 Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot stop them; they cannot stop themselves; sleep cannot still them; madness only makes them go faster; death alone can break into the case, and, seizing the ever-swinging pendulum, which we call...  The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated - Side 1031870Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1859 - 868 sider
...relief. It is like taking the cat in your lap after holding a squirrel." " Our brains are seventy year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all,...key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurrection." If the following is a true description of the matter, we are disposed to be thankful that the gods... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 430 sider
...thinner, until at last the veil of flesh is threadbare, and, still singing, they drop it and pass onward. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...Tic-tac! tic-tac! go the wheels of thought; our will cannot stop them ; they cannot stop themselves ; sleep cannot still them ; madness only makes them... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - 1858 - 420 sider
...thinner, until at last the veil of flesh is threadbare, and. still singing, they drop it and pass onward. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...Resurrection. Tic-tac! tic-tac! go the wheels of thought; oui will cannot stop them ; they cannot stop themselves , sleep cannot still them ; madness only makes... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 sider
...caught a cold, was laid up with a lumbago, and had time to think over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot... | |
 | 1860 - 908 sider
...upon those whose icy natures are doomed to eternal congealment, — Cragon. SEVENTY- YEAR CLOCKS. OUB brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...and gives the key into the hand of the Angel of the Resurreetion. Tic-tac ! tic-tac! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot stop them ; they cannot... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 sider
...caught a cold, was laid up with a lumbago, and had time to think over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 sider
...The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then eloses the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot stop them ; they caunot stop themselves ; sleep cannot still them ; madness only makes them... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - 798 sider
...caught a cold, was laid up with a lumbago, and had time to think over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life...all, then closes the case, and gives the key into the hands of the Angel of the Resurrection. Tic-tac ! tic-tac ! go the wheels of thought ; our will cannot... | |
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