 | 1860 - 344 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life, or entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a nwn shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will to see his destruction... | |
 | William Carus Wilson - 1860 - 734 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when he shall feel himself going down a precipice, with open eyes and a passive will, to his destruction,... | |
 | James Miller - 1862 - 150 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary...himself going down a precipice with open eyes and passive will — to see his destruction and have no power to stop it, and yet feel it all the way emanating... | |
 | 1879 - 452 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly-discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary...perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet not to be able to forget a time when it was otherwise, — to bear about the piteous spectacle of his own... | |
 | William Acton - 1865 - 302 pages
...would cry to all those who have but set a foot in the perilous flood. Could the youth look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary...himself going down a precipice with open eyes and passive will—to see his destruction and have no power to stop it, and yet to feel it all the way... | |
 | 1865 - 474 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly-discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when he shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and a passive will; to see his destruction,... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1894 - 464 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life or the entering upon some newly-discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary...perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet not to be able to forget a time when it was otherwise ; to bear about the piteous spectacle of his own... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1867 - 582 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of lifo or the entering upon some newly-discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary...perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet not to be able to forget a time when it was otherwise ; to bear about the piteous spectacle of his own... | |
 | William Acton - 1867 - 304 pages
...understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself going down a precipice with open eyes and passive will— to see his destruction and have no...perceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet not be able to forget a time when it was otherwise ; to bear about with him the spectacle of his own self-ruin;... | |
 | Charles Lamb - 1869 - 852 pages
...delicious as the opening scenes of life or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary...to feel it all the way emanating from himself; to jerceive all goodness emptied out of him, and yet not to be able to forget a time when it was otherwise... | |
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Could the youth to whom the flavour of his first wine is delicious as the opening scenes of life, or the entering upon some newly discovered paradise, look into my desolation, and be made to understand what a dreary thing it is when a man shall feel himself... 
