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Key Quotes in Lamia Part Two Flashcards

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‘Had Lycius…’

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‘Had Lycius liv’d’

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‘side by side…’

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‘side by side they were enthroned’

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‘deafening the…’

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‘deafening the swallow’s twitter, came a thrill of trumpets’

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‘Lycius started-…’

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‘Lycius started- the sounds fled, But left a thought, a buzzing in his head.’

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‘For the first…’

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‘For the first time, since first he harbour’d in that purple-lined palace of sweet sin.’

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‘His spirit…’

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‘His spirit pass’d beyond its golden bourn into the noisy world almost forsworn.’

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‘he mused beyond…’

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‘he mused beyond he, knowing well that but a moment’s thought is passion’s passing bell.’

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‘My silver…’

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‘My silver planet, both of eve and morn!’

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‘How to entangle…’

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‘How to entangle, trammel up and snare your soul in mine, and labyrinth you there like the hid scent in an unbudded rose?’

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‘prize’, ‘triumph’, ‘majestical’, ‘rejoice’

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‘the lady’s cheek…’

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‘the lady’s cheek trembled’

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‘she nothing said…’

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‘she nothing said, but, pale and meek, arose and knelt before him’

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‘His passion,…’

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‘His passion, cruel grown’

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‘in one whose brow…’

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‘in one whose brow had no dark veins to swell’

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‘She burnt, she…’

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‘she burnt, she lov’d the tyranny, And, all subdued, consented to the hour’

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‘My presence…’

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‘My presence in wide Corinth hardly known: my parents’ bones are in their dusty urns’

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‘With any pleasure…’

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‘with any pleasure on me, do not bid Old Apollonius - from him keep me hid.’

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‘but this fair…’

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‘but this fair unknown had not a friend.’

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‘(Lycius was…’

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‘(Lycius was gone to summon all his kin)’

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‘she could never…’

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‘she could never win his foolish heart from its mad pompousness’

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‘she set herself…’

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‘she set herself, high-thoughted, how to dress the misery in fit magnificence’

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‘the glowing banquet…’

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‘the glowing banquet-room shone with wide-arched grace’

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‘a haunting…’

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‘a haunting music’

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‘fearful the whole..’

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‘fearful the whole charm might fade.’

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‘fresh carved cedar…’

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‘fresh carved cedar, mimicking a glade’

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‘Lamia, regal drest…’

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‘Lamia, regal drest, silently paced about’

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‘in pale…’

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‘in pale contented sort of discontent’

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‘the fretted…’

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‘the fretted splendour of each nook and niche’

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‘she faded at…’

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‘she faded at self-will’

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‘ready for the revels rude…’

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‘ready for the revels rude, when dreadful guests would come to spoil her solitude.’

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‘O senseless Lycius!…’

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‘O senseless Lycius! Madman!’

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‘the herd…’

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‘the herd approch’d; each guest, with busy brain’

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‘his young…’

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‘his young disciple’

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‘Lycius blush’d’

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‘with reconciling words…’

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‘with reconciling words and courteous mien turning into sweet milk the sophist’s spleen’

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‘of wealthy…’

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‘Of wealthy lustre was the banquet-room’

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‘soft went the…’

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‘soft went the music the soft air along’

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‘when the happy…’

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‘when the happy vintage touch’d their brains, louder they talk’

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‘the wine has done…’

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‘the wine has done its rosy deed, and every soul from human trammels freed’

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‘by her glad Lycius…’

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‘By her glad Lycius sitting, in chief place, scarce saw in all the room another face’

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‘the bald-head philosopher…’

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‘the bald-head philosopher had fix’d his eye, without a twinkle or stir full on the alarmed beauty of the bride’

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‘brow-beating her fair…’

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‘brow-beating her fair form, and troubling her sweet pride’

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‘Lycius then press’d…’

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‘Lycius then press’d her hand, with devout touch, as pale it lay upon the rosy couch’

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‘Twas icy, and the cold…’

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‘Twas icy, and the cold ran through his veins;’

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‘Then sudden it grew hot…’

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‘Then sudden it grew hot, and all the pains of an unnatural heat shot to his heart.’

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‘Poor Lamia’

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47
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‘lovelorn…’

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‘lovelorn piteous appeal’

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‘More, more he gaz’d…’

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‘More, more he gaz’d: his human senses reel: some hungry spell that loveliness absorbs: there was no recognition in those orbs’

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’ “Lamia!” he cried…’

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’ “Lamia!” he cried - and no soft-toned reply’

50
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‘the stately music…’

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‘the stately music no more breathes; the myrtle sicken’d in a thousand wreaths.’

51
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’ “Lamia!” he shriek’d…’

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’ “Lamia!” he shriek’d; and nothing but the shriek with its sad echo did the silence break’

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‘Lamia, no longer fair…’

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‘Lamia, no longer fair, there sat a deadly white.’

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‘Shut, shut those juggling…’

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‘Shut, shut those juggling eyes, thou ruthless man!’

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‘proud-heart sophistries…’

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‘proud-heart sophistries, unlawful magic, and enticing lies.’

55
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’ “his demon eyes!…’

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’ “his demon eyes! Corinthians, see! my sweet bride withers at their potency” ‘

56
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‘he sank…’

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‘he sank supine beside the aching ghost’

57
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‘Then Lamia breath’d…’

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‘Then Lamia breath’d death breath; the sophist’s eye, like a sharp spear, went through her utterly’

58
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‘with a frightful…’

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‘with a frightful scream she vanished: And Lycius’ arms were empty of delight, as were his limbs of life, from that same night’

59
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‘On the high couch he lay!- …’

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‘On the high couch he lay!- his friends came round- supported him- no pulse, or breath they found, and, in its marriage robe, the heavy body wound.’

60
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‘In it’s marriage…’

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‘In it’s marriage robe, the heavy body wound’

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