 Nobody ever saw a star formed,' said Tancred. ' Perhaps not. You must read the " Revelations ;" it is all explained. But what is most interesting, is the way in which man has been developed. You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually going...  Nobly false - Page 328by James McGrigor Allan - 1863Full view - About this book
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English fiction - 1847 - 332 pages
...you must read it, 't is charming." 123 " Nobody ever saw a star formed," said Tancred. "Perhaps not. You must read the 'Revelations;' it is all explained....very superior to us — something with wings. Ah! that 's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. But you must read it." " I do not believe... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English fiction - 1847 - 336 pages
...light—you must feadit, 't is charming." "Nobody ever saw a star formed," saidTancred. "Perhaps not. You must read the 'Revelations;' it is all explained....next change there will be something very superior to us—'something with wings. Ah! that's it: we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. But you... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 884 pages
...forget the next—I think there were shells, then fishes; then we came—let me see—did we come next P Never mind that; we came at last. And the next change there will be something very superior to us—something with wings. Ah! that sit; we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. But you must... | |
 | Great Britain - 1860 - 880 pages
...I think there were shells — then fishes— then we came. Let me see — did we come next? i^ever mind that ; we came at last. And the next change there will be something very superior — something with wings! Ah! that's • it : we were fishes ; and I believe we shall be — crows... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (earl of Beaconsfield.) - 1871 - 508 pages
...light, yon must read it, 'tis charming.' ' Nobody ever saw a star formed,' said Tancred. ' Perhaps not. You must read the " Revelations ;" it is all explained....that's it : we were fishes, and I believe we shall ba crows. But you must read it.' 'I do not believe I ever was a fish,' said Tancred. ' Oh ! but it... | |
 | Georg Brandes - 1880 - 410 pages
...up this satire again twenty years later, where the book, " The Revelations of Chaos " is described. "You know, all is development. The principle is perpetually...next change there will be something very superior .to us—something with wings. Ah! that's it; we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. But you... | |
 | 1881 - 504 pages
...there were shells, then fishes ; then we came, let me see, did we come next Never mind that— we came, and the next change there will be something very superior to us, something with wings. Ah I that's it, we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. .... Everything is proved by geology,... | |
 | 1881 - 654 pages
...there were shells, then fishes ; then we came, let me see, did we come next Never mind that— we came, and the next change there will be something very superior to us, something with wines. Ah ! that's it, we were fishes, and I believe we shall be crows. .... Everything is proved by... | |
 | Alexander Charles Ewald - Great Britain - 1882 - 294 pages
...came. Let me see — did we come next ? Never mind that ; we came at last. And the next change, then, will be something very superior to us — something...that's it ; we were fishes, and I believe we shall he crows 1" lectual point of view, 1 believe the severest metaphysical analysis is opposed to such... | |
 | Bourchier Wrey Savile - Anthropology - 1885 - 342 pages
...something ; then I forget the next. I think there were shells, then fishes ; then we came at last. The next change there will be something very superior...something with wings. Ah ! that's it ; we were fishes, and we shall be crows. We had fins ; we may have wings." Such was the expression of a distinguished politician... | |
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