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40 A L Q N Z O.
ABDALLAH.
Liftep to me.
I have perplex'd thee, and have marr'd the fkory
!py my abruptnefs. 'Tis a ferious ftory.
Not to be told in parcels and by ilarts.
As I from impotence of niind began.
But I will bear my fwelling paffion down.
And utter all rny fhame. Thou doft remember
How I was baniilied from my native land ?
VELASCO.
For killing young Ramirez.
ABDALLAH.
At that time
I doated on the princefs. She conjur'd me
With earneffc pray'rs, with deluges of tears
Not to refift her father, nor advance
My better title to the crown of Spain,
As I had once refolv'd. My rage flie footh'd 5 ,
Pride, anger, int'reft, yielded all to love.
"With her I made a merit of obedience.
And pleaded fo efFeclually my caufe.
That (lie confented to a private marriage.
Before I left the kingdom. We were marriedj
And met together, four fucceflive nights.
In the fequeilered cottage of the wood.
Behind the palace garden. O ! 1. thought
Myfeif the happiefl and the mofl belov'd
Of all mankind. She mock'd me all the while ;
5 Meant
ABDALLAH.
Liftep to me.
I have perplex'd thee, and have marr'd the fkory
!py my abruptnefs. 'Tis a ferious ftory.
Not to be told in parcels and by ilarts.
As I from impotence of niind began.
But I will bear my fwelling paffion down.
And utter all rny fhame. Thou doft remember
How I was baniilied from my native land ?
VELASCO.
For killing young Ramirez.
ABDALLAH.
At that time
I doated on the princefs. She conjur'd me
With earneffc pray'rs, with deluges of tears
Not to refift her father, nor advance
My better title to the crown of Spain,
As I had once refolv'd. My rage flie footh'd 5 ,
Pride, anger, int'reft, yielded all to love.
"With her I made a merit of obedience.
And pleaded fo efFeclually my caufe.
That (lie confented to a private marriage.
Before I left the kingdom. We were marriedj
And met together, four fucceflive nights.
In the fequeilered cottage of the wood.
Behind the palace garden. O ! 1. thought
Myfeif the happiefl and the mofl belov'd
Of all mankind. She mock'd me all the while ;
5 Meant
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| Description | A tragedy. In five acts. As it is performed at the Theatre- Royal, Drury-Lane. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(2) |
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| Description | Containing How to grow rich: a comedy, and Alonzo. A tragedy, and The highland fair; or, union of the clans. An opera, and Mary, Queen of Scots, a tragedy, and The fall of Mortimer. An historical play. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(1-5) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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