 | John Brown - 1862 - 360 páginas
...great act , and not a series of acts , issuing from a state, like the stream of water from its well. "Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that ; 'Til done — and In ihe after vacancy, We wonder at curselvo like men betrayed. Suffering" (obedience,... | |
 | John Brown - 1862 - 488 páginas
...great act, and not a series of acts, issuing from a state, like the stream of water from its well. " Action is transitory — a step — a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that; 'Tis done — and in the after vacancy, We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed. Suffering" (obedience,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1863 - 666 páginas
...wo on him !"J We may apply in this stern, solemn sense, what Oswald says in Wordsworth's tragedy : Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — thu way or that — 'Tit done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betray'd... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 692 páginas
...admiration, chiefly . because they carry in themselves an earnest that we can suffer greatly. Ma. Very true. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, the motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'tis done, and in the after vacancy we wonder at ourselves like men betrayed: suffering is permanent,... | |
 | Edward Walford - 1867 - 84 páginas
...chiefly Because they carry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. Ma. Very true. Os. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 páginas
...thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food. Guilt and Sorrow. Stanza 41. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that. The Borderers. Act iii. The Child is father of the Man.2 My Heart Leaps Up. She gave me eyes, she gave... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1870 - 524 páginas
...chiefly because they carry in themselves an earnest that we can suffer greatly. Ma. Very true. Os. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, the motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'tis done, and in the after vacancy we wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : suffering is permanent,... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1871 - 630 páginas
...chiefly Because they entry in themselves an earnest That we can suffer greatly. Afar. Very true. Osw. Action is transitory — a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle— this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after -vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...thousand homes I stood, And near a thousand tables pined and wanted food. Guilt and Sorrow. Stanza 41. Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that. The Borderers. Act iii. The Child is father of the Man,2 My Heart Leaps Up. She gave me eyes, she gave... | |
 | Edward Dowden - 1875 - 448 páginas
...conscious of a certain limitation, a certain measuring of men by positive achievements and results : Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — Tis done ; and in the after- vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed: Suffering is permanent,... | |
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Action is transitory — a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. 
