Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ?... The Port Folio - Page 3961810Full view - About this book
| Languages, Modern - 1863 - 1458 pages
...äs tbe pestilent ague, and other perillous diseases of the heart: Macbeth. Cure her of tbat: Canst phrase, that might indite the author of affection: but called it, an honest m Raze out the written troubles of the brain; And, with soiiie sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
| Henry Francis Cary - Poets, English - 1846 - 436 pages
...been as a dying man all night, and then with much emphasis repeated the words of Macbeth : Canst them not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the foul... | |
| Kenelm Henry Digby - Church history - 1846 - 818 pages
...crown of cares. He turns to every man but to him by whom he could be delivered, and asks, " Canst them not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Rase out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote. Cleanse the... | |
| Fashion - 1847 - 516 pages
...pith of life." So, too, in his very beautiful address of Macbeth concerning his lady : — " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles, &c. &c." which, however, has not received the cordial approbation of... | |
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...DESPAIR. 1. It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it. 2. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written tablets of the brain ; Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff, Which... | |
| 1847 - 446 pages
...the human body. Neither by poetry nor prose have they sought to ' Minister to a mind diseased, Flnek from the memory a rooted sorrow, Haze out the written troubles of the brain, ADC! with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the full bosom of thnt perilous fluff Which weighs... | |
| Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...DESPAIR. 1. It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it. 2. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written tablets of the brain ; Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stuff, Which... | |
| George Crabbe - English poetry - 1847 - 412 pages
...of Venice. Thou hast it now— and I fear Thou play'dst most foully for it.— Macbeth. Canst thon not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Rase out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the foul... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1848 - 574 pages
...so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, \ That keep her from her rest. Macb. Cure her of that. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1847 - 70 pages
...so sick, my lord, As she is troubled with thick-coming fancies, That keep her from her rest. Macb. Cure her of that: Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
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