The Carib Chief: A Tragedy in Five Acts

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1819 - 78 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 76 - ... Globe of 7th inst., HLP writes to that paper that in the " good old days of wooden velocipedes " he remembers to have read in " some witty journal " the following : — " Our wooden walls were long the patriot's toast, Soon wooden cavalry will be our boast ; And when some Wellington to conquest leads A new-built squadron of velocipedes, What foe will dare our prowess to withstand, Borne on our native oak by sea and land ! " No date is given, but it may be guessed at 18181823. In any case, the...
Pàgina 76 - Some banish'd lover, or some captive maid; They live, they speak, they breathe what love inspires, Warm from the soul, and faithful to its fires ; The virgin's wish without her fears impart, Excuse the blush, and pour out all the heart, Speed the soft intercourse from soul to soul, And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole. Thou know'st how guiltless first I met thy flame. When Love approach'd me under Friendship's name; My fancy form'd thee of angelic kind, Some emanation of th
Pàgina 7 - And your Montalbert's lasting tenderness, Will soften these regrets. Clau. Heaven knows how truly I feel Montalbert's goodness. He preserved My infant life : supplied the place of parents, Whom haply that wide massacre destroyed ; But, oh ! it was Trefusis that alone Possess'd my love : the few short happy hours An orphan girl could know, were made by him, With him were lost for ever.
Pàgina 12 - Twas such an eve as this, So soft, so calm, that, sixteen summers since, Usher'd that bloodiest morn. Even now, I feel Hot on my flesh, the fretting of the chains Montalbert lock'd about me ! , Even now, The same devouring fever kindles here, + (striking...
Pàgina 48 - Of ocean mil divide us : and I pray thee, As we shall never, never meet again, Strive thou, like me, to banish the remembrance Of what has been ; of thoughts, whose images, Too dearly loved, must be indulged no more. We must be firm ; we must forget each other ! Tre.
Pàgina 12 - Let him but see his bride, like mine, made captive, And sacrificed by me, as mine by him Then, in whatever shape of bitter death, Or bitterer life, it please ye cast my lot, Body and soul I give myself unto you, A martyr — but a conqueror ! \Exit.
Pàgina 3 - And he has promis'd, if to-day shall crown The English victory in Guadaloupe, He will, this night, dispatch the aids we need To storm the fortress here; of which adventure He gives command to you.
Pàgina 31 - ... league we've made ? Omr. (turning round, and rushing forward, ) Come with his bride ? — what here, In Dominica ? — This was what I pray'd for ! — In person ! — But shall I be sure of him ? Shall I be sure, that when I have him down, No white allies shall interpose betwixt Me and my prize, — to enforce for one another That civilized, that Christian law of mercy, Our dusky children never yet partook ? Mai.
Pàgina 48 - Than all we have endured ! Forget, Claudina ! Clau. Yes, it must be. Fortune may ravish from us All joys external ; but it leaves us still The godlike power to suffer, and to do, As heav'n commands ;— as thou hast done, Trefusis ! END OF THE THIRD ACT.

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