 Lieber!" said he once, at midnight, when we had returned from the Coffee-house in rather earnest talk, " it is a true sublimity to dwell here. These fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousand-fold exhalation, some fathoms into the...  Half-hours with Freethinkers - Page 6edited by - 1865Full view - About this book
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...fringes of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thousandfold exhalation, some fathoms into tLe ancient reign of Night, what thinks Bootes of them,...Midnight, when Traffic has lain down to rest ; and the chariot-wheels of Vanity, still rolling here and there through distant streets, are bearing her to... | |
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...sublimity to dwell here. These fringes " of lamplight, struggling up through smoke and thou" sand-fold exhalation, some fathoms into the ancient " reign...Night, what thinks Bootes of them, as he " leads his Hunting Dogs over the Zenith in their leash " of sidereal fire ? That stifled hum of Midnight, when... | |
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...fathoms into the ancient " reign of Night, what thinks Bootes of them, as he " leads his Hunting Dogs over the Zenith in their leash "of sidereal fire?...Midnight, when " Traffic has lain down to rest; and the chariot-wheels "of Vanity, still rolling here and there through distant " streets, are bearing her... | |
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 | College students' writings, American - 1842 - 506 pages
...dwell here. These fringes of lamp-light, struggling up through smoke and thousand-fold exhalations, some fathoms into the ancient reign of Night, what thinks Bootes of them, as he leads his Hunting Dogs over the Zenith in their leash of sidereal fire 1 That stifled hum of Midnight, when Traffic... | |
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