 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
 | Charles Lamb - 1890 - 584 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...effects of speech : " We are not of Alice, nor of theo, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing ; less... | |
 | Sarah Warner Brooks - English poetry - 1890 - 518 pages
...' We are not of Alice, nor of thee ; nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartram father. We are nothing, less than nothing, and dreams....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... | |
 | Augustine Birrell - English literature - 1890 - 248 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...uttermost distance, which, ' without speech, strangely impresses ' upon me the effects of speech. " We ' are not of Alice nor of thee, nor are ' we children... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1891 - 300 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 F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 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...all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We arc nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been, and must wait upon the... | |
 | Charities - 1902 - 680 pages
...not to be born, and who, in the words of Charles Lamb, "are nothing; less than nothing; and dreams. Only what might have been and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before they haVe existence, and a name." AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. SUPERVISORY... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1892 - 348 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...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 - 1892 - 604 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...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... | |
 | 1897 - 260 pages
...they were but dream-children, who might have been but never were. 'We are nothing,' they say to him; ' less than nothing and dreams. We are only what might have been, and we must wait upon the tedious shore of Lethe, millions of ages, before we have existence and a name."... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1895 - 360 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... | |
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