 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 adventures of a man of family - Page 285by lord William Pitt Lennox - 1864Full view - About this book
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...being alarmed with the recollection of his crimes, anxiously enquired of his physician, — " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased; Pluck from the...sorrow ; Rase out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - 1833 - 360 pages
...double superlatives. We have here the comparative degree of a superlative superlative .'.'.' § " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Haze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivion's antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | Richard Treffry - 1834 - 222 pages
...the objects which are supposed in any measure capable of affording satisfaction ? — " 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... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1835 - 592 pages
...black crown of cares. He turns to every man but to him by whom he could be delivered, and asks, " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from...sorrow ; Rase out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs... | |
 | 1835 - 330 pages
...silence the reproaches of conscience ? procure the physician that can 9 ' Minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Rase out the written troubles of the brain, And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff"d bosom of that perilous .stiillj Which... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 456 pages
...been as a dying man all night." He then emphatically broke out in the words of Shakspeare, — " 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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1835 - 590 pages
...a dying man all night." He then emphatically broke out in the words of Shakspeare, " Canst tii. H i 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 stufTd... | |
 | 1836 - 744 pages
...the state of his patient's mind, in one of the most pathetic passages of this noble play : " Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the...antidote, Cleanse the foul bosom of that perilous stufi' Which weighs upon the heart" We now revert to the scene in which Lady Macbeth is introduced... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1836 - 570 pages
...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... | |
 | 1836 - 362 pages
...that he has just made you, a philosopher, and a moralist. Unlike Macbeth's physician, he — " Can 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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