| 1849 - Страниц: 1188
...air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are for ever written all that man has said, or woman whispered. There, in their mutable but unerring characters, mixed with the earliest as with the latest sighs of mortality, stand for ever recorded vows unredeemed, promises unfulfilled,... | |
| Charles Boileau Elliott - 1838 - Страниц: 544
...path throughout its future existence. The air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are for ever written all that man has ever said or even whispered. There, in unerring and imperishable characters, stand recorded" the jests of the profane, the curses of the swearer,... | |
| 1844 - Страниц: 582
...with all that is worthless and base , the air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are for -ever written all that man has ever said or even whispered. There, in their immutable but unerring characters, mixed with the earliest as well as the latest sighs of mortality,... | |
| 1864 - Страниц: 752
...of us is stamped in ; the last rear of the host will read traces of the earliest van." "The air is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said, or woman whispered." The doctrine of the volume is that all objects are continually exerting or emitting... | |
| 1851 - Страниц: 728
...it, mixed and combined, in ten thousand ways, with all that is worthlesti and base. The air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has said, or woman whispered. There, in their mutable but unerring characters, mixed with the earliest... | |
| 1852 - Страниц: 844
...still be immeasurably below even our conception of infinite intelligence. Thus considered, the air is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said, or woman whispered. There, in their mutable but unerring characters, mixed with the earliest, as well... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - Страниц: 588
...atmosphere takes up the altered movement resulting to it from that sound or action. The air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said or ever whispered. — Elliott. THE NATIONAL MAGAZINE. CHINESE LADIES, DINNERS, AND LOVE-LETTERS. THE... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - Страниц: 308
...cease. In the language of Professor Babbage, who has written most ably on this subject, " The air is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said, or woman* whispered." In other words, when I utter a word, its echo goes round and round the world, growing... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - Страниц: 316
...cease. In the language of Professor Babbage, who has written most ably on this subject, " The air is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said, or woman whispered." In other words, when I utter a word, its echo goes round and round the world, growing... | |
| George Wood - 1858 - Страниц: 378
...eternal witnesses of the acts done in each." Peter, addressing Flavianus, asked : " Is the air itself one vast library on whose pages are forever written all that man has said or woman whispered ?" "Stop, Flavianus! pray do not reply to my friend Peter till he takes back... | |
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