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able, (he beheld, to her, the moft de'teflable
of mankind, that infamous enemy to virtue,
the abandoned Calender, muffled up under
the difguife of a riding-coat I She fcreamed
out with all the feeble vehemence fhe could
colleft: at firft he endeavoured to foften
her by a profufion of amorous proteftations,
all which ffle treated with the moft indig¬
nant repugnance: he then told her, that
her perfon, fortune, fame, and even her
life, were now at his difpofal •, ftie was his
property by the concurrent difpofition of
her parents; and the was at the King’s
mercy, from a proof of her having been in
a iecret correfpondence with an enemy and
traitor to the ftate. Thefe laft expreffions
aroufed her fmothered antipathy ; Thofe
(replied Ihe fharply) are the moft unworthy
df all traitors, who dare inftigate their king
to the exercife of injuftice and cppreffion,
and to ruin, pillage, and ravifli the un¬
offending ! Know, Sir, it is in that light I
have viewed the execrable Calender! in fo
much, that if you was the only man on
earth, Jfabella could never meet you with
her love. The enraged Calender laid hold
of the trembling victim •, told her, in coarfeft
language, that it now mattered not whether
ihe approved him or not •, but fwore, be^-
fore they parted, he would enjoy by force
what file had fo long denied to folicitation.
S Think
able, (he beheld, to her, the moft de'teflable
of mankind, that infamous enemy to virtue,
the abandoned Calender, muffled up under
the difguife of a riding-coat I She fcreamed
out with all the feeble vehemence fhe could
colleft: at firft he endeavoured to foften
her by a profufion of amorous proteftations,
all which ffle treated with the moft indig¬
nant repugnance: he then told her, that
her perfon, fortune, fame, and even her
life, were now at his difpofal •, ftie was his
property by the concurrent difpofition of
her parents; and the was at the King’s
mercy, from a proof of her having been in
a iecret correfpondence with an enemy and
traitor to the ftate. Thefe laft expreffions
aroufed her fmothered antipathy ; Thofe
(replied Ihe fharply) are the moft unworthy
df all traitors, who dare inftigate their king
to the exercife of injuftice and cppreffion,
and to ruin, pillage, and ravifli the un¬
offending ! Know, Sir, it is in that light I
have viewed the execrable Calender! in fo
much, that if you was the only man on
earth, Jfabella could never meet you with
her love. The enraged Calender laid hold
of the trembling victim •, told her, in coarfeft
language, that it now mattered not whether
ihe approved him or not •, but fwore, be^-
fore they parted, he would enjoy by force
what file had fo long denied to folicitation.
S Think
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| Description | Or, memoirs, intrigues, and atchievements, of personages, who have been chosen by the most celebrated poets, as the fittest characters for theatrical representations. ... Vol. I. Containing the life, ... of Macbeth. By a gentleman, no professed author, but a lover of history, and of the theatre. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.81.182 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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