The Mourning Bride

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The Mourning Bride (1697)
by William Congreve

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First presented in 1697, The Mourning Bride is William Congreve's only tragic drama, which includes two of his most quoted phrases, "Musick has Charms to sooth a savage Breast," (Act I, Scene 1), and "Heav'n has no Rage, like Love to Hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a Fury, like a Woman scorn'd." (Act III, Scene 2).

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THE

Mourning Bride,

A

TRAGEDY.

THE

Mourning Bride,

A

TRAGEDY.

As it is ACTED

AT THE

Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields,

BY

His Majesty's Servants.

Written by Mr. CONGREVE.

Neque enim lex æquior ulla,Quàm necis artifices arte perire fua.Ovid. de Arte Am.

LONDON,

Printed for Jacob Tonson at the Judge's-Head near the
Inner-Temple-Gate, in Fleet-street, 1697.

Contents (not listed in original)

The Mourning Bride

Act I (migrated, to proofread)
Act II (migrated, to proofread)
Act III (to migrate)
Act IV (to migrate)
Act V (to migrate)

Epilogue

This work was published before January 1, 1930, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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