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Qui veut délasser hors de propos, lasse.—PASCAL. Mr. Casaubon had no second attack of equal severity with the first, and in a few days began to recover his usual condition. But Lydgate seemed to thi…
How will you know the pitch of that great bell Too large for you to stir? Let but a flute Play ’neath the fine-mixed metal: listen close Till the right note flows forth, a silvery rill: Then shall th…
They’ll take suggestion as a cat laps milk. —SHAKESPEARE: Tempest . The triumphant confidence of the Mayor founded on Mr. Featherstone’s insistent demand that Fred and his mother should not leave hi…
“Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close; And let us all to meditation.” —2 Henry VI . That night after twelve o’clock Mary Garth relieved the watch in Mr. Featherstone’s room, and sat there al…
“1 st Gent . Such men as this are feathers, chips, and straws, Carry no weight, no force. 2 d Gent . But levity Is causal too, and makes the sum of weight. For power finds its place in la…
“Non, je ne comprends pas de plus charmant plaisir Que de voir d’héritiers une troupe affligée Le maintien interdit, et la mine allongée, Lire un long testament où pales, étonnés On leur laisse un bo…
’T is strange to see the humors of these men, These great aspiring spirits, that should be wise: . . . . . . . . For being the nature of great spirits to love To be where they may be most eminent; Th…
Thrice happy she that is so well assured Unto herself and settled so in heart That neither will for better be allured Ne fears to worse with any chance to start, But like a steddy ship doth strongly …
“C’est beaucoup que le jugement des hommes sur les actions humaines; tôt ou tard il devient efficace.”—GUIZOT. Sir James Chettam could not look with any satisfaction on Mr. Brooke’s new courses; but…
“If, as I have, you also doe, Vertue attired in woman see, And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She; And if this love, though placed so, From prophane men you hide, W…
