“Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery”
Source: Paradise
“Either give me your hand, or end it now, and put us both out of our misery”
Source: Paradise
Source: Under the Volcano (1947), Ch. XII (p. 346)
“The depth of your eyes constantly tends my hand to my days.”
Original: (it) La profondità dei tuoi occhi tende costantemente la mano ai miei giorni.
Source: prevale.net
“Will you come with me, sweet Reader? I thank you. Give me your hand.”
Source: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)
Context: I feel little reluctance in complying with your request. You know not fully the cause of my sorrows. You are a stranger to the depth of my distresses. Hence your efforts at consolation must necessarily fail. Yet the tale that I am going to tell is not intended as a claim upon your sympathy. In the midst of my despair, I do not disdain to contribute what little I can for the benefit of mankind. I acknowledge your right to be informed of the events that have lately happened in my family. Make what use of the tale you shall think proper. If it be communicated to the world, it will inculcate the dusty of avoiding deceit. It will exemplify the force of early impressions, and show the immeasurable evils that flow from an erroneous or imperfect discipline.