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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: SAUL. ACT I. SCENE I. Nightfall.?A lonely spot just within the Hebrew outposts near Mount Gilboa. Enter David, disguised as one of Saul's soldiers. David. 'Tis strange that I, who had to pass the guards And run all hazards, should be here the first. What if my messenger mischanced I fear Lest ill hath come to Jonathan?for Saul Hath long half doubted him?That cannot be, Else were I taken?Hark ?It is a step?(hides). I know that shadow?Jonathan Tis I They embrace. Jonathan. Thy message reached me but an hour ago, And scarcely could I find a fit excuse To quit the council. Anywhere but here Thy sight were happiness, but thou must know That to be taken here is certain death? Why art thou come ? David. Thou knowest why I come. Thou art my earliest and my dearest friend, And shall I see thee sink beneath a doom Which overhangs and topples o'er thy head, And stretch no hand to pluck thee to my heart, Where only there is safety ? Jonathan, Twice hast thou saved my life from him who long Has been the scourge of Israel, and now I fain would save thee from him, that alone He may receive the merit of? Jonathan. No more I know thy wrongs are great, but so has been The provocation, ?not at first from thee? Thy heart was far from the intentions vile To thee imputed?Yet thou hast become By slow degrees, through priestly influence, The head and hope of all our factious foes. How much I loved thee let this be the proof, That I still love thee; for to see thee here In open arms against us doth abate Much of that girlish tenderness which made Our boyhood's love a proverb to our friends. David. Come with me, Jonathan Jonathan. I'll never come David. There is no time for argument, and yet I do so fear to fail that I must plead..
| ISBN-13 | 9780217044165 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217044166 |
| Weight | 0.19 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.11 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 48 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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