The comedies of Plautus, tr. into familiar blank verse, by B. Thornton, Volume 2 |
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ACAN Afide Amphitryon aſk becauſe beft beſt buſineſs Callicles Charinus CHARM Charmides COUNT d'ye DÆM Dæmones damfels daughter Diphilus ECHARD Enter EUCL Euclio EUNOMIA Eutychus ev'ry Exit expreffion fafe faid fame father fcene feems fenfe fervant fhall fhew fhould fignifies firſt flave fome fuch fuppofe fure give Gods GRIP Gripus heav'n himſelf houfe houſe LABR Labrax lefs LESBONICUS loft LYCONIDES LYSIM LYSIMACHUS LYSITELES Madam Dacier mafter means Megadorus miſtreſs moft moſt muſt myſelf obferved occafion original paffage Palaftra PHIL Plautus pleaſe pleaſure PLEU Pleufidippus prefent prithee PTOL purpoſe rafcal reafon ſay SCENE SCENE SCEP Sceparnio ſhall ſpeak STAS STROB STROBILUS tell Temple thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou TRACH Trachalio tranflation treaſure uſed wallet What's whofe wife yourſelf
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Page 263 - They hold all together, and keep themselves close : and mark my steps, when they lay wait for my soul. 7 Shall they escape for their wickedness : thou, O GOD, in thy displeasure, shalt cast them down. 8 Thou tellest my flittings ; put my tears into thy bottle : are not these things noted in thy book...
Page 47 - What you'd persuade him to, He likes not, and embraces that, from which You would dissuade him. — What there is a lack of, That will he covet;— when 'tis in his power, He'll none on't. — Whoso bids him to avoid A thing, invites him to it; interdicts, Who recommends it.
Page 226 - Ah me ! ah woe is me ! I'm lost ! I'm ruin'd ! Wholly undone! in a most vile condition! Such grief, such groaning, has this day brought on me, Hunger and poverty ! — I am a wretch, The vilest wretch on earth!
Page 225 - De grace, fi l'on fçait des nouvelles de mon voleur, je fupplie que l'on m'en dife. N'eft-il point caché là parmi vous...
Page 69 - ... Count. You're not, nor ever shall be, I mean, the master of this gold. — Away, — You are a knowing one ! — you'd take me in ! — But I too am a knowing one. Charm. I'm Charmides. Count. You may be, but in vain.— I bring no money. You've crept upon me in the very nick Most slily. When I said I had brought gold, You then was Charmides ; — before you was not, Till I made mention of the gold. — 'Twon't do. — So prithee, as you've taken up the name Of Charmides, e'en lay it down again....
Page 233 - Heated with liquor, and impell'd by youth, I injur'd her fair honour. EUCL. Out alas! What do I hear ? O monftrous villainy ! LYC. Why do you howl thus? It is true...
Page 229 - Why we may ftrip a lady of her jewels In open day-light, — then, if we are taken, . Plead in excufe, forfooth, that love and wine Led us to do it. — Oh, this love and wine Is of great value, if it can impower 35 The lover and the drunkard to indulge In whatfoever likes him with impunity.
Page 9 - They say you little reck, whom you devour. Cal. As to this matter, Megaronides, I have it in my power, and have it not. Report is none of mine ; but that report May be unmerited, is in my power.
Page 128 - Shall be fill'd up with pleafure, wine, and love : For to indulge and fate the appetite In this laft ftage of life is very meet. While you are lufty, young, and full of blood, You ought to toil and labour for a fortune ; But in old age, be happy, while you may, And render all your latter years clear gain.
Page 246 - You fhall give Your daughter to Lyconides in marriage. EUCL. With all my heart, STROB. And with her EUCL. The old jade, Her nurfe : let him take her too.