| Charles Lamb - 1891 - 300 pages
...of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...— but John L. (or James Elia) was gone for ever. DREAM CHILDREN: A REVERIE. PAGE 152 — Great house in Norfolk. With his usual love of mystification,... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 406 pages
...of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We arc nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...asleep with the faithful Bridget unchanged by my side. THE STRULDBRUGS OR IMMORTALS. JONATHAN SWIFT — " GULLIVER'S TRAVELS." Luggnaggians are polite and... | |
| Charities - 1902 - 680 pages
...not to be born, and who, in the words of Charles Lamb, "are nothing; less than nothing; and dreams. Only what might have been and must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions of ages before they haVe existence, and a name." AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. SUPERVISORY AND... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1892 - 604 pages
...of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...gone for ever. DISTANT CORRESPONDENTS. In a Letter to BF Esq. at Sydney, New South Wales. MY dear F. — When I think how welcome the sight of a letter from... | |
| Charles Lamb - English essays - 1892 - 334 pages
...of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...gone for ever. DISTANT CORRESPONDENTS. In a Letter to BF Esq. at Sydney, New South Wales. MY dear F. — When I think how welcome the sight of a letter from... | |
| Charles Lamb - Essays - 1892 - 348 pages
...of thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...gone for ever. DISTANT CORRESPONDENTS. In a Letter to BF Esq. at Sydney, New South Wales. MY dear F. — When I think how welcome the sight of a letter from... | |
| Charles Lamb - 1895 - 360 pages
...thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartrum father. We are nothing ; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...by my side — but John L. (or James Elia) was gone forever. BLAKESMOOR1 IN SHIRE. I DO not know a pleasure more affecting than to range at will over the... | |
| Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...thee, nor are we children at all. The children of Alice call Bartram father. We are nothing ; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...awaking I found myself quietly seated in my bachelor arm-chaii-, where I had fallen asleep, with the faithful Bridget unchanged by my side ; but John L.... | |
| J. H. Lobban - English essays - 1896 - 362 pages
...Lamb alludes in his essays to his first love, Ann Simmons. call Bartrum1 father. We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have...— but John L (or James Elia) was gone for ever. XLVII. THE CONVALESCENT. A PRETTY severe fit of indisposition which, under the name of a nervous fever,... | |
| J. H. Lobban - English essays - 1896 - 324 pages
...an and dreams. We are only what might have ?j must wait upon the tedious shores of Lethe millions o: ages before we have existence, and a name " — and...— but John L (or James Elia) was gone for ever. XLVII. THE CONVALESCENT. A PRETTY severe fit of indisposition which, under the 1\ name of a nervous... | |
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