", "We saw Chloe in the car . How did she take it , mother ?", "I shall go and see her .", "I shall . She must be in an awful state .", "I think I can , Dodo .", "I 'm going , all the same .", "Suppose I 'd taken a knock like that , Dodo , I 'd be glad of friendliness from someone .", "You do n't know what you can do till you try , mother .", "Oh ! Mother , we are grateful . Dodo , show your gratitude .", "Yes , Dodo , yes ! Mother , hold him while INo ! I can n't — I can n't help thinking of her .", "There is n't much , Dodo . I was in an awful funk for fear I should meet any of the others , and of course I did meet Rolf , but I told him some lie , and he took me to her room-boudoir , they call it — is n't boudoir a “ dug-out ” word ?", "She was sitting like this .And she said in a sort of fierce way : “ What do you want ? ” And I said : “ I 'm awfully sorry , but I thought you might like it . ”", "She looked at me hard , and said : “ I suppose you know all about it . ” And I Said : “ Only vaguely , ” because of course I do n't . And she said : “ Well , it was decent of you to come . ” Dodo , she looks like a lost soul . What has she done ?", "Oh !Is it very awful in that world , Dodo ?", "One thing I 'm sure of : she 's awfully fond of Chearlie .", "And she 's frightened , horribly . I think she 's desperate .", "No ; only —— Oh ! it was beastly ; and of course I dried up .", "I just said : “ Father and I feel awfully sorry ; if there 's anything we can do —— ”", "I had to say something . I 'm glad I went , anyway . I feel more human .", "I 'm not enjoying home tonight , Dodo .", "Mother 's fearfully ’ bucked , and Dawker 's simply oozing triumph . I do n't trust him . Dodo ; he 's too — not pugilistic — the other one with a pug-naceous .", "I 'm sure he would n't care tuppence if Chloe committed suicide .", "I wonder if mother would .", "You !Come in ! It 's only us !Dodo !", "Sit down ; you 're all shaky .", "It 's all right .", "Dodo ! It 's awful", "Of course you do .", "Oh ! Are you ?", "Look here ! He simply must n't find out .", "Dodo , what can we say to put him clean off the scent ?", "Yes ; and it is n't — that 's splendid ! You 'd be able to put such conviction into it . Do n't you think so , Dodo ?", "Oh ! It 's locked — I forgot .It 's all right , Fellows ; I was only saying something rather important .", "What a bore ! Can you see him , Dodo ?", "Yes , she came this morning .", "No .", "Shall I , Dodo ?", "No ; we do n't .", "Dodo !We are , you know .", "She loves you , you know .", "We do n't know .", "Dodo , we ought to look for her ; I 'm awfully afraid .", "Rolf ! All of you ! Stop ! Look !In the gravel pit . She 's just breathing ; that 's all .", "Dodo , she 's moved ; she 's spoken . It may not be so bad .", "It 's not you , Dodo ; it 's not you , beloved", "Dodo ." ]

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[ "Now say , lgenerall : how fares our campe ?", "But what portends thy cheerefull countenance", "And posting to our presence this in hast ?", "Speak , man : hath fortune giuen vs victorie ?", "Out Portugals will pay vs tribute then ?", "Then blest be Heauen , and Guider of the heauens ,", "From whose faire influence such iustice flowes !", "Thanks to my loving brother of Castille .", "But , generall , vnfolde in breefe discourse", "Your forme of battell and your warres successe ,", "That , adding all the pleasure of thy newes", "Vnto the height of former happines ,", "With deeper wage and gentile dignitie", "We may reward thy blisfull chiualrie .", "Thanks , good l", "general , for these good newes !", "And , for some argument of more to come ,", "Take this and weare it for thy soueraignes sake .", "Giue him his chaine .", "But tell me now : hast thou confirmed a peace ?", "These words , these deeds become thy person wel .", "But now , knight-marhsall , frolike with thy king ,", "For tis thy sonne that winnes this battels prize .", "Nor thou nor he shall dye without reward . What meanes this warning of this trumpets sound ?", "A gladsome sight ! I long to see them heere .", "They enter and passe by .", "Was that the warlike prince of Portingale", "That by our nephew was in triumph led ?", "But what was he that on the other side", "Held him by th ’ arme as partner of the prize ?", "Goe , let them march once more about these walles ,", "That staying them we may conferre and talke", "With our braue prisoner and his double guard .", "Hieoronimo , it greatly pleaseth vs", "That in our victorie thou haue a share", "By vertue of thy worthy sonnes exploit .", "Enter againe .", "Bring hether the young prince of Portingale !", "The rest martch on , but , ere they be dismist ,", "We will bestow on euery soldier", "Two duckets , and on euery leader ten ,", "That they may know our largesse welcomes them .", "I , Balthazar , if he obserue this truce ,", "Our peace will grow the stronger for these warres .", "Meane-while liue thou , though not in libertie ,", "Yet free from bearing any seruile yoake ;", "For in our hearing thy deserts were great .", "And in our sight thy-selfe art gratious .", "But tell me ,— for their holding makes me doubt :", "To Which of these twaine art thou prisoner ?", "Let goe his arm , vpon my priviledge ! Let him goe . Say , worthy prince : to whether didst thou yeeld ?", "Content thee , marshall ; thou shalt haue no wrong ,", "And for thy sake thy sonne shall want to right .", "Will both abide the censure of my doome ?", "Then by iudgement thus your strife shall end :", "You both deserue and both shall haue reward .", "Nephew , thou tookst his weapon", "and his horse :", "His weapons and his horse are thy reward .", "Horatio , thou didst force him first to yeeld :", "His ransome therefore is thy valours fee ;", "Appoint the sum as you shall both agree .", "But , nephew , thou shalt haue the prince in guard ,", "For thine estate best fitteth such a guest ;", "Horatios house were small for all his traine .", "Yet , in regard they substance passeth his ,", "And that iust guerdon may befall desert ,", "To him we yeeld the armour of the prince .", "How likes don Balthazar of this deuice ?", "Horatio , leaue him not that loues thee so .", "Now let vs hence , to see our souldiers paide ,", "And feast our prisoner as our friendly guest .", "See , lord embassador , how Spaine intreats", "Their prisoner Balthazar , thy viceroyes sonne :", "We pleasure more in kindenes than in warres .", "Put off your greetings till our feast be done ; Now come and sit with vs , and taste our cheere . Sit to the banquet . Sit downe , young prince , you are our second guest ; Brother , sit downe ; and nephew , take your placel Signior Horatio , waite thou vpon our cup , For well thou hast deserued to be honored . Now , lordings , fall too : Spaine is Portugall , And Portugall is Spaine ; we both are freends ; Tribute is paid , and we enioy our right . But where is olde Hieronimo , our marhsall ? He promised vs , in honor of our guest , To grace our banquet with some pompous iest . Enter HIERONIMO with a DRUM , three KNIGHTS , each with scutchin ; then he fethces three KINGS ; they take their crownes and them captiue . Hieronimo , this makes contents mine eie , Although I sound well not the misterie .", "My lord of Portingale , by this you see", "That which may comfort both your king and you ,", "And make your late discomfort seeme the lesse .", "But say , Hieronimo : what was the next ?", "This is another speciall argument", "That Portingale may daine to beare our yoake ,", "When it by little England hath beene yoakt .", "But now , Hieronimo , what were the last ?", "Hieronimo , I drinke to thee for this deuice ,", "Which hath pleasde both the embassador and me :", "Pledge me , Hieronimo , if thou loue the king !", "Takes the cup of HORATIO .", "My lord , I feare we sit but ouer-long ,", "Vnlesse our dainties were more delicate ,—", "But welcome are to you the best we haue .", "Now let vs in , that you may be dispatcht ;", "I think our councell is already set .", "Brother of Castille , to the princes loue", "What saies your daughter Bel-imperia ?", "Then , lord embassadour of Portingale ,", "Aduise thy king to make this marriage vp", "For strengthening of our late-confirmed league ;", "I know no better meanes to make vs freends .", "Her dowry shall be large and liberall ;", "Besides that she is daughter and halfe heire", "Vnto our brother heere , Don Ciprian ,", "And shall enioy the moitie of his land ,", "Ile grace her marriage with an vnckles gift ,", "And this is it : in case the match goe forward ,", "The tribute which you pay shalbe releast ;", "And , if by Balthazar she haue a sonne ,", "He shall enioy the kingdome after vs .", "Doe so , my lord ; and , if he giue consent ,", "I hope his presence heere will honour vs", "In celebration of the nuptiall day ,—", "And let himselfe determine of the time .", "Commend me to the king ; and so , farewell ! But wheres Prince Balthazar , to take his leaue ?", "Amongst the rest of what you haue in charge ,", "The princes raunsome must not be forgot :", "Thats none of mine , but his that tooke him prisoner ,—", "And well his forwardnes deserues reward :", "It was Horatio , our knight-marshalls sonne .", "Then once againe farewell , my lord !", "Now , brother , you must make some little paines", "To winne faire Bel-imperia from her will ;", "Young virgins must be ruled by their freends .", "The prince is amiable , and loues her well ;", "If she neglect him and forgoe his loue ,", "She both will wrong her owne estate and ours .", "Therefore , whiles I doe entertaine the prince", "With greatest pleasure that our court affoords ,", "Endeauor you to winne your daughters thought .", "If she giue back , all this will come to naught ." ]

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[ "Now say , lord general : how fares our camp ?", "But what portends thy cheerful countenance", "And posting to our presence thus in haste ?", "Speak , man : hath fortune given us victory ?", "Our Portugals will pay us tribute then ?", "Then blest be Heav'n , and Guider of the heav'ns ,", "From whose fair influence such justice flows !", "Thanks to my loving brother of Castille .", "But , general , unfold in brief discourse", "Your form of battle and your war 's success ,", "That , adding all the pleasure of thy news", "Unto the height of former happiness ,", "With deeper wage and gentle dignity", "We may reward thy blissful chivalry .", "Thanks , good lord general , for these good news !", "And , for some argument of more to come ,", "Take this and wear it for thy sovereign 's sake .", "Give him his chain .", "But tell me now : hast thou confirm 'd a peace ?", "These words , these deeds become thy person well .", "But now , knight-marshall , frolic with thy king ,", "For ‘ tis thy son that wins this battle 's prize .", "Nor thou nor he shall die without reward . What means this warning of this trumpet 's sound ?", "A gladsome sight ! I long to see them here .", "They enter and pass by .", "Was that the warlike prince of Portingal", "That by our nephew was in triumph led ?", "But what was he that on the other side", "Held him by th ’ arm as partner of the prize ?", "Go , let them march once more about these walls ,", "That staying them we may confer and talk", "With our brave prisoner and his double guard .", "Hieoronimo , it greatly pleaseth us", "That in our victory thou have a share", "By virtue of thy worthy son 's exploit .", "Enter again .", "Bring hither the young prince of Portingal !", "The rest march on , but , ere they be dismiss 'd ,", "We will bestow on every soldier", "Two ducats , and on every leader ten ,", "That they may know our largesse welcomes them .", "Welcome , Don Balthazar ! Welcome nephew !", "And thou , Horatio , thou art welcome too !", "Young prince , although thy father 's hard misdeeds", "In keeping back the tribute that he owes", "Deserve but evil measure at our hands ,", "Yet shalt thou know that Spain is honourable .", "Aye , Balthazar , if he observe this truce ,", "Our peace will grow the stronger for these wars .", "Meanwhile live thou , though not in liberty ,", "Yet free from bearing any servile yoke ;", "For in our hearing thy deserts were great .", "And in our sight thyself art gracious .", "But tell me ,— for their holding makes me doubt :", "To which of these twain art thou prisoner ?", "Let go his arm , upon my privilege ! Let him go . Say , worthy prince : to whether didst thou yield ?", "Content thee , marshall ; thou shalt have no wrong ,", "And for thy sake thy son shall want to right .", "Will both abide the censure of my doom ?", "Then by judgment thus your strife shall end :", "You both deserve and both shall have reward .", "Nephew , thou took'st his weapons and his horse :", "His weapons and his horse are thy reward .", "Horatio , thou did'st force him first to yield :", "His ransom therefore is thy valour 's fee ;", "Appoint the sum as you shall both agree .", "But , nephew , thou shalt have the prince in guard ,", "For thine estate best fitteth such a guest ;", "Horatio 's house were small for all his train .", "Yet , in regard thy substance passeth his ,", "And that just guerdon may befall desert ,", "To him we yield the armour of the prince .", "How likes Don Balthazar of this device ?", "Horatio , leave him not that loves thee so .", "Now let us hence , to see our soldiers paid ,", "And feast our prisoner as our friendly guest .", "See , lord ambassador , how Spain entreats", "Their prisoner Balthazar , thy viceroy 's son :", "We pleasure more in kindness than in wars .", "Put off your greetings till our feast be done ; Now come and sit with us , and taste our cheer . Sit to the banquet . Sit down , young prince , you are our second guest ; Brother , sit down ; and nephew , take your place . Signior Horatio , wait thou upon our cup , For well thou hast deserved to be honour 'd . Now , lordings , fall too : Spain is Portugal , And Portugal is Spain ; we both are friends ; Tribute is paid , and we enjoy our right . But where is old Hieronimo , our marshall ? He promis 'd us , in honour of our guest , To grace our banquet with some pompous jest . Enter HIERONIMO with a DRUM , three KNIGHTS , each with scutcheon ; then he fetches three KINGS ; they take their crowns and them captive . Hieronimo , this makes content mine eye , Although I sound not well the mystery .", "My lord of Portingal , by this you see", "That which may comfort both your king and you ,", "And make your late discomfort seem the less .", "But say , Hieronimo : what was the next ?", "This is another special argument", "That Portingal may deign to bear our yoke ,", "When it by little England hath been yok 'd .", "But now , Hieronimo , what were the last ?", "Hieronimo , I drink to thee for this device ,", "Which hath pleas 'd both the ambassador and me :", "Pledge me , Hieronimo , if thou love the king !", "Takes the cup of HORATIO .", "My lord , I fear we sit but over-long ,", "Unless our dainties were more delicate ,—", "But welcome are you to the best we have .", "Now let us in , that you may be dispatch 'd ;", "I think our council is already set .", "Brother of Castille , to the prince 's love", "What says your daughter Bel-imperia ?", "Then , lord ambassador of Portingal ,", "Advise thy king to make this marriage up", "For strengthening of our late-confirmed league ;", "I know no better means to make us friends .", "Her dowry shall be large and liberal ;", "Besides that she is daughter and half heir", "Unto our brother here , Don Ciprian ,", "And shall enjoy the moiety of his land ,", "I 'll grace her marriage with an uncle 's gift ,", "And this is it : in case the match go forward ,", "The tribute which you pay shall be releas 'd ;", "And , if by Balthazar she have a son ,", "He shall enjoy the kingdom after us .", "Do so , my lord ; and , if he give consent ,", "I hope his presence here will honour us", "In celebration of the nuptial day ,—", "And let himself determine of the time .", "Commend me to the king ; and so , farewell ! But where 's Prince Balthazar , to take his leave ?", "Amongst the rest of what you have in charge ,", "The prince 's ransom must not be forgot :", "That 's none of mine , but his that took him prisoner ,—", "And well his forwardness deserves reward :", "It was Horatio , our knight-marshall 's son .", "Then once again farewell , my lord !", "Now , brother , you must make some little pains", "To win fair Bel-imperia from her will ;", "Young virgins must be ruled by their friends .", "The prince is amiable , and loves her well ;", "If she neglect him and forgo his love ,", "She both will wrong her own estate and ours .", "Therefore , whiles I do entertain the prince", "With greatest pleasure that our court affords ,", "Endeavor you to win your daughter 's thought .", "If she give back , all this will come to naught .", "Now show , ambassador , what our viceroy saith :", "Hath he receiv 'd the articles we sent ?", "Who is he that interrupts our business ?", "Brother , how like you this our viceroy 's love ?", "And well remember 'd , thank his Majesty ! Here , see it given to Horatio .", "Who is that ? Hieronimo ?", "What means this outrage ? Will none of you restrain his fury ?", "What accident hath happ 'd to Hieronimo ? I have not seen him to demean him so .", "Believe me , nephew , we are sorry for ‘ t ;", "This is the love that fathers bear their sons .", "But , gentle brother , go give to him this gold ,", "The prince 's ransom ; let him have his due ;", "For what he hath , Horatio shall not want .", "Haply Hieronimo hath need thereof .", "We shall increase his melancholy so .", "‘ Tis best that we see further in it first ;", "Till when , ourself will hold exempt the place .", "And , brother , now bring in the ambassador ,", "That he may be a witness of the match", "‘ Twixt Balthazar and Bel-imperia ,", "And that we may prefix a certain time", "Wherein the marriage shall be solemniz 'd ,", "That we may have thy lord the viceroy here .", "Go , brother , ‘ tis the Duke of Castile 's cause ;", "Salute the viceroy in our name .", "And now to meet these Portuguese ;", "For , as we now are , so sometimes were these ,", "Kings and commanders of the western Indies .", "Welcome , brave viceroy , to the court of Spain !", "And welcome , all his honourable train !", "‘ Tis not unknown to us for why you come ,", "Or have so kingly cross 'd the seas .", "Sufficeth it , in this we note the troth", "And more than common love you lend to us .", "So is it that mine honourable niece ,", "For it beseems us now that it be known ,", "Already is betroth 'd to Balthazar ;", "And , by appointment and our condescent ,", "Tomorrow are they to be married .", "To this intent we entertain thyself ,", "Thy followers , their pleasure , and our peace .", "Speak , men of Portingal , shall it be so ?", "If aye , say so ; if not , say so flatly .", "See , brother , see , how nature strives in him !", "Come , worthy viceroy , and accompany", "Thy friend , to strive with thine extremities :", "A place more private fits this princely mood .", "Now , viceroy , shall we see the tragedy", "Of Suleiman , the Turkish emperor ,", "Perform 'd by pleasure by your son the prince ,", "My nephew Don Lorenzo , and my niece .", "Aye ; and Hieronimo our marshall ,", "At whose request they deign to do't themselves .", "These be our pastimes in the court of Spain .", "Here , brother , you shall be the book-keeper :", "This is the argument of that they show .", "He giveth him a book .", "See , viceroy , that is Balthazar your son ,", "That represents the Emperor Suleiman :", "How well he acts his amorous passion !", "Here comes Lorenzo : look upon the plot", "And tell me , brother , what part plays he .", "Well said , old marshall ! this was bravely done !", "But now what follows for Hieronimo ?", "O hearken , viceroy ; hold Hieronimo ! Brother , my nephew and thy son are slain !", "Speak , traitor ! damned , bloody murd'rer , speak !—", "For , now I have thee , I will make thee speak !", "Why hast thou done this undeserving deed ?", "Why speak'st thou not ?", "Fetch forth the tortures ! Traitor as thou art , I 'll make thee tell !", "O monstrous resolution of a wretch !", "See , Viceroy , he hath bitten forth his tongue", "Rather than reveal what we require 'd .", "And if in this he satisfy us not ,", "We will devise th ’ extremest kind of death", "That ever was invented for a wretch .", "Then he makes signs for a knife to mend his pen .", "What age hath ever heard such monstrous deeds ?", "My brother and the whole succeeding hope", "That Spain expected after my decease .", "Go bear his body hence , that we may mourn", "The loss of our beloved brother 's death ,", "That he may be entomb 'd . Whate'er befall ,", "I am the next , the nearest , last of all ." ]

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[ "} What is it ?", "} Why , come in , Izod , darling — what 's wrong ?", "}Lie down , you beast ,Come along , Izod , dear !", "}No luck , dearie ?", "} The brutes .", "} I durs n't tap the ale without Squire 's orders — the new barrel is n't to be touched till the Harvest Feast . Down with it — it 's meat and drink .", "} Do n't spend your money on tobacco , darling . Have a meal .", "} Good gracious ! How ?", "} Carried a sick woman on a litter ?", "} A common woman or a lady ?", "}What does she do at an inn in Market-Sinfield ?", "} Well ?", "} Did he go to her ?", "} I 've only got a little money . I 'll fetch it , dear ,A pretty lady in Market-Sinfield — very dark , very ill , and among strangers ,How unlucky all dark women seem to be !", "}Oh , yes , dear .", "} Leave me a little .", "}That 'll never be — I 've tried .", "}Yes , Mr. Hythe .", "} For shame , Gilbert Hythe ; I 'm his sister .", "}Very well . And your dinner is waiting for you , Mr. Hythe ,and has been this half-hour .", "}Thank you , Mr. Hythe .", "} Tell me , dear , dear , dear , where did you find that key ring ?", "} Well ?", "} What does that mean ?", "} What of it ?", "} What of it ?", "}What of it ?", "}Tell me what you think — tell me what you mean !", "} Climb to a window , when there 's a door there ?", "} I do .But the dog , Izod ,— nobody that the dog does n't love , dares try to pass the gateway — the dog !", "} Ah !", "}I 'll call Gilbert Hythe , if you touch me , darling ,Listen , Izod ; I 've been here , on this bit o ’ land , resting under this old roof , and working in this old yard , since I was a mite — so high . I 've been here in times of merrymaking and times of mourning , and I 've seen the grass grow over all the Veritys but one — the Squire who gives me the same living that goes to the best table , and as soft a pillow as lies on the best bed . No , I 'll keep the keys , Izod dear ; you go and swallow Gilbert Hythe 's dinner .", "}A bunch of his keys ; they are safer in my pocket than in Izod 's — poor Izod is so impulsive .Squire ! Squire ! Here 's Gilbert Hythe with two men . Do n't let ‘ em bring their boots indoors .", "}Hush !", "}What 's wrong , dear ?", "} Go in , Izod ! Here 's the Squire ! go in !I 'm close at hand if you want me , Squire . Here 's Gilbert !", "}Yes !", "}Yes , Squire .", "} The old cask has run out , and the new one is n't to be tapped till to-morrow .", "}Who 's calling me “ what'shYpppHeNyourhYpppHeN name ” ?Why , parson !", "}Yes , Squire , that he does .", "}For the lady at the White Lion , parson ?", "}The basket is packed , parson . Chicken and jelly , sponge cakes , grapes —Well , I never —!", "} Never a clergyman , sir !", "}Gilbert !", "} Will you taste the milk , gentlemen ?", "}Who are you ?", "}Who told you to call “ Christie ” ?", "} I beg your pardon , Squire , but I have been good enough to wait on you since you were that high . What 's wrong with me now ?", "}I do n't want a helpmate . I want all you , Squire . We were children together , you and me , mistress and maid . Do n't halve your heart now , Squire . I can n't bear it .", "}I can n't help what I 'm saying . I wo n't bear it .", "}You 're the girl that they say is in love with a soldier , are n't you ?", "} A soldier ! That 's why the Squire has gushed over you , is n't it ?", "}“ No , miss ! ”Now listen to one word from me . You get wed to your common soldier as soon as you can hook him , do you hear ?", "} Because as long as you 're in this house , there 's mischief and bad blood in it , upon my soul there is ! Come along and see your bedroom .", "}And that 's the woman they make a saint of in Market-Sinfield . And she dares to turn her back on me — for Felicity .", "}Felicity ! Not the name for this house !Ah ! I shall have to jingle you yet .", "} Gilbert Hythe and Gunnion , with a box of clothes for the girl ,", "} Excuse me , Squire , but before Gunnion goes I should like you to make note of the alethat 's been drawn from the new cask . The ale was in my keeping and it 's due to me for you to know of the loss .", "} More shame for an old man to lead a poor boy astray !", "} Turn up your collar , Gilbert , it 's bitter cold ,", "}My hands are as white as hers , but I suppose she is to be the lady 's maid .", "} I know I 'm your servant ; whether or not I 'm your friend , Squire , is another matter ; but I 'm not her friend , and I own it .", "} That 's it , I 'm jealous ; I hope there 'll never be a worse name for it .", "}He 's been sleeping off the effects of that wicked old man 's temptation , poor dear ,", "}Good-night .", "}My poor brother has something to say to you , Squire .", "}Poor boy .Will you want me again to-night , Squire ?", "} And I suppose Izod can be off about his business ?", "}Izod , I 'll see you out past the dog , dear — then go and lie by the ricks near the Five Trees , and watch who passes under the archway to-night .", "} Wait till a man walks from the Market-Sinfield road , and you wo n't wait long ,Good-night , Squire , dear .", "}Christiana .", "} Parson Dormer has walked over from", "Market-Sinfield and must see you to-night .", "}She has opened the window — the saint ! Poor Izod wo n't have to wait long ,Shall I sit up , Squire ?", "} What a lot of animals ! Ugh ! How awful common people look when they 're clean ,", "}Hallo !", "}Ill , she says . Hush !She 's in there . What do you want , dear ?", "} Hush ! she 's in her room . What 's the matter ?", "} You 're quite right , Gunnion ; act up to your ribbons .", "}Go away , Izod , and keep quiet till you 're wanted .", "} I have n't any .", "} What for ?", "}How much ?", "}For a pocket-handkerchief !", "}Somebody 's coming — go away .Now then , you !", "} Here 's a pretty thing , and a very pretty thing ; and who is the owner of this pretty thing ? You sha n't have it till you guess what it is .", "} No .", "} Yes .", "} Who is it from ?", "} Guess .", "} It was left here this morning by a common soldier .", "}“ Miss Felicity Gunnion — immejit . ” Immejit . He can n't even spell properly — that 's a good match for a girl .", "} How is he ? What does he call you — Lovey or Popsey ? He smokes bad tobacco ; I should n't care for him to kiss me .", "}Hallo ! what 's wrong with the ear-rings ?", "} I 'm glad of it ; it serves you right . You should n't sneak into other women 's shoes .", "}Gilbert , the children are crying out for you to tell them your fairy stories , and sing your songs to them .", "} You 're going to turn your back on Market - Sinfield , Squire . What 's to become of me !", "}Ah , I see ; it 's the baby face and baby tongue of old Gunnion 's daughter that pleases you now ! And why ? Because the child can talk to you of the barracks at Pagley , and the jests they make , and the stories they tell about young Thorndyke 's lady-love !", "} Insolent I may be , but I 'm not worse !", "} That your precious love-secret is known to my brother and me . That we can spell the name of the man who is the most welcome guest here , in broad daylight when doors are open , and in the dead of night when doors are locked !", "}Do n't you touch me , because I 'm your servant no longer ! do n't touch me , because you 're not fit to lay your hand upon a decent woman !", "} This : I 've got gipsy blood in me , and that means “ all or none . ” Will you promise to turn old Gunnion 's child away , never to have her near you again ?", "} Tell the parson that there 's a lady in Market-Sinfield who needs as much praying for as she can get from him on Sundays — tell him what Izod saw last night and what I heard — give him a new text to preach to the poor folks who call you their saint .", "}Your servant , Lieutenant . You have n't forgotten the Harvest Feast , sir .Come to the parson — now ." ]

