 Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours.  The Beauties of the Bosphorus - Sayfa 37Miss Pardoe (Julia) tarafından - 1838 - 164 sayfaTam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1868 - 386 sayfa
...poetically true the lines of Talfourd: — " Its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, Will give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarian juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours." free himself from a pile of corpses. Men,... | |
 | Joseph Johnson - 1869 - 320 sayfa
...lodgers perhaps, are enough to kill sick people." Truly has Mr. Justice Talfourd said : — " It is a little thing To give a cup of water. Yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May send a shock of pleasure to the soul More exquisite by far than when nectareous... | |
 | Percy Sadler - 1869 - 284 sayfa
..." God forbid," <J Dieu ne plaise qne. ' To wipe away, essuyer. 4 " In comfort," conforidblement. " 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its draught 1 Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure " to the framo More exquisite... | |
 | John Matheson - 1870 - 590 sayfa
...applied it to the laudable purpose of illuminating his wife's nose ! CHAPTER XVII. TANK AND TEMPLE. 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fever"d lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1870 - 636 sayfa
...is a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drained by fevered lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when uectarean juice Renews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of... | |
 | Percy Sadler - 1870 - 282 sayfa
...2 "God forbid," d, Dieu neplaise gue. 8 To wipe away, essuyer. 4 " In comfort," confortdblement. " 'Tis a little thing To give a cup of water, yet its draught1 Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure2 to the franiu... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1871 - 1090 sayfa
...Thus fitly closed the career of one who had written these lines worthy of a golden setting. « Tls a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught...the frame More exquisite than when, nectarean juice Benews the life of joy in happiest hours. It is a little thing to speak a phrase Of common comfort,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1871 - 1100 sayfa
...class." Thus fitly closed the career of one who had written these lines worthy of a golden setting. " Tis a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet Its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fcvcr'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1872 - 864 sayfa
...May hover round its surface, glides in light, And takes no shadow from them. Ion. Act \. Sc. 1. 'T is a little thing To give a cup of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain 'd by fever'd lips, May give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when Nectarean... | |
 | 1871 - 606 sayfa
...career of one who had written these lines worthy of a golden setting. " Tis a little thing To give a cnp of water ; yet its draught Of cool refreshment, drain'd by fever'd lips, Hay give a shock of pleasure to the frame More exquisite than when nectarean juice Renews the life... | |
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