 | Epes Sargent - 1858 - 566 pages
...I would add, that, if he had seemed to hesitate, it was but for a moment ; that his hesitation was like the passing cloud that floats across the morning...recollections of my life ; from the remembrance of those attic nights and those refections of the gods which we have partaken with those admired, and respected,... | |
 | Samuel Lover - Ballads, English - 1858 - 394 pages
...and so eloquent, as well as happily illustrative of Curran's style, that it is worth recording: — " This soothing hope I draw from the dearest and tenderest...recollections of my life — from the remembrance of those attic nights, and those refections of the gods, which we have spent with those admired, and respected,... | |
 | William Henry Curran - 1858 - 694 pages
...pathetically alluded in the fine burst of social enthusiasm which immediately follows the passage above cited. "And this soothing hope I draw from the dearest and tenderest recollections of my lite — from the remembrance of those Attic nights, and those refections of the gods, which we have... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1861 - 418 pages
...Allandale. The passage has been often quoted, but is too full of beauty ever to grow stale : — " This soothing hope I draw from the dearest" and tenderest...recollections of my life — from the remembrance of those attic nights, and those refections of the gods, which we have spent with those admired, and respected,... | |
 | John Philpot Curran - Ireland - 1862 - 482 pages
...course. I would add, that if he had seemed to hesitate, it was but for: a moment; that his hesitation was like the passing cloud that floats .across the morning...recollections of my life ; from the remembrance: of those attic nights and those refections of the gods which we have. partaken with those admired, and respected,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1862 - 564 pages
...I would add, that, if he had seemed to hesitate, it was but for a moment ; that his hesitation was like the passing cloud that floats across the morning sun, and hides it from the view, and does BO for a moment hide it, by involving the spectator, without even approaching the face of the luminary.... | |
 | Carlton Edwards - 1863 - 292 pages
...course. I would add, that if he had seemed to hesitate, it was but for a moment ; that his hesitation was like the passing cloud that floats across the morning...moment hide it by involving the spectator without ever approaching the faee of the luminary; and this soothing hope I draw from the dearest and tenderest... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1867 - 544 pages
...his integrity would have been more difficult than to have pushed the sun from his course. preaching the face of the luminary. And this soothing hope I...recollections of my life; from the remembrance of those Attic nights and those refections of the gods which we have partaken with those admired and respected... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1870 - 538 pages
...I would add, that, if he had seemed to hesitate, it was but for a moment ; that his hesitation was like the passing cloud that floats across the morning...moment hide it, by involving the spectator, without eveu appreaching the face of the luminary. And this sooth> ing hope I draw from the dearest and tenderest... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - Elocution - 1871 - 664 pages
...3. I would add, that if he had seemed to hesitate, it was but for a moment; that his hesitation was like the passing cloud that floats across the morning...without even approaching the face of the luminary. 4. And this soothing hope I draw from the dearest and teiiderest recollections of my life ; from the... | |
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And this soothing hope I draw from the dearest and tenderest recollections of my life, from the remembrance of those attic nights and those refections of the gods which we have spent with those admired and respected and beloved companions who have gone... 
