 To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - 18 ページSamuel Johnson 著 - 1825全文表示 - この書籍について
 | George Augustus Sala, Edmund Yates - 1876 - 586 ページ
...of the mind, Care not hands, eyes, or lips to miss. '' Our two souls therefore which are one, Thmigh I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat." The fears of his wife proved prophetic. The story is & curious one, and is best told iii the... | |
 | John Bell - 1799 - 402 ページ
...eyes, lips, and hands, to miss, ¡SS Our two souls therefore, which are one, Tho' I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion. Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As sttlr'twin compasses are two; me, Thy soul, the fix'dtbot,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 ページ
...thee: For joy, like wine, kept close does better taste ; if it take air before, its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that travels, and his wife that st at home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity ingenuity has the better... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 ページ
...thee: For ioy, like wine. kept close does better taste ; If it take air before, its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that traVels, and his wife tint stavs at home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1806 - 294 ページ
...thee : For joy, like wine, kept close does better taste; If it take air before, its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that travels,...may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim: Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 292 ページ
...thee : For joy, like wine, kept close does better taste ; If it take air before, its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that travels,...may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim: Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 ページ
...thee : For joy, like wine, kept close does better taste ; If it take air before, its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that travels,...may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach,... | |
 | Abraham Cowley - 1809 - 296 ページ
...that stays at home, with pair of compasses, it may be doubted whethi absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim: Our two souls therefore, which are one,...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin-compasses are two: Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 564 ページ
...thee : For joy, like wine kept close, does better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that travels...better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are on«, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 728 ページ
...ourselves know not what it is, Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands, to miss. Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. hey are two so win compasses are two, :h< fix'd foot, makes no show :, but doth, if th' other... | |
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