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Demetrius

Hoole, John (1727-1803)
  
DEMETRIUS.
  
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
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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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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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SCENE VI.
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SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
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SCENE X.
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SCENE XI.
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SCENE XII.
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SCENE XIII.
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SCENE XIV.
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SCENE XV.
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SCENE XVI.
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SCENE XVII.
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SCENE XVIII.
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SCENE XIX.
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SCENE XX.
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SCENE LAST.

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SCENE VI.

Alcestes
alone.
What mean these mystic words of Cleonice?
She bids me yield her to another's arms,
Yet tells me that she still consults my peace.
This is to bid me die ere I depart:
But let her be obey'd; for her I'm ready
To suffer every pang the mind can feel;
Nor will I question aught that she commands.

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