 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 - 1923 - 710 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... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1925 - 580 Seiten
...Rob, " What need of book« ? Burn all the statutes and their shelves i 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 - 1927 - 734 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... | |
 | Thomas Hill Green - 1986 - 400 Seiten
...up that position of self-outlawry which Wordsworth expresses in the words put into Rob Roy's mouth: 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 what... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1997 - 372 Seiten
...indicated as containing the remains of One so famous in that neighbourhood" (Fenwick Notes, pp. 26-7). 'We have a passion; make a law, Too false to guide...the law itself we fight In bitterness of soul. 'And puzzle, blinded thus, we lose Distinctions that are plain and few: These find I graven on my heart:... | |
 | Walter Scott - 2001 - 400 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,...find I graven on my heart, That tells me what to do. xlviii *The creatures see of flood and field, And those that travel on the wind ; With them no strife... | |
 | John Reid - 2005 - 153 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... | |
 | Dorothy Wordsworth - 1897 - 312 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... | |
 | Hamilton Association - 1893 - 760 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... | |
 | 1894 - 594 Seiten
...kind, And worse, against ourselves. **#*** — puzzled, blinded, then we lose Distinctions that were plain and few; These find I graven on my heart, That tells me what to do.' " Now, I am far from denying a certain justification for this point of view. Certainly Faithful should... | |
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