 ... as having already seasoned for corruption earth and its inheritance — yet, by means of this one sublime artifice, which brings together the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and end of time, the last day of man's innocence, and the first of his restoration,...  Writings - Page 267by Thomas De Quincey - 1865Full view - About this book
 | Thomas De Quincey - English literature - 1857 - 428 pages
...itself by " mute signs," as having already seasoned for corruption earth and its inheritance—yet, by means of this one sublime artifice, which brings...peace— the peace of resignation and the peace of hope—should harmonise the key in which the departing strains of this celestial poem roll off; and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 424 pages
...far-stretching taint of that contagion, which (in the impressive instances of the eagle and the lion) too evidently showed itself by " mute signs," as having...peace of resignation and the peace of hope — should harmonise the key in which the departing strains of this celestial poem roll off; and its last cadences... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 424 pages
...itself by " mute signs," as having already seasoned for corruption earth and its inheritance—yet, by means of this one sublime artifice, which brings...peace— the peace of resignation and the peace of hope—should harmonise the key in which the departing strains of this celestial poem roll off; and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1876 - 668 pages
...far-stretching taint of the contagion, which (in the impressive instances of the eagle and the lion) 101 too evidently showed itself by ' mute signs,' as having...which, with the solemnity of the grave, has also the haleyon peace of the grave, and its austere repose. A third instance we have — oven more direct and... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Authors, English - 1890 - 436 pages
...itself by " mute signs " as having already seasoned for corruption earth and its inheritance J — yet, by means of this one sublime artifice, which...peace of resignation and the peace of hope — should harmonise the key in which the departing strains of this celestial poem roll off ; and its last cadences... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Literary Collections - 1897 - 432 pages
...itself by " mute signs " as having already seasoned for corruption earth and its inheritance l — yet, by means of this one sublime artifice, which...peace of resignation and the peace of hope — should harmonise the key in which the departing strains of this celestial poem roll off ; and its last cadences... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - Criticism - 1909 - 278 pages
...farstretching taint of that contagion, which (in the impressive instances of the eagle and the lion) too evidently showed itself by ' mute signs ', as...off ; and its last cadences leave behind an echo, DE QUINCE! L which, with the solemnity of the grave, has also the halcyon peace of the grave, and its... | |
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