 To the following comparison of a man that travels and his wife that stays at home, with a pair of compasses, it may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 18by Samuel Johnson - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...ourselves know not what it is ;' Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one) Though I...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they ore two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 444 pages
...Valediction forbidding Mourning. Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Thougli I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 580 pages
...Valediction forbidding Mourning. Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fixt foot, makes... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...two souls, therefore, which are one, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion; As stiff twin compasses are two; The soul, the fixt foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 346 pages
...thee : For joy, like wine, kept close does better taste ; If it take air before, its spirits waste." \ To the following comparison of a man that travels,...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two : Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854 - 468 pages
...wine kept close, does better taste ; If it take air before its spirits waste." COWLEY : Against Hope. To the following comparison of a man that travels,...may be doubted whether absurdity or ingenuity has the better claim : " Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1858 - 418 pages
...thee: - .J For joy, like wine kept close, does better taste, * If it take air before its spirits waste. To the following comparison of a man that travels...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 780 pages
...That ourselves know not what it is; Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...That ourselves know not what it is; Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 pages
...ourselves know not what it is ; Inter-assured of the mind, Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore, (which are one,) Though...breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are twoj Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes... | |
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