Don Sebastian : $b or, The house of the Braganza: An historical romance. vol. 4

· 1832

Take Physic, Pomp! Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, So shalt thou shake the superflux to them, And shew the Heavens more just. KING LEAR. After serious reflection Sebastian came to the determination of sacrificing his domestic comforts to the ultimate good of his people and his child: the conflict was over with himself, but how was he to conquer the heart of Kara Aziek? of that tender mother, who “chid the winds of Heaven,” if they blew too roughly on the face of her darling?--that tender mother and faithful wife, who saw so much of virtue and happiness around her dwelling at Cachoeira, that she knew not where the world could shew a station more productive of either.…

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