The Ring of Amasis: From the Papers of a German Physician, Volume 2Chapman, 1863 - English fiction |
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Page 5 - OUR acts our angels are, or good or ill, The fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Page 132 - Vex her not with words. Silence is the chastity of action. " Let no cry be heard. Crush the escaping groan on the yet quivering lips of the desires thou hast strangled. Uncover not the pale faces of thy departed. Utter not their names aloud. Know thyself, and bear to be unknown. Strike down this beggar heart that prowls for alms, and stops men's pity in the public place. Justify the whole endeavour in the perfect deed. Slay thyself and hide the knife. " Even so. And, as, in large compassion of fond...