Home and Social Philosophy: Or, Chapters on Every-day Topics, Volume 1Charles Dickens |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 77
Page 9
... whole life may hurry past him in dim obscurity ; he may be revisited by the dead ; he may be transported into regions he never before beheld ; and his ideas , visibly as- suming phantasmal shapes , may hover round him like sha- dows ...
... whole life may hurry past him in dim obscurity ; he may be revisited by the dead ; he may be transported into regions he never before beheld ; and his ideas , visibly as- suming phantasmal shapes , may hover round him like sha- dows ...
Page 10
... whole body may continue trance - like and perfect . There is , indeed , no sign of inno- cence more touching than the smile of a sleeping infant . But , suddenly , this state of tranquillity may be disturbed ; the dreamer changes his ...
... whole body may continue trance - like and perfect . There is , indeed , no sign of inno- cence more touching than the smile of a sleeping infant . But , suddenly , this state of tranquillity may be disturbed ; the dreamer changes his ...
Page 14
... of amusing themselves at his expense . On one occasion they conducted him through the whole progress of a quarrel , which ended in a duel ; and when the parties were supposed to meet , a pistol 14 HOME AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY .
... of amusing themselves at his expense . On one occasion they conducted him through the whole progress of a quarrel , which ended in a duel ; and when the parties were supposed to meet , a pistol 14 HOME AND SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY .
Page 15
... whole regiment starting up in alarm , declar- ing they were dreaming that a black dog had jumped upon their breasts and disappeared , which curious circumstance was explained by the discovery , that they had all been ex- posed to the ...
... whole regiment starting up in alarm , declar- ing they were dreaming that a black dog had jumped upon their breasts and disappeared , which curious circumstance was explained by the discovery , that they had all been ex- posed to the ...
Page 19
... whole , and taking his pen , ink , and paper , instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines which have been so much admired . One of the most striking circumstances connected with the human mind is the extreme lightning - like rapidity ...
... whole , and taking his pen , ink , and paper , instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines which have been so much admired . One of the most striking circumstances connected with the human mind is the extreme lightning - like rapidity ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acid gas aëronaut alcohol Antwerp pigeons appearance awake Bagges balloon become beer body boiling breathing burn called candle Cape Horn carbonic acid carrier pigeons cause chloroform cold course curious degrees disease dreams earth eyes feel feet fermentation fire flame formic acid formyle gentleman give glass gout hand Harry head heat hundred hydrogen kettle lady latent heat light London look malt means miles mind morning nails nature nervous never Newby night nursery observed oxygen paper Paris Paxton persons pigeons Pill Poste Restante pounds present Prodgit produced quantity rain remarkable round sleep somnambulism somnambulist songs sort spirit steam story sugar sulphuric sulphuric acid tell thing thought thousand tion told turn Uncle vapor Victoria Regia waves whole wind wonderful young Zadkiel
Popular passages
Page 83 - Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea.
Page 208 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 215 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.
Page 19 - On awaking he appeared to himself to have a distinct recollection of the whole, and taking his pen, ink, and paper, instantly and eagerly wrote down the lines that are here preserved.
Page 206 - To move, but doth if th' other do. And though it in the centre sit, Yet, when the other far doth roam, It leans and hearkens after it, And grows erect as that comes home. Such wilt thou be to me, who must Like th
Page 21 - The sense of space, and in the end, the sense of time, were both powerfully affected. Buildings, landscapes, &c., were exhibited in proportions so vast as the bodily eye is not fitted to receive. Space swelled, and was amplified to an extent of unutterable infinity. This, however, did not disturb me so much as the vast expansion of time ; I sometimes seemed to have lived for 70 or 100 years in one night ; nay, sometimes had feelings representative of a millennium passed in that time, or, however,...
Page 15 - A remarkable circumstance in this case was, that after these experiments he had no distinct recollection of his dreams, but only a confused feeling of oppression or fatigue ; and used to tell his friends that he .was sure they had been playing some trick upon him.
Page 81 - Tea in England hath been sold in the leaf for six pounds, and sometimes for ten pounds the pound weight, and in respect of its former scarceness and dearness it hath been only used as a regalia in high treatments and entertainments, and presents made thereof to princes and grandees till the year 1657.
Page 84 - ... a hardened and shameless Tea-drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle has scarcely time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnight, and with Tea welcomes the morning.
Page 180 - ... turn on his right side, place his head comfortably on the pillow, so that it exactly occupies the angle, a line drawn from the head to the shoulder would form, and then slightly closing his lips, take rather a full inspiration, breathing as much as he possibly can through the nostrils.