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" Cybele, 1 rises almost beyond the reach of sight. She droops not; and her eyes, rising so high, might be hidden by distance. But, being what they are, they cannot be... "
Outlines of the History of the English Language - Page 173
by George Lillie Craik - 1851
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De Quincey's Writings

Thomas De Quincey - 1850 - 316 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. But the third sister, who is also the youngest ! Hush...else no flesh should live ; but within that kingdom nil power is hers. Her head, turreted like that of Cybele, rises almost beyond the reach of sight....
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 494 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. " But the third sister, who is also the youngest — ! Hush ! whisper, whilst we talk of her 1 Her kingdom is not large, or else no flesh should live ; but within that kingdom all power is hers....
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Essays Biographical and Critical: Chiefly on English Poets

David Masson - Biography & Autobiography - 1856 - 528 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. " But the third sister, who is also the youngest — ! Hush ! whisper, whilst we talk of her I Her kingdom is not large, or else no flesh should live ; but within that kingdom all power is hers....
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The Scottish guardian, Volume 1

1864 - 594 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. "But the third sister, who is also the youngest ! Hush ! whisper whilst we talk of lier. Her kingdom is not large, or else no flesh should live ; but within that kingdom all power is...
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The British Quarterly Review, Volume 20

Henry Allon - Christianity - 1854 - 622 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. ' But the third sister, who is also the youngest —!...like that of Cybele, rises almost beyond the reach of night. She droops not; and her eyes, rising so high, might be hidden by distance. But, being what they...
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Suspira de profundis, being a sequel to the Confessions of an English opium ...

Thomas De Quincey - 1871 - 608 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. But the third sister, who is also the youngest ! Hush ! whisper whilst we talk of Tier I Her kingdom is not large, or else no flesh should live; but within that kingdom all power is...
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Beauties: Selected from the Writings of Thomas De Quincey

Thomas De Quincey - English essays - 1877 - 440 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. But the third sister, who is also the youngest ! Hush...but within that kingdom all power is hers. Her head, turretcd like that of Cybele, rises almost beyond the reach of sight. She droops not ; and her eyes...
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De Quincey, Volume 9

David Masson - 1881 - 222 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly, have received her mark upon their foreheads. But the third sister, who is also the youngest—!...kingdom is not large, or else no flesh should live ; bat within that kingdom all power is hers. Her head, turreted like that of Cybele, rises almost beyond...
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De Quincey

David Masson - 1882 - 224 pages
...their heads as proudly as the reindeer, who yet secretly have received her mark upon their foreheads. " But the third sister, who is also the youngest—!...but within that kingdom all power is hers. Her head, turrctcd like that of Cybele, rises almost beyond the reach of sight. She droops not; and her eyes,...
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: A Record and a Study

William Sharp - Biography & Autobiography - 1882 - 474 pages
...the World.) But the third sister [ie the third sister, or Madonna of Sorrow, " Mater Tenebrarum "], who is also the youngest — / Hush ! whisper whilst...not large, or else no flesh should live; but within the kingdom all power is hers. Her head, turreted like that of Ci/bele, rises almost beyond the reach...
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