John Godfrey's Fortunes, Related by Himself

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Sampson, Low, Son, and Marston, 1864
 

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Page 272 - EVE. DEEP on the convent-roof the snows Are sparkling to the moon : My breath to heaven like vapour goes May my soul follow soon ! The shadows of the convent-towers Slant down the snowy sward, Still creeping with the creeping hours That lead me to my Lord: Make Thou my spirit pure and clear As are the frosty skies, Or this first snowdrop of the year That in my bosom lies. As these white robes are...
Page 294 - Godfrey," said Brandagee, striking his glass against mine, "welcome and acceptance from the mystic brotherhood! Here you have your money, as I was ex plaining: it has taken form at last, instead of lying, as a dry idea, in the pocket. I hold that we have the right to seize on shadows wherever we find them, for the sake of converting them into substance. Hence, if a man thinks I am taking away his shadow, in the Peter Schlemihl sense, let him...
Page 11 - She smiled, but without looking at me. " Well, then," said Rand, " I must get something out of my memory. How will this do ? " ' My pen is bad, my ink is pale, My love to you shall never fail.' " " No," said she, taking the book from his hand, " I will not have anything of the kind.
Page 290 - if it were only in the right hands. Of all forms of Superstition which exist, that concerning money is the most absurd. It is looked upon as something sacred, — something above intellect, humanity, or religion. Yet it is an empty form — a means of transfer, being nothing in itself — like the red flame, which is no substance, only representing the change of one substance into another. You never really possess it until you spend it. What is it to knowledge, to the results of experience, or the...
Page 195 - ... which I wear at no other time, take off my stays, and let my hair down my back. Then I prance up and down the room as if I was possessed, and as the lines come to me I dash them on the black-board, one after another, and chant them in a loud voice. Sometimes I cover all four of the boards — both sides — before the Inspiration leaves me. The frail Body is overcome by the excitement of the Soul, and at night my husband often finds me lying on the floor in the middle of the room, panting —...
Page 195 - I feel the approach of Inspiration in every nerve. ... It always comes on about three o'clock in the afternoon when the wind blows from the south. I change my dress and put on a long white gown which I wear at no other time, take off my stays, and let my hair down my back.

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