 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 232 pages
...others' feeling ; but they are such liars, And take all colours — like the hands of dyers. LXXXVIII. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling...reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this, LXXXVII. LXXXIX. And when his bones are dust, his grave a blank, His station, generation, even his... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1823 - 258 pages
...others' feeling ; but they are such liars, And take all colours — like the hands of dyers. LXXXVIII, But words are things, and a small drop of ink . ,...reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that's his. LXXXIX. And when his bones are dust, his grave a blank,... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 314 pages
...were very nearly making the Emperor of Austria prisoner, though his army consisted of 80,000 men. * " But words are things ; — and a small drop of ink,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." " They beat us in Egypt, and took one of our Generals. Their mode of fighting is not unformidable.... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 574 pages
...much changed " since then. I have learned to think " very differently of the cause, — at least * " But words are things ; — and a small drop of ink,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." Don Juan, Canto III. Stanza 88. " of its success. I look upon the Morea " as secure. There is more... | |
 | Thomas Medwin - 1824 - 496 pages
...much changed since then. " I have learned to think very differently of * But words are things;—and a small drop of ink Falling, like dew, upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." Don. Juan, Canto III. Stanza88. " the cause, — at least of its success. I look " upon the Morea as... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 322 pages
...low rational; If Pindar sang horse-races, what should hinder Himself from heing as pliahle as Pindar? Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper—even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomh, and all that's his. LXXXIX. And when his... | |
 | William Samuel Cardell - 1825 - 224 pages
...portentous eve. Rolling, to Turkey, its waters, yet unstained. The next verse explains its own tenses. " But words are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling,...which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.''' Lord Byron. Are, at all times, according to their general nature. Produces, within a reasonable time... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1825 - 906 pages
...others' feeling; but they are such liars, And take all colours—like the hands of dyers. LXXXVIH. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think; 'T is strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages;... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...arc such liars, And take all colours— like the hands of dyers. But words nre things, and a email drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps mil lions, think ; I'i.-i strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 pages
...others' feeling; hnt they are snch liars, And take all colonrs— like the hands of dyers. Lxxxvm. Bnt words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew npon a thonght, prodnces That which makes thonsands, perhaps millions, think; T is strange, the shortest... | |
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