Lee also uses this charming word:
Love's the drunkenness of the mind.--_Gloriana_.
]
_Queen_. (Though I already[1] half seas over am)
If the capacious goblet overflow
With arrack punch----'fore George! I'll see it out:
Of rum and brandy I'll not taste a drop.
[Footnote 1: Dryden hath borrowed this, and applied it improperly:
I'm half seas o'er in death.--_Cleomenes_
]
_King_. Though rack, in punch, eight shillings be a quart,
And rum and brandy be no more than six,
Rather than quarrel you shall have your will.
[_Trumpets_.
But, ha! the warrior comes--the great Tom Thumb,
The little hero, giant-killing boy,
Preserver of my kingdom, is arrived.
SCENE III.--TOM THUMB _to them, with_ Officers, Prisoners,
_and_ Attendants.
King. [1] Oh! welcome most, most welcome to my arms.
What gratitude can thank away the debt
Your valour lays upon me?
[Footnote 1: This figure is in great use among the tragedians:
'Tis therefore, therefore 'tis.--_Victim_.
I long, repent, repent, and long again.--_Busiris_.
]
_Queen_.----------[1] Oh! ye gods! [_Aside_.
[Footnote 1: A tragical exclamation.
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