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...May all the vengeance that was ever pour'd Onperjur'd heads o'erwhelmme, if I break it. Por. Fix'd in astonishment, I gaze upon thee, Like one just blasted by a stroke from Heav'n, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, In dreadful looks; a monument of wrath I " Luc....

...May all the vengeance that was ever pour'd On perjur'd heads o'erwhelm me, if I break it. Par. Fix'd in astonishment, I gaze upon thee, Like one just blasted by a stroke from Heav'n, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, In dreadful looks; a monument of wrath! " Luc....

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...Heaven. May all the vengeance, that was ever poured On perjured heads, o'erwhclm me, if I break it ! Por. Fixed in astonishment, I gaze upon thee, Like one...Heaven, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, In dreadful looks ; a monument of wrath ! Luc. At length I've ncted my severest part ; I feel the woman...

...Heaven. May all the vengeance, that was ever poured On perjured heads, o'envhchn me, if I break it ! Por. Fixed in astonishment, I gaze upon thee, Like one...Heaven, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, Iii dreadful looks; a monument of wrath ! Luc. At length I've acted my severest part ; I feel the woman...

...vengeance that was ever pour'd On perjur'd heads, o'ervvhelm me, if I break it ! . ' • PORTIUS. Fix'd in astonishment, I gaze upon thee; Like .one just...heaven, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, In dreadful looks : a monument of wrath ! " i •• i LUCIA. At length I've acted my severest part,...

...perjured heads, o'envhelm me, if I break it ! Por. Fixed in astonishment, I gaze upon thee, I .ike one just blasted by a stroke from Heaven, Who pants for breath, and stiffens, yet alive, In dreadful looks ; a monument of wrath ! Luc. At length I've acted my severest part ; I feel the woman...

...instead of giving way to the language of grief and astonishment, only describes his feelings : Fix'd in astonishment, I gaze upon thee, Like one just blasted...heaven, Who pants for breath, and stiffens yet alive , In dreadful looks ; a monument of wrath. This might have proceeded from a bystander, or an indifferent...