nympholepts

I am one of those nympholepts, you know, nympholepts

Love and Mr Lewisham Herbert George 2004

"The nympholepts of old," explains Mr. Augustine Birrell in one of the volumes of _Obiter Dicta_, "were those unfortunates who, whilst carelessly strolling among sylvan shades, caught a hasty glimpse of some spiritual inmate of the woods, in whose pursuit their whole lives were ever afterwards fruitlessly spent."

Browning's Heroines Ethel Colburn Mayne

I am one of those nympholepts, you know, nympholepts ...

Love and Mr. Lewisham 1906

The nympholepts of old were curious and unhappy beings who, while carelessly strolling amidst sylvan shades, caught a hasty glimpse of some spirit of the woods, and were doomed ever afterwards to spend their lives in fruitlessly searching after it.

Books Fatal to Their Authors 1892

The second exception is of those who pursue Truth as by a divine compulsion, and who can be likened only to the nympholepts of old; those unfortunates who, whilst carelessly strolling amidst sylvan shades, caught a hasty glimpse of the flowing robes or even of the gracious countenance of some spiritual inmate of the woods, in whose pursuit their whole lives were ever afterwards fruitlessly spent.

Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891

With the nympholepts of Truth we have nought to do.

Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891

The nympholepts of Truth are profoundly interesting figures in the world's history, but their lives are melancholy reading, and seldom fail to raise a crop of gloomy thoughts.

Obiter Dicta Augustine Birrell 1891

We are all nympholepts in running after our ideals -- and none more than yourself, indeed!

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1833

We are all nympholepts in running after our ideals ” and none more than yourself, indeed!

The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Browning, Elizabeth B 1898