Thou may'st lie chaste now! It were fine, methinks To have thee seen at revels, forgetful feasts And unclean brothels; sure 'twould fright the sinner And make him a good coward, put a reveller Out of his antic amble, And cloy an epicure with empty dishes.... The Ancient British Drama ... - Page 118edited by - 1810 - 614 pagesFull view - About this book
| English drama - 1744 - 398 pages
...have thee feen at revels, forgetful feafts, And unclean brothels : fure 'twould fright the firmer^ 1^ And make him a good coward : put a reveller Out of his antick amble, And cloy an epicure with empty dimes. Here might u ícornful and ambitious woman Look... | |
| English drama - 1780 - 508 pages
...have thee feen at revels, forgetful feafts, And unclean brothels : fure 'tw ould fright the firmer, And make him a good coward : put a reveller Out of his antick amble, And cloy an epicure with empty dirties. Here might a fcornful and ambitious woman 3 Look... | |
| British periodicals - 1808 - 704 pages
...every proud and self-affecting dame Camphire her face for this ?— Here might a scornful and ambitions woman Look through and through herself.— See, ladies,...false forms You deceive men, but cannot deceive worms. In the same play, The Revenger's Tragedy, Cnstiza addresses her mother, who is acting a dishonourable... | |
| Charles Lamb - English drama - 1808 - 512 pages
...lie chaste now ! it were fine, methinks, To have thee seen at revels, forgetful feasts, And unclean brothels : sure 'twould fright the sinner, And make him a good coward : put a reveller Out of his antick amble, And cloy an epicure with empty dishes. Here might a scornful and ambitious woman Look... | |
| Charles Lamb - Drama - 1813 - 508 pages
...lie chaste now ! it were fine, methinks, To have thee seen at revels, forgetful feasts, And unclean brothels : sure 'twould fright the sinner, And make him a good coward : put a reveller Out of his antick amble, And cloy an epicure with empty dishes. Here might a scornful and ambitious woman Look... | |
| English literature - 1818 - 596 pages
...have seen at revels, forgetful feasts, And unclean brothers ; sure 'twould fright the sinner, \nd make a good coward: put a reveller Out of his antic amble,...might a scornful and ambitious woman Look through herself.— See, ladies, with false forms You deceive men, but cumot deceive worms. OH, HAD WE SOME... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1823 - 426 pages
...lie chaste now ! it were fine, methinks, To have thee seen at revels, forgetful feasts, And unclean brothels : sure 'twould fright the sinner, And make...ambitious woman Look through and through herself." Tlie Atheist's Tragedy possesses no scene of equal interest with those we have before quoted, nor indeed... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...lie chaste now ! it were fine, methinks, To have thee seen at revels, forgetful feasts, And unclean brothels : sure 'twould fright the sinner, And make...ambitious woman Look through and through herself." The Atheist's Tragedy possesses no scene of equal interest with those we have before quoted, nor indeed... | |
| Books - 1823 - 428 pages
...lie chaste now ! it were fine, methinks, To have thee seen at revels, forgetful feasts, And unclean brothels : sure 'twould fright the sinner, And make...ambitious woman Look through and through herself." The Atheist's Tragedy possesses no scene of equal interest with those we have before quoted, nor indeed... | |
| Charles Lamb - English drama - 1835 - 802 pages
...brothels : sure 'twould fright the sinner, And make him a good coward : put a reveller Out of his antick amble, And cloy an epicure with empty dishes. Here...scornful and ambitious woman Look through and through aerself. — See ladies, with false forms You deeeive men, but cannot deceive worms *. * The male and... | |
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