. The London stage : a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melo-dramas, farces and interludes ; accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, and carefully collated and revised. y feeble breath ;But name not thy faint sorrow with the anguishOf a cursd wretch, who only hopes from this (Stabbing himself.)To change the scene, but not relieve the pain. Rand. A dreadful instance of the last remorse!May all your woes end here ! Old W. Oh! would ihey endA thousand ages hence, I then should sufferMuch less than I deserve. Yet let me do but
. The London stage : a collection of the most reputed tragedies, comedies, operas, melo-dramas, farces and interludes ; accurately printed from acting copies, as performed at the Theatres Royal, and carefully collated and revised. y feeble breath ;But name not thy faint sorrow with the anguishOf a cursd wretch, who only hopes from this (Stabbing himself.)To change the scene, but not relieve the pain. Rand. A dreadful instance of the last remorse!May all your woes end here ! Old W. Oh! would ihey endA thousand ages hence, I then should sufferMuch less than I deserve. Yet let me do but justice to inform the horrid deed, that punishes not intended, thinking him our son ;For that we knew not, till it was too and impatient under our afflictions,While heaven was labouring to make us brought this dreadful ruin on may learn—but—oh !— (Dies.) Rand. Heaven grant they may!And may thy penitence atone thy crime !Tend well the hapless Charlotte, and bear henceThese bleeding victims of despair and pride;Toll the death-bell! and follow to the graveThe wretched parents and ill-fated son. lExeunt. THE GAMESTER; A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS.—BY EDWARD BEVERLEY LEWSON STUKELV CHARACTERS. JARVISDAWSONGENTLEMAN, &C. Act ;-Scene 2. MRS. BEVERLEY CHARLOTTE LUCY ACT I. Scene I.—Beverleys Lodgings. Mrs. Beverley and Charlotte discovered, seated. Mrs. B. Be comforted, my dear; all may be wellyet. And now, metfainks, the lodgings begin tolook with another face. O sister, sister ! if these•were all my hardships ; if all I had to complain ofwere no more than quitting my hoase, servants,equipage, and show, your pity would be weakness. Char. Is poverty nothing, then? Mrs. B. Nothing in the world, if it affected onlyme. While we had a fortune, I was the happiestof the rich : and now, tis gone, give me but a baresubsistence, and my husbands smiles, and Ill bethe happiest of the poor. Why do you look at me? Cha
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