Cæsar Borgia, by the author of 'Whitefriars'.1846 |
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Էջ 108
... desire to aggrandize his name , his vast and furious passions , which have driven him into such monstrous acts of tyranny , which are yet so well directed that they can scarcely be accused of injustice . Which of his victims has not ...
... desire to aggrandize his name , his vast and furious passions , which have driven him into such monstrous acts of tyranny , which are yet so well directed that they can scarcely be accused of injustice . Which of his victims has not ...
Էջ 119
... desire to apologize for the strange weakness of loving a woman whose brother he be- lieved to have attempted his life , and whose name was so fearfully darkened , gave his eloquence on this point a glow of colour which the subject and ...
... desire to apologize for the strange weakness of loving a woman whose brother he be- lieved to have attempted his life , and whose name was so fearfully darkened , gave his eloquence on this point a glow of colour which the subject and ...
Էջ 128
... desire to rouse , Don Migueloto lingered to some distance in the rear . It was certainly not to admire the magnificent combinations of scenery which the ascent to Narni offered - its castled summit overlooking a wide ex- panse of forest ...
... desire to rouse , Don Migueloto lingered to some distance in the rear . It was certainly not to admire the magnificent combinations of scenery which the ascent to Narni offered - its castled summit overlooking a wide ex- panse of forest ...
Էջ 143
... desire him to keep the Orsino till he hears further from me , and that I have gone on secretly to Rome , if he be the traitor thou wouldst have me think him , he will send his pigeons with the news ! " said Cæsar . " Now , when thou ...
... desire him to keep the Orsino till he hears further from me , and that I have gone on secretly to Rome , if he be the traitor thou wouldst have me think him , he will send his pigeons with the news ! " said Cæsar . " Now , when thou ...
Էջ 155
... desires to blacken my good name with the foulest treachery ; to raise not only Rome but all humanity against me , yea , even to set war , and hatred , and suspicion between a father and his child ! " As he spoke , he snatched the paper ...
... desires to blacken my good name with the foulest treachery ; to raise not only Rome but all humanity against me , yea , even to set war , and hatred , and suspicion between a father and his child ! " As he spoke , he snatched the paper ...
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Alexander Alfonso arms ballerina barons Beaufort beauty beheld Biccocco Borgia brother Bruno canon Capua Carthusians Colonna Colonna palace command dark Dominican Don Migueloto Donna Lucrezia dost doubt Duke of Romagna Egeria exclaimed eyes Fabrizio Fabrizio Colonna Faenza fear Ferrara Fiamma friar gaze Ghetto glance hand hastened hath hear heard heart heaven holy father honour Hospitaller Hospitaller's instant instantly Italy jester Knight of St lady lance laughing Le Beaufort light look lord Lucrezia Borgia Machiavelli Messer Bembo Messer Niccolò mingled Miriam monk murder Nepi noble Oliverotto da Fermo palace Paolo Orsino passion pause perchance pilgrims podestà pontiff prince Prince of Salerno replied Cæsar Rome Ronciglione ruins rushed San Leo Santangelo scarcely seemed shouted signor silence Sinigaglia Sir Reginald smile soul strange suddenly suspicions thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thought tion tone turned utter visage Vitellozzo voice wild yonder
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Էջ 243 - Than wishest should be undone.' Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear ; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Էջ 4 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Էջ 167 - I smile, And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Էջ 17 - For herein may be seen noble chivalry, courtesy, humanity, friendliness, hardiness, love, friendship, cowardice, murder, hate, virtue, and sin. Do after the good and leave the evil, and it shall bring you to good fame and renown.
Էջ 30 - And he, as one, might midst the many stand Unheeded, searching through the crowd to find Fit speculation! such as in strange land He found in wonder-works of God and nature's hand.
Էջ 194 - By aught than Romans Rome should thus be laid ? She who was named Eternal, and arrayed Her warriors but to conquer — she who veiled Earth with her haughty shadow, and displayed, Until the o'er-canopied horizon failed, Her rushing wings — Oh ! she who was Almighty hailed ! LXXXV.
Էջ 208 - Yet must I think less wildly :— I have thought Too long and darkly, till my brain became, In its own eddy boiling and o'erwrought, . A whirling gulf of phantasy and flame : And thus, untaught in youth my heart to tame, My springs of life were poison'd.
Էջ 159 - tis true. Look here, lago ; All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven : 'Tis gone. Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell ! Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne To tyrannous hate ! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, For 'tis of aspics
Էջ 251 - O, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day ; Which now shows all the beauty of the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away ! Re-enter PANTHINO.
Էջ 348 - tis in my custody. Oth. Ha! lago. O, beware, my lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster, which doth mock The meat it feeds on : that cuckold lives in bliss Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger ; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves ! Oth.