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" ... the earth. The immortal old man had five great wounds in his happiness — five worms that gnawed for ever at his heart : he was unhappy in spring-time, because that is a season of hope, and rich with phantoms of far happier days than any which this... "
The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life - Page 15
by Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1844
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The London Magazine, Volume 9

1824 - 706 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth....happier days than any which this aceldama of earth can realise. He was unhappy at the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man into its whole capacity...
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The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life, Volume 1

Mrs. Hemans - 1839 - 374 pages
...dreams, I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained, methought, eternally to the earth....happier days than any which this Aceldama of earth can rea)ize. He was unhappy at the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man with its whole capacity...
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De Quincey's Writings

Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 322 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth....the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man into its whole capacity for the infinite, and he cried aloud — ' Away, away ! Thou speakest of things...
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The Works of Mrs. Hemans: With a Memoir of Her Life, Volume 1

Mrs. Hemans - 1857 - 394 pages
...dreams, I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly; but he was chained, methought, eternally to the earth....happier days than any which this Aceldama of earth can realise. He was unhappy at the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man with its whole capacity...
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“The” Works of Thomas De Quincey: The art of conversation

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 352 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth....the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man into its whole capacity for the infinite, and he cried aloud — " Away, away ! Thou speakest of things...
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De Quincey's Works, Volume 13

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 340 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth....the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man into its whole capacity for the infinite, and he cried aloud — "Away, away ! Thou speakest of things...
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The Works of Thomas De Quincey, "The English Opium Eater ..., Volume 13

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 506 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth....the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man into its whole capacity for the infinite, and he cried aloud — " Away, away ! Thou speakest of things...
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Logic of political economy and other papers

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 514 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth....is a season of hope, and rich with phantoms of far happiei days than any which this aceldama of earth can realize. He was unhappy at the sound of music,...
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The Art of Conversation and Other Papers

Thomas De Quincey - 1863 - 346 pages
...dreams I saw a human being of heavenly intellectual faculties, and his aspirations were heavenly ; but he was chained (methought) eternally to the earth. The immortal old man had five great wounds in his happiness—five worms that gnawed for ever at his heart : he was unhappy in spring-time, because that...
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The Campaner Thal: And Other Writings

Jean Paul - 1864 - 406 pages
...earth. The immortal old man had five great wounds in his happiness — five worms that gnawed forever at his heart : he was unhappy in springtime, because...the sound of music, which dilates the heart of man into its whole capacity for the infinite, and he cried aloud, — " Away, away ! Thou speakest of things...
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