 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1839 - 174 pages
...never tried ! 40 Of what we are—and by the mocking skull History preserves only the fleshless bones The would-be wise pretend to guess the features !...glow of life How hideous is the skeleton ! Without Our errors, the anatomists of schools The colourings and humanities that clothe Can make our memory... | |
 | The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII - 1839 - 446 pages
...of the Great, Ye cannot know what ye have never tried ! History preserves only the fleshless boues Of what we are — and by the mocking skull The would-be wise pretend to guess the features I Without the roundness and the glow of life How hideous is tlie skeleton 1 Without The colourings... | |
 | 1840 - 824 pages
...motives of the Great, Ye cannot k mm- what ye have never tried ! History preserves only the fleshleas bones Of what we are — and by the mocking skull...roundness and the glow of life How hideous is the skeleton I Without The colourings and humanities that clothe Our errors, the anatomists of schools Can make... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1863 - 512 pages
...Our spirits, like the unsteady lizard, take The tints that colour, and the food that nurtures ? * OI ye, whose hour-glass shifts its tranquil sands In...skull The would-be wise pretend to guess the features I. * Retained in representation. Without the roundness and the glow of life How hideous is the skeleton... | |
 | United States. Congress - Politicians - 1865 - 48 pages
...ertimate of the character of Governor HICKS, shall be confined to the dry details of the historian: " History preserves only the fleshless bones Of what...glow of life How hideous is the skeleton! Without The colorings and humanities that clothe Our errors, the anatomists of schools Can make our memory hideous."... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Readers and speakers - 1867 - 588 pages
...tranquil sands In the unvexed silence of a student's cell ; Ye, whose untempted hearts have never tossed Upon the dark and stormy tides where life Gives battle...of life How hideous is the skeleton ! Without The colorings and humanities that clothe • Our errors, the anatomists of schools Can make our memory... | |
 | American drama - 1876 - 416 pages
...Like some huge monster, dim-seen through the surf, Waits him who drops ; — ye safe and formal luen, Who write the deeds, and with unfeverish hand Weigh...of life How hideous is the skeleton ! Without The colorings and humanities that clothe Our errors, the anatomists of schools Can make our memory hideous... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1885 - 284 pages
...all-pervading atmosphere wherein Our spirits, like the unsteady lizzard, take The tints that color, and the food that nurtures ? O ! ye, whose hour-glass...skull The would-be wise pretend to guess the features I Without the roundness and the glow of life How hideous is the skeleton ! Without The colorings and... | |
 | American periodicals - 1901 - 862 pages
...unfeverish hand Weigh in nice scales the motives of the great, Ye can not know what ye have never tried 1 History preserves only the fleshless bones Of what...skull The would-be wise pretend to guess the features. — Bulwer Lytton. * Colleges and Universities as Business Enterprises As business enterprises, the... | |
 | Ignatius Donnelly - 1888 - 528 pages
...any age or country. As Richelieu says: History preserves only the flcshless bones Of what we were; and by the mocking skull The would-be wise pretend...and the glow of life, How hideous is the skeleton ! But, at the same time, I admit that the Cipher narrative, to be true, must be one that coheres, in... | |
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Will bear but one — while round the desperate wretch The hungry billows roar — and the fierce Fate, Like some huge monster, dim-seen through the surf, Waits him who drops;— ye safe and formal men, Who write the deeds, and with unfeverish hand Weigh... 
