 BUT man is higher than his dwelling-place ; he looks up and unfolds the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes which we call sixty years have passed, he takes flight, kindling as he rises, and the ashes of his feathers fall...  Bianca Cappello - Pagina 257door baroness Rosina Doyle Bulwer- Lytton - 1843Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Richard Holcraft - 1829 - 446 pagina’s
...gloom. * # * Yea indeed it is iu darkness. But man is higher than his place : he looks up, and moves the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes which we term sixty years have sped their course, then he raises himself, and while ascending catches fire,... | |
 | German prose writers, Sarah AUSTIN - 1841 - 388 pagina’s
...Heinrich Heine. (Reisebilder.) .... BUT man is higher than his dwelling-place ; he looks up and unfolds the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes which we call sixty years have passed, he takes flight, kindling as he rises, and the ashes of his feathers fall back to earth, and... | |
 | 1841 - 378 pagina’s
...Heinrich Heine. (Reisebilder.) .... BUT man is higher than his dwelling-place ; he looks up and unfolds the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes which we call sixty years have passed, he takes flight, kindling as he rises, and the ashes of his feathers fall back to earth, and... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1842 - 662 pagina’s
...— Friend, vol. in. p. 263. "... But man is higher than his dwelling-place ; he looks up and unfolds the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes which we call sixty years have passed, he takes flight, kindling as he rises, and the ashes of his feathers fall back to earth, and... | |
 | David H. Williams - 1842 - 382 pagina’s
...world is in shadow ; but man is higher than his place. He gazes forth, and spreads abroad the pinions of his soul ; and when the sixty minutes, which we call sixty years, have done striking, he springs aloft, and kindles as he rises, and the ashes of his plumage falls behind... | |
 | 1843 - 332 pagina’s
...world is in shadow ; but man is higher than his place. He gazes forth, and spreads abroad the pinions of his soul ; and when the sixty minutes, which we call sixty years, have done striking, he springs aloft, and kindles as he rises, and the ashes of his plumage fall behind... | |
 | 1843 - 758 pagina’s
...world is in shadow ; but man is higher than his place. He gazes forth, and spreads abroad the pinions of his soul ; and when the sixty minutes, which we call sixty years, have done striking, he springs aloft, and kindles as he rises, and the ashes of his plumage fall behind... | |
 | 1844 - 508 pagina’s
...* * * » « Yea, indeed, is it in shade ! But man is higher than his place. He looks up and spreads the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes,...which we call sixty years, have finished striking, he then lifts himself up, and kindles himself as he rises, and the ashes of his plumage fall back, and... | |
 | 1856 - 332 pagina’s
...shade. « ' » w Yea, indeed, is it in shade ! But man is higher than his place. He looks up and spreads the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes,...which we call sixty years, have finished striking, he then lifts himself up, and kindles himself as he rises, and the ashes of his plumage fall hack, and... | |
 | 1856 - 344 pagina’s
...shade. » « * * Yea, indeed, is it in shade ! But man is higher than his place. He looks up and spreads the wings of his soul, and when the sixty minutes,...which we call sixty years, have finished striking, he then lifts himself up, and kindles himself as he rises, and the ashes of his plumage fall back, and... | |
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