"Fountain" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... isn't all!" cried Ned excitedly, rising now. "That's only the beginning of what I want to learn. I want to road in those books, uncle. I want to drink from that glorious fountain whose draughts are sweeter every time. I want to—I want to—I want to—Oh uncle, oh uncle, go on! do take me with you, there's a dear ...
— The Rajah of Dah • George Manville Fenn
... deeper than in the mere sanction of delegated authority. The fabric of American empire ought to rest on the solid basis of THE CONSENT OF THE PEOPLE. The streams of national power ought to flow immediately from that pure, original fountain of all legitimate authority. PUBLIUS. FNA1-@1 This, as nearly as I can recollect, was the sense of his speech on introducing the last bill. FNA1-@2 Encyclopedia, article "Empire.'' FNA1-@3 New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, Georgia, South Carolina, ...
— The Federalist Papers
... who causes the sun to shine on the just and the unjust. It is not he who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb. It is not he who distills the oil of gladness in every upright heart. It is not he who fills the fountain of mercy and goodness. He is not the God of love and justice. The god of battles is not the God of Christians; to him can ascend no prayer of Christian thanksgiving; for him no words of worship in Christian temples, no swelling anthem to peal the ...
— America First - Patriotic Readings • Various
... the time I have got so far in the reading of my document the sun will be up and the huge force of his rays will be acting upon the living world. So be it. I shall die gazing straight at the great Fountain of life and power; I do not want ...
— The Idiot • (AKA Feodor Dostoevsky) Fyodor Dostoyevsky
... lunary, is bewitched to sleep until old age. Not for this crime but for a minor one, Tellus is sentenced by Cynthia to imprisonment under the care of Corsites. Eumenides, the loyal friend of Endymion, seeks everywhere for the means to awaken his comrade, until he finds a clue in the magic fountain of Geron, husband to old Dipsas, but banished by her wicked power. With this clue, which is interpreted as requiring the moon to kiss the sleeper, Eumenides hastens to Cynthia. Meanwhile Tellus, finding that her beauty has taken Corsites captive, and wishing to be rid of ...
— The Growth of English Drama • Arnold Wynne
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