 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1826 - 566 Seiten
...others' feeling; hnt they are snch liars, And take all colonrs— like the hands of dyers. Lxxxvm. Bnt words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew npon a thonght, prodnces That which makes thonsands, perhaps millions, think; T is strange, the shortest... | |
 | John Edmund Reade - 1829 - 356 Seiten
...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,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1832 - 542 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1832 - 456 Seiten
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 376 Seiten
...others' feeling ;( l ) 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...ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper—even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that's his. LXXXIX. And when his... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1839 - 782 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 616 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Alpheus Crosby - 1841 - 272 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1841 - 662 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Francis Augustus Cox - 1842 - 546 Seiten
...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... | |
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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... 
