Irish life [by I. Butt]. |
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Lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his
blood flows , or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone . Measure for
Measure . When on the past the memory dwells , And with full tide remembrance
swells ...
Lord Angelo is precise ; Stands at a guard with envy ; scarce confesses That his
blood flows , or that his appetite Is more to bread than stone . Measure for
Measure . When on the past the memory dwells , And with full tide remembrance
swells ...
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Página 310 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true: They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast: ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
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Página 238 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
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Página 299 - My tables, — meet it is, I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least, I am sure, it may be so in Denmark : [ Writing. So, uncle, there you are. Now to my word ; It is, Adieu, adieu ! remember me.