 Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Seite 38von Samuel Johnson - 1811Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Bell - 1799 - 402 Seiten
...Careless eyes, lips, and hands, to miss, so Our two souls therefore, which are one, Tho' I must go, mdure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stilr'twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'dfoot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 Seiten
...be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : Our two souls therefore, which are one, > Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expanson, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they^be two, they are two so . . .-,. As stiff twin-compasses... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 Seiten
...be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but...thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two : Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 336 Seiten
...may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : 'Our two souls, therefore, which are one. Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. , , IE they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 476 Seiten
...may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 Seiten
...doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are on«, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an...expansion, » Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they bo two, they are two so As stifftwin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To... | |
 | 1810 - 594 Seiten
...Inter-assured of the mind, Care not, hands, eyes, or lips to miss. Our two souls * therefore which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold, to airy thinness beat. * Our two souls.] " To the following comparison of a man that travels, and his wife that stays at home,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 Seiten
...Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands, to miss. Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, - t» -r Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A- stiff twin compasses are... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 746 Seiten
...two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Uke gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so A, stiff. twin compasses are two, Thy «o«l, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 420 Seiten
...compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or infgebetter claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy tUhmcss beat. COWLEY. 39 If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul,... | |
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