Antiochus
Quotes spoken by the character Antiochus
Young Prince of Tyre, you have at large received
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Young Prince of Tyre, you have at large received
The danger of the task you undertake.
Pericles
I have, Antiochus, and with a soul
Emboldened with the glory of her praise
Think death no hazard in this enterprise.
Her face the book of praises, where is read
Nothing but curious pleasures,
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Before thee stands this fair Hesperides
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Before thee stands this fair Hesperides,
With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched;
For deathlike dragons here affright thee hard.
Her face, like heaven, enticeth thee to view
Her countless glory, which desert must gain;
And which without desert, because thine eye
Presumes to reach, all the whole heap must die.
He points to the heads.
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Few love to hear the sins they love to act
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Great King,
Few love to hear the sins they love to act.
’Twould braid yourself too near for me to tell it.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He’s more secure to keep it shut than shown.
Kings are Earth’s gods; in vice their law’s their will;
And if Jove stray,
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