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Coriolanus

A Tragedy
Thomson, James (1700-1748)
  
CORIOLANUS.
  
PROLOGUE Spoken by Mr. Quin.
  
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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ACT III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.

  
EPILOGUE. Spoken by Mrs. WOFFINGTON.
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SCENE I.

Tullus
alone.
What is the Mind of Man? A restless Scene
Of Vanity and Weakness; shifting still,
As shift the Lights of our uncertain Knowlege;
Or as the various Gale of Passion breathes.
None ever thought himself more deeply founded
On what is right, nor felt a nobler Ardor,
Than I, when I invested Caius Marcius
With this ill-judg'd Command. Now it appears
Distraction, Folly, monstrous Folly! Meanness!
And down I plunge, betray'd even by my Virtue,
From Gulph to Gulph, from Shame to deeper Shame.

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