 Quincunxes," as Coleridge pithily says, "in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in everything.  Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic - Page 140by Raymond Melbourne Weaver - 1921 - 399 pagesFull view - About this book
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...heaven above ; quincunxes in earth below; quin- • cunxes in deity ; quincunxes in the mind of roan ; quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing ! In short, just turn to the last leaf of this volume, and read out aloud to yourself,... | |
 | 1837 - 568 pages
...Coleridge pithily says, "in heaven above, ' quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, ' quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, ' in every thing.' We cannot subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this... | |
 | 1837 - 704 pages
...Quincunxes in heaven above, quin'cunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of man, quin' eunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, 'in every thing.' At the close of his tract Browne complains of drowsiness,—' the quincunx of heaven... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1851 - 570 pages
...imagination. There are, as Coleridge says, 'quincunxes in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quinoaa.es in the mind of man, quincunxes in tones, in optic...nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in everything.' The quinary theory of seated things, as propounded by some few modern naturalists, would have been... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - Great Britain - 1841 - 306 pages
...Coleridge pithily says, " in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing." We cannot subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this... | |
 | 1851 - 608 pages
...even of his admirers have treated it as a mere sport of the imagination. There are, as Coleridge says, "quincunxes in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below,...nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves,. in everything." The quinary theory of created things, as propounded by some few modern naturalists, would have been... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1868 - 336 pages
...Coleridge pithily says, "in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in everything." We cannot subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this theory, nor attach... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1868 - 438 pages
...Coleridge pithily says, " in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in every thing." We can not subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1875 - 414 pages
...Coleridge pithily says, "in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in everything." We cannot subscribe to the grave opinion of the editor, as to the importance of this theory, nor attach... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - English essays - 1875 - 412 pages
...Coleridge pithily says, "in heaven above, quincunxes in earth below, quincunxes in the mind of men, quincunxes in tones, in optic nerves, in roots of trees, in leaves, in everything." and gracefully expresses it—"as though there wore a metempsychosis, and the soul of one man passed... | |
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