 I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall door closed on him. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Sepulchre ! I must get out of this city as quickly...  Nobly false - Page 329by James McGrigor Allan - 1863Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1847 - 556 pages
...What a spiritual mistress," exclaimed Tancred, as he recovered from his enchantment. " And yesterday I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption." Tancred's next experience is equally curious. A fair lady (apparently in the world of fashion, not... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1847 - 400 pages
...lie bowed very low, and then bade farewell to Lady Constance, who said, " We shall meet to-night." " I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," said Tancred...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption. The acquaintance, however, has been of use to me, for I think I have got a yacht by it. I believe it... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English fiction - 1847 - 336 pages
...but he bowed very low, and then bade farewell to Lady Constance, who said, "We shall meet to-night." "I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," said Tancred...I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Spepulchre! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption".... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli - English fiction - 1847 - 332 pages
...mistress! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Spepulchre! I must get out of this city as quickly as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption. 124 The acquaintance, however, has been of use to me, for I think I have got a yacht by it. I believe... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 884 pages
...he bowed very low, and then bade farewell to Lady Constance, who said, ' We shall meet to-night.' ' I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at... | |
 | 1847 - 446 pages
...he bowed very low, and then bade farewell to Lady Constance, who said, ' \Ve shall meet to-night.' ' I was a fish, and I shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment, I almost dreamed of kneeling with her at... | |
 | Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) - 1866 - 686 pages
...he bowed very low, and then bade farewell to Lady Constance, who said, « We shall meet to-night." " I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," said Tancred...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption. The acquaintance, however, has been of use to me, for I think I have got a yacht by it. I believe it... | |
 | Robert Hall Baynes - 1878 - 672 pages
...enchantment is dissipated. " I was a fish, and I shall be a crow," he says to himself, as he departs. " What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday, for a moment,...dreamed of kneeling with her at the Holy Sepulchre ! " But the more serious thought of the book is given in othei places. The most important, naturally... | |
 | 1868 - 970 pages
...meet to-night.' ' I was a fish, and 1 shall be a crow,' said Tancred to himself, when the hall<loor closed on him. ' What a spiritual mistress ! And yesterday,...as possible — I cannot cope with its corruption.' " So the device of the man of the world is also a failure. Society no response to the yearning heart... | |
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