 Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ?...  A treatise on happiness [by J. Flamank]. - Side 272af James Flamank - 1833Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | William Martin - 1832 - 504 sider
...isdiihit, in early years that precious medicine to the soul, which will in after times have the power to Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Rase out the written troubles of the brain, And with a sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff That weighs upon... | |
 | 1832 - 564 sider
...chair by the side of the table. Upon looking around me, I thought of the words of Macbeth: " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the foul... | |
 | John Robert McDowall - 1832 - 118 sider
...490335 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the fowler. SOLOMON. ' Minister to a mind diseased ; * Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; ' Raze out the written troubles of the brain; * And with some sweet oblivious antidote ' Cleanse... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - 1833 - 360 sider
...double superlatives. We have here the comparative degree of a superlative superlative .'.'.' § " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Haze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivion's antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | Richard Treffry - 1834 - 222 sider
...the objects which are supposed in any measure capable of affording satisfaction ? — " Canst them not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | 1835 - 330 sider
...silence the reproaches of conscience ? procure the physician that can 9 ' Minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Rase out the...antidote, Cleanse the stuff"d bosom of that perilous .stiillj Which weighs upon the heart 7' Can it enable a moral nature to forget, or not to feel, the... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1835 - 592 sider
...black crown of cares. He turns to every man but to him by whom he could be delivered, and asks, " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from...sorrow ; Rase out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 sider
...been as a dying man all night." He then emphatically broke out in the words of Shakspeare, — " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 sider
...a dying man all night." He then emphatically broke out in the words of Shakspeare, " Canst tii. H i not minister to a mind diseased; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stufTd... | |
 | Edward Mammatt - 1836 - 370 sider
...the state of his patient's mind, in one of the most pathetic passages of this noble play : " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the...sorrow, Rase out the written troubles of the brain, And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff' Which weighs... | |
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