mangled heart--"Portia is--Dead!" pays involuntary homage to the very
philosophy he had so rashly underrated by the exclamation--

"How 'scaped I _killing_ when I crossed you so!"

I wish, if possible, to support this view of the case by the following
passages:--

I. Romeo's address to Balthasar.
"But if thou ... roaring sea."

II. His address to Paris.
"I beseech thee youth ... away!"

_Romeo and Juliet_, Act v. Sc. 3.

III. "The poor father was ready to fall down dead; but he
grasped the broken oar which was before him, jumped up, and
called in a faltering voice,--'Arrigozzo! Arrigozzo!' This was
but for a moment. Receiving no answer, he ran to the top of the
rock; looked at all around, ran his eye over all who were safe,
one by one, but could not find his son among them. Then seeing
the count, who had so lately been finding fault {276} with his
son's name, he roared out,--'Dog, are you here?' And,
brandishing the broken oar, he rushed forward to strike him on
the head. Bice uttered a cry, Ottorino was quick in warding off
the blow; in a minute, Lupo, the falconer, and the boatmen,
disarmed the frantic man; who, striking his forehead with both
hands, gave a spring, and threw himself into the lake.