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[ "Oh ! What Condition is't can equal mine ?", "Much less exceed it ; to be oblig 'd to", "Break my Vow , to part from my Palante ;", "Forc 'd to the Arms of a mishapen Monster ,", "Whom Nature made to vex the whole Creation .", "Nor is his crooked Body more deform 'd", "Than is his Soul , Ambition is his God ;", "He seeks no Heav'n but Interest ; nor knows he", "How to value ought but Gold .", "Oh ! my dearest Brother , had'st thou but liv 'd", "I had been truly happy , but now am", "Doubly miserable , in losing thee and my Palante .", "Thy Courage gives fresh Life and Liberty ,", "To poor Lucasia 's tired restless Soul ,", "Such Pow'r have chearful Friends t'ease our Sorrows .", "Oh ! my Lavinia , may thy Counsel prove", "Prophetic , I 'm going now , in this Disguise , to meet my", "Dear Palante ; may no malignant Star", "Interpose to cross our mutual Wishes .", "May thy Designs successful prove ,", "To fix thee ever in Francisco 's Arms .", "‘ Tis my Palante 's Voice .", "I must admire him that loves Palante ;", "Friendship 's a noble Name , ‘ tis Love refin 'd ;", "‘ Tis something more than Love , ‘ tis what I wou 'd", "Shew to my Palante .", "I know not , but I long to quit this Place ,", "My Thoughts seem to divine of Treachery ,", "But whence I know not ; no Creature 's conscious", "To our meeting here but Laura ; I have always", "Found her honest , and yet I would she did not know it .", "My Sadness does proceed from Fear for thee ,", "Take your Friend 's Counsel , let us fly this Place .", "Hark ! What Noise is that ? ha me , we 're lost .", "Oh ! we are undone , wicked , wicked Laura .", "Yet do but hear me , Father .", "For you my Mother wou 'd have done as much :", "If Need had so required ;", "Think not that my Mind e'er stray 'd from Virtue ;", "Oh ! listen to the Voice of my Prayer , and Crown", "It with rich Mercy .", "Oh , stay blood-thirsty Men , stay and hear me", "But a Word , and that shall be my final Resolution .", "If thou , my cruel Father wilt not hear ,", "But dost proceed to spill the Blood of him", "In whom my Life subsists , remember , Sir ,", "I am your Daughter , once you did love me ;", "Oh ! tell me then , what Fault can be so great", "To make a Father murderer of his Child ?", "For so you are in taking his dear Life ;", "Do not think that I will stay behind him .", "No , whilst there 's Asps , and Knives , and burning Coals ;", "No Roman Dame 's Example shall outgo", "My Love .", "I too alike am guilty ;", "O let me share the Punishment with them ,", "Thou shalt not go alone , take me with thee ;", "Here are my willing Hands , quick bind ‘ em fast ,", "What to die ? Oh , never !", "I 'll clasp him like the last Remains of Life .", "Where 's my Palante , gone to death ? Oh Heav'n !", "Then shall I be mad , indeed ? what are you ,", "Officers of Justice ! I 'm ready , Sir .", "Attend me ! alas , I need no Attendance .", "All Service comes too late to miserable me ;", "My Fortune 's desperate grown .", "Oh ! ‘ tis most prodigious ;", "Cou 'd I lose Pity in a Father 's Breast ,", "And find it in a Stranger 's ? I shall not", "Live to thank you , Sir , but my best Prayers go", "With you .", "Surely this poor Man is nobly bred , howe'er", "His Habit speaks him .", "Who shall dare to make that Supplication ?", "My Father and the Count of Pirro rules ;", "Yet I wou 'd venture if I knew which Way .", "A thousand Blessings on you for your Care ,", "Yes , I will go , grant it ye Powers above ;", "If you had e'er regard to injur 'd Love :", "Teach me such Words as may his Pity move ;", "Let it pierce deep into his stony Heart ,", "In all my Sufferings make him feel a Part .", "Oh make him feel the Pangs of sharp Despair ,", "That he may know what wretched Lovers bear :", "My Sighs and Tears shall with Intreaties join ,", "That he would save Palante 's Life , or sentence mine :", "But if relentless to my Prayers he be ,", "And he must fall , then welcome Destiny .", "Fate does our Lives so close together twine ,", "Who cuts the Thread of his unravels mine .", "SCENE the Governor 's House .", "Pardon me , Sir , for pressing thus rudely", "On your Privacy , I know ‘ tis boldness .", "But I hope the Hour 's propitious to me ,", "Finding you alone , and free from Business ,", "I promise myself I shall be heard with Patience .", "Thus low I beg for poor Palante 's Life .", "Oh , Sir .", "If ever Pity touch 'd your gen'rous Breast ,", "If ever Virgin 's Tears had Power to move ,", "Or if you ever lov 'd and felt the Pangs", "That other Lovers do , pity , great Sir ,", "Pity and pardon two unhappy Lovers .", "If Palante dies , I cannot live , for we", "Have but one Heart , and can have but one Fate .", "Never till ——", "The gracious Word of Pardon raises me ,", "There 's Pity in your Eye , oh ! shew it , Sir !", "And say that he shall live , ‘ tis but a Word ,", "But oh , as welcome as the Breath of Life ,", "Why will you part two Hearts that Heav'n has join 'd ?", "He is my Husband , Sir , and I his wedded Wife .", "You cannot think the Thing I would not do .", "Speak , Sir , and lay it but in my Power ,", "And even beyond my Power I will attempt .", "If I were ever thankful unto Heav'n", "For all that I call mine , my Health and Being ,", "Cou 'd I then be unthankful unto you ,", "For a Gift I value more than those ?", "Without which all other Blessings will be tasteless .", "As far as I am capable I will ,", "Tho ’ I can ne'er make ample Satisfaction ,", "All my Services to you are Duty ,", "But to those Pow'rs above that can requite", "That from their Wasteless Treasure daily heap", "Rewards more out of Grace than merit on", "Us Mortals ;", "To those I 'll pray that they wou 'd give you , Sir ,", "More Blessings than I have Skill to ask .", "Oh ! name it , Sir , that ——", "Swift as the Arrow from the Archer 's Hand", "My trembling Feet may fly to save him ,", "Oh ! you have rais 'd me from the Gulph of Grief", "To that blest comfortable Region , Hope ,", "My Senses all dance in the Cirque of Joy .", "My ravish 'd Heart leaps up to hear your Words ,", "And seems as ‘ twou 'd come forth to thank you .", "Say , how , how shall I save him ?", "Oh ! unexpected Turn of rigid Fate ,", "Cruel , Sir , far more cruel than my Father .", "Why did you raise me to a Height of Joy ?", "To sink me in a Moment down again ,", "In what a sad Dilemma stands my Choice ,", "Either to wed the Man my Soul most loaths ,", "Or see him die for whom alone I live .", "To break my sacred Vows to Heav'n and him ,", "To save a Life which he would scorn to take", "On Terms like those , name any Thing but that ,", "You are more just than to enforce my Will ,", "Why should I marry one I cannot love ,", "And sure I am I cannot love Count Pirro ,", "Love him ! no , I shou 'd detest and loath him .", "The Cause that made him mine , wou 'd hourly add", "Fresh Matter for my Hate .", "Oh ! I am miserable .", "I shou 'd be such if I shou 'd save him thus .", "Since you have swore not to save him upon", "Other Terms , I 'll shew a duteous Cruelty", "And rather follow him in Death than so", "To buy his Life , no , I despise the Price .", "Why do I breathe my Woes , or beg for Mercy here ;", "Or hope to find plain Honesty in Courts ?", "No , their Ears are always stopp 'd against Justice ,", "Avarice and Pride supplies the Place of Pity .", "So may just Heav'n when you for Mercy sue ,", "As you have pitied me so pardon you .", "SCENE Count Gravello 's House .", "Faithful Irus how shall I reward thee ?", "Ha ! see where stands Palante and his Friend !", "Oh ! lead me Irus , quickly , lead me back ,", "Else I shall grow a Statue at this Sight :", "Not all the frightful Noise of Chains we 've past ,", "And meagre Looks of Wretches in Despair ,", "Are half so terrible as this .", "Oh ! Palante !", "O ! I had dy 'd e'er seen this fatal Hour ;", "But this good Man pursu 'd with Care my Steps ,", "And stop 'd my Hand , which else had giv'n the Blow ,", "When first I heard the sad and dreadful News ,", "That thou , Palante , wer't condemn 'd to die .", "Fly Irus , fly , and bring us instant Word .", "Oh ! my aking Brain is near Distraction ;", "For much I fear there is no Help for me .", "What Comfort 's in this late Discovery found ?", "Will the Greatness of thy Race protect thee ?", "Virtue and ev'ry Good was thine before ;", "Yet the cruel Pow'rs are deaf to all my Prayers :", "Nor will thy Merit plead with angry Heav'n ,", "To ward the Stroke , and save thy precious Life .", "Oh Greatness ! thou vain and vap'rish Shew ,", "That , like a Mist , dazzles the Eyes of Men ,", "And as the Fogs destroy the Body 's Health ,", "That poisons deep , and gangrenes in the Soul ;", "But seldom 's found t ’ assist the virtuous Man .", "Thou wert ——", "As dear to these desiring Eyes before ,", "And honour 'd full as much in this poor Heart .", "Oh ! I cou 'd curse the Separating Cause ,", "And wish Lucasia never had been born .", "Long Life ; no , rather wish me sudden Death ,", "To rid me of my Cares , and that Way give me Ease .", "Ha ! I 'm seiz 'd with an unusual Terror , Fear", "And Horror swim in Shades of Night around ,", "How sad and dreadful are these Prison Walls !", "Thy Voice seems hollow too , and Face looks pale .", "Oh ! my Palante , my Heart ——", "Throbs , as if the Strings of Life were breaking .", "Oh ! Heav'n help me .", "Stand off , and touch me not : No , I will stay with thee .", "Do not push me from thee , my dear Palante ;", "For I shall die apace , and go before .", "Oh ! all ye Maids that now are crown 'd above ;", "Did any feel , like me , the Wrecks of Love ?", "By Tempests torn from my dear Husband 's Side ,", "And made a Widow , when I 'm scarce a Bride .", "SCENE the Governor 's House .", "I have no Father , nor ever had that I remember , but born and destin 'd for an out-cast Wretch , and curst to ruin a most noble Husband : Oh he was the Pride of the Sicilian Youths , and Glory of the World ; but he is dead , or doom 'd to die , and that 's alike distracting .", "Proceed , dear Irus .", "Oh , Irus , Eugenio , Palante , where am I ?", "Sure such Hours as these give us a Taste of Immortality .", "Cousin , I wish you Joy , as large a Share as I possess , and Fate itself can give no more ." ]

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[ "Well , but you 're the quiet one , surely !Glory be to God , I 'd not know a soul was alive in the room , barrin ’ myself . What is it you 're at , Mary , that there 's not a word out of you ?", "It 's the dead spit and image of your sister Eileen you are , with your nose always in a book ; and you 're like your mother , too , God rest her soul .It 's Nora and Tom has the high spirits in them like their father ; and Billy , too ,— if he is a lazy , shiftless divil — has the fightin ’ Carmody blood like me . You 're a Cullen like your mother 's people . They always was dreamin ’ their lives out .There 's no good in too many books , I 'll tell you . It 's out rompin ’ and playin ’ with your brother and sister you ought to be at your age , not carin ’ a fig for books .Is that auld fool of a doctor stayin ’ the night ? If he had his wits about him he 'd know in a jiffy ‘ tis only a cold has taken Eileen , and give her the medicine . Run out in the hall , Mary , and see if you hear him . He may have sneaked away by the front door .", "Close the door , ye little divil ! There 's a freezin ’ draught comin ’ in .It 's mad I am to be thinkin ’ he 'd go without gettin ’ his money — the like of a doctor !Rogues and thieves they are , the lot of them , robbin ’ the poor like us ! I 've no use for their drugs at all . They only keep you sick to pay more visits . I 'd not have sent for this bucko if Eileen did n't scare me by faintin ’ .", "If she is , it 's her own fault entirely — weakenin ’ her health by readin ’ here in the house . This 'll be a lesson for her , and for you , too .Put down that book on the table and leave it be . I 'll have no more readin ’ in this house , or I 'll take the strap to you !", "No back talk ! Pictures or not , it 's all the same mopin ’ and lazin ’ in it .It 's the bad luck I 've been havin ’ altogether this last year since your mother died . Who 's to do the work and look after Nora and Tom and yourself , if Eileen is bad took and has to stay in her bed ? I 'll have to get Mrs. Brennan come look after the house . That means money , too , and where 's it to come from ? All that I 've saved from slavin ’ and sweatin ’ in the sun with a gang of lazy Dagoes 'll be up the spout in no time .What a fool a man is to be raisin ’ a raft of children and him not a millionaire !Mary , dear , it 's a black curse God put on me when he took your mother just when I needed her most .What are you sniffin ’ at ?", "It 's late you are with your tears , and her cold in her grave for a year . Stop it , I 'm tellin ’ you !", "Ah , here you are , the lot of you . Shut that door after you ! What 's the use in me spendin ’ money for coal if all you do is to let the cold night in the room itself ?", "You did , darlin ’ , and fair , too .Sure it 's you can beat the divil himself !", "Did you get the plug for me I told you ?", "It 's a great wonder you did n't forget it — and me without a chew .", "Shut your big mouth ! What is the matter with you at all ?", "Shut up your noise ! Go up to bed , the two of you , and no more talk , and you go with them , Mary .", "Hush your noise , you soft , weak thing , you ! It 's nothin ’ but blubberin ’ you do be doin ’ all the time .I 'll have a moment 's peace , I will ! Off to bed with you before I get the strap ! It 's crazy mad you all get the moment Eileen 's away from you . Go on , now !And be quiet or I 'll be up to you !", "No . The doctor 's with her yet .Yes , go in to her , Nora . It 'll drive himself out of the house maybe , bad cess to him , and him stayin ’ half the night .The rheumatics are in my leg again .If Eileen 's in bed long those brats 'll have the house down .", "It 's a cold only she has .Your poor mother died of the same .Ara , well , it 's God 's will , I suppose , but where the money 'll come from , I dunno .They 'll not be raisin ’ your wages soon , I 'll be bound .", "Five dollars a week — for a strappin ’ lad the like of you ! It 's shamed you should be to own up to it . A divil of a lot of good it was for me to go against Eileen 's wish and let you leave off your schoolin ’ this year like you wanted , thinkin ’ the money you 'd earn at work would help with the house .", "Nor any other place , I 'm thinkin ’ , you 're that thick ,Whisht ! It 's the doctor comin ’ down from Eileen . What 'll he say , I wonder ?Aw , Doctor , and how 's Eileen now ? Have you got her cured of the weakness ?", "You take them , Billy , and run round to the drug store .", "How much will they come to , Doctor ?", "A dollar ! Sure it 's expensive medicines you 're givin ’ her for a bit of a cold .Bring back the change — if there is any . And none of your tricks , for I 'll stop at the drug store myself to-morrow and ask the man how much it was .", "Take a chair , Doctor , and tell me what 's wrong with Eileen .", "Aw , Doctor , did n't I know you 'd be sayin ’ that , anyway !", "Too-ber-c'losis ?", "Consumption ? Eileen ?What lie is it you 're tellin ’ me ?", "Do n't be angry , now , at what I said . Sure I 'm out of my wits entirely . Eileen to have the consumption ! Ah , Doctor , sure you must be mistaken !", "It 's a bad cold only , maybe .", "God blast it !", "Is it sendin ’ Eileen away to a hospital you 'd be ?Then you 'll not ! You 'll get that notion out of your head damn quick . It 's all nonsense you 're stuffin ’ me with , and lies , makin ’ things out to be the worst in the world . I 'll not believe a word of Eileen having the consumption at all . It 's doctors ’ notions to be always lookin ’ for a sickness that 'd kill you . She 'll not move a step out of here , and I say so , and I 'm her father !", "I do .", "Report all you like , and be damned to you !", "Ara , Doctor , you do n't see the way of it at all . If Eileen goes to the hospital , who 's to be takin ’ care of the others , and mindin ’ the house when I 'm off to work ?", "Hire ? D'you think I 'm a millionaire itself ?", "But where 's the money comin ’ from ?", "Seven dollars ! And I 'll have to pay a woman to come in — and the four of the children eatin ’ their heads off ! Glory be to God , I 'll not have a penny saved for me old age — and then it 's the poor-house !", "Ah , doctor , it 's the truth I 'm tellin ’ you !", "Ah , Doctor , thank you .", "I 'll do my best for Eileen , if it 's needful — and you 'll not be tellin ’ them people about it at all , Doctor ?", "And they 'll pay the half , surely ?", "God bless you , Doctor !It 's the whole of it they ought to be payin ’ , I 'm thinkin ’ , and them with bags of money . ‘ Tis them builds the hospitals and why should they be wantin ’ the poor like me to support them ?", "You 'll be comin ’ again tomorrow ?Leave it to the likes of you to be drainin ’ a man dry .", "Who 'll it be ? Ah , it 's Fred Nicholls , maybe .Eileen 's young man , Doctor , that she 's engaged to marry , as you might say .", "I had a mind to phone to your house , but I was n't wishful to disturb you , knowin ’ you 'd be comin ’ to call to-night .", "Ah , who knows ? Here 's the doctor . You 've not met him ?", "It 's Doctor Gaynor . This is Fred Nicholls , Doctor .Sit down , Fred , that 's a good lad , and be talkin ’ to the Doctor a moment while I go upstairs and see how is Eileen . She 's all alone up there .", "I will so .", "Has he gone away ?", "Oho , he did , did he ? Maybe I 'll surprise him . I 'm thinkin ’ it 's lyin ’ he is about Eileen 's sickness , and her lookin ’ as fresh as a daisy with the high colour in her cheeks when I saw her now .", "Did he now , the auld monkey ! Small thanks to him to be tellin ’ our secrets to the town .", "Ara , do n't be talkin ’ ! That 's no secret at all with the whole town watchin ’ Eileen and you spoonin ’ together from the time you was kids .", "To hell with the town and all in it ! I 've troubles enough of my own . So he told you he 'd send Eileen away to the hospital ? I 've half a mind not to let him — and let him try to make me !But Eileen herself says she 's wantin ’ to go , now .It 's all that divil 's notion he put in her head that the children 'd be catchin ’ her sickness that makes her willin ’ to go .", "He 's a divil . But what can he do — him and his Sasiety ? I 'm her father .", "Ah , divil take him ! Let him send her where he wants , then . I 'll not be sayin ’ a word .", "Whisht ! She might hear you . But you 're right . Let her do what she 's wishful to , and get well soon .", "You 're not goin ’ ? Sure , Eileen is puttin ’ on her clothes to come down and have a look at you . She 'll be here in a jiffy . Sit down now , and wait for her .", "You 'll be stayin ’ a while now , Fred ? I 'll take a walk down the road . I 'm needin ’ a drink to clear my wits .", "Sure who would n't get drunk with all the sorrows of the world piled on him ?", "I 'll be havin ’ a nip now we 're alone , and that cacklin ’ hen gone . I 'm feelin ’ sick in the pit of the stomach .", "Ah , I 'm not mindin ’ a man at all . Sure I 'll bet it 's himself would be likin ’ a taste of the same .", "A sick one , and him readin ’ a book like a dead man without a civil word out of him ! It 's queer they 'd be allowin ’ the sick ones to read books , when I 'll bet it 's the same lazy readin ’ in the house brought the half of them down with the consumption itself .I 'm thinking this whole shebang is a big , thievin ’ fake — and I 've always thought so .", "I 'll put it back when I 'm ready , not before , and no lip from you !", "Drunk , am I ? Is it the like of a young jackass like you that 's still wet behind the ears to be tellin ’ me I 'm drunk ?", "It 's a grand hotel this is , I 'm thinkin ’ , for the rich to be takin ’ their ease , and not a hospital for the poor , but the poor has to pay for it .", "Do n't be shshin ’ at me ? I 'm tellin ’ you the truth . I 'd make Eileen come back out of this to-night if that divil of a doctor did n't have me by the throat .", "Is it anxious to get out of her sight you are , and you engaged to marry and pretendin ’ to love her ?Sure , it 's no heart at all you have — and her your sweetheart for years — and her sick with the consumption — and you wild to run away from her and leave her alone .", "Go to hell , for all I 'm preventin ’ . You 've got no guts of a man in you .Is it true you 're one of the consumptives , young fellow ?", "My name 's Carmody . What 's yours , then ?", "Irish as Paddy 's pig !I 'm glad to be knowin ’ you 're one of us . You can keep an eye on Eileen . That 's my daughter that came with us . She 's got consumption like yourself .", "Thanks to you — though it 's a grand life she 'll be havin ’ here from the fine look of the place .It 's me it 's hard on , God help me , with four small children and me widowed , and havin ’ to hire a woman to come in and look after them and the house now that Eileen 's sick ; and payin ’ for her curin ’ in this place , and me with only a bit of money in the bank for my old age . That 's hard , now , on a man , and who 'll say it is n't ?", "I 'll make you acquainted . Eileen !This is Mr. Murray , Eileen . I want you to meet . He 's Irish and he 'll put you on to the ropes of the place . He 's got the consumption , too , God pity him .", "Oho , here you are again .I thought Fred was slidin ’ down hill to the train with his head bare to the frost , and him so desperate hurried to get away from here . Look at the knees on him clappin ’ together with the cold , and with the great fear that 's in him he 'll be catchin ’ a sickness in this place !", "I 'll be goin ’ . Keep your eye on her . I 'll be out soon to see her and you and me 'll have another talk .", "Has n't she brought up brats of her own , and does n't she know the way of it ? Do n't be worryin ’ now , like a fool .", "You 'd better not . Leave her alone . She 'll not wish you mixin ’ in with her work and tellin ’ her how to do it .", "A cold kiss ! And never a small tear out of her ! Is your heart a stone ?And your own father going back to a lone house with a stranger in it !", "I 'm off , then ! Come on , Fred . It 's no welcome we have with her here in this place — and a great curse on this day I brought her to it !", "We 'll try to put life in her spirits , God help her .Wo n't we , Maggie ?", "We 'll not say a word of it .", "Would you have me raisin ’ a shindy when Eileen 's leavin ’ here in a day or more ? What 'd be the use ?", "Catch them ! It 's a good thing she 's clearin ’ out of this , and her worse off after them curin ’ her eight months than she was when she came . She 'll maybe get well in the new place .", "Whisht ! Do n't be blamin ’ a sick girl .", "About what ?", "Yes — I disremembered she did n't know . I 'll have to tell her , surely .", "You 'll not , now ! Keep your mouth out of this and your rough tongue ! I tell you I 'll tell her .", "Eileen .", "Ah , Eileen , sure it 's a sight for sore eyes to see you again !How are you now ? Sure it 's the picture of health you 're lookin ’ .", "Is the pain bad , Eileen ?", "Do n't be talking of the trip . Sure we 're glad to take it to get a sight of you . It 's three months since I 've had a look at you , and I was anxious . Why have n't you written a line to us ? You could do that without trouble , surely . Do n't you ever think of us at all any more ?You 're not asking a bit of news from home . I 'm thinkin ’ the people out here have taken all the thought of us out of your head . We 're all well , thank God . I 've another good job on the streets from Murphy and one that 'll last a long time , praise be ! I 'm needin ’ it surely , with all the expenses — but no matter . Billy had a raise from his old skinflint of a boss a month back . He 's gettin ’ seven a week now and proud as a turkey . He was comin ’ out with us to-day , but he 'd a date with his girl . Sure , he 's got a girl now , the young bucko ! What d'you think of him ? It 's old Malloy 's girl he 's after — the pop-eyed one with glasses , you remember — as ugly as a blind sheep , only he do n't think so . He said to give you his love .And Tom and Nora was comin ’ out too , but Father Fitz had some doin 's or other up to the school , and he told them to be there , so they would n't come with us , but they sent their love to you , too . They 're growin ’ so big you 'd not know them . Tom 's no good at the school . He 's like Billy was . I 've had to take the strap to him often . He 's always playin ’ hooky and roamin ’ the streets . And Nora .There 's the divil for you ! Up to everything she is and no holdin ’ her high spirits . As pretty as a picture , and the smartest girl in her school , Father Fitz says . Am I lyin ’ , Maggie ?", "Ah , do n't be talkin ’ ! She 'll know more than the lot of us before she 's grown even .Are you sick , Eileen , that you 're keepin ’ your eyes shut without a word out of you ?", "And who else is there , let me think ? Oh , Mary — she 's the same as ever , you can see for yourself .", "She 's grown , you mean ? I suppose . You 'd notice , not seeing her so long ?", "Half-past four , a bit after .", "Eileen .", "Ca n't you open your eyes on me ? It 's like talkin ’ to myself I am .", "It 's this , Eileen — me and Maggie — Mrs. Brennan , that is — we ——", "Not goin ’ to . It 's done .", "Two weeks back we were , by Father Fitz .", "Is that a proper way to be treatin ’ your father , Eileen , after what I 've told you ? Have you no heart in you at all ? Is it nothin ’ to you you 've a good , kind woman now for mother ?", "Will you shut your gab ?", "Shut your gab , I 'm saying !", "Wait a bit , Maggie . I 'm comin ’ .Is your last word a cruel one to me this day , Eileen ?", "There 's something wrong in the whole of this — that I can n't make out .And I 'll get drunk this night — dead , rotten drunk !I 'll get drunk this night , I 'm sayin ’ ! I 'll get drunk if my soul roasts for it — and no one in the whole world is strong enough to stop me !" ]

