 Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And, with such jewels as the exploring Mind Brings from the caves of Knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune.  The matchmaker, by the author of 'Cousin Geoffrey'. - 237 ページHarriet Maria Gordon Smythies 著 - 1842全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Thomas Edgar Pemberton - 1888 - 284 ページ
...rise Out of my mean estate. Thy Jiriyht image,' etc. " I must stipulate for your restoring it thus : ' Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...caves of Knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin jailers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright imago,' etc., etc. The last... | |
 | John William Kirton - 1891 - 330 ページ
...quoting the following noble lines of Bulwer Lytton : — " Then did I seek to rise Out of the person of my mean estate ; And with such jewels as the exploring mind Brings from the cave of knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron... | |
 | P. Garrett - 1892 - 906 ページ
...home In the soft palace of a fairy future ! My father died ; and I, the peasant-born, Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...caves of knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin jailors of the daring heart, — Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright image, Glassed in my soul,... | |
 | Anna (Dunphy) comtesse de Brémont, Comtesse Anna de Brémont - 1892 - 276 ページ
...as rare intellectual endowment, in its struggle with adverse circumstances, than is here afforded. ' Those twin gaolers of the daring heart, Low birth and iron fortune,' exercised a cruel and relentless espionage over his very cradle. The father, intent upon gain from... | |
 | his sister- in law and his eldest daughter - 1893 - 790 ページ
...estate. Thy bright image, etc. I must stipulate for your restoring it thus: Then did I seek to rise Oat of the prison of my mean estate ; And, with such jewels...exploring mind Brings from the caves of knowledge, Iray my ransom Prom those twin jailers of the daring heart— Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1894 - 586 ページ
...home In the soft palace of a fairy Future ! My father died ; and I, the peasant-born, Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune. Thy bright image, Glass' d in my soul, took all the hues of glory, And lured me on to those inspiring... | |
 | William Thompson Price - 1894 - 238 ページ
...temptation and resolve. In his impassioned recital he had told her of how his love had impelled him to " seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ;...the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune." Act IV. Melnotte hears Pauline sobbing all the night, but finally she rests ; whereupon he sits down... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1894 - 574 ページ
...rise Out of my mean estate. Thy bright image, etc. I must stipulate for your restoring it thus : — Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...caves of knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin jailers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright image, etc., etc. The last figure... | |
 | Charles Reade - 1896 - 376 ページ
...whine, and the groans of self-deceiving laziness. You who have youth and health, never you quail " At those twin gaolers of the daring heart, Low birth and iron fortune." See what becomes of those two bugbears when the stout champion SINGLE-HEART and the giant PERSEVERANCE... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - 482 ページ
...home In the soft palace of a fairy Future ! My father died ; and I, the peasant-born, Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...of the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune. Thy bright image, Glassed in my soul, took all the hues of glory, And lured me on to those inspiring... | |
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