The British Theatre, Or, a Collection of Plays, Which Are Acted at the Theatres Royal, Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 Excerpt: ...and do not know it: The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood Is stopp'd; the very source of it is stopp'd. Macd. Your royal father's murder'd. Mai. Oh, by whom? hen. Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done't: Their hands and faces were all badg'd with blood, So were their daggers, which, unwip'd, we found ... Read More

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1808 Excerpt: ...and do not know it: The spring, the head, the fountain of your blood Is stopp'd; the very source of it is stopp'd. Macd. Your royal father's murder'd. Mai. Oh, by whom? hen. Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done't: Their hands and faces were all badg'd with blood, So were their daggers, which, unwip'd, we found Upon their pillows; they starM, and were distracted; No man's life was to be trusted with them. Exeunt Malcolm and Donalbain. Macb. O, yet I do repent me of my fury, That I did kill them. Macd. Wherefore did you so? Macb. Who can be wise, amaz'd, temperate, and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man: The expedition of my violent love Out-ran the pauser reason.--Here lay Duncan, His silver skin lac'd with his golden blood; And his gash'd stabs look'd like a breach in nature, For ruin's wasteful entrance: there the murderers, Steep'd in the colours of their trade, their daggers Unmannerly breech'd with gore: Who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage, to make his love known? Ban. Fears and scruples shake us: In the great hand of Heaven I stand; and, thence, Against the undivulg'd pretence I fight Of treasonous malice. Macb. And so do I. All. So all. Macd. Let's briefly put on manly readiness, And meet meet i' the hall together; And question this most bloody piece of work, To know it further. All. Well contented. Exeunt. SCENE II. A Wood on the Skirt of a Heath. Thunder and Lightning. Enter the Three Witches, and a Chorus of Witches. 1 Witch. Speak, sister, speak, --is the deed done? 2 Witch. Long ago, long ago; Above twelve glasses since have run. 3 Witch. Ill deeds are seldom slow, Nor single; following crimes on former wait; The worst of creatures fastest propagate. Chor. Many more murders must this one ensu... Read Less

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  	Edition: 1824, Hurst Robinson Hardcover, Very Good	Details: Publisher: Hurst Robinson Published: 1824 Language: English Alibris ID: 14007497389	Shipping Options: Standard Shipping: $4.99 Trackable Expedited: $9.99 Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
  Seller's Description: Very good. 20 volumes. Thin 12mo, handsomely bound in older green morocco-backed marbled boards with ornate gilt-stamped spines; marbled endpapers and page edges. London: Hurst Robinson, 1824. A new edition. A very good, pretty set. Printed under the authority of the managers from the the Prompt Books. General title page & half-title in each volume; ownership name, 1860, on title pages.
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