 We well know what terrible havoc such distress can make in weak and highly nervous people. It was all the work of a moment. The rest has followed, as death follows a stab to the heart, or water drops if you hold up a jug to empty it. Believe me, gentlemen,...  American Illustrated Magazine - Halaman 5941910Tampilan utuh - Tentang buku ini
 | John Galsworthy - 1910 - 130 halaman
...has followed, as death follows a stab to the heart, or water drops if you hold up a jug to empty it. Believe me, gentlemen, there is nothing more tragic...four minutes the boy before you has slipped through a ACT n door, hardly opened, into that great cage which never again quite lets a man go — the cage... | |
 | John Galsworthy - 1910 - 128 halaman
...has followed, as death follows a stab to the heart, or water drops if you hold up a jug to empty it. Believe me, gentlemen, there is nothing more tragic...cheque was altered and presented, the work of four minutes—four mad minutes—the rest has been silence. But in those four minutes the boy before you... | |
 | John Galsworthy - 1910 - 128 halaman
...up a jug to empty it. Believe me, gentlemen, there is nothing more tragic in life than the•utter impossibility of changing what you have done. Once...cheque was altered and presented, the work of four minutes—four mad minutes—the rest has been silence. But in those four minutes the boy before you... | |
 | Henry Mackinnon Walbrook - 1911 - 258 halaman
...listen to him, we know that there can be only one verdict — Guilty. Says the barrister to the jury : Once this cheque was altered and presented, the work...mad minutes — the rest has been silence. But in these four minutes the boy before you has slipped through a door, hardly opened, into that great cage... | |
 | John Galsworthy - 1920 - 248 halaman
...has followed, as death follows a stab to the heart, or water drops if you hold op a jug to empty it. Believe me, gentlemen, there is nothing more tragic...impossibility of changing what you have done. Once thit cheque was altered and presented, the work of foui minutes — four mad minutes— the rest has... | |
 | John Galsworthy - 1924 - 504 halaman
...has followed, as death follows a stab to the heart, or water drops if you hold up a jug to empty it. Believe me, gentlemen, there is nothing more tragic...cheque was altered and presented, the work of four minutes—four mad minutes—the rest has been silence. But in those four minutes the boy before you... | |
 | United States. Extension Service - 1959 - 540 halaman
...burst of enthusiasm for drafting a self-improvement plan was prompted by a quotation he heard. It was, "Believe me, gentlemen, there is nothing more tragic...utter impossibility of changing what you have done." As he thought about this quotation in relation to his work, John could see several ways he could improve.... | |
 | Samuel Edward Tesh, Walter D. Zorn - 1999 - 492 halaman
...road — with no possibility of retracing one's steps. How truly John Galsworthy spoke when he said, "There is nothing more tragic in life than the utter...impossibility of changing what you have done." Once the deed is committed, it is beyond recall. How significant the appeal, then, that God cleanse us of... | |
 | John Reid - 2005 - 268 halaman
...Nigel Bruce, Madeleine Carroll, Ian Hunter, Felix Aylmer, Austin Trevor and Lewis Casson. COMMENT: "There is nothing more tragic in life than the utter impossibility of changing what you have done." John Galsworthy's theme comes out strongly in this adaptation of his 1926 stage play, filmed in England... | |
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