 | James Hinton - 1874 - 124 pagine
...Thrice-sifted by- the storm, had gathered there, Flake after flake ; — in fate-defying minds So thought on thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened,...round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now. Thus it is that our advance in knowledge comes by means of crises — by sudden changes gradually... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1874 - 584 pagine
...sun-awakened avalanche ! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled, till some great tru'h Is loosened, and the nations echo round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now Look... | |
 | George Eliot - 1876 - 444 pagine
...finishing a quotation from Shelley (the comparison of the avalanche in his " Prometheus Unbound ") — "As thought by thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened, and the nations echo round." The entrance of the new-comers broke the fixity of attention, and called for a re-arrangement of seats... | |
 | George Eliot - 1876 - 444 pagine
...quotation from Shelley (the comparison of the avalanche in his "Prometheus Unbound") — "As thought I iy thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened, and the nations ccho round." The entrance of the new-comers broke tho fixity of attention, and called for a re-arrangement... | |
 | 1878 - 618 pagine
...sun-awakened avalanche ! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled,...round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now. CAUCASUS. AT midnight The moon arose : and lo ! the ethereal cliffs Of Caucasus, whose icy summits... | |
 | George Eliot - 1878 - 424 pagine
...finishing a quotation from Shelley (the comparison of the avalanche in his "Prometheus Unbound")— " As thought by thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened, and the nations echo round." The entrance of the new-comers broke the fixity of attention, and called for a re-arrangement of seats... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1879 - 660 pagine
...sun-awakened avalanche ! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, — in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled,...round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now. Panthea. Look how the gusty sea of mist is breaking In crimson foam, even at our feet ! it rises... | |
 | James Hinton - 1879 - 448 pagine
...whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there, Flake after flake ! — in heaven-illumined minds, As thought by thought is piled, till some great...round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now." 1 No words could more perfectly express the relation between genius and talent than these. The... | |
 | James Hinton - 1879 - 448 pagine
...the storm, had gathered there, Flake after flake ! — in heat:en-illumine1l minds, As thought b1/ thought 'is piled, till some great truth Is LOOSENED,...round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now." 1 No words could more perfectly express the relation between genius and talent than these. The... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1880 - 458 pagine
...sun-awakened avalanche! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled,...round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now. PANTHEA. Look how the gusty'sea of mist is breaking In crimson foam, even at our feet! it rises... | |
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Hark! the rushing snow! The sun-awakened avalanche! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened, and the nations echo round, Shaken... 
