John Ford - works Author:John Ford General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1888 Original Publisher: Vizetelly Subjects: English drama Drama / General Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Drama / Shakespeare Literary Criticism / Drama Literary Criticism / Shakespeare Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has ... more »no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The most excellent, most "wise, most dainty, precious, loving, kind, sweet, intolerably fair lady Thamasta commends to your little hands this letter of importance. By your leave, let me first kiss, and then deliver it in fashion to your own proper beauty. [Delivers a letter, Cleo. To me, from her ? 'tis strange ! I dare peruse it. [Reads. Cue. Good. -- O, that I had not resolved to live a single life ! Here's temptation, able to conjure up a spirit with a witness. So, so ! she has read it. [Aside. Cleo. Is't possible ? Heaven, thou art great and bountiful. -- Sir, I much thank your pains; and to the princess Let my love, duty, service, be remembered. Cue. They shall mad-dam. Cleo. When we of hopes or helps are quite bereaven, Our humble prayers have entrance into Heaven. Cue. That's my opinion clearly and without doubt. [Exeunt, SCENE III. -- A Room m the Palace. Enter Aretus and Sophronos. Are. The prince is throughly moved. Soph. I never saw him So much distempered. Are. What should this young man be? Or whither can he be conveyed ? Soph. 'Tis to me A mystery ; I understand it not. Are. Nor I. Enter Pai. ador, Amethus, and Pelias. Pal. Ye have consented all to work upon The softness of my nature ; but take heed : Though I can sleep in silence, and look onThe mockery ye make of my dull patience, Yet ye shall know, the best of ye, that in me There is a masculine, a stirring spirit, W...« less