| Francis Augustus Cox - 1842 - 546 pages
...Cries," by Mr. Peggs, which have aroused public attention to these " abominations that make desolate." " Words are things ; and a small drop of ink Falling,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think." Never was this idea more strikingly verified than in the history of the immortal Carey, — "the man... | |
| James Wilson (M.D., of Malvern.) - 1842 - 246 pages
...HVDBOI-HOBIA 169 APPENDIX. * Observations of Professor Pelletan on the Caloric Currents . .175 INTRODUCTION. "But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling...produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, thiuk : 'Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses, Instead of speech, may form a lasting link... | |
| James Stamford Caldwell - 1843 - 372 pages
...Ibid. 7 Fatal Curiosity. " Troilus and Cressida. a Johnson. 10 Ibid. " Cowper. Words are things—and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.' Many books, Wise men have said, are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not... | |
| 1895 - 862 pages
...rich and poor during 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...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,... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 780 pages
...might 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,"... | |
| Alpheus Crosby - 1844 - 518 pages
...simple apprehension; and SYNTAX, to the judgment. BOOK I. ORTHOGRAPHY. S t JKschylus, Prom. Vinct. " 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... | |
| George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...less spirituous, he might have lived as long as Sheridan, and outlived as much as poor Brinslcy. 1 ["But words are things, and a small drop of Ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces II.,!' which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think, 'Til strange, the shortest letter which man... | |
| Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 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... | |
| 1867 - 796 pages
...rich and poor during the calamitous years of 184647-48 when she first began to teach and to preach. " Words are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon ft thought, produces That which make thousands, perhaps millions, think." Those were days of great... | |
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