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[ "Thus far in safety . All is hush . Our subtle air of France quickens not the temperament of the enemy . These phlegmatic English snore out the night , in as gross heaviness as when their senses stagnate in their own native fogs , where stupor lies like lead upon them ,— which the muddy rogues call sleep . We have nearly passed the entrenchments ;— the day breaks .— La Gloire !", "Where did you direct our mariners to meet us , with the boat ?", "Vague booby ! at what point ?", "East of the town :— I have mark 'd it .", "And , till they give the signal , here , if there be aught of safety to be picked from danger , is the least dangerous spot to tarry for them . We are here full early .", "Think , La Gloire , on the distress of our countrymen — the inhabitants perishing with hunger .", "Pr'ythee , no more objections .", "Well , well , I know thy zeal .", "Peace ! Remember your duty to me ; to your country .", "Yet , out , alas ! I mock myself to name it .", "Did not these rugged battlements of Calais ;", "This tomb , yet safeguard of its citizens ,", "Which shuts the sword out , and locks hunger in ;", "Did not these walls — like Vulcan 's swarthy arms ,", "Clasping sweet beauty 's queen — encircle now ,", "Within their cold and ponderous embrace ,", "The fair , yet , ah ! I fear , the fickle Julia ,", "My sluggish zeal would lack the spur to rouse it .", "This enterprise may yet regain her .", "Once she was kind ; until her father 's policy ,", "Nourish 'd in courts , stepp 'd in , and check 'd her love .", "Yet ‘ twas not love ; for true love knows no check :", "There is no skill in Cupid 's archery ,", "When duty heals a love-wound .", "No more ! mark me , La Gloire ! As your officer , I may command you onward : but , in respect to your early attachment , your faithful service , ere you followed me to the army , if your mind misgive you in this undertaking , you have my leave to retreat .", "I say , you are free to return .", "No , La Gloire ,— I ——", "‘ Sdeath , villain ! how dare your slanderous tongue to — but ‘ tis plain — ‘ tis for thy own wretched sake thou art thus anxious — drivelling coward !", "Well , well , La Gloire , I may have been hasty : I ——", "‘ Sdeath , blockhead ! we shall be discovered .", "Peace ! I command you , La Gloire ! I command you , as your officer .", "Then move not :— here , sir , on this spot .", "Speak not , for your life !", "Obey !", "Ha ! the signal ! the morning breaks :— they arrive in the very nick . Now then , La Gloire , for the enterprize . Why does not the blockhead stir ?— Well , well , my good fellow ! I have been harsh : but — not yet ?— Pshaw ! this military enforcement has acted like a spell upon him .— How to dissolve it ?—— Again !—— Come , come , La Gloire ! I — dull dolt !— I have it :—— March !", "Yet , hear me , Julia ——", "Is then the path of duty so precise ,", "That ‘ twill not for a little deviate ?", "Sweet , let it wind , and bend to recollection .", "Think on our oaths ; yes , lady , they are mutual :—", "You said you loved ; I treasured the confession ,", "As misers hoard their gold : nay , ‘ twas my all .—", "Think not I chatter in the idle school", "Of whining coxcombs , where despair and death", "Are words of course ; I swell not fancied ills", "With windy eloquence : no , trust me , Julia ,", "I speak in honest , simple suffering :", "And disappointment , in my life 's best hope ,", "So feeds upon my life , and wears me inward ,", "That I am nearly spirit-broken .", "Yes , court policy ;", "Time-serving zeal : tame , passive , blind , obedience", "To the stern will of power ; which doth differ", "As wide from true , impulsive loyalty ,", "As puppet work from nature . O , I would", "The time were come !— our enemy , the English ,", "Bid fairest first to show a bright example ;", "When , ‘ twixt the ruler and the ruled , affection", "Shall be reciprocal : when majesty", "Shall gather strength from mildness ; and the subject", "Shall look with duteous love upon his sovereign ,", "As the child eyes its father . Now , by Heaven !", "Old John de Vienne is turn 'd a temporiser ;", "Making his daughter the poor topmost round", "Of his vile ladder to preferment . ‘ Sdeath !", "And you to suffer this ! O , fie , fie , Julia !", "‘ Twould show more noble in you to lay bare", "Your mind 's inconstancy , than thus to keep", "The semblance of a passion ; meanly veiling", "Your broken faith with the excuse of duty .", "Out o n't ! ‘ tis shallow — you ne'er loved .", "Stay , stay , and listen to me . Gone ! and thus too !", "And have I lost thee — and for ever , Julia ?", "Now do I look on life as the worn mariner ,", "Stretching his eyes o'er seas immeasurable ,", "And all is drear and comfortless . Henceforward ,", "My years will be one void ; day roll on day ,", "In sameness infinite , without a hope", "To chequer the sad prospect . O ! if death", "Came yoked with honour to me , I could , now ,", "Embrace it with as warm and willing rapture ,", "As mothers clasp their infants .", "Enter LA GLOIRE .", "Now , La Gloire ! what is the news ?", "What is't ?", "I guessed as much .", "What are they ?", "Who ?", "Who , La Gloire ?", "Eustache !", "Why , I am courted to't .— The time , example ,", "Do woo me to my very wish .— Come hither .", "Two , it should seem , are wanting , to complete", "The little band of those brave men , who die", "To save their fellows .", "Mark me , La Gloire : and see , that you obey me ,", "Ev'n to the very letter of my orders .", "They are the last , perhaps , my honest fellow ,", "I e'er shall give thee . Seek thy father out ,", "And tell him this from me : his gallant bearing", "Doth school his betters ; I have studied o'er", "His noble lesson , and have learnt my duty .", "Say , he will find me in the market-place ,", "Disguised in humble seeming ; and I fain", "Would pass for one allied to him : and thence —", "Dost mark me well ?— I will along with him ,", "Ev'n hand in hand , to death .", "Pr'ythee , no more , La Gloire ? I am resolved ;—", "My purpose fix 'd . It would be bitter to thee ,", "To see me die in anger with thee : therefore ,", "Do thou my bidding ; close thy service up ,", "In duty to my will . Go , find thy father ;", "I will prepare within the while .— Obey me ,—", "Or the last look from thy expiring master ,", "Darting reproach , shall burst thy heart in twain .", "Mark , and be punctual !", "I pr'ythee , peace , Eustache ! I fain would ‘ scape", "Observance from the rabble . Hurry o'er", "This irksome march ; and straightway to the camp .", "Shame ! I shall burst !— the dregs !——", "A man :— let that content you , sir !— ‘ Tis blood", "You crave ,— and with an appetite so keen ,", "‘ Tis strange to find you nice about its quality .", "But for this slave ,", "Who thus has dared belie me , did not circumstance", "Rein in my wish —", "— now , by my soul ! I 'd crush the reptile", "Beneath my feet ; now , while his poisonous tongue", "Is darting forth its venom 'd slander on me .", "Truly , sir ,", "‘ Tis waste of royal breath to make this stir ,", "For one , whom some few minutes hence your sentence", "Must sink to nothing . Henceforth I am dumb", "To all interrogation .", "Heaven !— my Julia !", "Art thou then true ?— O give me utterance !", "Now , fortune , do thy worst !—" ]

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[ "For God 's sake , a pot of small ale .", "I am Christophero Sly ; call not me ‘ honour ’ nor ‘ lordship . ’ I ne'er drank sack in my life ; and if you give me any conserves , give me conserves of beef . Ne'er ask me what raiment I 'll wear , for I have no more doublets than backs , no more stockings than legs , nor no more shoes than feet - nay , sometime more feet than shoes , or such shoes as my toes look through the overleather .", "What , would you make me mad ? Am not I Christopher Sly , old Sly 's son of Burton Heath ; by birth a pedlar , by education a cardmaker , by transmutation a bear-herd , and now by present profession a tinker ? Ask Marian Hacket , the fat ale-wife of Wincot , if she know me not ; if she say I am not fourteen pence on the score for sheer ale , score me up for the lying'st knave in", "Am I a lord and have I such a lady ?", "Or do I dream ? Or have I dream 'd till now ?", "I do not sleep : I see , I hear , I speak ;", "I smell sweet savours , and I feel soft things .", "Upon my life , I am a lord indeed ,", "And not a tinker , nor Christopher Sly .", "Well , bring our lady hither to our sight ;", "And once again , a pot o ’ th ’ smallest ale .", "These fifteen years ! by my fay , a goodly nap . But did I never speak of all that time ?", "Ay , the woman 's maid of the house .", "Now , Lord be thanked for my good amends !", "I thank thee ; thou shalt not lose by it .", "Marry , I fare well ; for here is cheer enough . Where is my wife ?", "Are you my wife , and will not call me husband ? My men should call me ‘ lord ’ ; I am your goodman .", "I know it well . What must I call her ?", "Al'ce madam , or Joan madam ?", "Madam wife , they say that I have dream 'd", "And slept above some fifteen year or more .", "‘ Tis much . Servants , leave me and her alone .", "Ay , it stands so that I may hardly tarry so long . But I would be loath to fall into my dreams again . I will therefore tarry in despite of the flesh and the blood .", "Marry , I will ; let them play it . Is not a comonty a", "Christmas gambold or a tumbling-trick ?", "What , household stuff ?", "Well , we 'll see't . Come , madam wife , sit by my side and let the world slip ; - we shall ne'er be younger .A flourish of trumpets announces the play", "Yes , by Saint Anne do I . A good matter , surely ; comes there any more of it ?", "‘ Tis a very excellent piece of work , madam lady", "Would ‘ twere done !" ]

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[ "Here , master ; what cheer ?", "Heigh , my hearts ! cheerly , cheerly , my hearts ! yare , yare ! Take in the topsail . Tend to th ’ master 's whistle . Blow till thou burst thy wind , if room enough .", "I pray now , keep below .", "Do you not hear him ? You mar our labour ; keep your cabins ; you do assist the storm .", "When the sea is . Hence ! What cares these roarers for the name of king ? To cabin ! silence ! Trouble us not .", "None that I more love than myself . You are counsellor ; if you can command these elements to silence , and work the peace of the present , we will not hand a rope more . Use your authority ; if you cannot , give thanks you have liv 'd so long , and make yourself ready in your cabin for the mischance of the hour , if it so hap. - Cheerly , good hearts ! - Out of our way , I say .", "Down with the topmast . Yare , lower , lower ! Bring her to try wi ’ th ’ maincourse .A plague upon this howling ! They are louder than the weather or our office .Yet again ! What do you here ? Shall we give o'er , and drown ? Have you a mind to sink ?", "Work you , then .", "Lay her a-hold , a-hold ; set her two courses ; off to sea again ; lay her off .", "What , must our mouths be cold ?", "The best news is that we have safely found", "Our King and company ; the next , our ship-", "Which but three glasses since we gave out split-", "Is tight and yare , and bravely rigg 'd , as when", "We first put out to sea .", "If I did think , sir , I were well awake ,", "I 'd strive to tell you . We were dead of sleep ,", "And-how , we know not-all clapp 'd under hatches ;", "Where , but even now , with strange and several noises", "Of roaring , shrieking , howling , jingling chains ,", "And moe diversity of sounds , all horrible ,", "We were awak 'd ; straightway at liberty ;", "Where we , in all her trim , freshly beheld", "Our royal , good , and gallant ship ; our master", "Cap'ring to eye her . On a trice , so please you ,", "Even in a dream , were we divided from them ,", "And were brought moping hither ." ]

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[ "Why the dickens didn ’ t you tell me last night , Angela ?", "Upon my soul , I don ’ t know what you mean . It ’ s incomprehensible to me that you should have slept like a top . I couldn ’ t have closed my eyes the whole night .", "I should have thought I had enough to do without being pestered with a foolish woman ’ s matrimonial difficulties .", "Really , Angela , I must beg you not to make this a subject of flippancy .", "Do ? What do you expect me to do ? You tell me that Kate came home at twelve o ’ clock last night without a stitch of clothing ....", "In a ball dress , with an opera cloak on — without her luggage , without even a dressing-case — and informs you that she ’ s left her husband .... It ’ s absurd .", "And when ’ s she going home ?", "She ’ s not going to stay here ?", "And George ?", "You don ’ t suppose her husband ’ s going to put up with this nonsense ? Has he made no sign ?", "Why a toothbrush ?", "Well , that shows he doesn ’ t look upon the matter as serious . Of course , it was a whim on Kate ’ s part . Luckily he ’ s coming here this morning ....", "Yes , he promised to fetch me in his car . We ’ re going to drive down to the City together . I ’ ll bring him in , and meanwhile you can talk to Kate . I dare say she ’ s thought better of it already . It only wants a little tact , and we can settle the whole thing . George is clever enough to have given some plausible explanation to the servants .", "Why not ?", "Angela , for goodness ’ sake don ’ t try to be bright and amusing .", "You don ’ t mean to say you think Kate will refuse to go back to her husband ?", "But what reasons does she give ? Why did she say she left him ?", "Well , she must go back to her husband .", "Because a woman ’ s place is by her husband ’ s side , Angela . You know just as well as I do that I can ’ t afford to quarrel with George Winter . I ’ m chairman of half a dozen of his companies . The position would be intolerable . I should be expected to take Kate ’ s side if she were right or wrong .", "No , not exactly .", "We ’ re mixed up together in any number of business undertakings , and naturally we have a sort of running account . If we settled up I dare say I should have to find something like fifteen thousand pounds .", "Yes , I did , but the fact is , we ’ ve been very badly hit lately . Practically all our interests are in Central America , and we couldn ’ t foresee that there ’ d be a revolution there .", "Oh , I knew you ’ d blame me . And I suppose you ’ ll blame me because a confounded earthquake smashed up one of our railways .", "That ’ s just it . It would be devilish awkward . And George is in a confounded tight place too .", "You must talk to her seriously , Angela . You must tell her that her behaviour is outrageous .", "Be so good as to sit down , Catherine .", "I want to talk to you . Your mother and I have sent for you ....Now what does all this mean ? It ’ s ridiculous nonsense . You ’ re surely old enough to have learnt a little self-control .", "Am I to understand that what your mother tells me is true ?", "You ’ ve never complained before of George ’ s behaviour .", "Why have you never said a word to your mother about it ? I can ’ t imagine why you shouldn ’ t get on with George . I don ’ t suppose you ’ ve ever expressed a whim that he hasn ’ t gratified . Your allowance is princely . Your pearls are the envy of every woman in London .", "Then what have you got to complain of ?", "Well , Angela ?", "I suppose he ’ s been flirting with two or three pretty women .", "That ’ s the kind of thing a tactful woman must close her eyes to . You ’ re a woman of the world , Kate . You know what men are . You must extend a certain degree of licence to a man of George Winter ’ s temperament .", "But you can ’ t divorce him . You ’ ve accused him of nothing but infidelity . You can ’ t be so ignorant of the law ....", "Well , of course there are always two sides to every question .", "Eh , very well . Perhaps you can do something with her . Tell her what it means if she persists . I suppose I shall find the Times in the library .", "My dear , I was hoping that after a talk with your mother you ’ d have ....", "Macdonald is George ’ s expert . He ’ s the soundest man in the profession .", "Well , Catherine , I hope you ’ ve thought better of things .", "What the deuce can he want ?", "No , let him come up . Perhaps it ’ s something important , and he ’ ll want to see me too .", "He ’ s the secretary of two or three of our companies . He manages the office and that sort of thing .", "I don ’ t know about that . I flatter myself I ’ m worth my salt .", "Nothing has happened , Mr. Bennett ?", "Of course not .", "Nothing serious , I hope , George ?", "I really can ’ t stand my room any longer . And I can walk quite well now .", "O ’ Farrell ’ s an idiot .", "That little joke of", "Angela ’ s didn ’ t quite come off .", "Or Eve !", "I remember that little woman quite well . Not much to look at . I wondered at the time what Perigal saw in her .", "No , dear . Are you going out ?", "Oh !", "Ah , Mr. Bennett , forgive me if I don ’ t get up .", "Is anything the matter ?", "I ?", "Ah yes , of course . George didn ’ t mention it . I suppose he wants me to sign cheques . I can do it just as well here as at the office . I expect Mr. Winter is in . Would you mind ringing ?", "By Jove , I ’ d forgotten all about them . I say , George , you made a mistake in letting them come .", "By the way , was it you who sent for Bennett ?", "Quite , thank you .", "I don ’ t feel it at the moment .", "Ah , that ’ s good news . Now we can get to work at once .", "Yes , hand it over , Bennett . This is really a thrilling moment . I believe", "I ’ m going to make my fortune at last .", "Impressive document , isn ’ t it ?", "Upon my soul , I don ’ t know why Macdonald can ’ t put it into plain English ?", "I must honestly confess that I don ’ t quite grasp what he means .", "Ah !", "You ’ re — you ’ re joking !", "Then ....", "Is this true , Mr. Bennett ?", "My God ! What ’ s to be done now ?", "I ?", "We must just pocket our loss .", "The slump must come to an end soon .", "Then what the deuce is to be done ?", "It doesn ’ t mean that we smash up , George ?", "George , don ’ t play the fool now . I ’ ve put all my eggs in this basket . I thought I was going to be rich at last . I wanted to get out of the whole thing . I wanted to live quietly and comfortably .", "But isn ’ t that dishonest ?", "George !", "The public will find out there ’ s no gold there when you pay no dividends .", "But you say yourself it ’ s dishonest .", "What is that ?", "What d ’ you mean ?", "What are you talking about , George ?", "Well ?", "But I ’ ve never signed anything .", "Then my signature ’ s been forged .", "But I never looked at them . I didn ’ t know ....", "I shall go to the police .", "Mr. Bennett , you ’ ll testify that I never realized for a moment what I was doing . You told me they were purely formal documents . I saw George sign them . I added my signature without hesitation .", "That ’ s just what I want you to do .", "Oh , my God !", "You ’ ve tricked me . You ’ re a common swindler . In a month we may all be in prison .", "Well , I see my duty before me . I didn ’ t know , but now there can be no excuse for me . I must go to Scotland Yard at once . I shall make a clean breast of the whole thing .", "Every one will know that I ’ m incapable of such an act .", "I must do my duty .", "But nothing can be done . The mine ’ s worthless . How are we to raise eighty thousand pounds ?", "There ’ s no more chance of replacing them in six weeks than there is the day after to-morrow .", "Good God ! I ’ d forgotten Kate .", "You wouldn ’ t have got into such a mess with Kate if you hadn ’ t made such a damned fool of yourself . Why couldn ’ t you leave these women alone ?", "To go and tell my daughter that I ’ m a thief and a swindler , and throw myself on her mercy !", "I ’ ll see you damned first !", "What does he mean ?", "Good God ! Is that true , Mr. Bennett ?", "I never knew .", "My God !", "I ’ ll see you damned first .", "I tell you I won ’ t . And you can go to Hell !", "If I speak to her it ’ ll only be to tell her that you ’ re a rotten scoundrel , and it ’ s worth her while to put up with anything to be rid of you .", "For you and that dirty convict there .", "You miserable fellow , d ’ you think I shall try to escape my penalty ?", "I tell you I won ’ t . You ’ ve made a catspaw of me . And you thought you ’ d only got to say the word and I ’ d come to heel .", "I don ’ t want any mercy . You think you ’ ve got me tight . Don ’ t you know that I ’ ve got a way of escape whenever I choose to take it .", "That ’ s my business .", "I ’ m obliged to you for the permission .", "You have , a confounded mess .", "Get out of my way , you damned bounder .", "I wish you a pleasant time at Portland , gentlemen .", "What are you going to do ?", "You ’ re not going to see those fellows ?", "Oh , you needn ’ t think she ’ ll back you up in your confounded lies .", "Have you got something up your sleeve ?", "You ’ re counting on that ?", "I won ’ t say a word to move her .", "Perigal ?", "It ’ s very kind of you to say so .", "I think the whole thing ’ s damned impertinent .", "If he ’ s not there , you ’ d better try somewhere else .", "Oh , confound those trains .", "Good Lord , I ’ ve not slept for a week . They go on all night .", "If they did I suppose he wouldn ’ t come to this hotel .", "And his room ’ s practically on the line .", "Yes , it is . You just walk down a flight of steps into the garden , and there you are within twenty feet of the line .", "Don ’ t you know where he is , Colonel ?", "I wish to goodness you wouldn ’ t look so depressed , Mr. Swalecliffe .", "My Lord , I wish he ’ d come .", "It would be monstrous if people didn ’ t vote for him because of an article in a London newspaper .", "Ring up the Committee Rooms , Boyce , and ask if anything ’ s been heard of him .", "When do the London papers get here , Mr. Ford ?", "Why the devil don ’ t they bring them in ?", "I wonder what the other side are going to do when they hear this .", "It seems to me the whole thing has been about as disgracefully mismanaged as it could be .", "I ’ m not an election agent . It ’ s not my business .", "The whole article ?", "It ’ s infamous .", "I don ’ t know what the devil you mean by that . You seem to forget that you ’ re speaking of my son-in-law .", "He ’ d got everything fixed up by then .", "Well , you weren ’ t obliged to apply for shares , were you ?", "I can tell you there ’ s no harm in keeping a civil tongue in your head .", "It seems to me that you ’ ve bungled everything you could .", "Thank God , now we shall know the worst .", "The whole thing ’ s a pack of lies . It ’ s scandalous that such methods should be used to influence an election .", "D ’ you think it ’ ll interfere with the issue ?", "Can ’ t something be done to find Winter ?", "Hang it all , we can ’ t go on waiting , and waiting , and waiting . Isn ’ t there one of you who can do something ?", "Thank God .", "At last .", "We thought you were never coming .", "I didn ’ t see that .", "Couldn ’ t be better .", "Here ’ s Bennett .", "Good Lord .", "D ’ you mean our shares are falling , Mr. Bennett ?", "Is it all up with us , George ?", "They ’ ve found out the truth . It ’ s there in black and white that the wretched mine ’ s worthless .", "Ever since I knew I ’ ve scarcely closed my eyes at night . I wish I ’ d shot myself when you first told me .", "And the worst of it is ....At first I was overcome with the horror of it . But little by little I ’ ve got used to it , used to your being a thief and a swindler .", "And Bennett was a convict . It all seems quite natural now . And I can talk and laugh with you . And I eat by your side every day .", "There are always those missing bonds . They ’ re in my thoughts day and night .", "But will you be able to go to allotment ?", "George , I believe Ford is uneasy . I don ’ t trust him . Supposing he found out about the bonds ?", "You ’ ll never buy him .", "Take care of Ford , George .", "Sometimes I ’ m afraid , you ’ re so confident . It ’ s impossible a thing like this can end well .", "I wonder how many ruined lives will be sacrificed to give you all you want . You walk over dead bodies and broken hearts .", "What d ’ you mean ?", "But supposing ...?", "No , I was too anxious to stay any longer .", "Who can tell ? The seat has always been lost or held by a handful of votes .", "Winter , Morrison , Winter , Morrison . One vote on one side , one vote on the other . It seemed interminable .", "Who can tell the effect of all these rumours and suspicions and attacks ? They may just have made the difference . Oh , it ’ s maddening .", "Even George is anxious . I know his face so well . He ’ s trying to appear as if he were certain .", "Oh , my dear , will you ever forgive me ?", "The only hope we ’ ve got is to go on . If he gets in , if we can pull things together , we may get out of the muddle . He ’ s positive of it . The only thing that held me up was the thought of all of you . If I ’ d gone to the police there and then — or made away with myself , it would have meant the ruin of all of you .", "You think I was right , Kate , don ’ t you ? It wasn ’ t just cowardice on my part ?", "But if it was all in vain ? If he ’ s not able to float the company and the truth comes out , then I shall have sacrificed you for nothing .", "I believe if he wins the election he ’ ll be strong enough to force the issue on them .", "We ’ re going to buy the shares in when the tide turns in Central America . Things are looking brighter already . He ’ s promised me that no one shall lose a farthing . When that ’ s done I go . Oh , how thankful I shall be !", "I had to tell some one , and I couldn ’ t tell your mother .", "Thank God . The suspense was awful .", "Is he in ? Is he in ?", "If it ’ s all right , then we ’ re safe . I ’ m sure it ’ s the beginning of the turn .", "I expect they ’ re reading out the figures .", "Well , he ’ s in at all events .", "Thank God !", "It ’ s been an exciting day for all of us .", "Good-night .", "I say , what the devil ’ s all this row ? It ’ s bad enough to have the trains banging under one ’ s window all night long . Upon my soul .", "How the deuce should I know ?", "What on earth ’ s the matter with you , Kate ?", "Perhaps he ’ s gone for a walk ." ]

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[ "I believe I hear the Rogue . Who 's there ?", "Little better , Friend , I believe . Who fir 'd that Gun ?", "You lie , I believe .", "Come , come , Sirrah , confess ; you have shot one of the King 's", "Deer , have not you ?", "I am not bound to believe this , Friend . Pray who are you ? What 's your Name ?", "Name ! yes Name . Why you have a Name , have not you ? Where do you come from ? What is your Business here ?", "May be so ; but they are Questions no honest Man would be afraid to answer , I think : So if you can give no better Account of your self , I shall make bold to take you along with me , if you please .", "The King 's Authority , if I must give you an Account , Sir . I am John Cockle , the Miller of Mansfield , one of his Majesty 's Keepers in this Forest of Sherwood ; and I will let no suspected Fellow pass this Way that cannot give a better Account of himself than you have done , I promise you .", "It 's more than you deserve , I believe ; but let 's hear what you can say for yourself .", "This does not sound well ; if you have been a hunting , pray where is your Horse ?", "If I thought I might believe this now .", "What ! do you live at Court , and not lie ! that 's a likely Story indeed .", "Ay , now I am convinc 'd you are a Courtier ; here is a little", "Bribe for to Day , and a large Promise for To-morrow , both in a Breath :", "Here , take it again , and take this along with it —— John Cockle is no", "Courtier , he can do what he ought —— without a Bribe .", "Thee ! and Thou ! Prythee do n't thee and thou me ; I believe I am as good a Man as yourself at least .", "Nay , I am not angry , Friend , only I do n't love to be too familiar with any-body , before I know whether they deserve it or not .", "You may do what you please . You are twelve Miles from Nottingham , and all the Way through this thick Wood ; but if you are resolv 'd upon going thither to Night , I will put you in the Road , and direct you the best I can ; or if you will accept of such poor Entertainment as a Miller can give , you shall be welcome to stay all Night , and in the Morning I will go with you myself .", "I would not go with you to Night if you was the King .", "I have brought thee a Stranger , Madge ; thou must give him a", "Supper , and a Lodging if thou can'st .", "Dick ! Where is he ? Why Dick ! How is't my Lad ?", "Faith , Sir , you must excuse me ; I was over-joy 'd to see my Boy . He has been at London , and I have not seen him these four Yerrs .", "What has brought thee Home so unexpected ?", "Of that by-and-by then . We have got the King down in the Forest a hunting this Season , and this honest Gentleman , who came down with his Majesty from London , has been with ‘ em to Day it seems , and has lost his Way . Come , Madge , see what thou can'st get for Supper . Kill a Couple of the best Fowls ; and go you , Kate , and draw a Pitcher of Ale . We are famous , Sir , at Mansfield , for good Ale , and for honest Fellows that know how to drink it .", "Why , that 's a Story which Dick , perhaps , wo n't like to have told .", "So , now do you go help your Mother . Sir , my hearty Service to you .", "Come , Sir .", "Well , Dick , and how do'st thou like London ? Come , tell us what thou hast seen .", "The Land of Promise ! What dost thou mean ?", "Thou wilt never leave joking .", "What , would the great Man thou wast recommended to , do nothing at all for thee at last ?", "Zoons ! do the Courtiers think their Dependants can eat Promises !", "Poor Dick ! And is plain Honesty then a Recommendation to no", "Place at Court ?", "No , no , Dick ; instead of depending upon Lords Promises , depend upon the Labour of thine own Hands ; expect nothing but what thou can'st earn , and then thou wilt not be disappointed . But come , I want a Description of London ; thou hast told us nothing thou hast seen yet .", "And is this the best Description thou can'st give of it ?", "Well , if this is London , give me my Country Cottage ; which , tho ’ it is not a great House , nor a fine House , is my own House , and I can shew a Receipt for the Building o n't .", "Come , Sir , our Supper , I believe , is ready for us , by this time ; and to such as I have , you 're as welcome as a Prince .", "Come , Sir , you must mend a bad Supper with a Glass of good Ale :", "Here 's King Harry 's Health .", "Prithee , Margery , do n't trouble the Gentleman with", "Compliments .", "Then a Fig for all Ceremony and Compliments too : Give us thy", "Hand ; and let us drink and be merry .", "Ah ! my singing Days are over , but my Man Joe has got an excellent one ; and if you have a Mind to hear it , I 'll call him in .", "Joe !", "Come , Joe , drink Boy ; I have promised this Gentleman that you shall sing him your last new Song .", "There 's a Song for you .", "What Wind blew you hither pray ? You have a good Share of Impudence , or you would be asham 'd to set your Foot within my House , methinks .", "Ah , Dick ! I expect but little Redress from such an Application . Things of this Nature are so common amongst the Great , that I am afraid it will only be made a Jest of .", "I wish it may prove so .", "and } What ! is this the King ? Dick . }", "After I have seen so much of your Majesty 's Goodness , I cannot despair of Pardon , even for the rough Usage your Majesty receiv 'd from me .What have I done that I should lose my Life ?", "Your Majesty 's Bounty I receive with Thankfulness ; I have been guilty of no Meanness to obtain it , and hope I shall not be obliged to keep it upon base Conditions ; for tho ’ I am willing to be a faithful Subject , I am resolv 'd to be a free and an honest Man ." ]

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[ "Haue you had quiet Guard ?", "Well , goodnight . If you do meet Horatio and", "Marcellus , the Riuals", "of my Watch , bid them make hast .", "Last night of all ,", "When yond same Starre that 's Westward from the Pole", "Had made his course t'illume that part of Heauen", "Where now it burnes , Marcellus and my selfe ,", "The Bell then beating one .", "In the same figure , like the King that 's dead .", "Lookes it not like the King ? Marke it Horatio .", "It would be spoke too .", "See , it stalkes away .", "How now Horatio ? You tremble and look pale :", "Is not this something more then Fantasie ?", "What thinke you o n't ?", "‘ Tis heere .", "It was about to speake , when the Cocke crew ." ]

