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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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Words: Their Use and Abuse

William Mathews - 1878 - 408 pages
...willing to cast the 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...
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In Memoriam, Melancthon W. Jacobus

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...
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The Collected Poems of Lord Byron

George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 pages
...others' feeling ; but thi;y are each liars, And take all colour»- like the hands of dyers. LXXXVin. own; my mother has forgot the mind Which made her...shepherd boy, who offers np The firstlings of the flock use« Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of agee; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man,...
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Storyteller: The Classic that Heralded America's Storytelling Revival

Ramon Royal Ross - 1996 - 228 pages
...POLONIUS: What do you read, my lord? HAMLET: Words, words, word. —SHAKESPEARE, HAMLET, ACT n, SCENE 1 But words are things; and a small drop of ink,—...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. —LORD BYRON, DON JUAN The page of a great book does not differ mechanically from the page of a worthless...
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The Orphaned Imagination: Melancholy and Commodity Culture in English ...

Guinn Batten - 1998 - 326 pages
...carry, and the value of engaging in carriage. Introduction: Romantic Melancholy and Commodity Culture 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. LORD BYRON, Don Juan, canto 3 The English Romantic...
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The Choice of Books

Sir John Lubbock - 1896 - 50 pages
...books were rare and dear. Now on the contrary, it may be said with greater truth than ever that « Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." Our ancestors had a difficulty in procuring them. Our difficulty now is what to select. We must be...
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Wisdom Through the ages

Helen Granat - 1998 - 182 pages
...one's usefulness. JOHN CHEEVER Great men, like nature, use simple language. VAUVENARGUES Words are like things, and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which sometimes makes thousands, perhaps millions think. LORD BYRON 141 The use of mottoes is to indicate...
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Romantic Poets and the Culture of Posterity

Andrew Bennett - 1999 - 288 pages
...and finally futile nature of such survival, the way in which it is divorced from the writing subject: 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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The Miracle of Language

Richard Lederer - 2010 - 262 pages
...are but words and words are but wind. SAMUEL BUTLER \A/ ords are things; and a small drop of ink, / V Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. LORD BYRON An unusual word should be shunned as a ship would shun a reef. JULIUS CEASAR / V 1 here...
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Women's Writing on the First World War

Agnes Cardinal, Dorothy Goldman, Judith Hattaway - 1999 - 402 pages
...leaving the usual lines of health talks. we shall proceed. HEALTH AND HYGIENE But words are dungs. and a small drop of ink. Falling like dew. upon a thought. produces. Thai which makes thousands. perhaps tmllions. Think Byron We shall now have a litde chat about HYGIENE....
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