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The works of ... lord Byron - Page 56
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1821
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Familiar Quotations: Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source : Passages ...

John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 pages
...I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like, let me sing and die. Canto iii. St. 86. 16. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling, like clew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. Canto iii. St....
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Book of Elegant Poetical Extracts

John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 pages
...expounders of the mind, And correspondence keep 'twixt afl mankind. JAMES HOWKL But words are things j and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON'S Don Juan. WORLD. All the world 'sa stage ; And all the men and women merely players : They...
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The Lakeside Monthly, Volume 1

Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 420 pages
...and nothing is my own but the string that ties them. — MONTAIGNE. THOUGHTS. — Words are magic ; a small drop of ink Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. — Byron. SABBATH. Six days may Rank divide the poor, 0, Dives, from thy banquet hall ; The seventh...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Reprinted from the Original Editions, with ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1870 - 768 pages
...feeling : but they are such liars, lad take all colours — like the hands of dyers. LXXXVill. fet words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a thought, produces 1Ъл which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think : fuses Ti3 strange, the shortest letter which...
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A Life of Clement L. Vallandigham

James Laird Vallandigham - 1872 - 620 pages
...understood the philosophy of Mirabeau, and after him Byron. He knew that — Words are things ; nnd a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. But the motives and the results expected from it cannot be thus concealed, and in a court of law it...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Volume 7

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 404 pages
...source Of others' feeling ; but they are such liars, And take all colours — like the hands of dyers. 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. And when his bones are dust, his grave a blank, His...
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Thoughts for the Million; Or, Buds, Blossoms, and Berries

John Henry Gordon - 1873 - 164 pages
... 600079005R THOUGHTS FOR THE MILLION; OK, l5uDs, blossoms, anD TBerrie0. JOHN HENRY GORDON. " Words are things, and a small drop of ink. Falling,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." — Byron. " In my dream, behold, a vine was before me,*** and it was as though it laddid, and her...
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Gleanings from many sheaves

Gleanings, A M V - 1873 - 116 pages
...The gift of distinct explanation is very rare. 280. In our accustomed groove, how easily we run. 281. Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling...upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, may make millions, think. 282. Wit's naught, till it's dear bought. 283. Often, glad no more, we wear...
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1873 - 798 pages
...have lived as long as Sheridan, and outlived as much as poor Brinsley. 1 [ " But word* are thing*, and a small drop of Ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makei thousands, perhaps millions, think, 'Tls strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron, Volume 7, Part 1

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1873 - 368 pages
...Of others' feeling ; bnt they are snch liars, And take all colonrs — like the hands of dyers. 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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