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[ "Noble patricians , patrons of my right ,", "Defend the justice of my cause with arms ;", "And , countrymen , my loving followers ,", "Plead my successive title with your swords :", "I am his first born son that was the last", "That wore the imperial diadem of Rome :", "Then let my father 's honours live in me ,", "Nor wrong mine age with this indignity .", "How fair the tribune speaks to calm my thoughts !", "Friends , that have been thus forward in my right ,", "I thank you all and here dismiss you all ;", "And to the love and favour of my country", "Commit myself , my person , and the cause .", "Rome , be as just and gracious unto me", "As I am confident and kind to thee .—", "Open the gates , tribunes , and let me in .", "Proud and ambitious tribune , canst thou tell ?", "Romans , do me right ;—", "Patricians , draw your swords , and sheathe them not", "Till Saturninus be Rome 's Emperor .—", "Andronicus , would thou were shipp 'd to hell", "Rather than rob me of the people 's hearts !", "Titus Andronicus , for thy favours done", "To us in our election this day", "I give thee thanks in part of thy deserts ,", "And will with deeds requite thy gentleness ;", "And for an onset , Titus , to advance", "Thy name and honourable family ,", "Lavinia will I make my empress ,", "Rome 's royal mistress , mistress of my heart ,", "And in the sacred Pantheon her espouse :", "Tell me , Andronicus , doth this motion please thee ?", "Thanks , noble Titus , father of my life !", "How proud I am of thee and of thy gifts", "Rome shall record ; and when I do forget", "The least of these unspeakable deserts ,", "Romans , forget your fealty to me .", "A goodly lady , trust me ; of the hue", "That I would choose , were I to choose anew .—", "Clear up , fair queen , that cloudy countenance :", "Though chance of war hath wrought this change of cheer ,", "Thou com'st not to be made a scorn in Rome :", "Princely shall be thy usage every way .", "Rest on my word , and let not discontent", "Daunt all your hopes : madam , he comforts you", "Can make you greater than the Queen of Goths .—", "Lavinia , you are not displeas 'd with this ?", "Thanks , sweet Lavinia .— Romans , let us go :", "Ransomless here we set our prisoners free :", "Proclaim our honours , lords , with trump and drum .", "Surpris 'd ! by whom ?", "No , Titus , no ; the emperor needs her not ,", "Nor her , nor thee , nor any of thy stock :", "I 'll trust by leisure him that mocks me once ;", "Thee never , nor thy traitorous haughty sons ,", "Confederates all thus to dishonour me .", "Was there none else in Rome to make a stale", "But Saturnine ? Full well , Andronicus ,", "Agree these deeds with that proud brag of thine", "That said'st I begg 'd the empire at thy hands .", "But go thy ways ; go , give that changing piece", "To him that flourish 'd for her with his sword ;", "A valiant son-in-law thou shalt enjoy ;", "One fit to bandy with thy lawless sons ,", "To ruffle in the commonwealth of Rome .", "And therefore , lovely Tamora , Queen of Goths ,—", "That , like the stately Phoebe ‘ mongst her nymphs ,", "Dost overshine the gallant'st dames of Rome ,—", "If thou be pleas 'd with this my sudden choice ,", "Behold , I choose thee , Tamora , for my bride", "And will create thee empress of Rome .", "Speak , Queen of Goths , dost thou applaud my choice ?", "And here I swear by all the Roman gods ,—", "Sith priest and holy water are so near ,", "And tapers burn so bright , and everything", "In readiness for Hymenaeus stand ,—", "I will not re-salute the streets of Rome ,", "Or climb my palace , till from forth this place", "I lead espous 'd my bride along with me .", "Ascend , fair queen , Pantheon .— Lords , accompany", "Your noble emperor and his lovely bride ,", "Sent by the heavens for Prince Saturnine ,", "Whose wisdom hath her fortune conquered :", "There shall we consummate our spousal rites .", "So , Bassianus , you have play 'd your prize :", "God give you joy , sir , of your gallant bride !", "Traitor , if Rome have law or we have power ,", "Thou and thy faction shall repent this rape .", "‘ Tis good , sir . You are very short with us ;", "But if we live we 'll be as sharp with you .", "What , madam ! be dishonoured openly ,", "And basely put it up without revenge ?", "Rise , Titus , rise ; my empress hath prevail 'd .", "Away , and talk not ; trouble us no more .", "Marcus , for thy sake , and thy brother 's here ,", "And at my lovely Tamora 's entreats ,", "I do remit these young men 's heinous faults :", "Stand up .—", "Lavinia , though you left me like a churl ,", "I found a friend ; and sure as death I swore", "I would not part a bachelor from the priest .", "Come , if the emperor 's court can feast two brides ,", "You are my guest , Lavinia , and your friends .", "This day shall be a love-day , Tamora .", "Be it so , Titus , and gramercy too .", "And you have rung it lustily , my lord ;", "Somewhat too early for new-married ladies .", "Come on then , horse and chariots let us have ,", "And to our sport .—", "Madam , now shall ye see", "Our Roman hunting .", "Along with me : I 'll see what hole is here ,", "And what he is that now is leap 'd into it .—", "Say , who art thou that lately didst descend", "Into this gaping hollow of the earth ?", "My brother dead ! I know thou dost but jest :", "He and his lady both are at the lodge", "Upon the north side of this pleasant chase ;", "‘ Tis not an hour since I left them there .", "Here , Tamora ; though griev 'd with killing grief .", "Now to the bottom dost thou search my wound ;", "Poor Bassianus here lies murdered .", "‘ An if we miss to meet him handsomely ,—", "Sweet huntsman , Bassianus ‘ tis we mean ,—", "Do thou so much as dig the grave for him :", "Thou know'st our meaning . Look for thy reward", "Among the nettles at the elder-tree", "Which overshades the mouth of that same pit", "Where we decreed to bury Bassianus .", "Do this , and purchase us thy lasting friends . ’", "O Tamora ! was ever heard the like ?—", "This is the pit and this the elder-tree :—", "Look , sirs , if you can find the huntsman out", "That should have murder 'd Bassianus here .", "Two of thy whelps , fell curs of bloody kind ,", "Have here bereft my brother of his life .—", "Sirs , drag them from the pit unto the prison :", "There let them bide until we have devis 'd", "Some never-heard-of torturing pain for them .", "If it be prov 'd ! You see it is apparent .—", "Who found this letter ? Tamora , was it you ?", "Thou shalt not bail them : see thou follow me .—", "Some bring the murder 'd body , some the murderers :", "Let them not speak a word ,— the guilt is plain ;", "For , by my soul , were there worse end than death ,", "That end upon them should be executed .", "Why , lords , what wrongs are these ! was ever seen", "An emperor in Rome thus overborne ,", "Troubled , confronted thus ; and , for the extent", "Of legal justice , us 'd in such contempt ?", "My lords , you know , as know the mightful gods ,", "However these disturbers of our peace", "Buzz in the people 's ears , there naught hath pass 'd", "But even with law , against the wilful sons", "Of old Andronicus . And what an if", "His sorrows have so overwhelm 'd his wits ,", "Shall we be thus afflicted in his freaks ,", "His fits , his frenzy , and his bitterness ?", "And now he writes to heaven for his redress :", "See , here 's to Jove , and this to Mercury ;", "This to Apollo ; this to the God of War ;—", "Sweet scrolls to fly about the streets of Rome !", "What 's this but libelling against the senate ,", "And blazoning our injustice everywhere ?", "A goodly humour , is it not , my lords ?", "As who would say , in Rome no justice were .", "But if I live , his feigned ecstasies", "Shall be no shelter to these outrages :", "But he and his shall know that justice lives", "In Saturninus ’ health ; whom , if she sleep ,", "He 'll so awake as he in fury shall", "Cut off the proud'st conspirator that lives .", "Go take him away , and hang him presently .", "Despiteful and intolerable wrongs !", "Shall I endure this monstrous villainy ?", "I know from whence this same device proceeds :", "May this be borne ,— as if his traitorous sons ,", "That died by law for murder of our brother ,", "Have by my means been butchered wrongfully ?—", "Go , drag the villain hither by the hair ;", "Nor age nor honour shall shape privilege .—", "For this proud mock I 'll be thy slaughter-man ;", "Sly frantic wretch , that holp'st to make me great ,", "In hope thyself should govern Rome and me .", "What news with thee , Aemilius ?", "Is warlike Lucius general of the Goths ?", "These tidings nip me ; and I hang the head", "As flowers with frost , or grass beat down with storms :", "Ay , now begins our sorrows to approach :", "‘ Tis he the common people love so much ;", "Myself hath often overheard them say ,—", "When I have walked like a private man ,—", "That Lucius ’ banishment was wrongfully ,", "And they have wish 'd that Lucius were their emperor .", "Ay , but the citizens favour Lucius ,", "And will revolt from me to succour him .", "But he will not entreat his son for us .", "Aemilius , do this message honourably :", "And if he stand on hostage for his safety ,", "Bid him demand what pledge will please him best .", "Then go successantly , and plead to him .", "What , hath the firmament more suns than one ?", "Marcus , we will .", "Why art thou thus attir 'd , Andronicus ?", "It was , Andronicus .", "Because the girl should not survive her shame ,", "And by her presence still renew his sorrows .", "What hast thou done , unnatural and unkind ?", "What , was she ravish 'd ? tell who did the deed .", "Go , fetch them hither to us presently .", "Die , frantic wretch , for this accursed deed !" ]

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[ "If you please , ma ’ am , the butcher ’ s called .", "Very good , ma ’ am .", "Very good , ma ’ am . If you please , ma ’ am , the gardener hasn ’ t sent in a very big basket of pease . Cook says it won ’ t look much for three .", "Very good , ma ’ am . As she is going , COLONEL WHARTON enters from the garden with a basket of cherries . He is a thin old man , much older than his wife , with white hair ; but though very frail he still carries himself erectly . His face is bronzed by long exposure to tropical suns , but even so it is the face of a sick man . He wears a light tweed suit which hangs about him loosely , as though he had shrunk since it was made for him . He has a round tweed hat of the same material .", "Yes , sir . I ’ ll bring it .", "If you please , ma ’ am , Mrs. Poole has called .", "She wouldn ’ t come in , ma ’ am . She said she was passing and she just stopped to enquire how you were .", "Very well , sir .", "Mrs. Poole .", "Mrs. Littlewood .", "Dr. Macfarlane .", "Mrs. Littlewood .", "Mr. and Mrs. Poole .", "Dr. Macfarlane .", "The woman ’ s come , ma ’ am .", "Please , sir , Mrs. Wharton says , will you go upstairs now ?", "Oh , well , they always like best end . You can ’ t go far wrong if you have that .", "Well , they ’ ll do nicely ." ]

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[ "What place are we now , Martin Doul ?", "It is n't going to the fair , the time they do be driving their cattle and they with a litter of pigs maybe squealing in their carts , they 'd give us a thing at all .It 's well you know that , but you must be talking .", "Who would n't have a cracked voice sitting out all the year in the rain falling ? It 's a bad life for the voice , Martin Doul , though I 've heard tell there is n't anything like the wet south wind does be blowing upon us for keeping a white beautiful skin — the like of my skin — on your neck and on your brows , and there is n't anything at all like a fine skin for putting splendour on a woman .", "Let you not be making the like of that talk when you 've heard Timmy the smith , and Mat Simon , and Patch Ruadh , and a power besides saying fine things of my face , and you know rightly it was “ the beautiful dark woman ” they did call me in Ballinatone .", "Ay , jealous , Martin Doul ; and if she was n't itself , the young and silly do be always making game of them that 's dark , and they 'd think it a fine thing if they had us deceived , the way we would n't know we were so fine-looking at all .", "If you were n't a big fool you would n't heed them this hour , Martin Doul , for they 're a bad lot those that have their sight , and they do have great joy , the time they do be seeing a grand thing , to let on they do n't see it at all , and to be telling fool 's lies , the like of what Molly Byrne was telling to yourself .", "I 'm not the like of the girls do be running round on the roads , swinging their legs , and they with their necks out looking on the men .... Ah , there 's a power of villainy walking the world , Martin Doul , among them that do be gadding around with their gaping eyes , and their sweet words , and they with no sense in them at all .", "You 'd be as bad as the rest of them if you had your sight , and I did well , surely , not to marry a seeing man it 's scores would have had me and welcome — for the seeing is a queer lot , and you 'd never know the thing they 'd do .", "Let you put the pith away out of their sight , or they 'll be picking it out with the spying eyes they have , and saying it 's rich we are , and not sparing us a thing at all .", "Well you 've queer hum-bugging talk .... What way would I see a power hanged , and I a dark woman since the seventh year of my age ?", "I 've heard people have walked round from the west and they speaking of that .", "Maybe we could send us a young lad to bring us the water . I could wash a naggin bottle in the morning , and I 'm thinking Patch Ruadh would go for it , if we gave him a good drink , and the bit of money we have hid in the thatch .", "Then tell us your wonder , Timmy .... What person 'll bring it at all ?", "You 'd know , I 'm thinking , by the little silvery voice of it , a fasting holy man was after carrying it a great way at his side .", "I 'm thinking it 's a poor thing when the Lord God gives you sight and puts the like of that man in your way .", "I would n't rear a crumpled whelp the like of you . It 's many a woman is married with finer than yourself should be praising God if she 's no child , and is n't loading the earth with things would make the heavens lonesome above , and they scaring the larks , and the crows , and the angels passing in the sky .", "Let the two of you not torment me at all .", "It 's them that 's fat and flabby do be wrinkled young , and that whitish yellowy hair she has does be soon turning the like of a handful of thin grass you 'd see rotting , where the wet lies , at the north of a sty .Ah , it 's a better thing to have a simple , seemly face , the like of my face , for two-score years , or fifty itself , than to be setting fools mad a short while , and then to be turning a thing would drive off the little children from your feet .", "There 's a sweet tone in your voice I 've not heard for a space . You 're taking me for Molly Byrne , I 'm thinking .", "You 'll be grand then , and it 's no lie .", "If I am I 'm bearing in mind I 'm married to a little dark stump of a fellow looks the fool of the world , and I 'll be bearing in mind from this day the great hullabuloo he 's after making from hearing a poor woman breathing quiet in her place .", "I 'm minding that surely , for if I 'm not the way the liars were saying below I seen a thing in them pools put joy and blessing in my heart .", "I would not , Martin .For when I seen myself in them pools , I seen my hair would be gray or white , maybe , in a short while , and I seen with it that I 'd a face would be a great wonder when it 'll have soft white hair falling around it , the way when I 'm an old woman there wo n't be the like of me surely in the seven counties of the east .", "I can n't help your looks , Martin Doul . It was n't myself made you with your rat 's eyes , and your big ears , and your griseldy chin .", "Your slouching feet , is it ? Or your hooky neck , or your two knees is black with knocking one on the other ?", "There 's the sound of one of them twittering yellow birds do be coming in the spring-time from beyond the sea , and there 'll be a fine warmth now in the sun , and a sweetness in the air , the way it 'll be a grand thing to be sitting here quiet and easy smelling the things growing up , and budding from the earth .", "It 's not the churches , for the wind 's blowing from the sea .", "The Lord protect us from the saints of God !", "He 's coming this road , surely .", "What place would we run ?", "Would we have a right to be crawling in below under the sticks ?", "Could we hide in the bit of a briar is growing at the west butt of the church ?", "It 's the words of the young girls making a great stir in the trees .Here 's the briar on my left , Martin ; I 'll go in first , I 'm the big one , and I 'm easy to see .", "Let you not be whispering sin , Martin Doul , or maybe it 's the finger of God they 'd see pointing to ourselves .", "If it is you 'd have a right to speak a big , terrible word would make the water not cure us at all .", "They 're coming . I hear their feet on the stones ." ]

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[ "I think this coming summer the King of Sicilia means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly owes him .", "Beseech you-", "You pay a great deal too dear for what 's given freely .", "Sicilia cannot show himself overkind to Bohemia . They were train 'd together in their childhoods ; and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection which cannot choose but branch now . Since their more mature dignities and royal necessities made separation of their society , their encounters , though not personal , have been royally attorneyed with interchange of gifts , letters , loving embassies ; that they have seem 'd to be together , though absent ; shook hands , as over a vast ; and embrac 'd as it were from the ends of opposed winds . The heavens continue their loves !", "I very well agree with you in the hopes of him . It is a gallant child ; one that indeed physics the subject , makes old hearts fresh ; they that went on crutches ere he was born desire yet their life to see him a man .", "Yes ; if there were no other excuse why they should desire to live .", "Ay , my good lord .", "You had much ado to make his anchor hold ;", "When you cast out , it still came home .", "He would not stay at your petitions ; made", "His business more material .", "At the good Queen 's entreaty .", "Business , my lord ? I think most understand", "Bohemia stays here longer .", "Stays here longer .", "To satisfy your Highness , and the entreaties", "Of our most gracious mistress .", "Be it forbid , my lord !", "My gracious lord ,", "I may be negligent , foolish , and fearful :", "In every one of these no man is free", "But that his negligence , his folly , fear ,", "Among the infinite doings of the world ,", "Sometime puts forth . In your affairs , my lord ,", "If ever I were wilfull-negligent ,", "It was my folly ; if industriously", "I play 'd the fool , it was my negligence ,", "Not weighing well the end ; if ever fearful", "To do a thing where I the issue doubted ,", "Whereof the execution did cry out", "Against the non-performance , ‘ twas a fear", "Which oft infects the wisest . These , my lord ,", "Are such allow 'd infirmities that honesty", "Is never free of . But , beseech your Grace ,", "Be plainer with me ; let me know my trespass", "By its own visage ; if I then deny it ,", "‘ Tis none of mine .", "I would not be a stander-by to hear", "My sovereign mistress clouded so , without", "My present vengeance taken . Shrew my heart !", "You never spoke what did become you less", "Than this ; which to reiterate were sin", "As deep as that , though true .", "Good my lord , be cur 'd", "Of this diseas 'd opinion , and betimes ;", "For ‘ tis most dangerous .", "No , no , my lord .", "Who does infect her ?", "Sir , my lord ,", "I could do this ; and that with no rash potion ,", "But with a ling'ring dram that should not work", "Maliciously like poison . But I cannot", "Believe this crack to be in my dread mistress ,", "So sovereignly being honourable .", "I have lov 'd thee-", "I must believe you , sir .", "I do ; and will fetch off Bohemia for't ;", "Provided that , when he 's remov 'd , your Highness", "Will take again your queen as yours at first ,", "Even for your son 's sake ; and thereby for sealing", "The injury of tongues in courts and kingdoms", "Known and allied to yours .", "My lord ,", "Go then ; and with a countenance as clear", "As friendship wears at feasts , keep with Bohemia", "And with your queen . I am his cupbearer ;", "If from me he have wholesome beverage ,", "Account me not your servant .", "I 'll do't , my lord .", "O miserable lady ! But , for me ,", "What case stand I in ? I must be the poisoner", "Of good Polixenes ; and my ground to do't", "Is the obedience to a master ; one", "Who , in rebellion with himself , will have", "All that are his so too . To do this deed ,", "Hail , most royal sir !", "None rare , my lord .", "I dare not know , my lord .", "There is a sickness", "Which puts some of us in distemper ; but", "I cannot name the disease ; and it is caught", "Of you that yet are well .", "I may not answer .", "Sir , I will tell you ;", "Since I am charg 'd in honour , and by him", "That I think honourable . Therefore mark my counsel ,", "Which must be ev'n as swiftly followed as", "I mean to utter it , or both yourself and me", "Cry lost , and so goodnight .", "I am appointed him to murder you .", "By the King .", "He thinks , nay , with all confidence he swears ,", "As he had seen ‘ t or been an instrument", "To vice you to't , that you have touch 'd his queen", "Forbiddenly .", "Swear his thought over", "By each particular star in heaven and", "By all their influences , you may as well", "Forbid the sea for to obey the moon", "As or by oath remove or counsel shake", "The fabric of his folly , whose foundation", "Is pil 'd upon his faith and will continue", "The standing of his body .", "I know not ; but I am sure ‘ tis safer to", "Avoid what 's grown than question how ‘ tis born .", "If therefore you dare trust my honesty ,", "That lies enclosed in this trunk which you", "Shall bear along impawn 'd , away to-night .", "Your followers I will whisper to the business ;", "And will , by twos and threes , at several posterns ,", "Clear them o ’ th ’ city . For myself , I 'll put", "My fortunes to your service , which are here", "By this discovery lost . Be not uncertain ,", "For , by the honour of my parents , I", "Have utt'red truth ; which if you seek to prove ,", "I dare not stand by ; nor shall you be safer", "Than one condemn 'd by the King 's own mouth , thereon", "His execution sworn .", "It is in mine authority to command", "The keys of all the posterns . Please your Highness", "To take the urgent hour . Come , sir , away . Exeunt", "It is fifteen years since I saw my country ; though I have for the most part been aired abroad , I desire to lay my bones there . Besides , the penitent King , my master , hath sent for me ; to whose feeling sorrows I might be some allay , or I o'erween to think so , which is another spur to my departure .", "Sir , it is three days since I saw the Prince . What his happier affairs may be are to me unknown ; but I have missingly noted he is of late much retired from court , and is less frequent to his princely exercises than formerly he hath appeared .", "I have heard , sir , of such a man , who hath a daughter of most rare note . The report of her is extended more than can be thought to begin from such a cottage .", "I willingly obey your command .", "I should leave grazing , were I of your flock ,", "And only live by gazing .", "He tells her something", "That makes her blood look out . Good sooth , she is", "The queen of curds and cream .", "This shows a sound affection .", "Why , how now , father !", "Speak ere thou diest .", "Gracious , my lord ,", "You know your father 's temper . At this time", "He will allow no speech - which I do guess", "You do not purpose to him - and as hardly", "Will he endure your sight as yet , I fear ;", "Then , till the fury of his Highness settle ,", "Come not before him .", "Even he , my lord .", "Be advis 'd .", "This is desperate , sir .", "O my lord ,", "I would your spirit were easier for advice .", "Or stronger for your need .", "He 's irremovable ,", "Resolv 'd for flight . Now were I happy if", "His going I could frame to serve my turn ,", "Save him from danger , do him love and honour ,", "Purchase the sight again of dear Sicilia", "And that unhappy king , my master , whom", "I so much thirst to see .", "Sir , I think", "You have heard of my poor services i ’ th ’ love", "That I have borne your father ?", "Well , my lord ,", "If you may please to think I love the King ,", "And through him what 's nearest to him , which is", "Your gracious self , embrace but my direction .", "If your more ponderous and settled project", "May suffer alteration , on mine honour ,", "I 'll point you where you shall have such receiving", "As shall become your Highness ; where you may", "Enjoy your mistress , from the whom , I see ,", "There 's no disjunction to be made but by ,", "As heavens forfend ! your ruin - marry her ;", "And with my best endeavours in your absence", "Your discontenting father strive to qualify ,", "And bring him up to liking .", "Have you thought on", "A place whereto you 'll go ?", "Then list to me .", "This follows , if you will not change your purpose", "But undergo this flight : make for Sicilia ,", "And there present yourself and your fair princess-", "For so , I see , she must be - fore Leontes .", "She shall be habited as it becomes", "The partner of your bed . Methinks I see", "Leontes opening his free arms and weeping", "His welcomes forth ; asks thee there ‘ Son , forgiveness ! ’", "As ‘ twere i ’ th ’ father 's person ; kisses the hands", "Of your fresh princess ; o'er and o'er divides him", "‘ Twixt his unkindness and his kindness - th ’ one", "He chides to hell , and bids the other grow", "Faster than thought or time .", "Sent by the King your father", "To greet him and to give him comforts . Sir ,", "The manner of your bearing towards him , with", "What you as from your father shall deliver ,", "Things known betwixt us three , I 'll write you down ;", "The which shall point you forth at every sitting", "What you must say , that he shall not perceive", "But that you have your father 's bosom there", "And speak his very heart .", "A course more promising", "Than a wild dedication of yourselves", "To unpath 'd waters , undream 'd shores , most certain", "To miseries enough ; no hope to help you ,", "But as you shake off one to take another ;", "Nothing so certain as your anchors , who", "Do their best office if they can but stay you", "Where you 'll be loath to be . Besides , you know", "Prosperity 's the very bond of love ,", "Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together", "Affliction alters .", "Yea , say you so ?", "There shall not at your father 's house these seven years", "Be born another such .", "I cannot say ‘ tis pity", "She lacks instructions , for she seems a mistress", "To most that teach .", "My lord ,", "Fear none of this . I think you know my fortunes", "Do all lie there . It shall be so my care", "To have you royally appointed as if", "The scene you play were mine . For instance , sir ,", "That you may know you shall not want - one word .", "Re-enter AUTOLYCUS", "Nay , but my letters , by this means being there", "So soon as you arrive , shall clear that doubt .", "Shall satisfy your father .", "Who have we here ? We 'll make an instrument of this ; omit Nothing may give us aid .", "How now , good fellow ! Why shak'st thou so ? Fear not , man ; here 's no harm intended to thee .", "Why , be so still ; here 's nobody will steal that from thee . Yet for the outside of thy poverty we must make an exchange ; therefore discase thee instantly - thou must think there 's a necessity in'thYpppHeN and change garments with this gentleman . Though the pennyworth on his side be the worst , yet hold thee , there 's some boot .", "Nay , prithee dispatch . The gentleman is half flay 'd already .", "Unbuckle , unbuckle .", "FLORIZEL and AUTOLYCUS exchange garments", "Fortunate mistress - let my prophecy", "Come home to ye ! - you must retire yourself", "Into some covert ; take your sweetheart 's hat", "And pluck it o'er your brows , muffle your face ,", "Dismantle you , and , as you can , disliken", "The truth of your own seeming , that you may-", "For I do fear eyes over - to shipboard", "Get undescried .", "No remedy . Have you done there ?", "Nay , you shall have no hat .", "Come , lady , come . Farewell , my friend .", "What I do next shall be to tell the King", "Of this escape , and whither they are bound ;", "Wherein my hope is I shall so prevail", "To force him after ; in whose company", "I shall re-view Sicilia , for whose sight", "I have a woman 's longing .", "The swifter speed the better .", "My lord , your sorrow was too sore laid on ,", "Which sixteen winters cannot blow away ,", "So many summers dry . Scarce any joy", "Did ever so long live ; no sorrow", "But kill 'd itself much sooner .", "She hangs about his neck . If she pertain to life , let her speak too ." ]

