Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind ; And worse, against ourselves. " We have a passion, make a law, Too false to guide us or control ! And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. And, puzzled, blinded... The Waverley Novels - Seite 29von Walter Scott - 1860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Walter Scott - 1898 - 788 Seiten
...generous Kob, " What need of books ? Burn all the statutes and their shelves ! They stir us up against our kind, And worse, against ourselves. " We have a passion,...; And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of sou). " And puzzled, blinded, then we lose Distinctions that are plain and few ; These find I graven... | |
| Charles Caverno - 1898 - 328 Seiten
...the bad blood aroused and the lying practiced in lawsuits over the enforcement of. a prohibitory law. "We have a passion, make a law Too false to guide...for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul." Some work before attempting purification by politics or law. Attention is called again to the fact... | |
| Dorothy Wordsworth - 1904 - 314 Seiten
...generous Rob, "What need of books? Burn all the statutes and their shelves : They stir us up against our kind, And worse, against ourselves. " We have a passion...fight In bitterness of soul. " And puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few: These find I graven on my heart: That tells me what... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1904 - 676 Seiten
...generous Rob, " What need of books ? Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind ; And worse, against ourselves. " We have a passion,...fight In bitterness of soul. And, puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few : These find I graven on my heart : That tells me... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1904 - 1002 Seiten
...generous Rob, " What need of books ? Burn all the statutes and their shelves: They stir us up against our kind; And worse, against ourselves. " We have a passion — make a law, Too false to guide us or control I And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. " And, puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1904 - 994 Seiten
...And worse, against ourselves. " We have a passion — make a law, Too false to guide us or control 1 And for the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. " And, puzzled, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few: 30 These find I graven on my heart: That tells me... | |
| University of Calcutta - 1906 - 1522 Seiten
...love and thought, and joy. (vi) Burn all the statutes and their shelves : They stir ne up against our kind ; And worse, against ourselves : We have a passion — make a law, Too false to guide us or control ! (vii) So now that shadow of mischance appear'd No graver than as when some little cloud Cuts off... | |
| Walter Scott - 1912 - 646 Seiten
...generous Rob, ' What need of Books ? Burn all the statutes and their shelves ! They stir us up against our kind, And worse, against ourselves. ' We have a passion,...itself we fight In bitterness of soul. ' And puzzled, banded, then we lose Distinctions that are plain and few ; These find I graven on my heart, That tells... | |
| William Malcolm Macgregor - 1914 - 448 Seiten
...was this one clause to be observed — Fay ce que voudras ". In Wordsworth's poem, Rob Roy says : — We have a passion — make a law, Too false to guide...fight In bitterness of soul. And, puzzled, blinded thus we lose Distinctions that are plain and few : These find I graven on my heart : That tells me... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1914 - 536 Seiten
...Rob, " What need of Books ? " Burn all the Statutes and their shelves : " They stir us up against our Kind ; " And worse, against Ourselves. " We have a passion, make a law, " Too false to guide us or controul ! " And for the law itself we fight " In bitterness of soul. " And, puzzled, blinded thus,... | |
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