 We are not of Alice, nor of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing ; less than nothing ; and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages...  Spirit of the English Magazines - Page 2621822Full view - About this book
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1874 - 220 pages
...children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but too mournful features were seen in the uttermost distance,...upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name " ; and immediately awaking, I found myself quietly seated in... | |
 | Mary Anne Lamb, Charles Lamb - 1874 - 392 pages
...I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were...at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father.' " " When, therefore, I say that I have no ear, you will understand me to mean — -for music. — To... | |
 | w. carew hazlitt - 1874 - 424 pages
...I stood gn/ing, both tho children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were seen in the uttermost distanco, which, without speech, strangely impressed upon me the effects of speech : ' We are not of... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - Children's poetry, American - 1875 - 322 pages
...I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were...upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence and a name " ; — and immediately awaking, I found myself quietly seated... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1875 - 618 pages
...I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were...upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name." And immediately awaking, I found myself quietly seated in my... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - American literature - 1876 - 870 pages
...I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, st in clouds below, Soar without bound, without consuming...knees, a naked new-born child, Weeping thou sat'st before we have existence and a name;' and immediately awaking, I found myself quietly seated in my... | |
 | Charles Lamb - English literature - 1876 - 740 pages
...while I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding till nothing at last but two mournful features were...of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less thr.n nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 732 pages
...while I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew famter to my view, receding, and still receding, the Gatos of the pit could desire; because in a modern play I am to judge of the before we have existence, and a name" — and immediately awaking, I found шг I quietly seated in... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1879 - 444 pages
...I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were...upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name " and immediately awaking, I found myself quietly seated in my... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Poetry - 1879 - 672 pages
...while I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding and still receding, till nothing at last but two mournful features were...wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ases before we have existence and a name." And immediately awakening, I found myself quietly seated... | |
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