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A L O N Z O. 77
Guilty of all. Before-hand I renounce
The right of combat, and fubmit to die,
ABDALLAH.
Thy wi(h is fatal, but it Ihall be granted.
This inftant too.
GRMISINDA.
Bleffings upon thy head !
Ten thoufand bleffings ! O ! thou doil not know
How happy thou haft made me. On my breaft
A mountain lay : Thy hand has heav'd it off.
And now I breathe again.
ABDALLAH.
O woman ! woman I
A little way from hence my people wait ;
With them remains a neceffary witnefs.
Thither I go, and quickly will return
To ring thy knell. [Exii Abdallah.]
GRMISINDA.
The knell of ail my woes !
My heart knocks at my fide, as if 'twould burft
Itfelf a paffage outwards. Yet a while.
Poor fuff'ring heart, and thou fhalt beat no more.
Shortly for v^'hat I am I ihall be known.
Then let my doom be fquar'd to my defert
Without indulgence.
KING.
I can truft thee, now :
Thine eye fecvire beams innocence and honour.
Thou art my daughter ftilL
Guilty of all. Before-hand I renounce
The right of combat, and fubmit to die,
ABDALLAH.
Thy wi(h is fatal, but it Ihall be granted.
This inftant too.
GRMISINDA.
Bleffings upon thy head !
Ten thoufand bleffings ! O ! thou doil not know
How happy thou haft made me. On my breaft
A mountain lay : Thy hand has heav'd it off.
And now I breathe again.
ABDALLAH.
O woman ! woman I
A little way from hence my people wait ;
With them remains a neceffary witnefs.
Thither I go, and quickly will return
To ring thy knell. [Exii Abdallah.]
GRMISINDA.
The knell of ail my woes !
My heart knocks at my fide, as if 'twould burft
Itfelf a paffage outwards. Yet a while.
Poor fuff'ring heart, and thou fhalt beat no more.
Shortly for v^'hat I am I ihall be known.
Then let my doom be fquar'd to my defert
Without indulgence.
KING.
I can truft thee, now :
Thine eye fecvire beams innocence and honour.
Thou art my daughter ftilL
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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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