 Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all ; And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.  Dante: The Inferno - Page 21by Dante Alighieri - 1845Full view - About this book
 | Dante Alighieri, Ichabod Charles Wright - 1844 - 172 pages
...others say ; — Be like a tower that stoopelh not its head, Bellow the tempests fiercely as they may. He in whose breast springs thought to thought succeeding,...— The force of one the other's force impeding." PIA ADDRESSES DANTE. " AH ! when, to earth restored, thou shall repose From all the labours of thy... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 360 pages
...151 ; xxv. 2—55. Page 15. (Lines 37 — 47.) A similar passage is found in the Purgatorio, v. Hi, " He in whose breast springs thought to thought succeeding,...thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment With this regard their currents turn aside, And lose the name of action." — Hamlet. (60.) " It is... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 338 pages
...say ; — 13 Be like a tower that stoopeth not its head, Bellow the tempests fiercely as they may. He in whose breast springs thought to thought succeeding,...— The force of one the other's force impeding." Save that " I come," what answer could I give — 1 9 My features slightly dyed with hue of shame,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 350 pages
...like a tower that stoopeth not its head, Bellow the tempests fiercely as they may. He in whose hreast springs thought to thought succeeding, Of his intent...— The force of one the other's force impeding." Save that " I come," what answer could I give — 1 9 My features slightly dyed with hue of shame,... | |
 | William John Birch - Religion in literature - 1848 - 570 pages
...puzzles the will; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all ! And...thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With thjis regard, their currents turn away, And lose the name of action. op|K>sing, we end them. Yet... | |
 | Alfred G. Havet - 1853 - 446 pages
...puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all ; And...thought, And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn away, And lose the name of action. — (SHAKSPERE, Hamlet, Act... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1856 - 570 pages
...puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus Conscience doth make cowards of us all ; And...Thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of Action. ©onsctence, — Mason. 'Tis... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1857 - 444 pages
...puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all ; And...thought ; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. IB. XXXIII. —HAMLET'S ADDRESS... | |
 | John Guy (Schoolmaster.) - 1858 - 248 pages
...puzzles the will; And makes us rather bear the ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all; And thus...thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. Shahspcarc. How still the... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - English poetry - 1867 - 332 pages
...returns—puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ] Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all; And thus...thought; And enterprises of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action. BEMEMBRANCE. WHEN to the sessions... | |
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