...in trusting the issue of his commotions to reason only — I can safely say for myself, I was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation in my...gentle sensation to fight it upon its own ground." That, in its marshaling of fancies and of phrases, is to command the uncommandable — to bid the unbidable...

...in trusting the issue of his commotions to reason only. — I can safely say for myself, I was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation in my...gentle sensation, to fight it upon its own ground.... Here Yorick alludes to Book VI of Virgil's Aeneid, in which the Trojan hero Aeneas visits the Underworld...

...victim. This identification with a figure of woe helps Yorick overcome his fear of monarchy:"! was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation in my...gentle sensation, to fight it upon its own ground." Through the distancing medium of literature, Yorick regains his composure in an act of successful identification:"!...

...in trusting the issue of his commotions to reason only. — I can safely say for myself, I was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation in my...kindly and gentle sensation, to fight it upon its own ground.8 When I had got to the end of the third act, the Count de B**** entered with my Passport in...

...under any circumstances, I wish they would learn wisdom from a great author, who says, " I was never able to conquer any one single bad sensation in my...gentle sensation, to fight it Upon its own ground." Without any impropriety even here one may contrast what is generous and noble with what is simply base,...

...sorrow of their weary moments! " " I can safely say, that, for myself, I was never able to conquer one single bad sensation in my heart so decisively,...gentle sensation to fight it upon its own ground." " A man, who has not a sort of affection for the whole sex, is incapable of ever loving a single one...