Dreams and Reveries of a Quiet Man: Consisting of the Little Genius, and Other Essays, Volume 2J. & J. Harper, 1832 |
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... ears , as well as their eyes , and genius would wing its sparkling way amid the thundering ac- clamations of thousands of admiring spectators . ' Now , ' said I to myself , ' I have the eel of glory by the tail , and it shall not escape ...
... ears , as well as their eyes , and genius would wing its sparkling way amid the thundering ac- clamations of thousands of admiring spectators . ' Now , ' said I to myself , ' I have the eel of glory by the tail , and it shall not escape ...
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... ear . walked with a proud step to the door , entered majesti- cally , and took my seat modestly . I " The house was already thronged with ladies and gentlemen , with their various appendages of quizzing- glasses and bamboo canes ; and ...
... ear . walked with a proud step to the door , entered majesti- cally , and took my seat modestly . I " The house was already thronged with ladies and gentlemen , with their various appendages of quizzing- glasses and bamboo canes ; and ...
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... ears . I had seen my poor play murdered and damned in one night , and it was enough to quench all future hopes of literary eminence . I rushed , desperate , from the spot , not choosing to stay for the farce ; and , in the confusion of ...
... ears . I had seen my poor play murdered and damned in one night , and it was enough to quench all future hopes of literary eminence . I rushed , desperate , from the spot , not choosing to stay for the farce ; and , in the confusion of ...
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... ears with jewels , hang a diamond upon the centre of his forehead , and build up his hair a foot or two above his real stature . I am half afraid to be set down as a dull , silly proser , but however erroneous my ideas may be , I must ...
... ears with jewels , hang a diamond upon the centre of his forehead , and build up his hair a foot or two above his real stature . I am half afraid to be set down as a dull , silly proser , but however erroneous my ideas may be , I must ...
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... ear to the rustle of leaves , to watch the rippling of brooks , and be lulled by the warbling of birds . It is impossible . It cannot be that any one , even if I had been guilty of the charge alleged against me , it cannot be that they ...
... ear to the rustle of leaves , to watch the rippling of brooks , and be lulled by the warbling of birds . It is impossible . It cannot be that any one , even if I had been guilty of the charge alleged against me , it cannot be that they ...
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Page 70 - I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood ; Make thy two eyes, like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part, And each particular hair to stand on end, Like quills upon the fretful porcupine : But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood : — List, list, O list!
Page 195 - But rise; let us no more contend, nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsewhere; but strive, In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other's burden, in our share of woe...
Page 7 - Who hung with woods yon mountain's sultry brow ? From the dry rock who bade the waters flow ? Not to the skies in useless columns tost...
Page 98 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate — Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 192 - Cowards die many times before their deaths ; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear ; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come, when it will come.
Page 158 - My only strength and stay. Forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace; both joining, As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us, That cruel serpent.
Page 188 - That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the Arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war.
Page 89 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent; And many an error, by the same example, Will rush into the state: it cannot be.
Page 153 - And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged...
Page 3 - The young who labour, and the old who rest. Is any sick ? the Man of Ross relieves, Prescribes, attends, the medicine makes and gives.