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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ACT II Scene I.? Holyrood House: the Queen's apartments. The Queen discovered alone, listening intently. Queen. . . All over; no relief. Silence comes down; I'm in captivity, Deprived even of my women; ignorant Of what I'm driven to . . . Felons accursed, may the spotted plague Ravin upon you May Beelzebub Feed you with curses everlastingly I'm here, they think, gasping in impotence: Soft Soft, my friends . . . What if I bring a wile to bear on you? I am a fowler; I can lime a twig That a fool may stick to: peace, my heart How shall I do it? . . . There are some falsehoods that we cannot paint, E'en with the faintest show of truthfulness, ? As when a woman suffering mortal wrong, That fiercely calls for mortal punishment, Smileth angelic pardon: that's a fool Who takes the pardon in sincerity.? Footsteps (intently listening). 'Tis he.? Now by the Principalities and Powers That deal in evil, I will try mine art. (Enter Darnley. The Queen casts a scornful look under which he appears to wince, and then turns contemptuously away from him.) Darnley. God prosper you, God ever keep your Grace In honour, health and all felicity. Queen. You It was a prayer, too, or like a prayer. Darnley. In all my prayers Queen. In all your prayers Faith, they must be like devil's orisons? That's worse than none at all. Darnley. Yet in them all I mingle highest wishes for your Grace. Queen. That's precious, precious 'Tis an honest soul The fervent prayers of the righteous man Do much avail in the great Judgment-Hall: Are you a righteous man ? Darnley. You speak in scorn. Queen. Do you try to be? (He's a good man that tries.) You do not give the slightest countenance To any of the seven deadly sins, ? To covetise, wrath, murd...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217819220 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217819222 |
| Weight | 0.45 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.30 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 130 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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