Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n
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A62851
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Brutus of Alba, or, The enchanted lovers a tragedy acted at the Duke's Theatre / written by N. Tate.
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Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.; Virgil. Aeneis Liber 4.
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1678
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Wing T177; ESTC R16
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and_o fit_a to_o share_v a_o queen_n affliction_n sit_v then_o and_o hear_v the_o story_n of_o my_o shame_n but_o let_v the_o sun_n as_o from_o my_o crime_n he_o hide_v his_o sacred_a light_n withdraw_z while_o i_o relate_v thy_o queen_n for_o constancy_n to_o her_o first_o love_n long_o fame_v and_o long_o deserve_v to_o be_v fame_v be_v now_o ah_o torture_n a_o forswear_a adultress_n my_o tremble_a limb_n dissolve_v at_o the_o dire_a sound_n rise_v believe_v i_o not_o for_o i_o bely_v myself_o think_v thou_o the_o god_n can_v ever_o permit_v such_o guilt_n they_o can_v and_o the_o infernal_n know_v it_o be_v true_a ama._n nay_o now_o i_o must_v commit_v a_o force_n upon_o you_o my_o violence_n be_v just_a and_o charitable_a qu._n thou_o be_v wild_a as_o i_o to_o grapple_v with_o my_o passion_n that_o like_o a_o tempest_n sweep_v with_o lawless_a rage_n till_o spend_v it_o sigh_n itself_o into_o a_o calm_a from_o honour_n height_n which_o i_o with_o toil_n have_v climb_v how_o be_o 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choice_a gem_n shall_v sparkle_v not_o dissolve_v qu._n ah_o hypocrite_n hell_n rage_v in_o his_o breast_n and_o heaven_n smile_v on_o his_o brow_n bru._n your_o sorrow_n rack_v i_o from_o those_o eye_n i_o feel_v a_o cold_a damp_n shoot_v into_o my_o conscious_a heart_n suppress_v those_o sigh_n and_o call_v to_o heaven_n for_o thunder_n qu._n why_o chill_v my_o rage_n that_o soft_a delude_a tongue_n soothe_v i_o out_o of_o my_o innocence_n before_o and_o oh_o i_o fear_v it_o will_v soothe_v my_o justice_n now_o delay_n slack_v my_o resolve_n with_o open_a eye_n i_o can_v wound_v he_o but_o i_o will_v wink_v and_o strike_v bru._n oh_o madam_n you_o to_o tyranny_n pursue_v your_o conquest_n and_o a_o yield_a heart_n oppress_v kill_v i_o and_o cease_v to_o grieve_v let_v my_o life_n blood_n compound_v to_o save_v that_o rich_a expense_n of_o tear_n qu._n oh_o fate_n i_o have_v his_o leave_n to_o give_v he_o death_n but_o now_o my_o eager_a rage_n have_v seize_v its_o quarry_n pant_v 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