 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1832 - 232 pagina’s
...the rest in comparative obscurity; yet all the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for though the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though...: even so, perhaps, Happiness falls with the same brightness and power over the whole expanse of life, though to our limited eyes she seems only to rest... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1841 - 694 pagina’s
...leaving the rest in comparative obscurity: yet all the while she is no niggard of her lustre—for though the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though...an equal and unfavouring loveliness mirrors herself upon every wave ; even so, perhaps, Happiness falls with the same brightness and power over the whole... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1841 - 326 pagina’s
...leaving the rest in comparative obscurity: yet all the while she is no niggard of her lustre—for though the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet she with an equal and un favouring loveliness mirrors herself upon every wave; even so, perhaps, Happiness falls with the... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1842 - 490 pagina’s
...the rest in comparative obscurity; yet all the while, she is no niggard in her lustre — for though the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with ;ui equal and unfavouring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave : even so, perhaps, Happiness falls... | |
 | Gideon Algernon Mantell - 1848 - 478 pagina’s
...happiness enjoyed by other beings ; to employ the beautiful simile of a distinguished author, — " As the moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our...the whole expanse of being, although to our limited perceptions it seems only to rest on those billows from which the rays are reflected back upon our... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 570 pagina’s
...striking and admirable simile : ' As the moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favor with a peculiar beam one long track amidst the waters,...seem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an unfavoring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave ; even so, perhaps, happiness falls with the same... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1850 - 612 pagina’s
...the rays that плеч t not our eyes eeem to us as though they were not, yet she, with an unfavoring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave ; even so, perhaps, happiness falls with the same power and brightens over the whole expanse of being, although to our limited perceptions it seems only to rest... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1853 - 336 pagina’s
...Patronage was not less distasteful to him than sociality. Some occasional visits and condescensions with an equal and unfavouring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave : — even BO, perhaps, happiness falls with of the great he had received with a the same brightness and power... | |
 | Toby (Hogarth's own dog.), William Hogarth (pseud.) - 1854 - 206 pagina’s
...leaving the rest in comparative obscurity ; yet all the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for the rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though...unfavouring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave. Kven so, perhaps, happiness falls with the same brightness and power over the whole expanse of life,... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1854 - 354 pagina’s
...rest in comparative obscurity ; yet all the while she is no niggard in her lustre — for though tho rays that meet not our eyes seem to us as though they were not, yet *hc, with an equal and unfavouring loveliness, mirrors herself on every wave : — even so, perhaps,... | |
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... can judge of the happiness of another. As the moon plays upon the waves, and seems to our eyes to favour with a peculiar beam one long track... 
