 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...have lived as long as Sheridan, and outlived as much as poor Brinsley. [" But words are thtngi, and a small drop of Ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think, 'Tls strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages,"... | |
 | 1895 - 862 pages
...those calamitous years of 1846-7 and 8, when she first began to teach and preach. Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think ! Mrs. Gaskell's vocation was that of a peacemaker. She compels us to feel, not how different men are,... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 786 pages
...the library at this time. AUTOGRAPH CASES. "But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Tailing like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." The Library hall contains three large autograph cases, each containing one hundred and fifty-four drawers... | |
 | 1855 - 444 pages
...our minds the minds of other men." There is a delight in knowing that, "a small drop of ink, Palling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." It is a joy to feel that when some great or good thought has been whispered into our souls, or when... | |
 | Miles's Boy (pseud) - 1845 - 602 pages
...publication, and 'narrow will number it among the periodicals of the day: — But tcorda are tilings; and a small drop of ink Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes hundreds, perhaps thousands, think: Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech,... | |
 | 1827 - 516 pages
...the thoughts and actions of the illustrious, who now are mouldering in the dust, — an art, which, " falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think," — an art, which, as one of the priests, wise in the wisdom of this world, declared, on its production,... | |
 | 1847 - 540 pages
...of the mind, And correspondence keep 'twixt all mankind. JAMES HOWEL. 3. But words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON'S Don Juan. WORLD. 1. All the world's a stage; And all the men and women merely players : They... | |
 | 1851 - 208 pages
...society."— BLAIE. No. 9.] PEINTED FOE THE MEMBEES OP THE ASSOCIATION. [AUO. 184?. " Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think ; 'Tis strange, the shortest letter which men uses Instead of speech, may form a tasting link Of ages... | |
 | Josiah Clark Nott, George Robins Gliddon, Samuel George Morton - 1854 - 800 pages
...GLIDDON, "Si "7" KOBILK, ALABAMA, FOHHKKLT II. S. CO.I'SL'L AT C.UEO. t. — ** Words are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps million*, think."— BYBOV. PHILADELPHIA: LIPPINCOTT, GRAMBO & OO. LONDON: TRUBNEE & CO. 1854. HARVARD... | |
 | 1854 - 402 pages
...of no use to us. Good books inflame literary ambition ; create a desire in the mind to produce ; " A drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." ,. Let not the student, therefore, in his zeal to develop his own mind, lose the power of learning... | |
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think... 