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[ "‘ Tis much I owe to Fortune , my dear Lucretia , for being so kind to make us Neighbours , where with Ease we may continually exchange our Souls and Thoughts without the attendance of a Coach , and those other little Formalities that make a Business of a Visit ; it looks so like a Journey , I hate it .", "And lament the numberless Impertinences wherewith they continually plague all young Women of Quality .", "Custom is unkind to our Sex , not to allow us free Choice ; but we above all Creatures must be forced to endure the formal Recommendations of a Parent , and the more insupportable Addresses of an odious Fop ; whilst the Obedient Daughter stands — thus — with her Hands pinn 'd before her , a set Look , few Words , and a Mein that cries — Come marry me : out upo n't .", "Thou mayst lay thy Maidenhead upo n't , and be sure of the", "Misfortune to win .", "Faith , my dear Lodwick or no body in my heart , and I hope thou art as well resolv 'd for my Cousin Leander .", "Spare the Relation , for I have observ 'd of late your Mother to have order 'd her Eyes with some softness , her Mouth endeavouring to sweeten it self into Smiles and Dimples , as if she meant to recal Fifteen again , and gave it all to Leander , for at him she throws her Darts .", "Long since .", "He 'll take care to give himself a better Title .", "Prithee let him make ours now , for of all Fops your Country Fop is the most tolerable Animal ; those of the Town are the most unmanagable Beasts in Nature .", "Keeping begins to be as ridiculous as Matrimony , and is a greater Imposition upon the Liberty of Man ; the Insolence and Expence of their Mistresses has almost tir 'd out all but the Old and Doting part of Mankind : The rest begin to know their value , and set a price upon a good Shape , a tolerable Face and Mein :— and some there are who have made excellent Bargains for themselves that way , and will flatter ye and jilt ye an Antiquated Lady as artfully as the most experienc 'd Miss of ‘ em all .", "Is discreet and virtuous enough , a little too affected , as being the most learned of her Sex .", "Indeed the Men would have us think so , and boast their Learning and Languages ; but if they can find any of our Sex fuller of Words , and to so little purpose as some of their Gownmen , I 'll be content to change my Petticoats for Pantaloons , and go to a Grammar-school .", "They call us easy and fond , and charge us with all weakness ; but look into their Actions of Love , State or War , their roughest business , and you shall find ‘ em sway 'd by some who have the luck to find their Foibles ; witness my Father , a Man reasonable enough , till drawn away by doting Love and Religion : what a Monster my young Mother makes of him ! flatter 'd him first into Matrimony , and now into what sort of Fool or Beast she pleases to make him .", "Oh , she finds it the only way to secure her from his Suspicion , which if she do not e'er long give him cause for , I am mistaken in her Humour .— Enter L. Knowell and Leander . But see your Mother and my Cousin Leander , who seems , poor man , under some great Consternation , for he looks as gravely as a Lay-Elder conducting his Spouse from a Sermon .", "Who , my Cousin Leander a Scholar , Madam ?", "I vow , Madam , he spells worse than a Country Farrier when he prescribes a Drench .", "Worse than a Politician or a States-man .", "Laugh ! why , are you turn 'd Buffoon , Tumbler , or Presbyterian", "Preacher ?", "You 'll find her well employ 'd with my Cousin Leander .", "And his Mistress Psyche , Sir ?", "Well , Sir , what must she do from Twelve till Eight again ?", "A Husband , and that not Lodwick ! Heaven forbid .", "You 're wonderful ingaging , Sir , and I were an Ingrate not to facilitate a return for the Honour you are pleas 'd to do me .", "I know not , but I 'm sure I never saw a more affected Fop .", "I know his fiery Temper too well to trust him with the secret .", "What business ?", "And may I trust your honesty ?", "Away , here 's my Mother .", "On fair Conditions .", "Well , I have no mind to let this dear mad Devil Lodwick in to night .", "I have a strange apprehension of being surpriz 'd to night .", "You 'll grow very expert in the Arts of Love , Fanny .", "What Noise is that ?", "Speak low , who shou 'd it be but the kind Fool her self , who can deny you nothing but what you dare not take ?", "How ! surely you 're not in earnest ?— Do you love me ?", "And are you , Sir , in earnest ? can it be ?", "Hold , Ravisher , and know this saucy Passion", "Has render 'd back your Interest . Now I hate ye ,", "And my Obedience to my Father 's Will", "Shall marry me to Fainlove , and I 'll despise ye .", "Pray Heaven I get undiscover 'd to my Chamber , where I 'll make Vows against this perjured Man ; hah , sure he follows still ; no Wood-Nymph ever fled before a Satyr , with half that trembling haste I flew from Lodwick .— Oh , he has lost his Virtue , and undone me .", "Hah , my Father ! I 'm discover 'd and pursu 'd ,— grant me to find the Bed .", "Hah , where am I , and who is't that speaks —", "A Man 's Voice !", "Who can they be that talk thus ? sure I have mistook my Chamber .", "A Man , and in my virtuous Lady Mother 's Chamber ! how fortunate was I to light on this discovery !", "Oh cunning Devil !—", "Heavens ! what says she ?—", "Lodwick ! and in my Mother 's Chamber ! may I believe my Eyes !", "Oh Traytor ! wou 'd thou hadst been that Ravisher I took thee for , rather than such a Villain — false ! and with my Mother too !", "Yes , Sir , to justify her Innocence .", "— And I 'll know before I sleep , the mystery of all this , and who ‘ twas this faithless Man sent in his room to deceive me in the Garden .", "How , Mr. Fainlove , it cannot be .", "That Fainlove ! whom I am so soon to marry ! and but this day courted me in another Dialect !", "How came you by this Letter ?", "What means this nicety ? forbear I say .—", "Thou art mistaken , leave me ,— whatever he says here to satisfy my Jealousy , I am confirm 'd that he was false : yet this assurance to free me from this intended Marriage , makes me resolve to pardon him , however guilty .— Enter Wittmore . How now ! what means this Insolence ? How dare you , having so lately made your guilty approaches , venture again into my presence ?", "And there may lie enough , Sir , when they 're angry . By what", "Authority do you make this saucy Visit ?", "Thou darst not marry me , there will be danger i n't .", "And canst thou think they were address 'd to thee ?", "Leave me , thou hated Object of my Soul .", "Then thou art a Fool , and drawest thy Ruin on ; why , I will hate thee ,— hate thee most extremely .", "Why , I will never let thee touch me , nor kiss my Hand , nor come into my sight .", "Why , I will cuckold thee , look to't , I will most damnably .", "Lodwick ! What Devil brought that Name to his knowledge ?— Canst thou know him , and yet dare hope to marry me ?", "Thou basely injurest him , he cannot do a Deed he ought to blush for : Lodwick do this ! Oh , do not credit it ,— prithee be just and kind for thy own Honour 's sake ; be quickly so , the hasty minutes fly , and will anon make up the fatal Hour that will undo me .", "Nay , then be gone , my poor submissive Prayers , and all that dull Obedience Custom has made us Slaves to .— Do sacrifice me , lead me to the Altar , and see if all the holy mystick Words can conjure from me the consenting Syllable : No , I will not add one word to make the Charm complete , but stand as silent in the inchanting Circle , as if the Priests were raising Devils there .", "Lodwick ! what good Angel conducted thee hither ?", "Wittmore ! that Friend I 've often heard thee name ? Now some kind mischief on him , he has so frighted me , I scarce can bring my Sense to so much order , to thank him that he loves me not .", "Dear Madam , for my sake do not anger him now .", "He 's but stept into Cheapside , to fit the Ring , Sir , and will be here immediately .", "Father , dear Father , must I in one day receive a Blessing with so great a Curse ? Oh ,— he 's just going , Madam .—" ]

