 Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure 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 fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Pàgina 38per Samuel Johnson - 1811Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 486 pàgines
...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 breach, but...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do.. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 482 pàgines
...more fanciful and ingenious. He says to a wife who remains at home while her husband is abroad : " Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do : And though it in the center sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens... | |
 | Izaak Walton, Thomas Zouch - 1817 - 822 pàgines
...expansion. Like gold to airy thuuiesi beat. If we be two, we are two so «*• As stiff twin-compasses are two: Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but does if th' other da And though thine in the centre sit, Yet, when my other far does roam, Thine leans... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 410 pàgines
...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 breach, but...compasses are two ; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no sho* To move, but doth if th' other do, And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 476 pàgines
...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, but...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th' other do. And, though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1823 - 402 pàgines
...Careless eyes, lips, and hands to miss. Our two souls, therefore (which are one) Though I must go, indure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th' other do. And tho' it in the centre sit, Yet when the other far doth roam, It leans, and hearkens... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 470 pàgines
...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 breach, but...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the 6x'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if th ' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 466 pàgines
...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 breach, but...to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two s» • As stiff twin compasses are two , Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 306 pàgines
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim: Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, eudure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, bat doth if the' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, . It... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pàgines
...absurdity or ingenuity has better claim : Our two souls, therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endare not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy...so As stiff twin compasses are two ; Thy soul, the Six'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth if the' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet,... | |
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