Athaliah: A Tragedy Intended for Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825)
Donkersley
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Donkersley · 9 chapters
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- Literary English
- Everyday expressions
- Advanced vocabulary
- Long sentence structures
Quotes from this book
How changed are the times! No sooner did the sacred trumpet sound That day's return, than holy people thronged In multitudes the temple's porticos;
Stopping that concourse, an Audacious woman Has changed those glorious days to days of gloom.
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- PREFACE.Sample
- HISTORICAL OUTLINE.
- Joas, King of Judah, son of Ochoziah.
- ACT FIRST.—Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- ACT SECOND,—Scene I. and II.
- Scenes III and IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VII
- Scenes VIII and IX.
- ACT III.—Scenes I. and II
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII
- Scene VIII.
- ACT IV.—Scenes I and II
- Scene III.
- Scenes IV. and V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.
- ACT V.—Scene I.
- Scene II.
- Scene III.
- Scene IV.
- Scene V.
- Scene VI.
- Scene VII.