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[ "Perkins the Divine .— “ He had a capacious head , with angles winding and roomy enough to lodge all controversial intricacies . ”", "Reflector ,— I was born under the shadow of St. Dunstan 's steeple , just where the conflux of the eastern and western inhabitants of this twofold city meet and justle in friendly opposition at Temple-bar . The same day which gave me to the world , saw London happy in the celebration of her great annual feast . This I cannot help looking upon as a lively omen of the future great good-will which I was destined to bear toward the city , resembling in kind that solicitude which every Chief Magistrate is supposed to feel for whatever concerns her interests and well-being . Indeed I consider myself in some sort a speculative Lord Mayor of London : for though circumstances unhappily preclude me from the hope of ever arriving at the dignity of a gold chain and Spital Sermon , yet thus much will I say of myself in truth , that Whittington with his catnever went beyond me in affection which I bear to the citizens . I was born , as you have heard , in a crowd . This has begot in me an entire affection for that way of life , amounting to an almost insurmountable aversion from solitude and rural scenes . This aversion was never interrupted or suspended , except for a few years in the younger part of my life , during a period in which I had set my affections upon a charming young woman . Every man , while the passion is upon him , is for a time at least addicted to groves and meadows and purling streams . During this short period of my existence , I contracted just familiarity enough with rural objects to understand tolerably well ever after the poets , when they declaim in such passionate terms in favor of a country-life . For my own part , now the fit is past , I have no hesitation in declaring , that a mob of happy faces crowding up at the pit-door of Drury Lane Theatre , just at the hour of six , gives me ten thousand sincerer pleasures , than I could ever receive from all the flocks of silly sheep that ever whitened the plains of Arcadia or Epsom Downs . This passion for crowds is nowhere feasted so full as in London . The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy who can be dull in Fleet Street . I am naturally inclined to hypochondria , but in London it vanishes , like all other ills . Often , when I have felt a weariness or distaste at home , have I rushed out into her crowded Strand , and fed my humor , till tears have wetted my cheek for unutterable sympathies with the multitudinous moving picture , which she never fails to present at all hours , like the scenes of a shifting pantomime . The very deformities of London , which give distaste to others , from habit do not displease me . The endless succession of shops where Fancy miscalled Folly is supplied with perpetual gauds and toys , excite in me no puritanical aversion . I gladly behold every appetite supplied with its proper food . The obliging customer , and the obliged tradesman — things which live by bowing , and things which exist but for homage — do not affect me with disgust ; from habit I perceive nothing but urbanity , where other men , more refined , discover meanness : I love the very smoke of London , because it has been the medium most familiar to my vision . I see grand principles of honor at work in the dirty ring which encompasses two combatants with fists , and principles of no less eternal justice in the detection of a pickpocket . The salutary astonishment with which an execution is surveyed , convinces me more forcibly than a hundred volumes of abstract polity , that the universal instinct of man in all ages has leaned to order and good government . Thus an art of extracting morality from the commonest incidents of a town life is attained by the same well-natured alchemy with which the Foresters of Arden , in a beautiful country , “ Found tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , Sermons in stones , and good in everything . ” Where has spleen her food but in London ! Humor , Interest , Curiosity , suck at her measureless breasts without a possibility of being satiated . Nursed amid her noise , her crowds , her beloved smoke , what have I been doing all my life , if I have not lent out my heart with usury to such scenes ! I am , Sir , your faithful servant , A LONDONER .", "Reflector ,— I was amused the other day with having the following notice thrust into my hand by a man who gives out bills at the corner of Fleet Market . Whether he saw any prognostics about me , that made him judge such notice seasonable , I cannot say ; I might perhaps carry in a countenancetraces of a fever which had not long left me . Those fellows have a good instinctive way of guessing at the sort of people that are likeliest to pay attention to their papers . “ BURIAL SOCIETY . “ A favorable opportunity now offers to any person , of either sex , who would wish to be buried in a genteel manner , by paying one shilling entrance , and twopence per week for the benefit of the stock . Members to be free in six months . The money to be paid at Mr. Middleton 's , at the sign of the First and the Last , Stonecutter 's Street , Fleet Market . The deceased to be furnished as follows :— A strong elm coffin , covered with superfine black , and furnished with two rows , all round , close drove , best japanned nails , and adorned with ornamental drops , a handsome plate of inscription , Angel above , and Flower beneath , and four pair of handsome handles , with wrought gripes ; the coffin to be well pitched , lined , and ruffled with fine crape ; a handsome crape shroud , cap , and pillow . For use , a handsome velvet pall , three gentlemen 's cloaks , three crape hat-bands , three hoods and scarfs , and six pair of gloves ; two porters equipped to attend the funeral , a man to attend the same with band and gloves ; also , the burial-fees paid , if not exceeding one guinea . ” “ Man , ” says Sir Thomas Browne , “ is a noble animal , splendid in ashes , and pompous in the grave . ” Whoever drew up this little advertisement certainly understood this appetite in the species , and has made abundant provision for it . It really almost induces a tædium vitæ upon one to read it . Methinks I could be willing to die , in death to be so attended . The two rows all round close-drove best black japanned nails ,— how feelingly do they invite , and almost irresistibly persuade us to come and be fastened down ! what aching head can resist the temptation to repose , which the crape shroud , the cap , and the pillow present ; what sting is there in death , which the handles with wrought gripes are not calculated to pluck away ? what victory in the grave which the drops and the velvet pall do not render at least extremely disputable ? but , above all , the pretty emblematic plate , with the Angel above and the Flower beneath , takes me mightily . The notice goes on to inform us , that though the society has been established but a very few years , upwards of eleven hundred persons have put down their names . It is really an affecting consideration to think of so many poor people , of the industrious and hard-working classclubbing their two-pences to save the reproach of a parish funeral . Many a poor fellow , I dare swear , has that Angel and Flower kept from the Angel and Punchbowl , while , to provide himself a bier , he has curtailed himself of beer . Many a savory morsel has the living body been deprived of , that the lifeless one might be served up in a richer state to the worms . And sure , if the body could understand the actions of the soul , and entertain generous notions of things , it would thank its provident partner , that she had been more solicitous to defend it from dishonors at its dissolution , than careful to pamper it with good things in the time of its union . If Cæsar were chiefly anxious at his death how he might die most decently , every Burial Society may be considered as a club of Cæsars . Nothing tends to keep up , in the imaginations of the poorer sort of people , a generous horror of the work-house more than the manner in which pauper funerals are conducted in this metropolis . The coffin nothing but a few naked planks coarsely put together ,— the want of a pall, the colored coats of the men that are hired , at cheap rates , to carry the body ,— altogether give the notion of the deceased having been some person of an ill life and conversation , some one who may not claim the entire rites of Christian burial ,— one by whom some parts of the sacred ceremony would be desecrated if they should be bestowed upon him . I meet these meagre processions sometimes in the street . They are sure to make me out of humor and melancholy all the day after . They have a harsh and ominous aspect . If there is anything in the prospectus issued from Mr. Middleton 's , Stonecutter 's Street , which pleases me less than the rest , it is to find that the six pair of gloves are to be returned , that they are only lent , or , as the bill expresses it , for use on the occasion . The hood , scarfs , and hat-bands , may properly enough be given up after the solemnity ; the cloaks no gentlemen would think of keeping ; but a pair of gloves , once fitted on , ought not in courtesy to be redemanded . The wearer should certainly have the fee-simple of them . The cost would be but trifling , and they would be a proper memorial of the day . This part of the Proposal wants reconsidering . It is not conceived in the same liberal way of thinking as the rest . I am also a little doubtful whether the limit , within which the burial-fee is made payable , should not be extended to thirty shillings . Some provision too ought undoubtedly to be made in favor of those well-intentioned persons and well-wishers to the fund , who , having all along paid their subscriptions regularly , are so unfortunate as to die before the six months , which would entitle them to their freedom , are quite completed . One can hardly imagine a more distressing case than that of a poor fellow lingering on in a consumption till the period of his freedom is almost in sight , and then finding himself going with a velocity which makes it doubtful whether he shall be entitled to his funeral honors : his quota to which he nevertheless squeezes out , to the diminution of the comforts which sickness demands . I think , in such cases , some of the contribution money ought to revert . With some such modifications , which might easily be introduced , I see nothing in these Proposals of Mr. Middleton which is not strictly fair and genteel ; and heartily recommend them to all persons of moderate incomes , in either sex , who are willing that this perishable part of them should quit the scene of its mortal activities with as handsome circumstances as possible . Before I quit the subject , I must guard my readers against a scandal , which they may be apt to take at the place whence these Proposals purport to be issued . From the sign of the First and the Last , they may conclude that Mr. Middleton is some publican , who , in assembling a club of this description at his house , may have a sinister end of his own , altogether foreign to the solemn purpose for which the club is pretended to be instituted . I must set them right by informing them that the issuer of these Proposals is no publican , though he hangs out a sign , but an honest superintendent of funerals , who , by the device of a Cradle and a Coffin , connecting both ends of human existence together , has most ingeniously contrived to insinuate , that the framers of these first and last receptacles of mankind divide this our life betwixt them , and that all that passes from the midwife to the undertaker may , in strict propriety , go for nothing : an awful and instructive lesson to human vanity . Looking over some papers lately that fell into my hands by chance , and appear to have been written about the beginning of the last century , I stumbled , among the rest , upon the following short Essay , which the writer calls , “ The Character of an Undertaker . ” It is written with some stiffness and peculiarities of style , but some parts of it , I think , not unaptly characterize the profession to which Mr. Middleton has the honor to belong . The writer doubtless had in his mind the entertaining character of Sable , in Steele 's excellent comedy of The Funeral . CHARACTER OF AN UNDERTAKER . “ He is master of the ceremonies at burials and mourning assemblies , grand marshal at funeral processions , the only true yeoman of the body , over which he exercises a dictatorial authority from the moment that the breath has taken leave to that of its final commitment to the earth . His ministry begins where the physician 's , the lawyer 's , and the divine 's end . Or if some part of the functions of the latter run parallel with his , it is only in ordine ad spiritualia . His temporalities remain unquestioned . He is arbitrator of all questions of honor which may concern the defunct ; and upon slight inspection will pronounce how long he may remain in this upper world with credit to himself , and when it will be prudent for his reputation that he should retire . His determination in these points is peremptory and without appeal . Yet , with a modesty peculiar to his profession , he meddles not out of his own sphere . With the good or bad actions of the deceased in his lifetime he has nothing to do . He leaves the friends of the dead man to form their own conjectures as to the place to which the departed spirit is gone . His care is only about the exuviæ . He concerns not himself even about the body , as it is a structure of parts internal , and a wonderful microcosm . He leaves such curious speculations to the anatomy professor . Or , if anything , he is averse to such wanton inquiries , as delighting rather that the parts which he has care of should be returned to their kindred dust in as handsome and unmutilated condition as possible ; that the grave should have its full and unimpaired tribute ,— a complete and just carcass . Nor is he only careful to provide for the body 's entireness , but for its accommodation and ornament . He orders the fashion of its clothes , and designs the symmetry of its dwelling . Its vanity has an innocent survival in him . He is bedmaker to the dead . The pillows which he lays never rumple . The day of interment is the theatre in which he displays the mysteries of his art . It is hard to describe what he is , or rather to tell what he is not , on that day : for , being neither kinsman , servant , nor friend , he is all in turns ; a transcendant , running through all those relations . His office is to supply the place of self-agency in the family , who are presumed incapable of it through grief . He is eyes , and ears , and hands , to the whole household . A draught of wine cannot go round to the mourners , but he must minister it . A chair may hardly be restored to its place by a less solemn hand than his . He takes upon himself all functions , and is a sort of ephemeral major-domo ! He distributes his attentions among the company assembled according to the degree of affliction , which he calculates from the degree of kin to the deceased ; and marshals them accordingly in the procession . He himself is of a sad and tristful countenance ; yet such asis not without some show of patience and resignation at bottom ; prefiguring , as it were , to the friends of the deceased , what their grief shall be when the hand of Time shall have softened and taken down the bitterness of their first anguish ; so handsomely can he fore-shape and anticipate the work of Time . Lastly , with his wand , as with another divining rod , he calculates the depth of earth at which the bones of the dead man may rest , which he ordinarily contrives may be at such a distance from the surface of this earth , as may frustrate the profane attempts of such as would violate his repose , yet sufficiently on this side the centre to give his friends hopes of an easy and practicable resurrection . And here we leave him , casting in dust to dust , which is the last friendly office that he undertakes to do . ” Begging your pardon for detaining you so long among “ graves , and worms , and epitaphs , ” I am , Sir , Your humble servant , MORITURUS .", "REFLECTOR ,— There is no science in their pretensions to which mankind are more apt to commit grievous mistakes , than in the supposed very obvious one of physiognomy . I quarrel not with the principles of this science , as they are laid down by learned professors ; much less am I disposed , with some people , to deny its existence altogether as any inlet of knowledge that can be depended upon . I believe that there is , or may be , an art to “ read the mind 's construction in the face . ” But , then , in every species of reading , so much depends upon the eyes of the reader ; if they are blear , or apt to dazzle , or inattentive , or strained with too much attention , the optic power will infallibly bring home false reports of what it reads . How often do we say , upon a cursory glance at a stranger , “ What a fine open countenance he has ! ” who , upon second inspection , proves to have the exact features of a knave ? Nay , in much more intimate acquaintances , how a delusion of this kind shall continue for months , years , and then break up all at once . Ask the married man , who has been so but for a short space of time , if those blue eyes where , during so many years of anxious courtship , truth , sweetness , serenity , seemed to be written in characters which could not be misunderstood — ask him if the characters which they now convey be exactly the same ?— if for truth he does not read a dull virtuewhich changes not , only because it wants the judgment to make a preference ?— if for sweetness he does not read a stupid habit of looking pleased at everything ?— if for serenity he does not read animal tranquillity , the dead pool of the heart , which no breeze of passion can stir into health ? Alas ! what is this book of the countenance good for , which when we have read so long , and thought that we understood its contents , there comes a countless list of heart-breaking errata at the end ! But these are the pitiable mistakes to which love alone is subject . I have inadvertently wandered from my purpose , which was to expose quite an opposite blunder , into which we are no less apt to fall , through hate . How ugly a person looks upon whose reputation some awkward aspersion hangs , and how suddenly his countenance clears up with his character ! I remember being persuaded of a man whom I had conceived an ill opinion of , that he had a very bad set of teeth ; which , since I have had better opportunities of being acquainted with his face and facts , I find to have been the very reverse of the truth . That crooked old woman , I once said , speaking of an ancient gentlewoman , whose actions did not square altogether with my notions of the rule of right . The unanimous surprise of the company before whom I uttered these words soon convinced me that I had confounded mental with bodily obliquity , and that there was nothing tortuous about the old lady but her deeds . This humor of mankind to deny personal comeliness to those with whose moral attributes they are dissatisfied , is very strongly shown in those advertisements which stare us in the face from the walls of every street , and , with the tempting bait which they hang forth , stimulate at once cupidity and an abstract love of justice in the breast of every passing peruser : I mean , the advertisements offering rewards for the apprehension of absconded culprits , strayed apprentices , bankrupts who have conveyed away their effects , debtors that have run away from their bail . I observe , that in exact proportion to the indignity with which the prosecutor , who is commonly the framer of the advertisement , conceives he has been treated , the personal pretensions of the fugitive are denied , and his defects exaggerated . A fellow whose misdeeds have been directed against the public in general , and in whose delinquency no individual shall feel himself particularly interested , generally meets with fair usage . A coiner or a smuggler shall get off tolerably well . His beauty , if he has any , is not much underrated , his deformities are not much magnified . A runaway apprentice , who excites perhaps the next least degree of spleen in his prosecutor , generally escapes with a pair of bandy legs ; if he has taken anything with him in his flight , a hitch in his gait is generally superadded . A bankrupt , who has been guilty of withdrawing his effects , if his case be not very atrocious , commonly meets with mild usage . But a debtor , who has left his bail in jeopardy , is sure to be described in characters of unmingled deformity . Here the personal feelings of the bail , which may be allowed to be somewhat poignant , are admitted to interfere ; and , as wrath and revenge commonly strike in the dark , the colors are laid on with a grossness which I am convinced must often defeat its own purpose . The fish that casts an inky cloud about him that his enemies may not find him , cannot more obscure himself by that device than the blackening representations of these angry advertisers must inevitably serve to cloak and screen the persons of those who have injured them from detection . I have before me at this moment one of these bills , which runs thus :— “ FIFTY POUNDS REWARD . “ Run away from his bail , John Tomkins , formerly resident in Princes Street , Soho , but lately of Clerkenwell . Whoever shall apprehend , or cause to be apprehended and lodged in one of his Majesty 's jails , the said John Tomkins , shall receive the above reward . He is a thick-set , sturdy man , about five foot six inches high , halts in his left leg , with a stoop in his gait , with coarse red hair , nose short and cocked up , with little gray eyes ,with a pot-belly ; speaks with a thick and disagreeable voice ; goes shabbily drest ; had on when he went away a greasy shag great-coat with rusty yellow buttons . ” Now , although it is not out of the compass of possibility that John Tomkins aforesaid may comprehend in his agreeable person all the above-mentioned aggregate of charms , yet , from my observation of the manner in which these advertisements are usually drawn up , though I have not the pleasure of knowing the gentleman , yet would I lay a wager , that an advertisement to the following effect would have a much better chance of apprehending and laying by the heels this John Tomkins than the above description , although penned by one who , from the good services which he appears to have done for him , has not improbably been blessed with some years of previous intercourse with the said John . Taking , then , the above advertisement to be true , or nearly so , down to the words “ left leg ” inclusive ,I would proceed thus :— — “ Leans a little forward in his walk ; his hair thick and inclining to auburn ; his nose of the middle size , a little turned up at the end ; lively hazel eyes; inclines to be corpulent ; his voice thick , but pleasing , especially when he sings ; had on a decent shag great-coat with yellow buttons . ” Now I would stake a considerable wagerthat some such mitigated description would lead the beagles of the law into a much surer track for finding this ungracious varlet , than to set them upon a false scent after fictitious ugliness and fictitious shabbiness ; though , to do those gentlemen justice , I have no doubt their experience has taught them in all such cases to abate a great deal of the deformity which they are instructed to expect , and has discovered to them that the Devil 's agents upon this earth , like their master , are far less ugly in reality than they are painted . I am afraid , Mr. Reflector , that I shall be thought to have gone wide of my subject , which was to detect the practical errors of physiognomy , properly so called ; whereas I have introduced physical defects , such as lameness , the effects of accidents upon a man 's person , his wearing apparel , & c ., as circumstances on which the eye of dislike , looking askance , may report erroneous conclusions to the understanding . But if we are liable , through a kind or an unkind passion , to mistake so grossly concerning things so exterior and palpable , how much more are we likely to err respecting those nicer and less perceptible hints of character in a face whose detection constitutes the triumph of the physiognomist ! To revert to those bestowers of unmerited deformity , the framers of advertisements for the apprehension of delinquents , a sincere desire of promoting the end of public justice induces me to address a word to them on the best means of attaining those ends . I will endeavor to lay down a few practical , or rather negative , rules for their use , for my ambition extends no further than to arm them with cautions against the self-defeating of their own purposes :—", "REFLECTOR ,— My husband and I are fond of company , and being in easy circumstances , we are seldom without a party to dinner two or three days in a week . The utmost cordiality has hitherto prevailed at our meetings ; but there is a young gentleman , a near relation of my husband 's , that has lately come among us , whose preposterous behavior bids fair , if not timely checked , to disturb our tranquillity . He is too great a favorite with my husband in other respects , for me to remonstrate with him in any other than this distant way . A letter printed in your publication may catch his eye ; for he is a great reader , and makes a point of seeing all the new things that come out . Indeed , he is by no means deficient in understanding . My husband says that he has a good deal of wit ; but for my part I cannot say I am any judge of that , having seldom observed him open his mouth except for purposes very foreign to conversation . In short , sir , this young gentleman 's failing is , an immoderate indulgence of his palate . The first time he dined with us , he thought it necessary to extenuate the length of time he kept the dinner on the table , by declaring that he had taken a very long walk in the morning , and came in fasting ; but as that excuse could not serve above once or twice at most , he has latterly dropped the mask altogether , and chosen to appear in his own proper colors , without reserve or apology . You cannot imagine how unpleasant his conduct has become . His way of staring at the dishes as they are brought in , has absolutely something immodest in it : it is like the stare of an impudent man of fashion at a fine woman , when she first comes into a room . I am positively in pain for the dishes , and cannot help thinking they have consciousness , and will be put out of countenance , he treats them so like what they are not . Then again he makes no scruple of keeping a joint of meat on the table , after the cheese and fruit are brought in , till he has what he calls done with it . Now how awkward this looks , where there are ladies , you may judge , Mr. Reflector ,— how it disturbs the order and comfort of a meal . And yet I always make a point of helping him first , contrary to all good manners ,— before any of my female friends are helped , that he may avoid this very error . I wish he would eat before he comes out . What makes his proceedings more particularly offensive at our house is , that my husband , though out of common politeness he is obliged to set dishes of animal food before his visitors , yet himself and his whole familyfeed entirely on vegetables . We have a theory , that animal food is neither wholesome nor natural to man ; and even vegetables we refuse to eat until they have undergone the operation of fire , in consideration of those numberless little living creatures which the glass helps us to detect in every fibre of the plant or root before it be dressed . On the same theory we boil our water , which is our only drink , before we suffer it to come to table . Our children are perfect little Pythagoreans : it would do you good to see them in their nursery , stuffing their dried fruits , figs , raisins , and milk , which is the only approach to animal food which is allowed . They have no notion how the substance of a creature that ever had life can become food for another creature . A beefsteak is an absurdity to them ; a mutton-chop , a solecism in terms ; a cutlet , a word absolutely without any meaning ; a butcher is nonsense , except so far as it is taken for a man who delights in blood , or a hero . In this happy state of innocence we have kept their minds , not allowing them to go into the kitchen , or to hear of any preparations for the dressing of animal food , or even to know that such things are practised . But as a state of ignorance is incompatible with a certain age , and as my eldest girl , who is ten years old next Midsummer , must shortly be introduced into the world and sit at table with us , where she will see some things which will shock all her received notions , I have been endeavoring by little and little to break her mind , and prepare it for the disagreeable impressions which must be forced upon it . The first hint I gave her upon the subject , I could see her recoil from it with the same horror with which we listen to a tale of Anthropophagism ; but she has gradually grown more reconciled to it , in some measure , from my telling her that it was the custom of the world ,— to which , however senseless , we must submit , so far as we could do it with innocence , not to give offence ; and she has shown so much strength of mind on other occasions , which I have no doubt is owing to the calmness and serenity superinduced by her diet , that I am in good hopes when the proper season for her début arrives , she may be brought to endure the sight of a roasted chicken , or a dish of sweet-breads for the first time without fainting . Such being the nature of our little household , you may guess what inroads into the economy of it ,— what resolutions and turnings of things upside down , the example of such a feeder as Mr. —— is calculated to produce . I wonder , at a time like the present , when the scarcity of every kind of food is so painfully acknowledged , that shame has no effect upon him . Can he have read Mr. Malthus 's Thoughts on the Ratio of Food to Population ? Can he think it reasonable that one man should consume the sustenance of many ? The young gentleman has an agreeable air and person , such as are not unlikely to recommend him on the score of matrimony . But his fortune is not over-large ; and what prudent young woman would think of embarking hers with a man who would bring three or four mouthsinto a family ? She might as reasonably choose a widower in the same circumstances , with three or four children . I cannot think who he takes after . His father and mother , by all accounts , were very moderate eaters ; only I have heard that the latter swallowed her victuals very fast , and the former had a tedious custom of sitting long at his meals . Perhaps he takes after both . I wish you would turn this in your thoughts , Mr. Reflector , and give us your ideas on the subject of excessive eating , and , particularly , of animal food . HOSPITA . EDAX ON APPETITE . TO THE EDITOR OF “ THE REFLECTOR . ”", "REFLECTOR ,— I am going to lay before you a case of the most iniquitous persecution that ever poor devil suffered . You must know , then , that I have been visited with a calamity ever since my birth . How shall I mention it without offending delicacy ? Yet out it must . My sufferings , then , have all arisen from a most inordinate appetite —— Not for wealth , not for vast possessions ,— then might I have hoped to find a cure in some of those precepts of philosophers or poets ,— those verba et voces which Horace speaks of :— “ quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis , et magnam morbi deponere partem ; ” not for glory , not for fame , not for applause ,— for against this disease , too , he tells us there are certain piacula , or , as Pope has chosen to render it , “ Rhymes , which fresh and fresh applied , Will cure the arrant'st puppy of his pride ; ” nor yet for pleasure , properly so called : the strict and virtuous lessons which I received in early life from the best of parents ,— a pious clergyman of the Church of England , now no more ,— I trust have rendered me sufficiently secure on that side :—— No , Sir , for none of these things ; but an appetite , in its coarsest and least metaphorical sense ,— an appetite for food . The exorbitances of my arrowroot and pappish days I cannot go back far enough to remember ; only I have been told that my mother 's constitution not admitting of my being nursed at home , the woman who had the care of me for that purpose used to make most extravagant demands for my pretended excesses in that kind ; which my parents , rather than believe anything unpleasant of me , chose to impute to the known covetousness and mercenary disposition of that sort of people . This blindness continued on their part after I was sent for home , up to the period when it was thought proper , on account of my advanced age , that I should mix with other boys more unreservedly than I had hitherto done . I was accordingly sent to boarding-school . Here the melancholy truth became too apparent to be disguised . The prying republic of which a great school consists soon found me out : there was no shifting the blame any longer upon other people 's shoulders ,— no good-natured maid to take upon herself the enormities of which I stood accused in the article of bread and butter , besides the crying sin of stolen ends of puddings , and cold pies strangely missing . The truth was but too manifest in my looks ,— in the evident signs of inanition which I exhibited after the fullest meals , in spite of the double allowance which my master was privately instructed by my kind parents to give me . The sense of the ridiculous , which is but too much alive in grown persons , is tenfold more active and alert in boys . Once detected , I was the constant butt of their arrows ,— the mark against which every puny leveller directed his little shaft of scorn . The very Graduses and Thesauruses were raked for phrases to pelt me with by the tiny pedants . Ventri natus — Ventri deditus ,— Vesana gula ,— Escarum gurges ,— Dapibus indulgens ,— Non dans fræna gulæ , - Sectans lautæ fercula mensæ , resounded wheresoever I passed . I led a weary life , suffering the penalties of guilt for that which was no crime , but only following the blameless dictates of nature . The remembrance of those childish reproaches haunts me yet oftentimes in my dreams . My school-days come again , and the horror I used to feel , when in some silent corner , retired from the notice of my unfeeling playfellows , I have sat to mumble the solitary slice of gingerbread allotted me by the bounty of considerate friends , and have ached at heart because I could not spare a portion of it , as I saw other boys do , to some favorite boy ; for if I know my own heart , I was never selfish ,— never possessed a luxury which I did not hasten to communicate to others ; but my food , alas ! was none ; it was an indispensable necessary ; I could as soon have spared the blood in my veins , as have parted that with my companions . Well , no one stage of suffering lasts forever : we should grow reconciled to it at length , I suppose , if it did . The miseries of my school-days had their end ; I was once more restored to the paternal dwelling . The affectionate solicitude of my parents was directed to the good-natured purpose of concealing , even from myself , the infirmity which haunted me . I was continually told that I was growing , and the appetite I displayed was humanely represented as being nothing more than a symptom and an effect of that . I used even to be complimented upon it . But this temporary fiction could not endure above a year or two . I ceased to grow , but , alas ! I did not cease my demands for alimentary sustenance . Those times are long since past , and with them have ceased to exist the fond concealment — the indulgent blindness — the delicate overlooking — the compassionate fiction . I and my infirmity are left exposed and bare to the broad , unwinking eye of the world , which nothing can elude . My meals are scanned , my mouthfuls weighed in a balance ; that which appetite demands is set down to the account of gluttony — a sin which my whole soul abhors — nay , which Nature herself has put it out of my power to commit . I am constitutionally disenabled from that vice ; for how can he be guilty of excess who never can get enough ? Let them cease , then , to watch my plate ; and leave off their ungracious comparisons of it to the seven baskets of fragments , and the supernaturally replenished cup of old Baucis : and be thankful that their more phlegmatic stomachs , not their virtue , have saved them from the like reproaches . I do not see that any of them desist from eating till the holy rage of hunger , as some one calls it , is supplied . Alas ! I am doomed to stop short of that continence . What am I to do ? I am by disposition inclined to conviviality and the social meal . I am no gourmand : I require no dainties : I should despise the board of Heliogabalus , except for its long sitting . Those vivacious , long-continued meals of the latter Romans , indeed , I justly envy ; but the kind of fare which the Curii and Dentati put up with , I could be content with . Dentatus I have been called , among other unsavory jests . Doublemeal is another name which my acquaintance have palmed upon me , for an innocent piece of policy which I put in practice for some time without being found out ; which was — going the round of my friends , beginning with the most primitive feeders among them , who take their dinner about one o'clock , and so successively dropping in upon the next and the next , till by the time I got among my more fashionable intimates , whose hour was six or seven , I have nearly made up the body of a just and complete meal, without taking more than one dinnerat one person 's house . Since I have been found out , I endeavor to make up by a damper , as I call it , at home , before I go out . But , alas ! with me , increase of appetite truly grows by what it feeds on . What is peculiarly offensive to me at those dinner-parties is , the senseless custom of cheese , and the dessert afterwards . I have a rational antipathy to the former ; and for fruit , and those other vain vegetable substitutes for meat, I hold them in perfect contempt . Hay for horses . I remember a pretty apologue , which Mandeville tells , very much to this purpose , in his Fable of the Bees :— He brings in a Lion arguing with a Merchant , who had ventured to expostulate with this king of beasts upon his violent methods of feeding . The Lion thus retorts :— “ Savage I am , but no creature can be called cruel but what either by malice or insensibility extinguishes his natural pity . The Lion was born without compassion : we follow the instinct of our nature ; the gods have appointed us to live upon the waste and spoil of other animals , and as long as we can meet with dead ones , we never hunt after the living ; ‘ tis only man , mischievous man , that can make death a sport . Nature taught your stomach to crave nothing but vegetables .—— Your violent fondness to change , and greater eagerness after novelties , have prompted you to the destruction of animals without justice or necessity . The Lion has a ferment within him , that consumes the toughest skin and hardest bones , as well as the flesh of all animals without exception . Your squeamish stomach , in which the digestive heat is weak and inconsiderable , wo n't so much as admit of the most tender parts of them , unless above half the concoction has been performed by artificial fire beforehand ; and yet what animal have you spared , to satisfy the caprices of a languid appetite ? Languid , I say ; for what is man 's hunger if compared with the Lion 's ? Yours , when it is at the worst , makes you faint ; mine makes me mad : oft have I tried with roots and herbs to allay the violence of it , but in vain : nothing but large quantities of flesh can any ways appease it . ” — Allowing for the Lion not having a prophetic instinct to take in every lusus naturæ that , was possible of the human appetite , he was , generally speaking , in the right ; and the Merchant was so impressed with his argument that , we are told , he replied not , but fainted away . O , Mr. Reflector , that I were not obliged to add , that the creature who thus argues was but a type of me ! Miserable man ! I am that Lion ! “ Oft have I tried with roots and herbs to allay that violence , but in vain ; nothing but ——. ” Those tales which are renewed as often as the editors of papers want to fill up a space in their unfeeling columns , of great eaters ,— people that devour whole geese and legs of mutton for wagers ,— are sometimes attempted to be drawn to a parallel with my case . This wilful confounding of motives and circumstances , which make all the difference of moral or immoral in actions , just suits the sort of talent which some of my acquaintance pride themselves upon . Wagers !— I thank Heaven , I was never mercenary , nor could consent to prostitute a giftof nature , to the enlarging of my worldly substance ; prudent as the necessities , which that fatal gift have involved me in , might have made such a prostitution to appear in the eyes of an indelicate world . Rather let me say , that to the satisfaction of that talent which was given me , I have been content to sacrifice no common expectations ; for such I had from an old lady , a near relation of our family , in whose good graces I had the fortune to stand , till one fatal evening ——. You have seen , Mr. Reflector , if you have ever passed your time much in country towns , the kind of suppers which elderly ladies in those places have lying in petto in an adjoining parlor , next to that where they are entertaining their periodically invited coevals with cards and muffins . The cloth is usually spread some half-hour before the final rubber is decided , whence they adjourn to sup upon what may emphatically be called nothing ;— a sliver of ham , purposely contrived to be transparent to show the china-dish through it , neighboring a slip of invisible brawn , which abuts upon something they call a tartlet , as that is bravely supported by an atom of marmalade , flanked in its turn by a grain of potted beef , with a power of such dishlings , minims of hospitality , spread in defiance of human nature , or rather with an utter ignorance of what it demands . Being engaged at one of these card-parties , I was obliged to go a little before supper-time, and the old lady , with a sort of fear shining through the smile of courteous hospitality that beamed in her countenance , begged me to step into the next room and take something before I went out in the cold ,— a proposal which lay not in my nature to deny . Indignant at the airy prospect I saw before me , I set to , and in a trice dispatched the whole meal intended for eleven persons ,— fish , flesh , fowl , pastry ,— to the sprigs of garnishing parsley , and the last fearful custard that quaked upon the board . I need not describe the consternation , when in due time the dowagers adjourned from their cards . Where was the supper ?— and the servants ’ answer , Mr. —— had eat it all .— That freak , however , jested me out of a good three hundred pounds a year , which I afterwards was informed for a certainty the old lady meant to leave me . I mention it not in illustration of the unhappy faculty which I am possessed of ; for any unlucky wag of a school-boy , with a tolerable appetite , could have done as much without feeling any hurt after it ,— only that you may judge whether I am a man likely to set my talent to sale , or to require the pitiful stimulus of a wager . I have read in Pliny , or in some author of that stamp , of a reptile in Africa , whose venom is of that hot , destructive quality , that wheresoever it fastens its tooth , the whole substance of the animal that has been bitten in a few seconds is reduced to dust , crumbles away , and absolutely disappears : it is called , from this quality , the Annihilator . Why am I forced to seek , in all the most prodigious and portentous facts of Natural History , for creatures typical of myself ? I am that snake , that Annihilator : “ wherever I fasten , in a few seconds ——. ” O happy sick men , that are groaning under the want of that very thing , the excess of which is my torment ! O fortunate , too fortunate , if you knew your happiness , invalids ! What would I not give to exchange this fierce concoctive and digestive heat ,— this rabid fury which vexes me , which tears and torments me ,— for your quiet , mortified , hermit-like , subdued , and sanctified stomachs , your cool , chastened inclinations and coy desires for food ! To what unhappy figuration of the parts intestine I owe this unnatural craving , I must leave to the anatomists and the physicians to determine : they , like the rest of the world , have doubtless their eye upon me ; and as I have been cut up alive by the sarcasms of my friends , so I shudder when I contemplate the probability that this animal frame , when its restless appetites shall have ceased their importunity , may be cut up alsoto determine in what system of solids or fluids this original sin of my constitution lay lurking . What work will they make with their acids and alkalines , their serums and coagulums , effervescences , viscous matter , bile , chyle , and acrimonious juices , to explain that cause which Nature , who willed the effect to punish me for my sins , may no less have determined to keep in the dark from them , to punish them for their presumption ! You may ask , Mr. Reflector , to what purpose is my appeal to you ; what can you do for me ? Alas ! I know too well that my case is out of the reach of advice ,— out of the reach of consolation . But it is some relief to the wounded heart to impart its tale of misery ; and some of my acquaintance , who may read my case in your pages under a borrowed name , may be induced to give it a more humane consideration than I could ever yet obtain from them under my own . Make them , if possible , to reflect , that an original peculiarity of constitution is no crime ; that not that which goes into the mouth desecrates a man , but that which comes out of it ,— such as sarcasm , bitter jests , mocks and taunts , and ill-natured observations ; and let them consider , if there be such thingsas Pious Treachery , Innocent Adultery , & c ., whether there may not be also such a thing as Innocent Gluttony . I shall only subscribe myself , Your afflicted servant , EDAX .", "H —— Mr. Elliston .", "BELVIL Mr. Bartley .", "LANDLORD PRY Mr. Wewitzer .", "MELESINDA Miss Mellon .", "MAID TO MELESINDA Mrs. Harlowe .", "Gentlemen , Ladies , Waiters , Servants , & c .", "Scene — BATH .", "PROLOGUE , SPOKEN BY MR. ELLISTON .", "If we have sinn 'd in paring down a name ,", "All civil , well-bred authors do the same .", "Survey the columns of our daily writers —", "You 'll find that some Initials are great fighters .", "How fierce the shock , how fatal is the jar ,", "When Ensign W. meets Lieutenant R .", "With two stout seconds , just of their own gizzard ,", "Cross Captain X. and rough old General Izzard !", "Letter to Letter spreads the dire alarms ,", "Till half the Alphabet is up in arms .", "Nor with less lustre have Initials shone ,", "To grace the gentler annals of Crim . Con .", "Where the dispensers of the public lash", "Soft penance give ; a letter and a dash —", "Where Vice reduced in size shrinks to a failing ,", "And loses half her grossness by curtailing .", "Faux pas are told in such a modest way ,—", "“ The affair of Colonel B —— with Mrs. A —— ”", "You must forgive them — for what is there , say ,", "Which such a pliant Vowel must not grant", "To such a very pressing Consonant ?", "Or who poetic justice dares dispute ,", "When , mildly melting at a lover 's suit ,", "The wife 's a Liquid , her good man a Mute ?", "Even in the homelier scenes of honest life ,", "The coarse-spun intercourse of man and wife ,", "Initials I am told have taken place", "Of Deary , Spouse , and that old-fashion 'd race ;", "And Cabbage , ask 'd by brother Snip to tea ,", "Replies , “ I 'll come — but it do n't rest with me —", "I always leaves them things to Mrs. C . ”", "O should this mincing fashion ever spread", "From names of living heroes to the dead ,", "How would Ambition sigh , and hang the head ,", "As each loved syllable should melt away —", "Her Alexander turn 'd into great A ——", "A single C. her Cæsar to express —", "Her Scipio shrunk into a Roman S ——", "And , nick 'd and dock 'd to these new modes of speech ,", "Great Hannibal himself a Mr. H ——.", "H. Landlord , has the man brought home my boots ?", "H. You have paid him ?", "H. Why , Mr. H. to be sure .", "H. Rot his impertinence ! Bid him put in Nebuchadnezzar , and not trouble me with his scruples .", "H. Give the man half-a-crown , and bid him return my best respects to his master . Presents , it seems , will find me out , with any name or no name . Enter 2d Waiter . 2d Waiter . Sir , the man that makes up the Directory is at the door .", "H. Give him a shilling ; that is what these fellows come for . 2d Waiter . He has sent up to know by what name your Honor will please to be inserted .", "H. Zounds , fellow , I give him a shilling for leaving out my name , not for putting it in . This is one of the plaguy comforts of going anonymous .Enter 3d Waiter .3d Waiter . Two letters for Mr. H .", "H. From ladiesThis from Melesinda , to remind me of the morning-call I promised ; the pretty creature positively languishes to be made Mrs. H. I believe I must indulge herThis from her cousin , to bespeak me to some party , I suppose,— Oh , “ this evening ” — “ Tea and cards ” —Dear H ., thou art certainly a pretty fellow . I wonder what makes thee such a favorite among the ladies : I wish it may not be owing to the concealment of thy unfortunate —— pshaw ! Enter 4th Waiter . 4th Waiter . Sir , one Mr. Printagain is inquiring for you .", "H. Oh , I remember , the poet ; he is publishing by subscription . Give him a guinea , and tell him he may put me down . 4th Waiter . What name shall I tell him , Sir ?", "H. Zounds , he is a poet ; let him fancy a name .Enter 5th Waiter . 5th Waiter . Sir , Bartlemy the lame beggar , that you sent a private donation to last Monday , has by some accident discovered his benefactor , and is at the door waiting to return thanks .", "H. Oh , poor fellow , who could put it into his head ? Now I shall be teased by all his tribe , when once this is known . Well , tell him I am glad I could be of any service to him , and send him away . 5th Waiter . I would have done so , Sir ; but the object of his call now , he says , is only to know who he is obliged to .", "H. Why , me . 5th Waiter . Yes , Sir .", "H. Me , me , me ; who else , to be sure ? 5th Waiter . Yes , Sir ; but he is anxious to know the name of his benefactor .", "H. Here is a pampered rogue of a beggar , that cannot be obliged to a gentleman in the way of his profession , but he must know the name , birth , parentage , and education of his benefactor ! I warrant you , next he will require a certificate of one 's good behavior , and a magistrate 's license in one 's pocket , lawfully empowering so and so to — give an alms . Anything more ? 5th Waiter . Yes , Sir ; here has been Mr. Patriot , with the county petition to sign ; and Mr. Failtime , that owes so much money , has sent to remind you of your promise to bail him .", "H. Neither of which I can do , while I have no name . Here is more of the plaguy comforts of going anonymous , that one can neither serve one 's friend nor one 's country . Damn it , a man had better be without a nose , than without a name . I will not live long in this mutilated , dismembered state ; I will to Melesinda this instant , and try to forget these vexations . Melesinda ! there is music in the name ; but then , hang it ! there is none in mine to answer to it .1st Gent . Who the devil is this extraordinary personage ? 2d Gent . Who ? Why , ‘ tis Mr. H . 1st Gent . Has he no more name ? 2d Gent . None that has yet transpired . No more ! why , that single letter has been enough to inflame the imaginations of all the ladies in Bath . He has been here but a fortnight , and is already received into all the first families . 1st Gent . Wonderful ! yet , nobody know who he is , or where he comes from ! 2d Gent . He is vastly rich , gives away money as if he had infinity ; dresses well , as you see ; and for address , the mothers are all dying for fear the daughters should get him ; and for the daughters , he may command them as absolutely as ——. Melesinda , the rich heiress , ‘ tis thought , will carry him . 1st Gent . And is it possible that a mere anonymous — 2d Gent . Phoo ! that is the charm .— Who is he ? and what is he ? and what is his name ?—— The man with the great nose on his face never excited more of the gaping passion of wonderment in the dames of Strasburg , than this new-comer , with the single letter to his name , has lighted up among the wives and maids of Bath ; his simply having lodgings here , draws more visitors to the house than an election . Come with me to the Parade , and I will show you more of him .", "H .Ho ——! the devil . Hush .", "H. It is , it is your old friend Jack , that shall be nameless .", "H .Do n't name it .", "H. My curst unfortunate name . I have reasons to conceal it for a time .", "H. No , I assure you .", "H. I do n't use to travel with such cumbersome luggage .", "H. To relieve you at once from all disgraceful conjecture , you must know , ‘ tis nothing but the sound of my name . Belvil Ridiculous ! ‘ tis true yours is none of the most romantic ; but what can that signify in a man ?", "H. You must understand that I am in some credit with the ladies .", "H. And truly I think not without some pretensions . My fortune —", "H. My figure —", "H. My parts —", "H. My conversation —", "H. But then my name — damn my name !", "H. Not so . Oh , Belvil , you are blessed with one which sighing virgins may repeat without a blush , and for it change the paternal . But what virgin of any delicacywould endure to be called Mrs .——?", "H. Potts is tolerable , Deady is sufferable , Gubbins is bearable , and Clutterbuck is endurable , but Ho ——", "H. Ay , and of my father that begot me , and my father 's father , and all their forefathers that have borne it since the Conquest .", "H. I have tried them . I tell you there is neither maiden of sixteen nor widow of sixty but would turn up their noses at it . I have been refused by nineteen virgins , twenty-nine relicts , and two old maids .", "H. Parsons have stuck at publishing the banns , because they averred it was a heathenish name ; parents have lingered their consent , because they suspected it was a fictitious name ; and rivals have declined my challenges , because they pretended it was an ungentlemanly name .", "H. To engage the affections of some generous girl , who will be content to take me as Mr. H .", "H. Yes , that is the name I go by here ; you know one likes to be as near the truth as possible .", "H. To accompany me to the altar without a name — in short , to suspend her curiositytill the moment the priest shall pronounce the irrevocable charm , which makes two names one .", "H. Exactly such a girl it has been my fortune to meet with ; hark'e—Yet , hang it ! ‘ tis cruel to betray her confidence .", "H. As you say , the family-name must be perpetuated .", "H. True ; but come , I will show you the house where dwells this credulous melting fair .", "H. My dear Melesinda .", "H. My dear Melesinda , press me no more for the disclosure of that , which in the face of day so soon must be revealed . Call it whim , humor , caprice , in me . Suppose , I have sworn an oath , never , till the ceremony of our marriage is over , to disclose my true name .", "H. Ungenerous Melesinda ! I implore you to give me this one proof of your confidence . The holy vow once past , your H. shall not have a secret to withhold .", "H. Call me ? call me anything , call me Love , Love ! ay Love : Love will do very well .", "H. How many ? ud , that is coming to the question with a vengeance ! One , two , three , four ,— what does it signify how many syllables ?", "H. My Melesinda 's mind , I had hoped , was superior to this childish curiosity .", "H. What are you about , you dog ?", "H. What else could move you to open that box ?", "H. So little rusty happened to fit !— and would not a rope fit that rogue 's neck ? I see the papers have not been moved : all is safe , but it was as well to frighten him a littleCome , Landlord , as I think you honest , and suspect you only intended to gratify a little foolish curiosity —", "H. For this time I will pass it over . Your name is Pry , I think ?", "H. An apt name : you have a prying temper — I mean some little curiosity — a sort of inquisitiveness about you .", "H. You will certainly be hanged some day for peeping into some bureau or other just to see what is in it .", "H. A very harmless piece of curiosity , truly ; and now , Mr. Pry , first have the goodness to leave that box with me , and then do me the favor to carry your curiosity so far , as to inquire if my servants are within .", "H. Another tolerable specimen of the comforts of going anonymous ! Enter Two Footmen . 1st Footman . You speak first . 2d Footman . You had better speak . 1st Footman . You promised to begin .", "H. They have something to say to me . The rascals want their wages raised , I suppose ; there is always a favor to be asked when they come smiling . Well , poor rogues , service is but a hard bargain at the best . I think I must not be close with them . Well , David — well , Jonathan . 1st Footman . We have served your honor faithfully — 2d Footman . Hope your honor wo n't take offence —", "H. The old story , I suppose — wages ? 1st Footman . That 's not it , your honor . 2d Footman . You speak . 1st Footman . But if your honor would just be pleased to — 2d Footman . Only be pleased to —", "H. Be quick with what you have to say , for I am in haste . 1st Footman . Just to — 2d Footman . Let us know who it is — 1st Footman . Who it is we have the honor to serve .", "H. Why me , me , me ; you serve me . 2d Footman . Yes , Sir ; but we do not know who you are .", "H. Childish curiosity ! do not you serve a rich master , a gay master , an indulgent master ? 1st Footman . Ah , Sir ! the figure you make is to us , your poor servants , the principal mortification . 2d Footman . When we get over a pot at the publichouse , or in a gentleman 's kitchen , or elsewhere , as poor servants must have their pleasures — when the question goes round , who is your master ? and who do you serve ? and one says , I serve Lord So-and-so , and another , I am Squire Such-a-one 's footman — 1st Footman . We have nothing to say for it , but that we serve Mr. H . 2d Footman . Or Squire H .", "H. Really you are a couple of pretty modest , reasonable personages ! but I hope you will take it as no offence , gentlemen , if , upon a dispassionate review of all that you have said , I think fit not to tell you any more of my name , than I have chosen for especial purposes to communicate to the rest of the world . 1st Footman . Why , then , Sir , you may suit yourself . 2d Footman . We tell you plainly , we cannot stay . 1st Footman . We do n't choose to serve Mr. H . 2d Footman . Nor any Mr. or Squire in the alphabet — 1st Footman . That lives in Chris-cross Row .", "H. Go , for a couple of ungrateful , inquisitive , senseless rascals ! Go ; hang , starve , or drown !— Rogues , to speak thus irreverently of the alphabet — I shall live to see you glad to serve old Q — to curl the wig of great S — adjust the dot of little i — stand behind the chair of X , Y , Z — wear the livery of Etcætera — and ride behind the sulky of And-by-itself-and ! ACT II .", "H. Ladies , this is so obliging — 4th Lady . O , Mr. H ., those ranunculas you said were dying , pretty things , they have got up — 5th Lady . I have worked that sprig you commended — I want you to come —", "H. Ladies — 6th Lady . I have sent for that piece of music from London .", "H. The Mozart— Melesinda ! Several Ladies at once . Nay , positively , Melesinda , you sha n't engross him all to yourself .1st Gent . We sha n't be able to edge in a word , now this coxcomb is come . 