CHAPTER XLVII.
Was never true love loved in vain,For truest love is highest gain.No art can make it: it must springWhere elements are fostering.So in heaven’s spot and...
CHAPTER XLVI.
Pues no podemos haber aquello que queremos, queramos aquello que podremos. Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.—Spanish Proverb. §...
CHAPTER XLV.
It is the humor of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers, and declaim against the wickedness of times present. Which notwithstanding they cannot...
CHAPTER XLIV.
I would not creep along the coast but steerOut in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars. § When Dorothea, walking round the laurel-planted plots of the New...
BOOK V. THE DEAD HAND. CHAPTER XLIII.
“This figure hath high price: ’t was wrought with loveAges ago in finest ivory;Nought modish in it, pure and noble linesOf generous womanhood that fits all...
CHAPTER XLII.
How much, methinks, I could despise this manWere I not bound in charity against it!—SHAKESPEARE: Henry VIII. § One of the professional calls made by Lydgate...
CHAPTER XLI.
By swaggering could I never thrive,For the rain it raineth every day.—Twelfth Night. § The transactions referred to by Caleb Garth as having gone forward...
CHAPTER XL.
Wise in his daily work was he: To fruits of diligence,And not to faiths or polity, He plied his utmost sense.These perfect in their little parts, Whose work...
CHAPTER XXXIX.
“If, as I have, you also doe, Vertue attired in woman see,And dare love that, and say so too, And forget the He and She;And if this love, though placed so,...
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
“C’est beaucoup que le jugement des hommes sur les actions humaines; tôt ou tard il devient efficace.”—GUIZOT. § Sir James Chettam could not look with any...
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Thrice happy she that is so well assuredUnto herself and settled so in heartThat neither will for better be alluredNe fears to worse with any chance to...
CHAPTER XXXVI.
’T is strange to see the humors of these men,These great aspiring spirits, that should be wise:. . . . . . . .For being the nature of great spirits to loveTo...
CHAPTER XXXV.
“Non, je ne comprends pas de plus charmant plaisirQue de voir d’héritiers une troupe affligéeLe maintien interdit, et la mine allongée,Lire un long testament...
BOOK IV. THREE LOVE PROBLEMS. CHAPTER XXXIV.
“1st Gent. Such men as this are feathers, chips, and straws, Carry no weight, no force.2d Gent. But levity Is causal too, and makes the sum of weight. For...
CHAPTER XXXIII.
“Close up his eyes and draw the curtain close;And let us all to meditation.”—2 Henry VI. § That night after twelve o’clock Mary Garth relieved the watch in...
CHAPTER XXXII.
They’ll take suggestion as a cat laps milk.—SHAKESPEARE: Tempest. § The triumphant confidence of the Mayor founded on Mr. Featherstone’s insistent demand...
CHAPTER XXXI.
How will you know the pitch of that great bellToo large for you to stir? Let but a flutePlay ’neath the fine-mixed metal: listen closeTill the right note...
CHAPTER XXX.
Qui veut délasser hors de propos, lasse.—PASCAL. § Mr. Casaubon had no second attack of equal severity with the first, and in a few days began to recover his...
CHAPTER XXIX.
I found that no genius in another could please me. My unfortunate paradoxes had entirely dried up that source of comfort.—GOLDSMITH. § One morning, some...
CHAPTER XXVIII.
1st Gent. All times are good to seek your wedded home Bringing a mutual delight.2d Gent. Why, true. The calendar hath not an evil day For souls made one by...