 | 1847 - 556 Seiten
...What a spiritual mistress," exclaimed Tancred, as he recovered from his enchantment. " And yesterday I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption." Tancred's next experience is equally curious. A fair lady (apparently in the world of fashion, not... | |
 | 1847 - 446 Seiten
...said, ' \Ve shall meet to-night.' ' I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment,...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption.' — D'Israeli's Tancred. A NURSERY EHYME-THE CANARY. (Written for the Instructor.) 0, sing away thy... | |
 | 1847 - 884 Seiten
...said, ' We shall meet to-night.' ' I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment,...Sepulchre! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible—I cannot cope with its corruption.' —D'Israeli's Tamcred. A NUBSERY RIIYME—THE CANARY.... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1847 - 336 Seiten
...to-night." "I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. "What a spiritual mistress! And yesterday, for a moment,...I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Spepulchre! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption".... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - 1847 - 332 Seiten
...mistress! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Spepulchre! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption. 124 The acquaintance, however, has been of use to me, for I think I have got a yacht by it. I believe... | |
 | James McGrigor Allan - 1863 - 412 Seiten
...I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. " What a spiritual mistress ! and yesterday for a moment,...quickly as possible. I cannot cope with its corruption." And now for a specimen of Lady Augusta's literary conversation. She was talking to Gerald about Byron,... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1878 - 672 Seiten
...enchantment is dissipated. " I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," he says to himself, as he departs. " What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment,...dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Sepulchre ! " But the more serious thought of the book is given in othei places. The most important, naturally... | |
 | 1868 - 970 Seiten
...I was a fish, and 1 shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall<loor closed on him. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment,...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption.' " So the device of the man of the world is also a failure. Society no response to the yearning heart... | |
 | 1877 - 626 Seiten
...a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. . . . ' I must get out of this city as quickly as possible : I cannot cope with its corruption.' The somewhat monotonous reiteration of discordant forms of belief and no-belief which proves rather tiresome... | |
 | 1877 - 612 Seiten
...a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. . . . ' I must get out of this city as quickly as possible : I cannot cope with its corruption.' The somewhat monotonous reiteration of discordant forms of belief and no-belief which proves rather tiresome... | |
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What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Sepulchre ! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible ; I cannot cope with its corruption. 