2d Gent . Damn him , I will affront him . 1st Gent . Sir , with your leave , I have a word to say to one of these ladies . 2d Gent . If we could be heard —", "H. You see , gentlemen , how the matter stands .I am not my own master : positively I exist and breathe but to be agreeable to these — Did you speak ? 1st Gent . And affects absence of mind — Puppy !", "H. Who spoke of absence of mind ; did you , Madam ? How do you do , Lady Wearwell — how do ? I did not see your ladyship before — what was I about to say — O — absence of mind . I am the most unhappy dog in that way , sometimes spurt out the strangest things — the most mal-à-propos — without meaning to give the least offence , upon my honor — sheer absence of mind — things I would have given the world not to have said . 1st Gent . Do you hear the coxcomb ? 1st Lady . Great wits , they say — 2d Lady . Your fine geniuses are most given — 3d Lady . Men of bright parts are commonly too vivacious —", "H. But you shall hear . I was to dine the other day at a great Nabob 's that must be nameless , who , between ourselves , is strongly suspected of — being very rich , that 's all . John , my valet , who knows my foible , cautioned me , while he was dressing me , as he usually does where he thinks there 's a danger of my committing a lapsus , to take care in my conversation how I made any allusion direct or indirect to presents — you understand me ? I set out double charged with my fellow 's consideration and my own ; and , to do myself justice , behaved with tolerable circumspection for the first half-hour or so ,— till at last a gentleman in company , who was indulging a free vein of raillery at the expense of the ladies , stumbled upon that expression of the poet , which calls them “ fair defects . ” 1st Lady . It is Pope , I believe , who says it .", "H. No , Madam ; Milton . Where was I ? Oh , “ fair defects . ” This gave occasion to a critic in company , to deliver his opinion on the phrase — that led to an enumeration of all the various words which might have been used instead of “ defect , ” as want , absence , poverty , deficiency , lack . This moment I , who had not been attending to the progress of the argumentstarting suddenly up out of one of my reveries , by some unfortunate connection of ideas , which the last fatal word had excited , the devil put it into my head to turn round to the Nabob , who was sitting next me , and in a very marked mannerto put the question to him , Pray , sir , what may be the exact value of a lack of rupees ? You may guess the confusion which followed . 1st Lady . What a distressing circumstance ! 2d Lady . To a delicate mind —— 3d Lady . How embarrassing —— 4th Lady . I declare , I quite pity you . 1st Gent . Puppy !", "H. A Baronet at the table , seeing my dilemma , jogged my elbow ; and a good-natured Duchess , who does everything with a grace peculiar to herself , trod on my toes at that instant : this brought me to myself , and — covered with blushes , and pitied by all the ladies — I withdrew . 1st Lady . How charmingly he tells a story . 2nd Lady . But how distressing !", "H. Lord Squandercounsel , who is my particular friend , was pleased to rally me in his inimitable way upon it next day . I shall never forget a sensible thing he said on the occasion — speaking of absence of mind , my foible — says he , my dear Hogs —", "H. My dear Hogsflesh — my name —— O my cursed unfortunate tongue ! H. I mean — where was I ? 1st Lady . Filthy — abominable ! 2nd Lady . Unutterable ! 3rd Lady . Hogs — foh ! 4th Lady . Disgusting ! 5th Lady . Vile ! 6th Lady . Shocking ! 1st Lady . Odious ! 2nd Lady . Hogs — pah ! 3rd Lady . A smelling-bottle — look to Miss Melesinda . Poor thing ! it is no wonder . You had better keep off from her , Mr. Hogsflesh , and not be pressing about her in her circumstances . 1st Gent . Good time of day to you , Mr. Hogsflesh . 2nd Gent . The compliments of the season to you , Mr. Hogsflesh .", "H. This is too much — flesh and blood cannot endure it . 1st Gent . What flesh ?— hog'shYpppHeNflesh ? 2nd Gent . How he sets up his bristles !", "H. Bristles ! 1st Gent . He looks as fierce as a hog in armor .", "H. A hog !— Madam !—1st Lady . Extremely obliged to you for your attentions ; but do n't want a partner . 2d Lady . Greatly flattered by your preference : but believe I shall remain single . 3d Lady . Shall always acknowledge your politeness ; but have no thoughts of altering my condition . 4th Lady . Always be happy to respect you as a friend ; but you must not look for anything further . 5th Lady . No doubt of your ability to make any woman happy ; but have no thoughts of changing my name . 6th Lady . Must tell you , Sir , that if , by your insinuations , you think to prevail with me , you have got the wrong sow by the ear . Does he think any lady would go to pig with him ?", "H. I shall go mad !— to be refused by old Mother Damnable — she that 's so old , nobody knows whether she was ever manned or no , but passes for a maid by courtesy ; her juvenile exploits being beyond the farthest stretch of tradition !— Old Mother Damnable !", "H .Was ever anything so mortifying ? to be refused by old Mother Damnable !— with such parts and address ,— and the little squeamish devils , to dislike me for a name , a sound .— Oh my cursed name ! that it was something I could be revenged on ! if it were alive , that I might tread upon it , or crush it , or pummel it , or kick it , or spit it out — for it sticks in my throat , and will choke me . My plaguy ancestors ! if they had left me but a Van , or a Mac , or an Irish O ’ , it had been something to qualify it .— Mynheer Van Hogsflesh ,— or Sawney Mac Hogsflesh ,— or Sir Phelim O'Hogsflesh ,— but downright blunt ———. If it had been any other name in the world , I could have borne it . If it had been the name of a beast , as Bull , Fox , Kid , Lamb , Wolf , Lion ; or of a bird , as Sparrow , Hawk , Buzzard , Daw , Finch , Nightingale ; or of a fish , as Sprat , Herring , Salmon ; or the name of a thing , as Ginger , Hay , Wood ; or of a color , as Black , Gray , White , Green ; or of a sound , as Bray ; or the name of a month , as March , May ; or of a place , as Barnet , Baldock , Hitchen ; or the name of a coin , as Farthing , Penny , Twopenny ; or of a profession , as Butcher , Baker , Carpenter , Piper , Fisher , Fletcher , Fowler , Glover ; or a Jew 's name , as Solomons , Isaacs , Jacobs ; or a personal name , as Foot , Leg , Crookshanks , Heaviside , Sidebottom , Longbottom , Ramsbottom , Winterbottom ; or a long name , as Blanchenhagen , or Blanchenhausen ; or a short name , as Crib , Crisp , Crips , Tag , Trot , Tub , Phips , Padge , Papps , or Prig , or Wig , or Pip , or Trip ; Trip had been something , but Ho — - .Farewell the most distant thoughts of marriage ; the finger-circling ring , the purity figuring glove , the envy-pining bridemaids , the wishing parson , and the simpering clerk . Farewell the ambiguous blush-raising joke , the titter-provoking pun , the morning-stirring drum .— No son of mine shall exist , to bear my ill-fated name . No nurse come chuckling , to tell me it is a boy . No midwife , leering at me from under the lids of professional gravity . I dreamed of caudle .—Lullaby , Lullaby ,— hush-a-by-baby — how like its papa it is !—And then , when grown up , “ Is this your son , Sir ? ” “ Yes , Sir , a poor copy of me , a sad young dog ,— just what his father was at his age ,— I have four more at home . ” Oh ! oh ! oh !", "H. Landlord , I must pack up tonight ; you will see all my things got ready .", "H. He has heard it all .", "H. Pigs !", "H. Scorch my crackling ! a queer phrase ; but I suppose he do n't mean to affront me .", "H. As you say , Landlord , thinking of a thing does but augment it .", "H. Hogment it ! damn it , I said augment it .", "H. Lard !", "H. Smoke me !", "H. That 's another of your phrases , I presume .", "H. Oh , I wish I were anonymous .", "H. Melesinda , you behold before you a wretch who would have betrayed your confidence — but it was love that prompted him ; who would have trick 'd you , by an unworthy concealment , into a participation of that disgrace which a superficial world has agreed to attach to a name — but with it you would have shared a fortune not contemptible , and a heart — but ‘ tis over now . That name he is content to bear alone — to go where the persecuted syllables shall be no more heard , or excite no meaning — some spot where his native tongue has never penetrated , nor any of his countrymen have landed , to plant their unfeeling satire , their brutal wit , and national ill manners — where no Englishmen —Some yet undiscovered Otaheite , where witless , unapprehensive savages shall innocently pronounce the ill-fated sounds , and think them not inharmonious .", "H. Who knows but among the female natives might be found ——", "H. One who would be more kind than — some Oberea — Queen Oberea .", "H. Or what if I were to seek for proofs of reciprocal esteem among unprejudiced African maids , in Monomotopa ?", "H. Monomotopa", "H. No power of man can relieve me; but it must lie at the root , gnawing at the root — here it will lie .", "H. Gnawing at the root — there it will lie .", "H. Gnawing at the root —— ha ! pish ! nonsense ! give it me — what !promotions , bankrupts — a great many bankrupts this week — there it will lie .“ The King has been graciously pleased ” — gnawing at the root — “ graciously pleased to grant unto John Hogsflesh , ” — the devil — “ Hogsflesh , Esq ., of Sty Hall , in the county of Hants , his royal license and authority ” — O Lord ! O Lord !— “ that he and his issue ” — me and my issue — “ may take and use the surname and arms of Bacon ” — Bacon , the surname and arms of Bacon — “ in pursuance of an injunction contained in the last will and testament of Nicholas Bacon , Esq ., his late uncle , as well as out of grateful respect to his memory : ” — grateful respect ! poor old soul —— - here 's more — “ and that such arms may be first duly exemplified “ — they shall , I will take care of that — “ according to the laws of arms , and recorded in the Herald 's Office . ”", "H. Generous Melesinda ! my dear friend — “ he and his issue , ” me and my issue !— O Lord !—", "H. Bacon , Bacon , Bacon — how odd it sounds ! I could never be tired of hearing it . There was Lord Chancellor Bacon . Methinks I have some of the Verulam blood in me already .— Methinks I could look through Nature — there was Friar Bacon , a conjurer ,— I feel as if I could conjure too ——", "H. “ Surname and arms ” —", "H. There 's no such person — nor there never was — nor ‘ tis not fit there should be — “ surname and arms ” —", "H. “ His Majesty has been graciously pleased ” — 1st Lady . I am sure we all join in hearty congratulation —2nd Lady . And wish you joy with all our hearts —", "H. Ladies , for your congratulations I thank you ; for the favors you have lavished on me , and in particular for this lady 'sgood opinion , I rest your debtor . As to any future favors —— Madam , shall always acknowledge your politeness ; but at present , you see , I am engaged with a partner . Always be happy to respect you as a friend , but you must not look for anything further . Must beg of you to be less particular in your addresses to me . Ladies all , with this piece of advice , of Bath and you Your ever grateful servant takes his leave . Lay your plans surer when you plot to grieve ; See , while you kindly mean to mortify Another , the wild arrow do not fly , And gall yourself . For once you 've been mistaken ; Your shafts have miss 'd their aim — Hogsflesh has saved his Bacon . POEMS . DEDICATIONTO S. T. COLERIDGE , ESQ . My Dear Coleridge , You will smile to see the slender labors of your friend designated by the title of Works ; but such was the wish of the gentlemen who have kindly undertaken the trouble of collecting them , and from their judgment could be no appeal . It would be a kind of disloyalty to offer to any one but yourself a volume containing the early pieces , which were first published among your poems , and were fairly derivatives from you and them . My friend Lloyd and myself came into our first battleunder cover of the greater Ajax . How this association , which shall always be a dear and proud recollection to me , came to be broken ,— who snapped the threefold cord ,— whether yourselfgrew ashamed of your former companions ,— or whethersome ungracious bookseller was author of the separation ,— I cannot tell ;— but wanting the support of your friendly elm ,my vine has , since that time , put forth few or no fruits ; the saphas become , in a manner , dried up and extinct ; and you will find your old associate , in his second volume , dwindled into prose and criticism . Am I right in assuming this as the cause ? or is it that , as years come upon us ,Life itself loses much of its Poetry for us ? we transcribe but what we read in the great volume of Nature ; and , as the characters grow dim , we turn off , and look another way . You yourself write no Christabels , nor Ancient Mariners , now . Some of the Sonnets , which shall be carelessly turned over by the general reader , may happily awaken in you remembrances , which I should be sorry should be ever totally extinct — the memory “ Of summer days and of delightful years — ” even so far back as to those old suppers at our old ... Inn ,— when life was fresh , and topics exhaustless ,— and you first kindled in me , if not the power , yet the love of poetry , and beauty , and kindliness .— “ What words have I heard Spoke at the Mermaid ! ” The world has given you many a shrewd nip and gird since that time , but either my eyes are grown dimmer , or my old friend is the same who stood before me three-and-twenty years ago — his hair a little confessing the hand of Time , but still shrouding the same capacious brain ,— his heart not altered , scarcely where it “ alteration finds . ” One piece , Coleridge , I have ventured to publish in its original form , though I have heard you complain of a certain over-imitation of the antique in the style . If I could see any way of getting rid of the objection , without rewriting it entirely , I would make some sacrifices . But when I wrote John Woodvil , I never proposed to myself any distinct deviation from common English . I had been newly initiated in the writings of our elder dramatists : Beaumont and Fletcher , and Massinger , were then a first love ; and from what I was so freshly conversant in , what wonder if my language imperceptibly took a tinge ? The very time which I had chosen for my story , that which immediately followed the Restoration , seemed to require , in an English play , that the English should be of rather an older cast than that of the precise year in which it happened to be written . I wish it had not some faults , which I can less vindicate than the language . I remain , My dear Coleridge , Yours , With unabated esteem , C. LAMB . POEMS HESTER . When maidens such as Hester die , Their place ye may not well supply , Though ye among a thousand try , With vain endeavor . A month or more hath she been dead , Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed , And her together . A springy motion in her gait , A rising step , did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate , That flush 'd her spirit . I know not by what name beside I shall it call :— if ‘ twas not pride , It was a joy to that allied , She did inherit . Her parents held the Quaker rule , Which doth the human feeling cool , But she was train 'd in Nature 's school , Nature had blest her . A waking eye , a prying mind , A heart that stirs , is hard to bind , A hawk 's keen sight ye cannot blind , Ye could not Hester . My sprightly neighbor ! gone before To that unknown and silent shore , Shall we not meet , as heretofore , Some summer morning , When from thy cheerful eyes a ray Hath struck a bliss upon the day , A bliss that would not go away , A sweet fore-warning ? TO CHARLES LLOYD . AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR . Alone , obscure , without a friend , A cheerless , solitary thing , Why seeks , my Lloyd , the stranger out ? What offering can the stranger bring Of social scenes , home-bred delights , That him in aught compensate may For Stowey 's pleasant winter nights , For loves and friendships far away ? In brief oblivion to forego Friends , such as thine , so justly dear , And be awhile with me content To stay , a kindly loiterer , here : For this a gleam of random joy Hath flush 'd my unaccustom 'd cheek ; And , with an o'ercharged bursting heart , I feel the thanks I cannot speak . Oh ! sweet are all the Muses ’ lays , And sweet the charm of matin bird ; ‘ Twas long since these estrangèd ears The sweeter voice of friend had heard . The voice hath spoke : the pleasant sounds In memory 's ear in after-time Shall live , to sometimes rouse a tear , And sometimes prompt an honest rhyme . For , when the transient charm is fled , And when the little week is o'er , To cheerless , friendless , solitude When I return , as heretofore ; Long , long , within my aching heart The grateful sense shall cherish 'd be ; I 'll think less meanly of myself , That Lloyd will sometimes think on me . THE THREE FRIENDS . Three young maids in friendship met ; Mary , Martha , Margaret . Margaret was tall and fair , Martha shorter by a hair ; If the first excell 'd in feature , Th ’ other 's grace and ease were greater ; Mary , though to rival loth , In their best gifts equall 'd both . They a due proportion kept ; Martha mourn 'd if Margaret wept ; Margaret joy 'd when any good She of Martha understood ; And in sympathy for either Mary was outdone by neither . Thus far , for a happy space , All three ran an equal race , A most constant friendship proving , Equally beloved and loving ; All their wishes , joys , the same ; Sisters only not in name . Fortune upon each one smiled , As upon a fav'rite child ; Well to do and well to see Were the parents of all three ; Till on Martha 's father crosses Brought a flood of worldly losses , And his fortunes rich and great Changed at once to low estate : Under which o'erwhelming blow Martha 's mother was laid low ; She a hapless orphan left , Of maternal care bereft , Trouble following trouble fast , Lay in a sick-bed at last . In the depth of her affliction Martha now receiv 'd conviction , That a true and faithful friend Can the surest comfort lend . Night and day , with friendship tried , Ever constant by her side Was her gentle Mary found , With a love that knew no bound ; And the solace she imparted Saved her dying broken-hearted . In this scene of earthly things Not one good unmixèd springs . That which had to Martha proved A sweet consolation , moved Different feelings of regret In the mind of Margaret . She , whose love was not less dear , Nor affection less sincere To her friend , was , by occasion Of more distant habitation , Fewer visits forced to pay her ; When no other cause did stay her ; And her Mary living nearer , Margaret began to fear her , Lest her visits day by day Martha 's heart should steal away . That whole heart she ill could spare her , Where till now she 'd been a sharer . From this cause with grief she pined , Till at length her health declined . All her cheerful spirits flew , Fast as Martha 's gather 'd new ; And her sickness waxèd sore , Just when Martha felt no more . Mary , who had quick suspicion Of her alter 'd friend 's condition , Seeing Martha 's convalescence Less demanded now her presence , With a goodness , built on reason , Changed her measures with the season ; Turn 'd her steps from Martha 's door , Went where she was wanted more ; All her care and thoughts were set Now to tend on Margaret . Mary living ‘ twixt the two , From her home could oft'ner go , Either of her friends to see , Than they could together be . Truth explain 'd is to suspicion Evermore the best physician . Soon her visits had the effect ; All that Margaret did suspect , From her fancy vanish 'd clean ; She was soon what she had been , And the color she did lack To her faded cheek came back . Wounds which love had made her feel , Love alone had power to heal . Martha , who the frequent visit Now had lost , and sore did miss it , With impatience waxèd cross , Counted Margaret 's gain her loss : All that Mary did confer On her friend , thought due to her . In her girlish bosom rise Little foolish jealousies , Which into such rancor wrought , She one day for Margaret sought ; Finding her by chance alone , She began , with reasons shown , To insinuate a fear Whether Mary was sincere ; Wish 'd that Margaret would take heed Whence her actions did proceed . For herself , she 'd long been minded Not with outsides to be blinded ; All that pity and compassion , She believed was affectation ; In her heart she doubted whether Mary cared a pin for either . She could keep whole weeks at distance , And not know of their existence , While all things remain 'd the same ; But , when some misfortune came , Then she made a great parade Of her sympathy and aid ,— Not that she did really grieve , It was only make-believe , And she cared for nothing , so She might her fine feelings show , And get credit , on her part , For a soft and tender heart . With such speeches , smoothly made , She found methods to persuade MargaretTo believe her reasons just ; Quite destroy 'd that comfort glad , Which in Mary late she had ; Made her , in experience ’ spite , Think her friend a hypocrite , And resolve , with cruel scoff , To renounce and cast her off . See how good turns are rewarded ! She of both is now discarded , Who to both had been so late Their support in low estate , All their comfort , and their stay — Now of both is cast away . But the league her presence cherish 'd , Losing its best prop , soon perish 'd ; She , that was a link to either , To keep them and it together , Being gone , the twoThat were left , soon fell asunder ;— Some civilities were kept , But the heart of friendship slept ; Love with hollow forms was fed , But the life of love lay dead :— A cold intercourse they held , After Mary was expell 'd . Two long years did intervene Since they 'd either of them seen , Or , by letter , any word Of their old companion heard ,— When , upon a day once walking , Of indifferent matters talking , They a female figure met ; Martha said to Margaret , “ That young maid in face does carry A resemblance strong of Mary . ” Margaret , at nearer sight , Own 'd her observation right ; But they did not far proceed Ere they knew ‘ twas she indeed . She — but , ah I how changed they view her From that person which they knew her ! Her fine face disease had scarr 'd , And its matchless beauty marr 'd :— But enough was left to trace Mary 's sweetness — Mary 's grace . When her eye did first behold them , How they blush 'd !— but , when she told them , How on a sick-bed she lay Months , while they had kept away , And had no inquiries made If she were alive or dead ;— How , for want of a true friend , She was brought near to her end , And was like so to have died , With no friend at her bedside ;— How the constant irritation , Caused by fruitless expectation Of their coming , had extended The illness , when she might have mended ,— Then , O then , how did reflection Come on them with recollection ! All that she had done for them , How it did their fault condemn ! But sweet Mary , still the same , Kindly eased them of their shame ; Spoke to them with accents bland , Took them friendly by the hand ; Bound them both with promise fast . Not to speak of troubles past ; Made them on the spot declare A new league of friendship there ; Which , without a word of strife , Lasted thenceforth long as life . Martha now and Margaret Strove who most should pay the debt Which they owed her , nor did vary Ever after from their Mary . TO A RIVER IN WHICH A CHILD WAS DROWNED . Smiling river , smiling river , On thy bosom sunbeams play ; Though they 're fleeting , and retreating , Thou hast more deceit than they . In thy channel , in thy channel , Choked with ooze and grav'lly stones , Deep immersed , and unhearsed , Lies young Edward 's corse : his bones Ever whitening , ever whitening , As thy waves against them dash ; What thy torrent , in the current , Swallow 'd , now it helps to wash . As if senseless , as if senseless Things had feeling in this case ; What so blindly , and unkindly , It destroy 'd , it now does grace . THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES . I have had playmates , I have had companions , In my days of childhood , in my joyful school-days , All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . I have been laughing , I have been carousing , Drinking late , sitting late , with my bosom cronies , All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . I loved a love once , fairest among women ; Closed are her doors on me , I must not see her — All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . I have a friend , a kinder friend has no man ; Like an ingrate , I left my friend abruptly ; Left him , to muse on the old familiar faces . Ghostlike I paced round the haunts of my childhood . Earth seem 'd a desert I was bound to traverse , Seeking to find the old familiar faces . Friend of my bosom , thou more than a brother , Why wert not thou born in my father 's dwelling ? So might we talk of the old familiar faces ,— How some they have died , and some they have left me , And some are taken from me ; all are departed ; All , all are gone , the old familiar faces . HELEN . High-born Helen , round your dwelling These twenty years I 've paced in vain : Haughty beauty , thy lover 's duty Hath been to glory in his pain . High-born Helen , proudly telling Stories of thy cold disdain ; I starve , I die , now you comply , And I no longer can complain . These twenty years I 've lived on tears , Dwelling forever on a frown ; On sighs I 've fed , your scorn my bread ; I perish now you kind are grown . Can I , who loved my beloved But for the scorn “ was in her eye , ” Can I be moved for my beloved , When she “ returns me sigh for sigh ? ” In stately pride , by my bedside , High-born Helen 's portrait 's hung ; Deaf to my praise , my mournful lays Are nightly to the portrait sung . To that I weep , nor ever sleep , Complaining all night long to her — Helen , grown old , no longer cold , Said , “ You to all men I prefer . ” A VISION OF REPENTANCE . I saw a famous fountain , in my dream , Where shady pathways to a valley led ; A weeping willow lay upon that stream , And all around the fountain brink were spread Wide-branching trees , with dark green leaf rich clad , Forming a doubtful twilight — desolate and sad . The place was such , that whoso enter 'd in , Disrobèd was of every earthly thought , And straight became as one that knew not sin , Or to the world 's first innocence was brought ; Enseem 'd it now , he stood on holy ground , In sweet and tender melancholy wrapt around . A most strange calm stole o'er my soothèd sprite ; Long time I stood , and longer had I staid , When lo ! I saw , saw by the sweet moonlight , Which came in silence o'er that silent shade , Where , near the fountain , SOMETHING like DESPAIR Made , of that weeping-willow , garlands for her hair . And eke with painful fingers she inwove Many an uncouth stem of savage thorn — “ The willow garland , that was for her love , And these her bleeding temples would adorn . ” With sighs her heart nigh burst , salt tears fast fell , As mournfully she bended o'er that sacred well . To whom when I addrest myself to speak , She lifted up her eyes , and nothing said ; The delicate red came mantling o'er her cheek , And gath'ring up her loose attire , she fled To the dark covert of that woody shade , And in her goings seem 'd a timid gentle maid . Revolving in my mind what this should mean , And why that lovely lady plainèd so ; Perplex 'd in thought at that mysterious scene , And doubting if ‘ twere best to stay or go , I cast mine eyes in wistful gaze around , When from the shades came slow a small and plaintive sound . “ Psyche am I , who love to dwell In these brown shades , this woody dell , Where never busy mortal came , Till now , to pry upon my shame . “ At thy feet what dost thou see The waters of repentance be , Which , night and day , I must augment With tears , like a true penitent , “ If haply so my day of grace Be not yet past ; and this lone place , O'ershadowy , dark , excludeth hence All thoughts but grief and penitence . ” “ Why dost thou weep , thou gentle maid ! And wherefore in this barren shade Thy hidden thoughts with sorrow feed ? Can thing so fair repentance need ? ” “ O ! I have done a deed of shame , And tainted is my virgin fame , And stain 'd the beauteous maiden white In which my bridal robes were dight . ” “ And who the promised spouse ? declare : And what those bridal garments were . ” “ Severe and saintly righteousness Composed the clear white bridal dress ; JESUS , the Son of Heaven 's high King , Bought with his blood the marriage ring . “ A wretched sinful creature , I Deem 'd lightly of that sacred tie , Gave to a treacherous WORLD my heart , And play 'd the foolish wanton 's part . Soon to these murky shades I came , To hide from the sun 's light my shame . And still I haunt this woody dell , And bathe me in that healing well , Whose waters clear have influence From sin 's foul stains the soul to cleanse ; And , night and day , I them augment , With tears , like a true penitent , Until , due expiation made , And fit atonement fully paid , The Lord and Bridegroom me present , Where in sweet strains of high consent , God 's throne before , the Seraphim Shall chant the ecstatic marriage hymn . ” “ Now Christ restore thee soon ” — I said , And thenceforth all my dream was fled . DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD . CHILD O Lady , lay your costly robes aside . No longer may you glory in your pride . MOTHER Wherefore to-day art singing in mine ear Sad songs were made so long ago , my dear ? This day I am to be a bride , you know , Why sing sad songs , were made so long ago ? CHILD O mother , lay your costly robes aside , For you may never be another 's bride . That line I learn 'd not in the old sad song . MOTHER I pray thee , pretty one , now hold thy tongue , Play with the bridemaids ; and be glad , my boy , For thou shalt be a second father 's joy . CHILD . One father fondled me upon his knee . One father is enough , alone , for me . QUEEN ORIANA 'S DREAM . On a bank with roses shaded , Whose sweet scent the violets aided , Violets whose breath alone Yields but feeble smell or none ,While o'erhead six slaves did hold Canopy of cloth o ’ gold , And two more did music keep , Which might Juno lull to sleep , Oriana , who was queen To the mighty Tamerlane , That was lord of all the land Between Thrace and Samarchand , While the noontide fervor beam 'd , Mused himself to sleep , and dream 'd . Thus far , in magnific strain , A young poet soothed his vein , But he had nor prose nor numbers , To express a princess ’ slumbers .— Youthful Richard had strange fancies , Was deep versed in old romances , And could talk whole hours upon The Great Cham and Prester John ,— Tell the field in which the Sophi From the Tartar won a trophy — What he read with such delight of , Thought he could as eas'ly write of — But his over-young invention Kept not pace with brave intention . Twenty suns did rise and set , And he could no further get ; But , unable to proceed , Made a virtue out of need , And , his labors wiselier deem 'd of , Did omit what the queen dream 'd of . A BALLAD . NOTING THE DIFFERENCE OF RICH AND POOR , IN THE WAYS OF A RICH NOBLE 'S PALACE AND A POOR WORKHOUSE . To the Tune of the “ Old and Young Courtier . ” In a costly palace Youth goes clad in gold ; In a wretched workhouse Age 's limbs are cold : There they sit , the old men by a shivering fire , Still close and closer cowering , warmth is their desire . In a costly palace , when the brave gallants dine , They have store of good venison , with old canary wine , With singing and music to heighten the cheer ; Coarse bits , with grudging , are the pauper 's best fare . In a costly palace Youth is still carest By a train of attendants which laugh at my young Lord 's jest ; In a wretched workhouse the contrary prevails : Does Age begin to prattle ?— no man heark'neth to his tales . In a costly palace if the child with a pin Do but chance to prick a finger , straight the doctor is called in ; In a wretched workhouse men are left to perish For want of proper cordials , which their old age might cherish . In a costly palace Youth enjoys his lust ; In a wretched workhouse Age , in corners thrust , Thinks upon the former days , when he was well to do , Had children to stand by him , both friends and kinsmen too . In a costly palace Youth his temples hides With a new-devised peruke that reaches to his sides ; In a wretched workhouse Age 's crown is bare , With a few thin locks just to fence out the cold air . In peace , as in war , ‘ tis our young gallants ’ pride , To walk , each one i ’ the streets , with a rapier by his side , That none to do them injury may have pretence ; Wretched Age , in poverty , must brook offence . HYPOCHONDRIACUS . By myself walking , To myself talking , When as I ruminate On my untoward fate , Scarcely seem I Alone sufficiently , Black thoughts continually Crowding my privacy ; They come unbidden , Like foes at a wedding , Thrusting their faces In better guests ’ places , Peevish and malecontent , Clownish , impertinent , Dashing the merriment : So in like fashions Dim cogitations Follow and haunt me , Striving to daunt me , In my heart festering , In my ears whispering , “ Thy friends are treacherous , Thy foes are dangerous , Thy dreams ominous . ” Fierce Anthropophagi , Spectra , Diaboli , What scared St. Anthony , Hobgoblins , Lemures , Dreams of Antipodes , Night-riding Incubi , Troubling the fantasy , All dire illusions Causing confusions ; Figments heretical , Scruples fantastical , Doubts diabolical ; Abaddon vexeth me , Mahu perplexeth me , Lucifer teareth me —— Jesu ! Maria ! liberate nos ab his diris tentationibus Inimici . A FAREWELL TO TOBACCO . May the Babylonish curse Straight confound my stammering verse , If I can a passage see In this word-perplexity , Or a fit expression find , Or a language to my mind ,To take leave of thee , GREAT PLANT ! Or in any terms relate Half my love , or half my hate : For I hate , yet love , thee so , That , whichever thing I show , The plain truth will seem to be A constrain 'd hyperbole , And the passion to proceed More from a mistress than a weed . Sooty retainer to the vine , Bacchus ’ black servant , negro fine ; Sorcerer , that mak'st us dote upon Thy begrimed complexion , And , for thy pernicious sake , More and greater oaths to break Than reclaimèd lovers take ‘ Gainst women : thou thy siege dost lay Much too in the female way , While thou suck'st the lab'ring breath Faster than kisses or than death . Thou in such a cloud dost bind us , That our worst foes cannot find us , And ill-fortune , that would thwart us . Shoots at rovers , shooting at us ; While each man , through thy height'ning steam , Does like a smoking Etna seem , And all about us does expressA Sicilian fruitfulness . Thou through such a mist dost show us , That our best friends do not know us , And , for those allowèd features , Due to reasonable creatures , Liken'st us to fell Chimeras , Monsters that , who see us , fear us ; Worse than Cerberus or Geryon , Or , who first loved a cloud , Ixion . Bacchus we know , and we allow His tipsy rites . But what art thou , That but by reflex canst show What his deity can do , As the false Egyptian spell Aped the true Hebrew miracle Some few vapors thou may'st raise , The weak brain may serve to amaze , But to the reins and nobler heart Canst nor life nor heat impart . Brother of Bacchus , later born , The old world was sure forlorn Wanting thee , that aidest more The god 's victories than before All his panthers , and the brawls Of his piping Bacchanals . These , as stale , we disallow , Or judge of thee meant ; only thou His true Indian conquest art ; And , for ivy round his dart , The reformèd god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves . Scent to match thy rich perfume Chemic art did ne'er presume Through her quaint alembic strain , None so sov'reign to the brain . Nature , that did in thee excel , Framed again no second smell . Roses , violets , but toys For the smaller sort of boys , Or for greener damsels meant ; Thou art the only manly scent . Stinking'st of the stinking kind , Filth of the mouth and fog of the mind , Africa , that brags her foison , Breeds no such prodigious poison , Henbane , nightshade , both together , Hemlock , aconite —— Nay , rather , Plant divine , of rarest virtue ; Blisters on the tongue would hurt you . ‘ Twas but in a sort I blamed thee : None e'er prosper 'd who defamed thee ; Irony all , and feign 'd abuse , Such as perplex 'd lovers use , At a need , when , in despair To paint forth their fairest fair , Or in part but to express That exceeding comeliness Which their fancies doth so strike , They borrow language of dislike ; And , instead of Dearest Miss , Jewel , Honey , Sweetheart , Bliss , And those forms of old admiring , Call her Cockatrice and Siren , Basilisk , and all that 's evil , Witch , Hyena , Mermaid , Devil , Ethiop , Wench , and Blackamoor , Monkey , Ape , and twenty more ; Friendly Trait'ress , loving Foe ,— Not that she is truly so , But no other way they know A contentment to express , Borders so upon excess , That they do not rightly wot Whether it be pain or not . Or , as men , constrain 'd to part With what 's nearest to their heart , While their sorrow 's at the height , Lose discrimination quite , And their hasty wrath let fall , To appease their frantic gall , On the darling thing whatever , Whence they feel it death to sever , Though it be , as they , perforce , Guiltless of the sad divorce . For I mustleave thee . For thy sake , TOBACCO , I Would do anything but die , And but seek to extend my days Long enough to sing thy praise . But , as she , who once hath been A king 's consort , is a queen Ever after , nor will bate Any tittle of her state , Though a widow , or divorced , So I , from thy converse forced , The old name and style retain , A right Katherine of Spain ; And a seat , too ,' mongst the joys Of the blest Tobacco Boys ; Where , though I , by sour physician , Am debarr 'd the full fruition Of thy favors , I may catch Some collateral sweets , and snatch Sidelong odors , that give life Like glances from a neighbor 's wife ; And still live in the by-places And the suburbs of thy graces ; And in thy borders take delight , An unconquer 'd Canaanite . TO T. L. H . A CHILD . Model of thy parent dear , Serious infant worth a fear : In thy unfaltering visage well Picturing forth the son of TELL , When on his forehead , firm and good , Motionless mark , the apple stood ; Guileless traitor , rebel mild , Convict unconscious , culprit child ! Gates that close with iron roar Have been to thee thy nursery door ; Chains that chink in cheerless cells Have been thy rattles and thy bells ; Walls contrived for giant sin Have hemm 'd thy faultless weakness in ; Near thy sinless bed black Guilt Her discordant house hath built , And fill 'd it with her monstrous brood — Sights , by thee not understood — Sights of fear , and of distress , That pass a harmless infant 's guess But the clouds , that overcast Thy young morning , may not last ; Soon shall arrive the rescuing hour That yields thee up to Nature 's power : Nature , that so late doth greet thee , Shall in o'erflowing measure meet thee . She shall recompense with cost For every lesson thou hast lost . Then wandering up thy sire 's loved hill ,Thou shalt take thy airy fill Of health and pastime . Birds shall sing For thy delight each May morning . ‘ Mid new-yean 'd lambkins thou shalt play , Hardly less a lamb than they . Then thy prison 's lengthen 'd bound Shall be the horizon skirting round : And , while thou fillest thy lap with flowers , To make amends for wintry hours , The breeze , the sunshine , and the place , Shall from thy tender brow efface Each vestige of untimely care , That sour restraint had graven there ; And on thy every look impress A more excelling childishness . So shall be thy days beguiled , THORNTON HUNT , my favorite child .BALLAD . FROM THE GERMAN . The clouds are blackening , the storms threatening , And ever the forest maketh a moan : Billows are breaking , the damsel 's heart acting , Thus by herself she singeth alone , Weeping right plenteously . “ The world is empty , the heart is dead surely , In this world plainly all seemeth amiss : To thy breast , holy one , take now thy little one , I have had earnest of all earth 's bliss , Living right lovingly . ” DAVID IN THE CAVE OF ADULLAM . David and his three captains bold Kept ambush once within a hold . It was in Adullam 's cave , Nigh which no water they could have , Nor spring , nor running brook was near To quench the thirst that parch 'd them there . Then David , king of Israël , Straight bethought him of a well , Which stood beside the city gate , At Bethlem ; where , before his state Of kingly dignity , he had Oft drunk his fill , a shepherd lad ; But now his fierce Philistine foe Encamp 'd before it he does know . Yet ne'er the less , with heat opprest , Those three bold captains he addrest ; And wish 'd that one to him would bring Some water from his native spring . His valiant captains instantly To execute his will did fly . The mighty Three the ranks broke through Of armed foes , and water drew For David , their beloved king , At his own sweet native spring . Back through their arm 'd foes they haste , With the hard-earn 'd treasure graced . But when the good king David found What they had done , he on the ground The water pour 'd ... “ Because , ” said he , “ That it was at the jeopardy Of your three lives this thing ye did , That I should drink it , God forbid . ” SALOME . Once on a charger there was laid , And brought before a royal maid , As price of attitude and grace , A guiltless head , a holy face . It was on Herod 's natal day , Who o'er Judea 's land held sway . He married his own brother 's wife , Wicked Herodias . She the life Of John the Baptist long had sought , Because he openly had taught That she a life unlawful led , Having her husband 's brother wed . This was he , that saintly John , Who in the wilderness alone Abiding , did for clothing wear A garment made of camel 's hair ; Honey and locusts were his food , And he was most severely good . He preachèd penitence and tears , And waking first the sinner 's fears , Prepared a path , made smooth a way , For his diviner Master 's day . Herod kept in princely state His birthday . On his throne he sate , After the feast , beholding her Who danced with grace peculiar ; Fair Salome , who did excel All in that land for dancing well . The feastful monarch 's heart was fired , And whatsoe'er thing she desired , Though half his kingdom it should be , He in his pleasure swore that he Would give the graceful Salome . The damsel was Herodias ’ daughter : She to the queen hastes , and besought her To teach her what great gift to name . Instructed by Herodias , came The damsel back : to Herod said , “ Give me John the Baptist 's head ; And in a charger let it be Hither straightway brought to me . ” Herod her suit would fain deny , But for his oath 's sake must comply . When painters would by art express Beauty in unloveliness , Thee , Herodias ’ daughter , thee , They fittest subject take to be . They give thy form and features grace ; But ever in thy beauteous face They show a steadfast cruel gaze , An eye unpitying ; and amaze In all beholders deep they mark , That thou betrayest not one spark Of feeling for the ruthless deed , That did thy praiseful dance succeed . For on the head they make you look , As if a sullen joy you took , A cruel triumph , wicked pride , That for your sport a saint had died . LINES SUGGESTED BY A PICTURE OF TWO FEMALES BY LIONARDO DA VINCI . The lady Blanch , regardless of all her lover 's fears , To the Urs'line convent hastens , and long the Abbess hears , “ O Blanch , my child , repent ye of the courtly life ye lead . ” Blanch look 'd on a rose-bud and little seem 'd to heed . She look 'd on the rose-bud , she look 'd round , and thought On all her heart had whisper 'd , and all the Nun had taught . “ I am worshipp 'd by lovers , and brightly shines my fame , All Christendom resoundeth the noble Blanch 's name . Nor shall I quickly wither like the rose-bud from the tree , My queen-like graces shining when my beauty 's gone from me . But when the sculptured marble is rais 'd o'er my head , And the matchless Blanch lies lifeless among the noble dead , This saintly lady Abbess hath made me justly fear , It nothing will avail me that I were worshipp 'd here . ” LINES ON THE SAME PICTURE BEING REMOVED TO MAKE PLACE FOR A PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY TITIAN . Who art thou , fair one , who usurp'st the place Of Blanch , the lady of the matchless grace ? Come , fair and pretty , tell to me , Who , in thy lifetime , thou might'st be . Thou pretty art and fair , But with the lady Blanch thou never must compare . No need for Blanch her history to tell ; Whoever saw her face , they there did read it well . But when I look on thee , I only know There lived a pretty maid some hundred years ago . LINES ON THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY LIONARDO DA VINCI , CALLED THE VIRGIN OF THE ROCKS . While young John runs to greet The greater Infant 's feet , The Mother standing by , with trembling passion Of devout admiration , Beholds the engaging mystic play , and pretty adoration ; Nor knows as yet the full event Of those so low beginnings , From whence we date our winnings , But wonders at the intent Of those new rites , and what that strange child-worship meant . But at her side An angel doth abide , With such a perfect joy As no dim doubts alloy , An intuition , A glory , an amenity , Passing the dark condition Of blind humanity , As if he surely knew All the blest wonder should ensue , Or he had lately left the upper sphere , And had read all the sovran schemes and divine riddles there . ON THE SAME . Maternal lady with the virgin grace , Heaven-born thy Jesus seemeth sure , And thou a virgin pure . Lady most perfect , when thy sinless face Men look upon , they wish to be A Catholic , Madonna fair , to worship thee . SONNETS . I . TO MISS KELLY . You are not , Kelly , of the common strain , That stoop their pride and female honor down To please that many-headed beast the town , And vend their lavish smiles and tricks for gain ; By fortune thrown amid the actors ’ train , You keep your native dignity of thought ; The plaudits that attend you come unsought , As tributes due unto your natural vein . Your tears have passion in them , and a grace Of genuine freshness , which our hearts avow ; Your smiles are winds whose ways we cannot trace , That vanish and return we know not how — And please the better from a pensive face , A thoughtful eye , and a reflecting brow . II . ON THE SIGHT OF SWANS IN KENSINGTON GARDEN . Queen-bird that sittest on thy shining-nest , And thy young cygnets without sorrow hatchest , And thou , thou other royal bird , that watchest Lest the white mother wandering feet molest : Shrined are your offspring in a crystal cradle , Brighter than Helen 's ere she yet had burst Her shelly prison . They shall be born at first Strong , active , graceful , perfect , swan-like able To tread the land or waters with security . Unlike poor human births , conceived in sin , In grief brought forth , both outwardly and in Confessing weakness , error , and impurity . Did heavenly creatures own succession 's line , The births of heaven like to yours would shine . III . Was it some sweet device of Faëry That mock 'd my steps with many a lonely glade , And fancied wanderings with a fair-hair 'd maid ? Have these things been ? or what rare witchery , Impregning with delights the charmèd air , Enlighted up the semblance of a smile In those fine eyes ? methought they spake the while Soft soothing things , which might enforce despair To drop the murdering knife , and let go by His foul resolve . And does the lonely glade Still court the footsteps of the fair-hair 'd maid ? Still in her locks the gales of summer sigh ? While I forlorn do wander reckless where , And ‘ mid my wanderings meet no Anna there . IV . Methinks how dainty sweet it were , reclined Beneath the vast out-stretching branches high Of some old wood , in careless sort to lie , Nor of the busier scenes we left behind Aught envying . And , O Anna ! mild-eyed maid ! Beloved ! I were well content to play With thy free tresses all a summer 's day , Losing the time beneath the greenwood shade . Or we might sit and tell some tender tale Of faithful vows repaid by cruel scorn , A tale of true love , or of friend forgot ; And I would teach thee , lady , how to rail In gentle sort , on those who practise not Or love or pity , though of woman born . V . When last I roved these winding wood-walks green , Green winding walks , and shady pathways sweet , Oft-times would Anna seek the silent scene , Shrouding her beauties in the lone retreat . No more I hear her footsteps in the shade : Her image only in these pleasant ways Meets me self-wandering , where in happier days I held free converse with the fair-hair 'd maid . I pass 'd the little cottage which she loved , The cottage which did once my all contain ; It spake of days which ne'er must come again , Spake to my heart , and much my heart was moved . “ Now fair befall thee , gentle maid ! ” said I , And from the cottage turn 'd me with a sigh . VI . THE FAMILY NAME . What reason first imposed thee , gentle name , Name that my father bore , and his sire 's sire , Without reproach ? we trace our stream no higher ; And I , a childless man , may end the same . Perchance some shepherd on Lincolnian plains , In manners guileless as his own sweet flocks , Received thee first amid the merry mocks And arch allusions of his fellow swains . Perchance from Salem 's holier fields return 'd , With glory gotten on the heads abhorr 'd Of faithless Saracens , some martial lord Took HIS meek title , in whose zeal he burn 'd , Whate'er the fount whence thy beginnings came , No deed of mine shall shame thee , gentle name . VII . If from my lips some angry accents fell , Peevish complaint , or harsh reproof unkind , ‘ Twas but the error of a sickly mind And troubled thoughts , clouding the purer well , And waters clear , of Reason ; and for me Let this my verse the poor atonement be — My verse , which thou to praise wert ever inclined Too highly , and with a partial eye to see No blemish . Thou to me didst ever show Kindest affection ; and would oft-times lend An ear to the desponding lovesick lay , Weeping my sorrows with me , who repay But ill the mighty debt of love I owe , Mary , to thee , my sister and my friend . VIII . A timid grace sits trembling in her eye , As loath to meet the rudeness of men 's sight , Yet shedding a delicious lunar light , That steeps in kind oblivious ecstasy The care-crazed mind , like some still melody : Speaking most plain the thoughts which do possess Her gentle sprite : peace , and meek quietness , And innocent loves , and maiden purity : A look whereof might heal the cruel smart Of changèd friends , or fortune 's wrongs unkind ; Might to sweet deeds of mercy move the heart Of him who hates his brethren of mankind . Turn 'd are those lights from me , who fondly yet Past joys , vain loves , and buried hopes regret . IX . TO JOHN LAMB , ESQ ., OF THE SOUTH-SEA-HOUSE . John , you were figuring in the gay career Of blooming manhood with a young man 's joy , When I was yet a little peevish boy — Though time has made the difference disappear Betwixt our ages , which then seem 'd so great — And still by rightful custom you retain Much of the old authoritative strain , And keep the elder brother up in state . O ! you do well in this . ‘ Tis man 's worst deed To let the “ things that have been ” run to waste , And in the unmeaning present sink the past : In whose dim glass even now I faintly read Old buried forms , and faces long ago , Which you , and I , and one more , only know . X . O ! I could laugh to hear the midnight wind , That , rushing on its way with careless sweep , Scatters the ocean waves . And I could weep Like to a child . For now to my raised mind On wings of winds comes wild-eyed Fantasy , And her rude visions give severe delight . O wingèd bark ! how swift along the night Pass 'd thy proud keel ! nor shall I let go by Lightly of that drear hour the memory , When wet and chilly on thy deck I stood , Unbonneted , and gazed upon the flood , Even till it seem 'd a pleasant thing to die ,— To be resolv 'd into th ’ elemental wave , Or take my portion with the winds that rave . XI . We were two pretty babes , the youngest she , The youngest , and the loveliest far , I ween , And INNOCENCE her name . The time has been , We two did love each other 's company : Time was , we two had wept to have been apart . But when by show of seeming good beguiled , I left the garb and manners of a child , And my first love for man 's society , Defiling with the world my virgin heart — My loved companion dropp 'd a tear , and fled , And hid in deepest shades her awful head . Beloved , who shall tell me where thou art — In what delicious Eden to be found — That I may seek thee the wide world around ? BLANK VERSE CHILDHOOD . In my poor mind it is most sweet to muse Upon the days gone by ; to act in thought Past seasons o'er , and be again a child ; To sit in fancy on the turf-clad slope , Down which the child would roll ; to pluck gay flowers , Make posies in the sun , which the child 's handWould throw away , and straight take up again , Then fling them to the winds , and o'er the lawn Bound with so playful and so light a foot , That the press 'd daisy scarce declined her head . THE GRANDAME . On the green hill-top , Hard by the house of prayer , a modest roof , And not distinguish 'd from its neighbor-barn , Save by a slender-tapering length of spire , The Grandame sleeps . A plain stone barely tells The name and date to the chance passenger . For lowly born was she , and long had eat , Well-earn 'd , the bread of service :— hers was else A mountain spirit , one that entertain 'd Scorn of base action , deed dishonorable , Or aught unseemly . I remember well Her reverend image ; I remember , too , With what a zeal she served her master 's house ; And how the prattling tongue of garrulous age Delighted to recount the oft-told tale Or anecdote domestic . Wise she was , And wondrous skill 'd in genealogies , And could in apt and voluble terms discourse Of births , of titles , and alliances ; Of marriages , and intermarriages ; Relationship remote , or near of kin ; Of friends offended , family disgraced — Maiden high-born , but wayward , disobeying Parental strict injunction , and regardless Of unmix 'd blood , and ancestry remote , Stooping to wed with one of low degree . But these are not thy praises ; and I wrong Thy honor 'd memory , recording chiefly Things light or trivial . Better ‘ twere to tell , How with a nobler zeal , and warmer love , She served her heavenly Master . I have seen That reverend form bent down with age and pain , And rankling malady . Yet not for this Ceased she to praise her Maker , or withdrew Her trust in Him , her faith , an humble hope — So meekly had she learn 'd to bear her cross — For she had studied patience in the school Of Christ ; much comfort she had thence derived , And was a follower of the NAZARENE . THE SABBATH BELLS . The cheerful Sabbath bells , wherever heard , Strike pleasant on the sense , most like the voice Of one , who from the far-off hills proclaims Tidings of good to Zion : chiefly when Their piercing tones fall sudden on the ear Of the contemplant , solitary man , Whom thoughts abstruse or high have chanced to lure Forth from the walks of men , revolving oft , And oft again , hard matter , which eludes And baffles his pursuit — thought-sick and tired Of controversy , where no end appears , No clue to his research , the lonely man Half wishes for society again . Him , thus engaged , the Sabbath bells salute Sudden ! his heart awakes , his ears drink in The cheering music ; his relenting soul Yearns after all the joys of social life , And softens with the love of human kind . FANCY EMPLOYED ON DIVINE SUBJECTS . The truant Fancy was a wanderer ever , A lone enthusiast maid . She loves to walk In the bright visions of empyreal light , By the green pastures , and the fragrant meads , Where the perpetual flowers of Eden blow ; By crystal streams , and by the living waters , Along whose margin grows the wondrous tree Whose leaves shall heal the nations ; underneath Whose holy shade a refuge shall be found From pain and want , and all the ills that wait On mortal life , from sin and death forever . COMPOSED AT MIDNIGHT . From broken visions of perturbèd rest I wake , and start , and fear to sleep again . How total a privation of all sounds , Sights , and familiar objects , man , bird , beast , Herb , tree , or flower , and prodigal light of heaven . ‘ Twere some relief to catch the drowsy cry Of the mechanic watchman , or the noise Of revel reeling home from midnight cups . Those are the meanings of the dying man , Who lies in the upper chamber ; restless moans , And interrupted only by a cough Consumptive , torturing the wasted lungs . So in the bitterness of death he lies , And waits in anguish for the morning 's light . What can that do for him , or what restore ? Short taste , faint sense , affecting notices . And little images of pleasures past , Of health , and active life — health not yet slain , Nor the other grace of life , a good name , sold For sin 's black wages . On his tedious bed He writhes , and turns him from the accusing light , And finds no comfort in the sun , but says “ When night comes I shall get a little rest . ” Some few groans more , death comes , and there an end . ‘ Tis darkness and conjecture all beyond ; Weak Nature fears , though Charity must hope , And Fancy , most licentious on such themes Where decent reverence well had kept her mute , Hath o'erstock ' d hell with devils , and brought down By her enormous fablings and mad lies , Discredit on the gospel 's serious truths And salutary fears . The man of parts , Poet , or prose declaimer , on his couch Lolling , like one indifferent , fabricates A heaven of gold , where he , and such as he , Their heads encompassed with crowns , their heels With fine wings garlanded , shall tread the stars Beneath their feet , heaven 's pavement , far removed From damnèd spirits , and the torturing cries Of men , his breth'ren , fashion 'd of the earth , As he was , nourish 'd with the self-same bread , Belike his kindred or companions once — Through everlasting ages now divorced , In chains and savage torments to repent Short years of folly on earth . Their groans unheard In heav'n , the saint nor pity feels , nor care , For those thus sentenced — pity might disturb The delicate sense and most divine repose Of spirits angelical . Blessed be God , The measure of his judgments is not fix 'd By man 's erroneous standard . He discerns No such inordinate difference and vast Betwixt the sinner and the saint , to doom Such disproportion 'd fates . Compared with him , No man on earth is holy call 'd : they best Stand in his sight approved , who at his feet Their little crowns of virtue cast , and yield To him of his own works the praise , his due . A TRAGEDY . CHARACTERS . SIR WALTER WOODVIL . JOHN , } SIMON , } his sons . LOVELL , } GRAY , } Pretended friends of John .", "SELBY , A Wiltshire Gentleman .", "KATHERINE , Wife to Selby .", "LUCY , Sister to Selby .", "MRS. FRAMPTON , A Widow .", "SERVANTS .", "SCENE — At Mr. Selby 's House , or in the grounds adjacent .", "SCENE — A Library .", "MR. SELBY . KATHERINE ." ]

