 Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.  The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 536by James Boswell - 1907Full view - About this book
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 430 pages
...management and reformation of their own minds, than on the powers of medi* cine to cure. I'or-- I could not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain. And, with a sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuff... | |
 | Mrs. Costello - 1809 - 248 pages
...sunshine, or beneath cold fortune's show'r, The self-approving conscience to sustain. CHAP. IX. Canst them not minister to a mind diseas'd .' Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow? Raze out (he written troubles of the brain? And, with some sweet oblivions antidote, Cleanse the foul... | |
 | Elizabeth Robinson Montagu - 1810 - 334 pages
...address to the physician, we perceive he has griefs that press harder on him than his enemies ; MACBETH. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | Mrs. Montagu (Elizabeth) - 1810 - 334 pages
...address to the physician, we perceive he has griefs that press harder on him than his enemies : MACBETH. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; f Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | John Quincy Adams - 1810 - 414 pages
...attention without control. And hence it is that, when in Shakspeare, Macbeth inquires of the doctor, Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted Borrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1812 - 430 pages
...Scene 2. Thou hast it now. ..and I fear Thou play'dst most foully for it. Macbeth, Act III, Scene 1. Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sinew, Rase out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote OJeanse the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1812 - 542 pages
...pillows will discharge their secrets. 1554. MIND — thoroughly diseased, ill admits REMEDY. 'Tis hard to minister to a Mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the Memory a rooted sorrow ; Jlase out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivio'us antidote Cleanse the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1813 - 480 pages
...As she is troubled with thick -coming fancfes, That keep her from her rest. Macb. Cure her of that : Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd • Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet oblivious antidote, Cleanse the... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1813 - 278 pages
...keep him from mischief, he was conveyed to an asylum;. but the faculty have not beenable to. " ..... minister to a mind diseas'd; " Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; " Raze cut the written troubles of the brain; " And with some sweet oblivious antidote, -, " Cleanse... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 250 pages
...Thou hast it now— and I fear Thou play'dst most foully for it. Mncheth, Act III. Scene ). Canst tbou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sinew, Hase out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the... | |
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