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... friend so desperately sick , That all physicians had forsook his cure ; All scorch'd without , and all parch'd up within , The moisture that maintain'd consuming nature Lick'd and in a fever fried away ; up , Could you behold him beg ...
... friend so desperately sick , That all physicians had forsook his cure ; All scorch'd without , and all parch'd up within , The moisture that maintain'd consuming nature Lick'd and in a fever fried away ; up , Could you behold him beg ...
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... answering ; But take what friends , what armies , thou canst bring ; What worlds ; and when you are united all , Then I will thunder in your ears , She shall . Almanz . To live ! If from my hands alone THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 29.
... answering ; But take what friends , what armies , thou canst bring ; What worlds ; and when you are united all , Then I will thunder in your ears , She shall . Almanz . To live ! If from my hands alone THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA . 29.
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... friend . Like Heav'n , I need but only to stand still ; And , not concurring to thy life , I kill . Almanz . This counsellor an old man's caution shows , Who fears , that little he has left , to lose : Age sets a fortune ; while youth ...
... friend . Like Heav'n , I need but only to stand still ; And , not concurring to thy life , I kill . Almanz . This counsellor an old man's caution shows , Who fears , that little he has left , to lose : Age sets a fortune ; while youth ...
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... friends , be yours the honour . And let Heav'n witness for me , that my joy Is not more great for this my right restor❜d , Than ' tis , that I have power to recompense Your loyalty and valour . Let mean princes , Of abject souls , fear ...
... friends , be yours the honour . And let Heav'n witness for me , that my joy Is not more great for this my right restor❜d , Than ' tis , that I have power to recompense Your loyalty and valour . Let mean princes , Of abject souls , fear ...
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... friends , withdraw : There , in deaf murmurs , solemnly are wise ; Whisp'ring , like winds , ere hurricanes arise . Solym . Unmov'd and brave , he like himself appears , And , meriting no ill , no danger fears : Yet mourns his former ...
... friends , withdraw : There , in deaf murmurs , solemnly are wise ; Whisp'ring , like winds , ere hurricanes arise . Solym . Unmov'd and brave , he like himself appears , And , meriting no ill , no danger fears : Yet mourns his former ...
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