For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,... Selections from His Essays, Letters and Verses - Page 72by Charles Lamb - 1901 - 154 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1835 - 426 pages
...published in the last series of his Essays : " I could scarce trust myself with myself." He says, " It was like passing out of time into eternity — for it is a sort of eternity for a man to have his time all to himself. From a poor man, poor in time, I was... | |
| 1826 - 890 pages
...Bosanquct, and Lacy. lisio Perpetua ! For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. 1 was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Postile, suddenly let loose after a forty years' confinement.... | |
| 1825 - 500 pages
...confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about, thinking I was happy, and knowing that I was not. 1 was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastile,...like passing out of Time into Eternity — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had wore time... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1833 - 308 pages
...Bosanquet, and Lacy. Esto perpetua ! TOT the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...confinement. I could scarce trust myself with myself, tt was like passing out of Time into Eternity — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1835 - 440 pages
...For the first day or two I felt shinned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity; I was 100 confused to taste it sincerely. I wandered about,...not. I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastitej suddenly let loose after a forty years' confiuement. I could scarce trust myself with myself.... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 324 pages
...Bosanquet, and Lacy. Esto perpetua ! For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...like passing out of Time into Eternity — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...Bosanquet, and Lacy. Eato perpetuo ! For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...like passing out of Time into Eternity — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1836 - 326 pages
...Bosanquet, and Lacy. Esto perpetua ! For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...like passing out of Time into Eternity — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
| Charles Lamb, Thomas Noon Talfourd - 1838 - 486 pages
...Bosanquet, and Lacy. Esto perpetua ! For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...was like passing out of time into eternity— for it was a sort of eternity for a man to have his time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1840 - 304 pages
...Bosanquet, and Lacy. Esto perpetua ! For the first day or two I felt stunned, overwhelmed. I could only apprehend my felicity ; I was too confused to...like passing out of Time into Eternity — for it is a sort of Eternity for a man to have his Time all to himself. It seemed to me that I had more time... | |
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