| 1820 - 774 síður
...heaven above ; quincunxes in earth below; quin- • cunxes in deity ; quincunxes in the mind of roan ; quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing ! In short, just turn to the last leaf of this volume, and read out aloud to yourself,... | |
| 1820 - 784 síður
...in heaven above ; __•... — :-_.-_. j 1 ._j i__ quincunxes in earth below; quincunxes in deity ; quincunxes in the mind of man ; quincunxes in tones,...in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing ! In short, just turn to the last leaf of this volume, and read out aloud to yourself,... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 380 síður
...entireness of subject! Quincunxes in heaven above; quincunxes in earth below; quincunxes in deity ; quincunxes in the mind of man ; quincunxes in tones,...in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing! In short, just turn to the last leaf of this volume, and read out aloud to yourself the... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1821 - 374 síður
...entireness of subject ! Quincunxes in heaven above ; quincunxes in earth below; quincunxes in deity ; quincunxes in the mind of man ; quincunxes in tones,...in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing! In short, just turn to the last leaf of this volume, and read out aloud to yourself the... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1835 - 532 síður
...finds his favourite figure in almost every thing;" — "quincunxes," as Coleridge says, "in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the...in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing. " * The increased attention, however, which modern naturalists have paid to the prevalence... | |
| 1836 - 646 síður
...his Garden of Cyrus, and Mr. Coleridge has pleasantly remarked that " he finds quincunxes in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the...in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing." So we see that old Sir Thomas has anticipated Mr. Judd. The puniceous patch runs a variable... | |
| 1837 - 568 síður
...Coleridge pithily says, "in heaven above, ' quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, ' quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, ' in every thing.' We cannot subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this... | |
| 1837 - 704 síður
...Quincunxes in heaven above, quin'cunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of man, quin' eunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, 'in every thing.' At the close of his tract Browne complains of drowsiness,—' the quincunx of heaven... | |
| William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1851 - 570 síður
...imagination. There are, as Coleridge says, 'quincunxes in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quinoaa.es in the mind of man, quincunxes in tones, in optic...nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in everything.' The quinary theory of seated things, as propounded by some few modern naturalists, would have been... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1841 - 306 síður
...Coleridge pithily says, " in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing." We cannot subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this... | |
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