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A TRAGEDY. 27
In any point I varied from my truft,
^Twas not in cruelt)' —
MARY.
Oh, no, my Lord !
Far otherwife ; 'twas fomewhat elfe, indeed;
Perhaps an idle fear ; at leaft while you
Continue in your charge—
SHREWSBURY.
If I remain—
MARY.
Why there's no doubt, I hope ?-—
SHREWSBURY.
None : but report
Now adds the name of Huntingdon —
MARY.
Alas!
Why is that monfter fent ? Are there no racks
Or torturing engines made to plague mankind ?
No ! I defy all art to find a tool
So fit for her ingenious cruelty ;
The fharpeft inftruments which tyrants ufe
Can ne'er impart fuch pain, as the blunt edge
Of that unpolilli'd fool's impertinence.
SHREWSBURY.
I fhall not fail to enforce all due refpedt.
MARY.
'Tis vain to preach civility to brutes.
Thefe tidings quite opprefs my finking foul.
Now I've no comfort left; my Douglas ! now
You and I Ihali no longer fit all da)',
Confoling one another's miferies.
Telling old flories to beguile the time,
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In any point I varied from my truft,
^Twas not in cruelt)' —
MARY.
Oh, no, my Lord !
Far otherwife ; 'twas fomewhat elfe, indeed;
Perhaps an idle fear ; at leaft while you
Continue in your charge—
SHREWSBURY.
If I remain—
MARY.
Why there's no doubt, I hope ?-—
SHREWSBURY.
None : but report
Now adds the name of Huntingdon —
MARY.
Alas!
Why is that monfter fent ? Are there no racks
Or torturing engines made to plague mankind ?
No ! I defy all art to find a tool
So fit for her ingenious cruelty ;
The fharpeft inftruments which tyrants ufe
Can ne'er impart fuch pain, as the blunt edge
Of that unpolilli'd fool's impertinence.
SHREWSBURY.
I fhall not fail to enforce all due refpedt.
MARY.
'Tis vain to preach civility to brutes.
Thefe tidings quite opprefs my finking foul.
Now I've no comfort left; my Douglas ! now
You and I Ihali no longer fit all da)',
Confoling one another's miferies.
Telling old flories to beguile the time,
E 2 Of
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| Description | As performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. By the Honourable John St. John. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.164(4) |
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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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