 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
 | Viola Stirling - 1883 - 292 ページ
...love for me, Is good to steer by. Charles I., Act i. DECEMBER 15th. Melnotte. — I was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...— Low birth and iron fortune. The Lady of Lyons, Act iii., Scene 2. i Romeo.— \s the day so young? Ah me ! sad hours seem long. Romeo and Juliet,... | |
 | 1883 - 238 ページ
...the shepherd's crook Beside the sceptre. 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. For thee I grew A midnight student o'er the dreams of sages : For thee I sought to borrow from each... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1883 - 442 ページ
...In the soft palace of a fairy Future ! My father died ; and I, the peasant-horn, '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 jailers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright image Glass'd in my soul, took... | |
 | James Weston - 1880 - 130 ページ
...necessity that this should be so, for self-denial, temperance, perseverance, and the determination " To rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And...the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune," are qualities not called forth in the case of the child of wealthy parents. It is true that to a majority... | |
 | Joseph Livesey - 1884 - 130 ページ
...necessity that this should be so, for self-denial, temperance, perseverance, and the determination " To rise Out of the prison of my mean estate ; And...the daring heart — Low Birth and iron Fortune," are qualities not called forth in the case of the child of wealthy parents. It is true that to a majority... | |
 | Fortunes - 1884 - 474 ページ
...discouraging premonition of failure, a chafing consciousness that another grim janitor was added to " Those twin gaolers of the daring heart— Low birth and iron fortune." Charles Kean indicated the other extreme when he said that his father was the greatest enemy of his... | |
 | 1884 - 560 ページ
...gardener. I seized the moral of the piece at once. I, too, was a Claude Melnctte, bound hard and fast by " those twin gaolers of the daring heart, low birth and iron fortune." No matter, I would burst them. What was my joy when, the very next morning, my hero of the night before,... | |
 | James Hogg - 1884 - 480 ページ
...discouraging premonition of failure, a chafing consciousness that another grim janitor was added to •»• " Those twin gaolers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron fortune." Charles Kean indicated the other extreme when he said that his father was the greatest enemy of his... | |
 | 1886 - 176 ページ
...duodecimo of precious conceits, bound in calf-skin." We ransacked all the wells of " English undefiled" and "with such jewels as the exploring mind brings from the caves of knowledge " we prepared " our little speeches" for our Soph performance, and delivered them to a delighted(?)... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - 1888 - 712 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 jailers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright image, Glassed in my soul, took... | |
| |
