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. The English Review - Página 3621849Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| William Charles Macready - 1875 - 780 páginas
...young enthusiast. All is on the side of daring. To him the enterprise presents but two points, as in li the adventure of the diver : one when, a beggar, he...plunge ; one when, a prince, he rises with his pearl I" But to me the country theatres had already yielded an income exceeding that on which I was to tempt... | |
| Catherine Ann Ware Warfield - 1875 - 570 páginas
...he proceeded : "Are there not, Festus, are there not, dear Michael, Two points in the adventure of a diver — One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge...prince, he rises with his pearl ? Festus, I plunge." " I wait you when you rise," exclaimed Mattie, passionately, in pursuance of the text. " There, you... | |
| William Charles Macready - 1875 - 764 páginas
...the young enthusiast. All is on the side of daring. To him the enterprise presents but two points, as in " the adventure of the diver : one when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge ; one when, a prince, lie rises with his pearl ! " But to me the country theaters had already yielded an income exceeding... | |
| Elizabeth Stuart Phelps - 1877 - 338 páginas
...they passed over the conscious meadows in the white September noon. CHAPTER X. " Are there not . . . Two points in the adventure of the diver? — One...prince, he rises with his pearl. Festus, I plunge !" FEST. I wait you when you rise ! BROWNING'S PARACELSUS. THERE now began in Avis a memorable conflict,... | |
| William Mathews - 1873 - 386 páginas
...two moments, says Browning, in a diver's life (and the same applies to every man's career) : — " One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge ; One when, a prince, he rises with his pearl. " There are crises in almost every man's life, when the Rubicon must be passed, when the AYellington... | |
| William Henry Davenport Adams - 1880 - 388 páginas
...in the diver's life, and symbolises the occasions that befall every brave, adventurous soul : — " One, when a beggar, he prepares to plunge ; One, when a prince, he rises with his pearl." Unless we make the plunge with swift decisive stroke, the pearl will never be ours. " Thou wert a daily... | |
| George Henry Lewes - 1881 - 526 páginas
...freshness of spirit, virginity of soul, and boundlessness of hope. Of the two points in the adventure of a diver, One — when a beggar he 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... | |
| Robert Browning - 1882 - 334 páginas
...never fade from out my brain! This earnest of the end 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,... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 páginas
...their ancient reign In the solemn midnight, Centuries ago. Christmas Hymn. EGBERT BROWNING. 1812-- Are there not, dear Michal, Two points in the adventure...prince, he rises with his pearl ? Festus, I plunge. Paraceliut. \\. Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts ! Ibid. iii. Other heights in other... | |
| William Mathews - 1883 - 398 páginas
...two moments, says Browning, in a diver's life (and the same applies to every man's career) : — " One when, a beggar, he prepares to plunge ; One when, a prince, he rises with his pearl." There are crises in almost every man's life, when the Rubicon must be passed, when the Wellington of... | |
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