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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... "
The works of ... lord Byron - Page 56
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821
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Cain the Wanderer: A Vision of Heaven ; Darkness and Other Poems

John Edmund Reade - 1829 - 356 pages
...few support it: some words, a few passages — leave impressions which will not be forgotten, " For words are things, and a small drop of ink " Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." The book is thus secretly perpetuated, and lives, merely because it will be heard. Now among such men,...
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The Complete Works of Lord Byron: Including His Suppressed Poems, and Others ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 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...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...
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Don Juan: In Sixteen Cantos

George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 pages
...are snch liars. And take all colonrs — like the hands of dyers. • IIL DON JUAN. I23 IXXXVIII. Bnt words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, npon a thonght, prodnces That which makes thonsands, perhaps millions, think; Tis strange, the shortest...
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Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 15

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 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...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,...
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The borough

George Crabbe - 1834 - 334 pages
...seen A fair, sad Girl, mild, suffering, and serene; (1) [" *T is strange, the shortest letter that man uses' Instead of speech, may form a lasting link...Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this— Survives himself, his tomb, and all that's his. And when his bones are dust, his grave a blank, His...
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Life, Letters, and Journals of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 pages
...less spirituous, he might have lived as long as Sheridan, and outlived as much as poor Brinsley. 1 ["But words are things, and a small drop of Ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which make* thousands, perhaps millions, think, 'Til strange, the shortest letter which man use* Instead...
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The poetical works of ... George Crabbe, with his letters and journals, and ...

George Crabbe - 1840 - 332 pages
...seen A fair, sad Girl, mild, suffering, and serene ; (1) [" "Tis strange, the shortest letter that man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link...reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this — Survives himself, his tomb, and all that 9s his. And when his bones are dust, his grave a blank,...
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Nugae Literariae: Prose and Verse

Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 616 pages
...this art, this kalligraphy, of the copyists, it may rest the mind to recall the words of Byron : - 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...
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A Grammar of the Greek Language: A Practical Grammar of the Attic and Common ...

Alpheus Crosby - 1841 - 272 pages
...the simple apprehension ; and SYNTAX, to the judgment. BOOK I. ORTHOGRAPHY. JEichyhu, Prom. Vinci, " A small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." ^ 7. THE Greek language is written with twenty-four letters, two breathings, three accents, four marks...
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Nugae Literariae: Prose and Verse

Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 pages
...rest the mind to recall the words of Byron : " But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Pilling like dew upon a thought, produces 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...
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