Perfection, Or The Lady of Munster: A Comedy, in One Act

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T.H. Lacy, 1866 - 26 pages
 

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Page 31 - Pity the sorrows of a poor old man ! Whose trembling limbs have borne him to your door, Whose days are dwindled to the shortest span, Oh ! give relief, and Heaven will bless your store.
Page 16 - French savan urged by a noble inspiration sought the seat of the once powerful empire, and searching till they found the dead city, threw off its shroud of sand and ruin, and revealed once more to an astonished and curious world the temples, the palaces, and the idols; the representations of war, and the triumphs of peaceful art of the ancient Assyrians. The Nineveh of scripture, the Nineveh of the oldest historians; the Nineveh...
Page 2 - At least, I will enjoy it. Come, Myrrha, let us^ on to the Euphrates : The hour invites, the galley is prepared, And the pavilion, deck'd for our return, In fit adornment foi the evening banquet, Shall blaze with beauty and with light, until It seems unto the stars which are above us Itself an opposite star ; and we will sit Crown'd with fresh flowers like Myr.
Page 16 - ... were believed to be gone — the Nineveh in which the captive tribes of Israel had laboured and wept, was, after a sleep of twenty centuries, again brought to light. The long lost was found — the dead palaces were exhumed — the strange, huge sculptures were dug out, and their inscriptions were deciphered.
Page 16 - French savant, urged by a noble inspiration, sought the seat of the once powerful empire, and, searching till they found the dead city, threw off its shroud of sand and ruin, and revealed once more to an astonished and curious world, the temples, the palaces, and the idols, the representations of war, and the triumphs of peaceful art of the ancient Assyrians. The Nineveh of Scripture — the Nineveh of, the oldest historians — the...
Page 20 - Mazeppa, 10 band parts 10 0 Medea, burl, full vocal score 10 0 Ditto, 8 band parts 10 0 Medea, burL, pv 10 0 Merchant of Venice(nnpub.BORgsof) 2 0 Midas, pv 6 0 Mids.
Page 22 - Because he turn'da fruit to an enchantment, Which cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires The young, makes weariness forget his toil, And fear her danger; opens a new world [thee When this, the present, palls.

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