Conversations at CambridgeJ.W. Parker, 1836 - 292 pages |
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Page 92
... Electra sitting by her sick brother's bed - the most pathetic scene in the Athenian Drama - when I was suddenly aroused from my dream by a shriek from Sydney . I turned round , but he still slumbered ; in a moment he cried out again ...
... Electra sitting by her sick brother's bed - the most pathetic scene in the Athenian Drama - when I was suddenly aroused from my dream by a shriek from Sydney . I turned round , but he still slumbered ; in a moment he cried out again ...
Page 118
... Electra , alarmed at the slightest sound , entreats them to tread lightly . Does not this remind you of that charming verse in The Tempest . Pray you tread softly , that the blind mole may not Hear a foot fall . Electra . Softly ...
... Electra , alarmed at the slightest sound , entreats them to tread lightly . Does not this remind you of that charming verse in The Tempest . Pray you tread softly , that the blind mole may not Hear a foot fall . Electra . Softly ...
Page 119
... Electra . Sad and tearful is my lay . Breathing on his couch he lieth , Still he suffers , still he sigheth ! Chorus . What say'st thou , mourner ? Electra . Woe to thee , If the dewy slumber flee , That raineth o'er the weeper's eye ...
... Electra . Sad and tearful is my lay . Breathing on his couch he lieth , Still he suffers , still he sigheth ! Chorus . What say'st thou , mourner ? Electra . Woe to thee , If the dewy slumber flee , That raineth o'er the weeper's eye ...
Page 120
... Electra to retire , and recruit her exhausted frame . Why dost thou weep my sister , folding thus Thine eye of tears beneath thy garment ? I am ashamed to cover thy young heart With thy sick brother's grief . Unveil thy face , Yea ...
... Electra to retire , and recruit her exhausted frame . Why dost thou weep my sister , folding thus Thine eye of tears beneath thy garment ? I am ashamed to cover thy young heart With thy sick brother's grief . Unveil thy face , Yea ...
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