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... less solemn spread o'er the tribunal . The Forty are but men - most worthy men , And wise , and just , and cautious - this I grant- And secret as the grave to which they doom The guilty ; but with all this , in their aspects- At least ...
... less solemn spread o'er the tribunal . The Forty are but men - most worthy men , And wise , and just , and cautious - this I grant- And secret as the grave to which they doom The guilty ; but with all this , in their aspects- At least ...
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... you In all things to rely upon my duty As doth become your near and faithful kinsman , And not less loyal citizen and subject . [ Exit BERTUCCIO FALIERO . Doge ( solus ) . Adieu , my worthy nephew 26 ACT I MARINO FALIERO ,
... you In all things to rely upon my duty As doth become your near and faithful kinsman , And not less loyal citizen and subject . [ Exit BERTUCCIO FALIERO . Doge ( solus ) . Adieu , my worthy nephew 26 ACT I MARINO FALIERO ,
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... less difficult - achieved for them , Who thus repay me ! -Can I not requite them ? Oh for one year ! Oh ! but for even a day Of my full youth , while yet my body served My soul as serves the generous steed his lord , I would have dash'd ...
... less difficult - achieved for them , Who thus repay me ! -Can I not requite them ? Oh for one year ! Oh ! but for even a day Of my full youth , while yet my body served My soul as serves the generous steed his lord , I would have dash'd ...
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... less oppress'd , Who wait but for a signal - will you give it ? Doge . You speak in riddles . 1. Ber . Which shall soon be read At peril of my life ; if you disdain not To lend a patient ear . Doge . I. Ber . Say on . Not thou , Nor I ...
... less oppress'd , Who wait but for a signal - will you give it ? Doge . You speak in riddles . 1. Ber . Which shall soon be read At peril of my life ; if you disdain not To lend a patient ear . Doge . I. Ber . Say on . Not thou , Nor I ...
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... less appalling cells , the " leaden roofs , " To force a single name from me of others . The Pozzi and the Piombi were in vain ; They might wring blood from me , but treachery never . And I would pass the fearful " Bridge of Sighs ...
... less appalling cells , the " leaden roofs , " To force a single name from me of others . The Pozzi and the Piombi were in vain ; They might wring blood from me , but treachery never . And I would pass the fearful " Bridge of Sighs ...
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The works of ... lord Byron, Volym 4 George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1816 |
The works of lord Byron, Volym 4 George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
The works of lord Byron, Volym 4 George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1823 |
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Sida 61 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Sida 165 - TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS GOETHE A STRANGER PRESUMES TO OFFER THE HOMAGE OF A LITERARY VASSAL TO HIS LIEGE LORD, THE FIRST OF EXISTING WRITERS, WHO HAS CREATED THE LITERATURE OF HIS OWN COUNTRY, AND ILLUSTRATED THAT OF EUROPE.
Sida 141 - DOGE turns and addresses the Executioner. Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sword the scene closes.
Sida 400 - The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore . while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker.
Sida 61 - We must forget all feelings save the one, We must resign all passions save our purpose, We must behold no object save our country, And only look on death as beautiful, So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore.
Sida 358 - Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back to this. The busy have no time for tears. liar. And therefore You would deprive this old man of all business ? Lor. The thing's decreed. The Giunta and " the Ten " Have made it law — who shall oppose that law ? Bar.
Sida 282 - Let's not unman each other: part at once: All farewells should be sudden, when for ever, Else they make an eternity of moments, And clog the last sad sands of life with tears.
Sida 412 - ... but it was very unpleasant, and nearly carried me off, and all that. On Monday, they put leeches to my temples, no difficult matter, but the blood could not be stopped till eleven...
Sida 400 - French revolution to every thing but its real cause. That cause is obvious — the government exacted too much, and the people could neither give nor bear more. Without this, the Encyclopedists might have written their fingers off without the occurrence of a single alteration. And the English revolution — (the first, I mean) — what was it occasioned by? The puritans were surely as pious and moral as Wesley or his biographer? Acts — acts on the part of government, and not writings against them,...