Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot stop them ; they cannot stop themselves ; sleep cannot still them ; madness only makes them go faster ; death alone can break into the case, and, seiz> ing the ever-swinging pendulum, which... The Arena - Seite 1361891Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1859 - 868 Seiten
...relief. It is like taking the cat in your lap after holding a squirrel." " Our brains are seventy year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection." If the following is a true description of the matter, we are disposed to be thankful that the gods... | |
| Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...thinner, until at last the veil of flesh is threadbare, and. still singing, they drop it and pass onward. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...Resurrection. Tic-tac! tic-tac! go the wheels of thought; oui will cannot stop them ; they cannot stop themselves , sleep cannot still them ; madness only makes... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 Seiten
...caught a cold, was laid up with a lumbago, and had time to think over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot... | |
| 1860 - 908 Seiten
...upon those whose icy natures are doomed to eternal congealment, — Cragon. SEVENTY- YEAR CLOCKS. OUB brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurreetion. Tic-tac ! tic-tac! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot stop them ; they cannot... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 Seiten
...caught a cold, was laid up with a lumbago, and had time to think over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then eloses the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac...wheels of thought ; our will cannot stop them ; they caunot stop themselves ; sleep cannot still them ; madness only makes them go faster ; death alone... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 Seiten
...caught a cold, was laid up with a lumbago, and had time to think over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot... | |
| Mark Twain - 1866 - 852 Seiten
...picturesque pas>ag'ï in the "Autocrat of the Breakfast-table " illustrates this : " Our brains aro seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them...of thought; our will cannot stop them; they cannot «top themselves; sleep cannot still them; madness only makes them go faster; death alono can break... | |
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