Are there not, Festus, are there not. dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver, One — when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge, One — when, a prince, he rises with his pearl ? Festus, I plunge ! Fest. Cairnforth & Sons: A Tale - Page 90by Helen Shipton - 1885 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1842 - 684 pages
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| Monthly literary register - 1841 - 1092 pages
...after Truth — " Are there not, Festus, are there not, dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver,— One, when a beggar, he prepares to plunge — One, when a prince, he nses with the pearl ? Festus, I plunge" I plunge, and my pearl is Truth ; God grant that I may rbe... | |
| Robert Browning - 1835 - 234 pages
...shall never fade ! Are there not Festus, are there not dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver : One — when a beggar he prepares to plunge ? One — when a prince he rises with his pearl ? Festus, I plunge ! II. — PARACELSUS ATTAINS. SCENE. Constantinople. — " The House of the Greek.'... | |
| 1836 - 808 pages
...comparisons: " Are there not, Festus, are there not, dear Michal, Two points in the adventure of the diver : One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge ? One, when a prince he rises with ni« pearl ? Festus, I plunge." Previous, however, to this daring experiment, he takes sweet counsel,... | |
| sir John William Kaye - 1837 - 922 pages
...DIVER. " Are there not, Festus, are there not dear Michal. Two points in the adventure of the diver 1 One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge, One when, a prince, he rises with the pearl — Festus I plunge !" BROWNING'S /'anir I MOUNTED the Doctor's horse and rode off through... | |
| Harriet Maria Gordon Smythies - 1840 - 974 pages
...lovers were alone. He is a true poet who says — - " There are Two points in the adventure of the diver : One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge, One when, a prince, he rises with his pearl." When Lionel left Horace, he was pale and anxious. He stood at some distance from Blanche, and even... | |
| Theodore Edward Hook - 1840 - 444 pages
...the lovers were alone. He is a true poet who says — " There are Two points in the adventure of the diver : One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge, One when, a prince, he rises with his pearl." When Lionel left Horace, he was pale and anxious. He stood at some distance from Blanche, and even... | |
| Mrs. Gordon Smythies - 1840 - 336 pages
...the lovers were alone. He is a true poet who says — ' There are Two points in the adventure of the diver : One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge, One when, a prince, he rises with his pearl." When Lionel left Horace, he was pale and anxious. He stood at some distance from Blanche, and even... | |
| 1849 - 600 pages
...these : " Are there not, Festus, — are there not, dear Michal, — Two points in the adventure of the Diver ? One, when a beggar, he prepares to plunge ; One, when a prince, be rises with his pearl. Festus, 1 plunge ! FESTUS. I wait you when you rise !" In the second part,... | |
| George Henry Lewes - 1847 - 368 pages
...endeavour without envying their freshness of spirit, virginity of soul, and boundlessness of hope. Of the two points in the adventure of a diver, One — when...prepares to plunge; One — when a prince he rises with the pearl.* the first is the happier: the confidence of the beggar exceeds in rapture all the triumph... | |
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