 As apothecaries, we make new mixtures every day, pour out of one vessel into another; and as those old Romans robbed all the cities of the world, to set out their bad-sited Rome, we skim off the cream of other men's wits, pick the choice flowers of their...  The Miscellaneous Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott - Pagina 294door Walter Scott - 1834Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Jan Godderis - 2000 - 236 pagina’s
...rol, die men als schrijver probeert te spelen, dan ook weer niet te veel illusies moet maken: "...but we weave the same web still, twist the same rope again and again; or if it be a new invention, 'tis but some bauble or toy which idle fellows write, for as idle fellows... | |
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