 | Alpheus Crosby - Greek language - 1844 - 518 pages
...simple apprehension; and SYNTAX, to the judgment. BOOK I. ORTHOGRAPHY. S t JKschylus, Prom. Vinct. " A small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." § 7. THE Greek language is written with twenty-four letters, two breathings, three accents, four marks... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1844 - 786 pages
...less spirituous, he might have lived as long as Sheridan, and outlived as much as poor Brinslcy. 1 ["But words are things, and a small drop of Ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces II.,!' which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think, 'Til strange, the shortest letter which man... | |
 | American literature - 1867 - 796 pages
...rich and poor during the calamitous years of 184647-48 when she first began to teach and to preach. " Words are things; and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, upon ft thought, produces That which make thousands, perhaps millions, think." Those were days of great... | |
 | Universalism - 1855 - 444 pages
...our minds the minds of other men." There is a delight in knowing that, "a small drop of ink, Palling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." It is a joy to feel that when some great or good thought has been whispered into our souls, or when... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 pages
...the library at this time. AUTOGRAPH CASES. "But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Tailing like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." The Library hall contains three large autograph cases, each containing one hundred and fifty-four drawers... | |
 | William Leslie Fletcher - 1844 - 220 pages
...— but they are such liars, And take all colours, like the hands of dyers. But ww'i'U are things j and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produce:! That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. To what straits old Time reduces Trail... | |
 | Miles's Boy (pseud) - 1845 - 602 pages
...publication, and 'narrow will number it among the periodicals of the day: — But tcorda are tilings; and a small drop of ink Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes hundreds, perhaps thousands, think: Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1827 - 516 pages
...the thoughts and actions of the illustrious, who now are mouldering in the dust, — an art, which, " falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think," — an art, which, as one of the priests, wise in the wisdom of this world, declared, on its production,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 526 pages
...They are the sole expounders of the mind, And correspondence keep 'twixt all mankind. JAMES HOWEL. 3. But words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON'S Don Juan. WORLD. J. All the world's a stage; And all the men and women merely players : They... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...They are the sole expounders of the mind, And correspondence keep 'twixt all mankind. JAMES HOWEL. 3. But words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. BYRON'S Don Juan. WORLD. 1. All the world's a stage; And all the men and women merely players : They... | |
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. 
