ISBN: 9781235081378

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1889. Not … Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1889. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... He cannot but intend some stroke of state Shall signalize his passage into peace Out of the creaking,--hinder transference O'' the Hohenstielers-Schwangauese to king, Pope, autocrat, or socialist republic! That''s Exact the cause his lips unlocked would cry! Therefore be stirring: brave, beard, bully him! Dock, by the million, of its friendly joints, The electoral body short at once! who did, May do again, and undo us beside. Wrest from his hands the sword for self-defence, The right to parry any thrust in play We peradventure please to meditate! And so forth; creak, creak, creak: and ne''er a line His locked mouth oped the wider, till at last O'' the long degraded and insulting day, Sudden the clock told it was judgment-time. Then he addressed himself to speak indeed To the fools, not knaves: they saw him walk straight down Each step of the eminence, as he first engaged, And stand at last o'' the level,--all he swore. People, and not the people''s varletry, This is the task you set myself and these! Thus I performed my part of it, and thus They thwarted me throughout, here, here, and here: Study each instance! yours the loss, not mine. What they intend now is demonstrable As plainly: here ''s such man, and here ''s such mode Of making you some other than the thing You, wisely or unwisely, choose to be, And only set him up to keep you so. Do you approve this? Yours the loss, not mine. Do you condemn it? There ''s a remedy. Take me--who know your mind, and mean your good, With clearer brain and stouter arm than they, Or you, or haply anybody else-- And make me master for the moment! Choose What time, what power you trust me with: I too Will choose as frankly ere I trust myself With time and power: they must be adequate To the end and aim, since mine the loss, w... Robert Browning, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Poetical Works Of Robert Browning Books>Fiction and Literature, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781235081378

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1889. Not … Plus…

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1889. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... He cannot but intend some stroke of state Shall signalize his passage into peace Out of the creaking,--hinder transference O'' the Hohenstielers-Schwangauese to king, Pope, autocrat, or socialist republic! That''s Exact the cause his lips unlocked would cry! Therefore be stirring: brave, beard, bully him! Dock, by the million, of its friendly joints, The electoral body short at once! who did, May do again, and undo us beside. Wrest from his hands the sword for self-defence, The right to parry any thrust in play We peradventure please to meditate! And so forth; creak, creak, creak: and ne''er a line His locked mouth oped the wider, till at last O'' the long degraded and insulting day, Sudden the clock told it was judgment-time. Then he addressed himself to speak indeed To the fools, not knaves: they saw him walk straight down Each step of the eminence, as he first engaged, And stand at last o'' the level,--all he swore. People, and not the people''s varletry, This is the task you set myself and these! Thus I performed my part of it, and thus They thwarted me throughout, here, here, and here: Study each instance! yours the loss, not mine. What they intend now is demonstrable As plainly: here ''s such man, and here ''s such mode Of making you some other than the thing You, wisely or unwisely, choose to be, And only set him up to keep you so. Do you approve this? Yours the loss, not mine. Do you condemn it? There ''s a remedy. Take me--who know your mind, and mean your good, With clearer brain and stouter arm than they, Or you, or haply anybody else-- And make me master for the moment! Choose What time, what power you trust me with: I too Will choose as frankly ere I trust myself With time and power: they must be adequate To the end and aim, since mine the loss, w... Robert Browning, Books, Fiction and Literature, The Poetical Works Of Robert Browning Books>Fiction and Literature <

2012, ISBN: 9781235081378

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