...AUTHOR OF THE MATHEMATICAL PRINCIPLES OF MENSURATION, &c. " Kov^x yxia, xai ar^'ne~in etiifyun £i&*." " I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul," &c. SHAKSPEARE'S HAMLET. But if the fertilizing earth restore The dubious fragment of a borrow'd life,...

...of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow...particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon ' must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list,...

...before the public, a tale would be unfolded which would " Make our very eyes start from their sockets. And each particular hair to stand on end Like quills upon the fretful porcupine." It is no uncommon occurrence, if the professor happen to leave the room, for the...

...of nature, Are burnt and purg'd away. But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow...particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list,...

...despotism ? 49 CHAPTER XIX. Examination of the cruelt1es said to have been perpetrated by the Irish. " I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow...spheres ; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine." Shaktpeart. THE frauds and falsehoods which we have exposed...

...ZOf . Ghost But that I am forbid ''^^ To tell the secrets of my prison-house, 1 could a tale untold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze...two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful...

...thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres, Thy knotty and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. Hamltl, Act I....

...nature, Are burnt and purg'd away. (93) But that I am forbid To tell the secrets of my prison-house, I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; a freeze thy young blood; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their Thy knotted and combined...

...St. Aubert was for a time too devoid of comfort himself to bestow any on his daugh-. ter. CHAPTER II. I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul. SHAKSFEARE. MADAME ST. AUBERT was interred in the neighbouring village church : her husband and daughter...

...Iangunge of a great poet, our countryman, and use it with strict propriety, and say, — • '•' I could a tale unfold, Whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul." And shall this state of things continue, " shall the sword devour for ever." O no ! I rejoice that...