 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
 | 1900 - 646 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...such jewels as the exploring mind Brings from the cavea of knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin gaolers of the daring heart— Low birth and iron... | |
 | Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh - 1900 - 470 ページ
...he has done, in wresting some enlightenment and self-respect from what Lord Lytton finely calls— " Those twin gaolers of the daring heart, Low birth and iron fortune." As you have proved these truths in your own experience or in your own observation, and as it may be... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1901 - 348 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 Glass' d in my soul, took... | |
 | Edward Amherst Ott - 1902 - 236 ページ
...virtue to repent, and the energy to atone. 8. 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. For thee I grew A midnight student o'er the... | |
 | William Thomas Stead - 1902 - 488 ページ
...lives, and £ who would emulate the examples set by * men who have wrung wealth or fame from J» " those twin gaolers of the daring heart, low birth and iron fortune." ^ "^ It is brimful of information and interest, helpful and inspiring. ^ X! It gives an insight into... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1903 - 112 ページ
...slightly altered language of Buhver Lytton: My father died; and I, the lowly horn, Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...the daring heart — Low Birth and Iron Fortune. The outbreak of the civil war found General SEWELL, then a young man, residing in New Jersey and already... | |
 | 1903 - 258 ページ
...slightly altered language of Bulwer Ly tton: My father died; and I, the lowly born, Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...the daring heart— Low Birth and Iron Fortune. The outbreak of the civil war found General SEWELL, then a young man, residing in New Jersey and already... | |
 | 1903 - 264 ページ
...slightly altered language of Bulwer Lytton: My father died; and I, the lowly born, Was my own lord. Then did I seek to rise Out of the prison of my mean...the daring heart — Low Birth and Iron Fortune. The outbreak of the civil war found General SEWELL, then a young man, residing in New Jersey and already... | |
 | John F. Jordin - 1904 - 216 ページ
....ambition and bright hope." He took me from my squalid surroundings and showed me the way to better things. "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." After practicing his profession for several... | |
 | Charles Peters - 1904 - 360 ページ
...the rich 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...from the caves of knowledge, buy my ransom From those twin-gaolers of the daring heart — Low birth and iron fortune. Thy bright image, Glassed in my soul,... | |
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