“ Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages. ”
Walter Scott, Ivanhoe (1820). copy citation
| Author | Walter Scott |
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| Source | Ivanhoe |
| Topic | opinion determination resolution |
| Date | 1820 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/82/82-h/82-h.htm |
Context
“«Unhappy man,» said the Jewess; «and art thou condemned to expose thy life for principles, of which thy sober judgment does not acknowledge the solidity? Surely this is a parting with your treasure for that which is not bread—but deem not so of me. Thy resolution may fluctuate on the wild and changeful billows of human opinion, but mine is anchored on the Rock of Ages.»
«Silence, maiden,» answered the Templar; «such discourse now avails but little. Thou art condemned to die not a sudden and easy death, such as misery chooses, and despair welcomes, but a slow, wretched, protracted course of torture, suited to what the diabolical bigotry of these men calls thy crime.»” source
«Silence, maiden,» answered the Templar; «such discourse now avails but little. Thou art condemned to die not a sudden and easy death, such as misery chooses, and despair welcomes, but a slow, wretched, protracted course of torture, suited to what the diabolical bigotry of these men calls thy crime.»” source
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