 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 Works - Page 71by George Crabbe - 1823Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1832 - 564 pages
...chair by the side of the table. Upon looking around me, I thought of the words of Macbeth: " 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 foul... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1834 - 330 pages
...a kind of hard Conscience. . . . The fiend gives the more friendly counsel. — Merchant of Venice. Thou hast it now — and I fear Thou play'dst most foully for it — Macbeth. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Rase out the written... | |
 | Richard Treffry - Apologetics - 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... | |
 | 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 - Authors, English - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1837 - 352 pages
...members of the community the objects of desire. — Mill. 798. Diseases of the Mind incurable. — 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... | |
 | Marguerite Gardiner (countess of Blessington.) - 1837 - 890 pages
...have exclaimed, when the doctor was recommending restoratives, and gentle opiates, — " Can'st them not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out 1'ne written troubles of die brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pages
...life-harming heaviness, And entertain a cheerful disposition. 17 — ii. 2. 659 Mental anguish. 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 foul'... | |
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