 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...  High School Question Book - Page 163by W. H. F. Henry - 1899 - 421 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1859 - 868 pages
...your lap after holding a squirrel." " Our brains are seventy year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the...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 - Satire, American - 1858 - 430 pages
...singing, they drop it and pass onward. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the...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 pages
...singing, they drop it and pass onward. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, and gives the...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 - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for 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 pages
...— Cragon. SEVENTY- YEAR CLOCKS. OUB brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for all, then closes the case, 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 - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...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 - 1862 - 792 pages
...over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for 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 - American literature - 1865 - 798 pages
...over this whole matter. THE BRAIN. Our brains are seventy-year clocks. The Angel of Life winds them up once for 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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