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... scene , which ends in " gin and peppermint . " Scene II . - Charley Grey and Mack . Ebony , the boot black . Ebony's advice . Guy Lester , the octoroon . Toomstone quiet . " Slaves , runaway niggers . " Ebony keeps his eyes open . Scene ...
... scene , which ends in " gin and peppermint . " Scene II . - Charley Grey and Mack . Ebony , the boot black . Ebony's advice . Guy Lester , the octoroon . Toomstone quiet . " Slaves , runaway niggers . " Ebony keeps his eyes open . Scene ...
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... Scene i Scene ii Scene iii Scene iv Act II Scene i Scene ii Scene iii Scene iv Act III Scene i Scene ii Act IV Scene i Scene ii Act V Scene i Scene ii Scene iii Scene iv The Epilogue Supplementary notes Textual analysis.
... Scene i Scene ii Scene iii Scene iv Act II Scene i Scene ii Scene iii Scene iv Act III Scene i Scene ii Act IV Scene i Scene ii Act V Scene i Scene ii Scene iii Scene iv The Epilogue Supplementary notes Textual analysis.
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S S. Bodkin. CONTENTS . Page . A SCENE AT MANCHESTER A SCENE IN A THEATRE 7 10 A SCENE AT HIGHGATE . 13 A SCENE IN WESTMORELAND 16 A SCENE IN ST . MARTIN'S HALL . 18 A SCENE AT JOPPA A SCENE IN CLERKENWELL A SCENE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . A ...
S S. Bodkin. CONTENTS . Page . A SCENE AT MANCHESTER A SCENE IN A THEATRE 7 10 A SCENE AT HIGHGATE . 13 A SCENE IN WESTMORELAND 16 A SCENE IN ST . MARTIN'S HALL . 18 A SCENE AT JOPPA A SCENE IN CLERKENWELL A SCENE AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE . A ...
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... Scenes in Volume One are suitable for a general audience . Scenes in Volume Two include themes and language that will challenge mature readers . Once a scene has been chosen , reading the entire play will help you to gain a deeper ...
... Scenes in Volume One are suitable for a general audience . Scenes in Volume Two include themes and language that will challenge mature readers . Once a scene has been chosen , reading the entire play will help you to gain a deeper ...
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... SCENE III . Holyrood . SCENE IV . The Presence Chamber SCENE V. The Same . • March 9 , 1566 . • March 12 , 1566 . • March 20 , 1566 . ACT II SCENE I. Whittinghame • January 20 , 1567 . SCENE II . The Canongate , Edinburgh · February 10 ...
... SCENE III . Holyrood . SCENE IV . The Presence Chamber SCENE V. The Same . • March 9 , 1566 . • March 12 , 1566 . • March 20 , 1566 . ACT II SCENE I. Whittinghame • January 20 , 1567 . SCENE II . The Canongate , Edinburgh · February 10 ...
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Page 48 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 49 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Page 28 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 223 - I HAD a dream, which was not all a dream. The bright sun was extinguished, and the stars Did wander darkling in the eternal space, Rayless, and pathless, and the icy earth Swung blind and blackening in the moonless air...
Page 40 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore. There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar; I love not man the less, but nature more...
Page 97 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike, No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm ; So hallowed and so gracious is the time.
Page 156 - Take thy banner! May it wave Proudly o'er the good and brave; When the battle's distant wail Breaks the sabbath of our vale, When the clarion's music thrills To the hearts of these lone hills, When the spear in conflict shakes, And the strong lance shivering breaks. "Take thy banner! and, beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it!
Page 24 - In rural occupation there is nothing mean and debasing. It leads a man forth among scenes of natural grandeur and beauty ; it leaves him to the workings of his own mind, operated upon by the purest and most elevating of external influences. Such a man may be simple and rough, but he cannot be vulgar.
Page 158 - To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful, and whatever is dreadful, must be familiar to his imagination: he must be conversant with all that is awfully vast or elegantly little.
Page 154 - Oh, few and weak their numbers were — A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer, And rushed to battle then.