Desultoria: The Recovered Mss. of an EccentricBaker and Scribner, 1850 - 220 Seiten |
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... past , in making love blind , had not made him likewise foolish . They did make him a child ; but folly is a degree beyond childishness it is an advancement on it , that degrades human nature . I do not think , so far as I have had the ...
... past , in making love blind , had not made him likewise foolish . They did make him a child ; but folly is a degree beyond childishness it is an advancement on it , that degrades human nature . I do not think , so far as I have had the ...
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... past him , yet not unobserved , for in the vast treasure - house of his mind , he is recording the actions of this many - phased humanity . Again , this one in assemblies , stands out of the light and gaze of those around his greatness ...
... past him , yet not unobserved , for in the vast treasure - house of his mind , he is recording the actions of this many - phased humanity . Again , this one in assemblies , stands out of the light and gaze of those around his greatness ...
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... past exalted thought , -again have I had my feelings of pleasure renewed , -again sympathized with nature sought to admire her variety to adore her grandeur . I have one wish , among many others less urgent , with respect to this rock ...
... past exalted thought , -again have I had my feelings of pleasure renewed , -again sympathized with nature sought to admire her variety to adore her grandeur . I have one wish , among many others less urgent , with respect to this rock ...
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... past , That youth and observation copied there , And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain , Unmixed with baser matter : yes , by heaven , O most pernicious woman ! O villain , villain , smiling ...
... past , That youth and observation copied there , And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain , Unmixed with baser matter : yes , by heaven , O most pernicious woman ! O villain , villain , smiling ...
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... past sweetness , few left even of the susceptibilities , -which if aught are the the gifts of divinity , they are , —to deep emotions . Perhaps it were better , and those in artificial life may be happier on account of it , for deep ...
... past sweetness , few left even of the susceptibilities , -which if aught are the the gifts of divinity , they are , —to deep emotions . Perhaps it were better , and those in artificial life may be happier on account of it , for deep ...
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actions affection all-consuming fire beautiful become better bosom calm child choly companion conversation creature dear dear boy death desire devoted dream endeavor ennui Epicurean esteem exist expression face farewell father fear feelings folly foolish forget gaze give gone grave Hamlet happy happy days harpies hate heart hope horse human humbugs idea imagine indifferent intel kind knew lady Laertes lence lone streets look melan melancholy melon mental mind monomania mother mountains nature Nero never night noble observed Ophelia painful passion perhaps persons physician pleasant pleasure Polonius poor possessed pursuits quiet regard scene seemed sion sleep smile society sorrow sought soul speak spirit strange sweet sycophant tell things thou thought tion to-day told unhappy Virgil wish woman words wretch write young
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Seite 78 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Seite 80 - No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp ; And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning.
Seite 100 - OH, talk not to me of a name great in story ; The days of our youth are the days of our glory ; And the myrtle and ivy of sweet two-and-twenty Are worth all your laurels, though ever so plenty.
Seite 76 - That youth and observation copied there ; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain...
Seite 76 - Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And.
Seite 80 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Seite 75 - gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world! Fie on't! O fie! 'tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely.
Seite 61 - O now, for ever, Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war...
Seite 75 - O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew! Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! God! How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Seite 78 - What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.