And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through... Works - Seite 455von Edgar Allan Poe - 1876Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1926 - 916 Seiten
...which is undying" — such phrases haunted him; but above all, Poe's quotation from Joseph Glanville, "Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto...save only through the weakness of his feeble will." So Jacques d'Arnoux began repeating the words in daily incantation — but adding his Christian act... | |
| Mackenzie Bell - 1927 - 538 Seiten
...Valdemar.] LOVE STRONG IN DEATH " And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor ? For God is but a great...how, when, or even precisely where, I first became acquainted with the Lady Ligeia. Long years have since elapsed, and my memory is feeble through much... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1927 - 570 Seiten
...And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigour? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will. — Joseph... | |
| Ethan Allen Cross - 1928 - 524 Seiten
...And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor 1 For God is but a great will pervading all things by...save only through the weakness of his feeble will." Length of years and subsequent reflection have enabled me to trace, indeed, some remote connection... | |
| Mary Burchard Orvis - 1928 - 314 Seiten
...And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigour ? For God is but a great will pervading all things by...save only through the weakness of his feeble will. Of course, Poe lias a powerful plot in this story; still, it belongs definitely in the group of theme... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 2004 - 450 Seiten
...inspire me with the sentiment: "And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will...things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will." Length... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1984 - 1440 Seiten
...with the sentiment; — "And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will...things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will." Length... | |
| George Steiner - 1984 - 448 Seiten
...epigraph to Ligeia, Poe chose a passage from the seventeenth-century English divine Joseph Glanvill: 'Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto...save only through the weakness of his feeble will.' That is Ahab's secret battle-cry and it was Tolstoy's hope when he questioned the need of mortality.... | |
| Brian J. Frost - 1989 - 170 Seiten
...people who will pay any price for immortality. As the famous quote preceding Poe's "Ligeia" asserts: "Man doth not yield himself to the angels, nor unto...save only through the weakness of his feeble will". This being so, the first requirement of any would-be vampire is an indomitable will to survive. Given... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1976 - 676 Seiten
...with the sentiment; — "And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will...things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will." Length... | |
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