Famous quotes containing the words bell and/or brass:
“... no bell in us tolls to let us know for certain when truth is in our grasp.”
—William James (1842–1910)
“You could almost see the brass on her gleaming,
Not quite. The mist was to light what red
Is to fire. And her mainmast tapered to nothing,
Without teetering a millimeter’s measure.
The beads on her rails seemed to grasp at transparence.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
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