 | Clement Laird Vallandigham - 1864 - 586 sidor
...garb. Its author well understood the philosophy of Mirabeau, and, after him, Byron. He knew that — " Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling...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,... | |
 | Holme Lee - 1865 - 278 sidor
...of unexpressed ideas and lighting the way for other minds to deeper utterances than lie in them. " Words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." It may be but a sentence dropt by chance on the wayside that lifts the soul to a higher level and gives... | |
 | J Joseph Overbeck - 1865 - 178 sidor
...ausgedehnteren Gebrauch davon zu machen. Und nun fahre denn mein Wort hinaus, und Gott segne es! Wonls are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling , like dew , upon a thought . produces That which makes Ihousands, perhaps millions, think. 31. März 1865. JJ Overbeck, 5, Prospect Terrace Reading (England).... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 sidor
...magic's in the place or air, That all perfection needs must centre there P Churchill, Rosciad, 201. Words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. Thy words had such a melting flow, Byron, DJ And spoke of truth so sweetly well, They dropp'd, like... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1867 - 740 sidor
...but they are such liars, And take ail colours — like the hands of dyers. LXXXVIII. But words arc producrs That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think ; 'T is strange, the shortest letter which... | |
 | 1867 - 894 sidor
...rich and poor during the calamitous years of 1846—47-48 when she first began to teach and to preach. Words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, u^on a thought, produces Tlmt which m likes thousands, perhaps millions, think.' Those were days of... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1868 - 666 sidor
...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,...think : 'Tis strange, the shortest letter which man tiscs Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages ; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man,... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1867 - 614 sidor
...the calamitous years of 1846-47-48 when she first began to teach and to preach. ' Words are tilings ; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon a...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.' Those were days of great trouble and upsetting both in the social and the political world. In Ireland... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 sidor
...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.... | |
 | John T. Watson - 1869 - 524 sidor
...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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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think... 
