 | Joseph Addison - 1830
...farewell, Oh, how shall I repeat the word — for ever ! PORTIUS. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits,...And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. LUCIA. If the firm Portius shake... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1830
...farewell : Oh, how shall I repeat the word,/or-*r€r / Portius. Thus o'er the dying lamp lh' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again as loth to quit its bold.* Thou must not fo ; my soul still hovers o'erthee, And can't get loose. — Cato, ad 3. sc. 2.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1831 - 300 lehte
...farewell : Oh, how shall I repeat the word,ybr ever ! Portius. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loath to quit its hold. Thou must not go; my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. . CATO.... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 360 lehte
...himself in a studied and affected comparison. Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quiv'ring on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. Thou must not go ; my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. Every one must be sensible, that... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1833 - 549 lehte
...reply in a studied and affected comparison: Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quiv'ring on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. Thou must not go; my soul still hovers o'er dice, And can't get loose. However, as comparison is not the... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833
...brightens, as Shakspeare says : — " Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quiv'ring to a point ; leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold." In order to avoid this disadvantage, it will be necessary to go to bed at a regular time ; to rise... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835
...has furnished Mr. Addison with a beautiful simile in his Cato : Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. And Mr. Butler, Part iii. Cant. ii. L. 349, says, Prolong the snuff of life in pain, And from the grave... | |
 | Samuel Butler - 1835
...has furnished Mr. Addison with a beautiful simile in his Cato : Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. And Mr. Butler, Part iii. Cant. ii. L. 349, says, Prolong the snuff of life in pain, And from the grave... | |
 | Thomas Brown - 1835
...Portius, hanging over her in despair, immediately replies/— " Thus o'er the dying lamp, the unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again as loth to quit its holdi Thou must not go ! My soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose."* The speech, it may... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837
...16.—Portius, hanging over the dying Lucia, thus addresses her, " Thus o'er the dying lamp, the unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again as loth to quit its hold. Thou must not go ! my soul still hovers o'er thee And can't get loose." Addison's Cato. EXAMPLE 17.—"... | |
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Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose. 