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[ "Miss , miss , your father has taken his hat , and is slept out , and Mr. Davenport is on the stairs ; and I came to tell you —", "O , miss , your father has suddenly returned . I see him with Mr. Saunders , coming down the street . Mr. Saunders , ma'am !", "Aye , miss , you must go , as Mr. Davenport says . Here is your cloak , miss , and your hat , and your gloves . Your father , ma'am —", "Away — away . What a lucky thought of mine to say her father was coming ! he would never have got her off , else . Lord , Lord , I do love to help lovers .", "This is the house I saw a bill up at , ma'am ; and a droll creature the landlord is .", "I am mistaken if my young lady does not find an agreeable companion in these apartments . Almost a namesake . Only the difference of Flyn , and Flint . I have some errands to do , or I would stop and have some fun with this droll butcher . Cutlet returns .", "You may thank me for your new lodger , Mr . Cutlet .— But bless me , you do not look well ?", "Late hours , perhaps . Raking last night .", "The deuce it did ! and what , if I may be so bold , might be the subject of your Night Thoughts ?", "What , in the midst of summer ?", "What a canting rogue it is ! I should like to trump up some fine story to plague him .", "He has got this by rote , out of some book .", "I have it .— For that matter , you need not send your humanity a travelling , Mr. Cutlet . For instance , last night —", "Only two streets off —", "The butcher 's shop at the corner .", "He has found his ears at last .That he has had his house burnt down .", "I saw four small children taken in at the green grocer 's .", "Some say he is , but not to the full amount .", "Now is this pretender to humanity gone to avail himself of a neighbour 's supposed ruin to inveigle his customers from him . Fine feelings !— pshaw !" ]

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