 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. SOUTHRY. Words.} XXXIX. But words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON : Don yuan Falsehood.} XL. A lie which is all a lie may be met and fought with outright; But... | |
 | Melancthon Williams Jacobus - 1876 - 124 pages
...which he illustrates. Judge not that a Christian s.cholar passes a life of idleness and waste; for " A drop of ink Falling, like dew, upon a thought Produces...that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." The sudden death of a Christian minister! Smitten when in full armor in the midst of vigorous duty... | |
 | William Mathews - 1878 - 408 pages
...immortal soul, and to leave it dependent for all its future happiness.— WS LANDOR. Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousand, perhaps millions, think.— BYRON. A dead language is full of all monumental remembrances... | |
 | John Richardson Phillips - 1876 - 418 pages
...memorials secure us against that hazard, and make them useful to others when we are gone, for, — " A drop of ink Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, aye, and millions think !" God's providence will often suggest a thought, and that thought may develop... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...a word at random spoken May soothe or wound a heart that's broken. Scott. But words are things, and ry windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and...casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage. — Byron. Words are mighty, words are living, Serpents with their venomous stings, Or bright angels,... | |
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...WORDS came first, and after blows. CHARLES LLOYD, Speech of Courtuey. — But WORDS are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millious, think. BYRON, Ъou Juaп, canto iii. st. 88. — For of all sad WORDS of tongue or pen, The... | |
 | 1877 - 736 pages
...the library of the College of Surgeons will be closed during September. LEC—" Words are things, and a small drop of ink Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, pvrlmru millions, think." Byron. OBS— Kew Gardens were flnt opened to the public in 1847, at the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1878 - 636 pages
...such liars, And take all colours — like the hands of dyers. LXXXVIII. But words are things : and Kept two hand and one chain pump still in use. The wind blew fresh again : : 'Tis strange, the shortest letter which man use; Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 pages
...debased and hard, no stone Was hard enough to touch them on. BUTLER: Hudibras. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON. The strongest love hath yet, at times, A weakness in its pow'r; And latent sickness often sends... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 pages
...WORDS came first, and after blows. CHARLES LLOYD, Sneech of Courtney. — But WORDS are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON, Don Juan, canto iii. st. 88. — For of all sad WORDS of tongue or pen, The saddest are these... | |
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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... 
