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Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature ... - Page 257
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1831 - 576 pages
...(who seem at present only a better sort of fools) would appear almost intelligent. " It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to...little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be sure that imagination is not the...
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Encyclopædia Americana, ed. by F. Lieber assisted by E. Wigglesworth (and T ...

Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 pages
...impressions, even 257 of important events, vanish ; how quickly we confound dates and forget пашен. " It is singular," says Byron, " how soon we lose the...practice, indeed, is somewhat in disrepute, owing to the frivolous details of some journals, and the sentimental folly of others. Experience leads us to ad'vise...
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Letters and Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 2

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1831 - 572 pages
...(who seem at present only a better sort of fools) would appear almost intelligent. "It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to...little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be sure thai imagination is not the...
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The works of lord Byron: with his letters and journals, and his ..., Volume 6

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1832 - 452 pages
...(who seem at present only a better sort of fools) would appear almost intelligent. " It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to...little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be sure that imagination is not the...
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The works of Thomas Moore, Volume 17

Thomas Moore - 1832 - 592 pages
...(who seem at present only a better sort of fools) would appear almost intelligent. « It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to...little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment; but who can be sure that imagination is not the...
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The Works of Lord Byron: With His Letters and Journals,

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 440 pages
...(who seem at present only a better sort of fools) would appear almost intelligent. " It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to...little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be sure that imagination is not the...
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Letters and journals [&c.].

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1833 - 678 pages
...wise (who ' seem at present only a better sort of fools) would ' appear almost intelligent. ' pairs ; a lustre obliterates. There is little distinct ' left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the ' lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be ' sure that imagination is not...
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Letters & Journals of Lord Byron: With Notices of His Life, Volume 3

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 674 pages
...wise (who ' seem at present only a better sort of fools) would * appear almost intelligent. ' pairs ; a lustre obliterates. There is little distinct ' left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the ' lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be ' sure that imagination is not...
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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 7

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1835 - 608 pages
...is singular," says Byron, " how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to he constantly beforc us: a year impairs: a lustre obliterates. There is...practice, indeed, is somewhat in disrepute, owing to the frivolous details of some journals, and the sentimental folly of others. Experience leads us to advise...
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The Works of George Byron: With His Letters and Journals, and His Life, Volume 6

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 446 pages
...(who seem at present only a better sort of fools) would appear almost intelligent. " It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to...little distinct left without an effort of memory. Then, indeed, the lights are rekindled for a moment ; but who can be sure that imagination is not the...
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