...indifferent sound, can produce in the mind of another, the most exquisite and powerful emotions— " O! many a shaft, at random sent, " Finds mark the...little meant; ; "And many a word, at random spoken, ' , • " Can sooth or wound a heart that's broken !"* The finest strain of impassioned poetry, delivered...

...terror feel ? Cheer thee, and still that throbbing heart ; From Ronald's guard thou shalt not part." O ! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer...word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken ! Half soothed, half grieved, half terrified, Close drew the Page to Ronald's side ;...

...of books ; and when at school I remember having been made to repeat the lines containing — " And many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant." past ; the skilled pilot avoids the shoals in a future voyage, and, with the tide and wind in his favour,...

...her, from whom his heart — nay, his very thoughts, had never for a moment strayed. CHAP. XX. Oh ! many a shaft at random sent, Finds mark the archer...word at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that 's broken. WALTER SCOTT. THE Duke of Bolton was far away from London at the time when Dacre's...

...of the generous disdain with which it rejects suspicion. Oh 1 many a shaft at random sent Finds aim the archer little meant ; And many a word at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken. Sin W. SCOTT. Gulnare, the name of the heroine of Lord Byron's " Corsan. " means, literally,...

...judgment to suspect the former, and too low an opinion of my own worth to> imagine the latter." " ' Oh, many a shaft at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant/ " " Catharine, this is folly." " Tout au contraire ! your blushes speak volumes. Shall the wedding...

...conclude. They say ladies colour at trifles, and pale at things of greater moment." " Oh many a sha• at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant...word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken." Before the gentleman appealed to could either make a jibing or a flattering speech,...

...feel? Cheer thee, and still that throbbing heart; From Ronald's guard thou shall not part " — — O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer...little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May sooth or wound a heart that's broken ! Half soothed, half grieved, half terrified, Close drew the page...

...agitation I now so deeply lameoted ; so tine it is that — " Many a shaft at random Bent, Finds aim the archer little meant ; And many a word, at random spoken, May heal, or wound the heart that's broken I." It is painful to see any person shed tears ; but to witness...

...satire, which, when carried too far, may wound the feelings of those who are the objects of it ? ' " Oh many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer...word at random spoken, May soothe, or wound, a heart that's broken." ' Do I never, under the semblance of kindness and civility, say something intended...