 For the first day or two I felt stunned — overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old...  The Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 3171825Full view - About this book
 | Charles Lamb - 1869 - 852 pages
...confused to taste it sincerelv. I wandered about, . I thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...with myself. It was like passing out of Time into Eterniby — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me... | |
 | Mary Anne Lamb, Charles Lamb - 1874 - 392 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement." — The Superannuated Man (Elia, 1833, p. 97). lasting and transitory fame, that Taylor's works rank... | |
 | w. carew hazlitt - 1874 - 424 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement." — The Superannuated Mi (Elia, 1833, p. 97). '94 lasting and transitory fame, that Taylor's works... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...like passing out of time into eternity — for it was a sort of eternity for a man to have his time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 454 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I wa3 in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...— for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have all his Time to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1885 - 196 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...with myself. It was like passing out of Time into Eternity,—for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1885 - 296 pages
...firm in the world— the house of Boldero, Merryweather, Bosanquet, and Lacy. Esto ftrpetua I K>fa prisoner in the old Bastile, suddenly let loose after...with myself. It was like passing out of Time into Kternity— for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 584 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...— for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have all his Time to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1895 - 360 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...— for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have all his Time to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time on my hands than I could ever manage.... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1899 - 184 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...like passing out of Time into Eternity, for it is 84 a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
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