The Chief European Dramatists: Twenty-one Plays from the Drama of Greece, Rome, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Norway, from 500 B.C. to 1879 A.D.

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Brander Matthews
Houghton Mifflin, 1916 - 786 страници
 

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Страница 53 - Dwellers in our native Thebes, behold, this is Oedipus, who knew the famed riddle, and was a man most mighty; on whose fortunes what citizen did not gaze with envy ? Behold into what a stormy sea of dread trouble he hath come! Therefore, while our eyes wait to see the destined final day, we must call no one happy who is of mortal race, until he hath crossed life's border, free from pain.
Страница 763 - ... (Stands up.) Torvald — in that moment it burst upon me that I had been living here these eight years with a strange man, and had borne him three children. Oh, I can't bear to think of it ! I could tear myself to pieces ! HELMER — (Sadly.) I see it, I see it; an abyss has opened between us. But, Nora, can it never be filled up? NORA — As I now am, I am no wife for you. HELMER — I have strength to become another man. NORA — Perhaps — when your doll is taken away from you. HELMER —...
Страница 658 - We can, within our mountains, right ourselves! " Thus spake our fathers ! And shall we endure The shame and infamy of this new yoke, And from the vassal brook what never king Dared, in...
Страница 648 - mid a thousand myrmidons! What's life to me, if in his heart's best blood I cool the fever of this mighty anguish? [He is going.] FURST.
Страница 44 - May destiny still find me winning the praise of reverent purity in all words and deeds sanctioned by those laws of range sublime, called into life throughout the high clear heaven, whose father is Olympus alone; their parent was no race of mortal men, no, nor shall oblivion ever lay them to sleep; the god is mighty in them, and he grows not old.
Страница 660 - Yet shed, if possible, no drop of blood. Let the Emperor see that we were driven to cast The sacred duties of respect away; And when he finds we keep within our bounds, His wrath, belike, may yield to policy; For truly is that nation to be feared That, arms in hand, is temperate in its wrath.
Страница 748 - Go on — now? Rank. I beg you to tell me what you want. Nora. I can tell you nothing now. Rank. Yes, yes! You mustn't punish me in that way. Let me do for you whatever a man can. Nora. You can do nothing for me now. — Besides, I really want no help. You shall see it was only my fancy. Yes, it must be so. Of course!
Страница 648 - An unskilled youth, who in the Diet must Into respectful silence hush his voice. Yet do not, for that I am young, and want Experience, slight my counsel and my words. 'Tis not the wantonness of youthful blood That fires my spirit; but a pang so deep That e'en the flinty rocks must pity me.
Страница 763 - Nora! — Can you say so! NORA. Oh, I'm so sorry, Torvald; for you've always been so kind to me. But I can't help it. I do not love you any longer. HELMER [mastering himself with difficulty].
Страница 646 - Compose yourself, and wait in patience till We get some tidings o'er from Unterwald. Away ! away ! I hear a knock ! Perhaps A message from the Viceroy ! Get thee in ! You are not safe from Landenberger's* arm In Uri, for these tyrants pull together.

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