Tecumseh : a Drama by Charles Mair
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To frame distinctions, and exhaust the world.
BROCK. Few find like him the substance of their dreams. But, Elliott, let us seek Tecumseh now. Stay, friends, till we return. [_Exeunt_ BROCK _and_ ELLIOTT.] GLEGG. How odd to find An old friend in this fashion! PROCTOR. Humph! a fool Who dotes on forest tramps and savages. Why, at the best, they are the worst of men; And this Tecumseh has so strained my temper, So over-stept my wishes, thrid my orders, That I would sooner ask the devil's aid Than such as his. NICHOL. Why, Brock is charmed with him! And, as you saw, at Amherstburg he put Most stress upon opinion when he spoke. MACDONELL. Already they've determined on assault. PROCTOR. Then most unwisely so! There are no bounds To this chief's rashness, and our General seem Swayed by it too, or rashness hath a twin. NICHOL. Well, rashness is the wind of enterprise, |
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