... a Restoration drama.

Turn not to thought, my brain.

—Nicholas Rowe, The Fair Penitent, Act IV.

... the dictionary.

As painful as the violent discision of very Life would be could it be forcibly torn in pieces.

—George Rust, in Let. of Resol. conc. Origen & his Opinions, cited thus obscurely in the Oxford English Dictionary under the definition for "discission".

... a Restoration drama.

Duke of Gloster:
I will not dine before his head be brought me!

—Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore, Act IV.

... a Restoration drama.

But I'd forgo the hopes of a world's empire,
Rather than wound the bowels of my friend.

—Thomas Otway, Venice Preserved, II.iii.