 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 pàgines
...do his best To save himself, and hang the rest. llufl-.r, Hudibrat. Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? Al. Cato, i. \. Why should the sacred... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 pàgines
...together, As two yoke-devils sworn to cither's purpose. SlIAKSFEARE. Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? ADDISON'S Cato, Treason does never... | |
 | Virgil - 1871 - 376 pàgines
...sell it, and the rich man buys." Goldsmith, Traveller. " О Portius, is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin?" Addison, Cato, i. 1, 21-24. О And... | |
 | John Russell Hutchison - 1874 - 272 pàgines
...widows, the wail of orphans, the shrieks of sisters, lovers, friends! " Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who gains his honor from the blood of souls?" 9. Dueling is condemned by the very... | |
 | John Russell Hutchison - 1874 - 264 pàgines
...widows, the wail of orphans, the shrieks of sisters, lovers, friends ! " Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who gains his honor from the blood of souls?" 9. Dueling is condemned by the very... | |
 | John A. Leland - 1879 - 244 pàgines
...indignant denunciation of Cato, in these burning words : " Oh, Portius, is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder, in the stores of Heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the wretch Who owes his (money) to his country's ruin ! '' At one time the approach of the... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1881 - 738 pàgines
...utmost do his best To save himself, and hang the rest. Butler, Hudibras. Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? Ad.Cato, i. 1. Why should the saered... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 498 pàgines
...duplicity. For my conscience would exclaim, with the dramatic poet : ' Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin?' "In the language of the lamented but... | |
 | William Benjamin Smith - 1891 - 346 pàgines
...patriotic. It originated with Davis and his crew in this Capitol. And oh ! Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of Heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who owes his- greatness to his country's ruin ? The masses were happy and contented,... | |
 | Frederic May Holland - 1891 - 436 pàgines
...Picture of American Slavery," and put upon the title-page these lines : " Is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man Who gains his fortune from the blood of souls ? " A few days before these speeches... | |
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Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon... 
