The Dramatic Works Of Ge Lessing Transl Ed By E Bell PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 edition. Excerpt: ... miss sara sampson. A tragedy in five acts. Miss Sara Sampson, the first of Lcssing's tragedies, was completed in the year 1755, while Leasing was at Potsdam. In the same year it was represented at Frankfort-on-the-Oder, and was very well received. It was afterwards translated and acted in France, where it also met with success. The present is the first English translation which has appeared. vol. I. Ii dramatis persons. Sir William Sampson. Miss Sara Sampson, his daughter. Mellefont. Marwood, formerly Mellefont's mistress. Arabella, a child, daughter of Marwood. Waitwell, an old servant of Sir William. Norton, servant of Mellefont. Betty, Sara's maid. Hannah, Marwood's maid. The Innkeeper and others. miss saka sampson. act I. Scene I.--A room in an inn. Sir William Sampson, Waitwell. Sir William. 'My daughter, here? Here in this wretched inn? Waitwell. No doubt, Mellefont has purposely selected the most wretched one in the town. The wicked always seek the darkness, because they are wicked. But what would it help them, could they even hide themselves from the whole world? Conscience after all is more powerful than the accusations of a world. Ah, you are weeping again, again, Sir!--Sir! sir william. Let me weep, my honest old servant! Or does she not, do you think, deserve my tears? waitwell. Alas! She deserves them, were they tears of blood. sir william. Well, let me weep! waitwell. The best, the loveliest, the most innocent child that ever lived beneath t