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Thus some who have the Stars survey'd Are ignorantly led To think those glorious Lamps were made To light Tom Fool to bed. - Song on a Fine Woman Who Had a Dull Husband [Stars] From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks, Ten thousand little loves and graces spring To revel in the roses. - Tamerlane (act I, sc. 1) [Blushes] Is she not more than painting can express, Or youthful poets fancy, when they love? - The Fair Penitent (act III, sc. 1) [Beauty] Death is the privilege of human nature, And life without it were not worth our taking: Thither the poor, the pris'ner, and the mourner Fly for relief, and lay the burthens down. - The Fair Penitent (act V, sc. 1, l. 138) [Death] Is this that haughty, gallant, gay Lothario? - The Fair Penitent (act V, sc. 1, l. 37), taken from Massinger's "Fatal Dowry" [Pride] As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat, And none could be unhappy but the Great. - The Fair Penitent--Prologue (l. 3) [Greatness : Misfortune] A pressing lover seldom wants success, Whilst the respectful, like the Greek, sits down And wastes a ten years' siege before one town. - To the Inconstant--Epilogue (l. 18) [Wooing] Displaying page 3 of 3 for this author: << Prev 1 2 [3]
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