 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
 | Child life - 1884 - 314 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 - 1884 - 546 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...have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of the Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name " ; and immediately awaking, I found... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1885 - 252 pages
...stood ' gazing, both the children gradually ' grew fainter to my view, receding ' and still receding, till nothing at ' last but two mournful features were...and ' dreams. We are only what might ' have been" ' Godwin ! Hazlitt ! Coleridge ! Where now are their 'novel philosophies and systems' ? Bottled moonshine,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1885 - 296 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 thnn nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the tedious shores of... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1885 - 128 pages
...mourn' ful features were seen in the uttermost dis' tance, which, without speech, strangely im' pressed upon me the effects of speech. ' We ' are not of Alice nor of thee, nor are we chil' dren at all. The children of Alice call Bar' trum father. We are nothing, less than noth' ing,... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...I stood gazing, both the children gradually grew fainter to my view, receding, and still receding, g, if there were any signs of life in it. He npon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before we have existence, and a name " and immediately... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1888 - 260 pages
...stood ' gazing, both the children gradually 'grew fainter to my view, receding ' and still receding, till nothing at ' last but two mournful features were...nothing, and 'dreams. We are only what might ' have been" ' Godwin ! Hazlitt ! Coleridge ! Where now are their ' novel philosophies and systems ' ? Bottled moonshine,... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - English literature - 1904 - 376 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...me the effects of speech : — We are not of Alice, not of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartram father, we are nothing... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 246 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... | |
 | Sarah Warner Brooks - English poetry - 1890 - 520 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...are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartram father. We are nothing, less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and... | |
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