 | Henry Schroeder - 1852 - 424 pages
...most part, under circumstances derogatory to the pride of human nature, when he thus sums them up— " And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death; Such, in these moments, as in all the past, ' Oh, save my country, Heav'n !' shall be your last." How beautiful... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Death - 1852 - 584 pages
...can better describe his " ruling passion " than Pope, himself? " ' I give and 1 devise,' old Enclio said, And sigh'd, ' my lands and tenements to Ned.'...; ' Your money, sir ?' ' My money, sir, what, all 1 Why, if I must,' then wept, ' I give to Paul.' ' The manor, sir ?' ' The manor ! hold !' he cried,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 338 pages
...detestation of the thought of being huried in woollen, gave these her last orders with her dying breath. "I give and I devise (old Euclio said, And sigh'd)...Paul." "The manor, sir?"— "The manor! hold, (he cried,) 260 Not that, — I cannot part Vith that ! "—and died.20 And you, brave COBHAM, to the latest... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1854 - 340 pages
...out this, when scarce his tongue could stir, " If—where I'm going—I could serve you, sir ? " 255 "I give and I devise (old Euclio said, And sigh'd) my lands and tenements to Ned." "Your money, sir?"—"My money, sir, what all? Why,—if I must—(then wept) I give it Paul." "The manor, sir?"—"The... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...And well dispers'd, is ineense to the skies. Pope's Moral Essays " I give and I devise," (Old Euelio said, And sigh'd,) " my lands and tenements to Ned."...Paul." The manor, sir ? — " The manor ! hold," he eried, "Not that — I eannot part with that," and died. Pope's Moral Essays. The lust of gold sueeeeds... | |
 | George Bancroft - German literature - 1855 - 568 pages
...firmness of a patriot, the serenity of a Christian. " I give and I devise," (Old Euclio said, And sighed,) "my lands and tenements to Ned." Your money, sir ?...Paul." The manor, sir ? — " The manor ! hold," he cried, " Not that, — I cannot part with that,"' — and died. Lorenzo de Medici, upon his death-bed,... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...Seareh then the ruling passion : there alone The wild are constant, and the cunning known. Pope,MEl 172. And you, brave Cobham ! to the latest breath, Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death. Ib. "MEI262. In men we various ruling passions find ; In women, two almost divide the mind : Those,... | |
 | Five minutes daily readings - 1882 - 408 pages
...could stir : "If— where I'm going — I could serve you, sir?"— " I give and I devise," old Euclis said, (And sigh'd) " my lands and tenements to Ned."...Paul." The manor, sir ? — " The manor ! hold," he cry d, "Not that,— I cannot part with that," and d/d. And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath,... | |
 | H. L. Sidney Lear - Quotations - 1882 - 200 pages
...by sweet contingencies. HERRICK. CLXXIII. THE MISER'S WILL. " I GIVE and devise," old Euclio said, " My lands and tenements to Ned." "Your money, sir?" "My money! Sir, what all? Why, well then, if I must — I give it Paul." "The Manor, sir?" "The Manor! hold!" he cried, " I will not,... | |
 | 1883 - 410 pages
...stir : " If — where I'm going — I could serve you, sir?" — " I give and I devise," old Euclis said, (And sigh'd) " my lands and tenements to Ned."...Paul." The manor, sir?— "The manor ! hold," he cry'd, "Not that,— I cannot part with that," and dyU And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath, Shall... | |
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I give and I devise" (old Euclio said, And sigh'd) "my lands and tenements to Ned." Your money, Sir? "My money, Sir! what, all? Why,— if I must— (then wept) I give it Paul. 
