Excerpts from the Book 'The Grecian Daughter':

... critic, the Grecian Daughter demands a set of Remarks for each side of the question-and the good-natured side shall have precedence. This play ...
... Punic sails in yonder bay, Whose waters wash the walls of Syracuse. Mel. Art thou a stranger to Timoleon's name. Intent to plan, and circumspect ...
... sabre tenfold edge, And save a virtuous king. [Warlike Music. Enter EUPHRASIA. Eup. War on, ye heroes, Ye great assertors of a monarch's cause. ...
... him. Could I do it. Could I desert my father. Could I leave The venerable man, who gave me being, A victim here in Syracuse, nor stay To watch his ...
... Piercing the midnight gloom.-It is the sound Of bustling prows, that cleave the briny deep. Perhaps at this dead hour Hamilcar's fleet Rides in the ...
... Yet, mark my words if aught of nourishment Thou wouldst convey, my partners of the watch Will ne'er consent. Eup. I will observe your orders: ...
... a Cell in the back Scene. Eup. Hold, hold my heart. Oh. how shall I sustain The agonizing scene. [Rises.] I must behold him Nature, that drives ...
... virtue. The father foster'd at his daughter's breast. O. filial piety.-The milk design'd For her own offspring, on the parent's lip Allays the parching ...
... refuge for me. Eup. Pardon, sir: Euphrasia's care has form'd a safe retreat There may'st thou dwell it will not long be wanted. Soon shall Timoleon ...
... Philotas, thou conduct them To the deep dungeon's gloom. In that recess, 'Midst the wild tumult of eventful war We may ward off the blow. My friends, ...
... javelin Shall bid my sword with more than lightning's swiftness. Blaze in the front of war, and glut its rage With blow repeated in the tyrant's veins. ...
... with added lustre. Phil. Oh. forgive My ardent zeal. there is no time to waste. You must withdraw trust to your faithful friends. Pass but another ...
... the office To justify the strong, the righteous motives That urge him to the war: the only scope My deputation aims at, is to fix An interval of peace, ...
... my hero treads the paths of war, List on his side against the hostile javelin Uprear his mighty buckler to his sword Lend the fierce whirlwind's ...
... of death, art full as perfect As in the gorgeous palace, now, while night Broods o'er the world, I'll to thy sacred shrine, And supplicate thy mercies ...
... no danger shall assail them. Phoc. By Heav'n, the glorious expectation swells This panting bosom. Yes, Euphrasia, yes A while I leave you to the care ...
... fill the measure of thy guilt, Add that black murder to the dreadful list- With that complete the horrors of thy reign. Dio. Woman, beware: Philotas ...
... veil'd her orb, our silent march begins. The order thus:-Calippus thou lead forth Iberia's sons with the Numidian bands, And line the shore.-Perdiccas, ...
... me despatch thou traitor, thus my arm-. Eup. A daughter's arm, fell monster, strikes the blow. [Stabs DIONYSIUS. Yes, first she strikes an injur'd ...
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