Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 53W. Blackwood, 1843 |
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Page 63
... thou drop asleep on them . Ah ! but thou must wake ! The Cornelia . O heavens ! what must you have suffered . For a man's heart is sensitive in proportion to its greatness . Tasso . And a woman's ? Cornelia . Alas ! I know not ; but I ...
... thou drop asleep on them . Ah ! but thou must wake ! The Cornelia . O heavens ! what must you have suffered . For a man's heart is sensitive in proportion to its greatness . Tasso . And a woman's ? Cornelia . Alas ! I know not ; but I ...
Page 64
... thou hast called forth those princes from their ranks , pushing back the arrogant and presumptuous of them like intrusive varlets , and conferring on the bettermost crowns and robes , imperishable and unfading . Tasso . I seem to live ...
... thou hast called forth those princes from their ranks , pushing back the arrogant and presumptuous of them like intrusive varlets , and conferring on the bettermost crowns and robes , imperishable and unfading . Tasso . I seem to live ...
Page 67
... thou art responsible for the use made of them . Thou it is who tellest us that the sun rises and sets , ( which it does not , ) and talkest of the good and great , without knowing whether they are great and good , or no . Our business ...
... thou art responsible for the use made of them . Thou it is who tellest us that the sun rises and sets , ( which it does not , ) and talkest of the good and great , without knowing whether they are great and good , or no . Our business ...
Page 72
... thou stickest , thou must be re- spectable , but which when thou wouldst quit , desperately to seize the hem of our lordship's garment , thou becomest the laughing - stock of us and of our class , and we cannot choose but despise thee ...
... thou stickest , thou must be re- spectable , but which when thou wouldst quit , desperately to seize the hem of our lordship's garment , thou becomest the laughing - stock of us and of our class , and we cannot choose but despise thee ...
Page 84
... Thou , Providence , friend of the good and the brave ! They have pass'd unsuspected the guard at the cell , And the sentinel band that keep watch at the gate ; One peril remains - it is past - all is well ! They are free ; and her love ...
... Thou , Providence , friend of the good and the brave ! They have pass'd unsuspected the guard at the cell , And the sentinel band that keep watch at the gate ; One peril remains - it is past - all is well ! They are free ; and her love ...
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