 | 1794 - 450 pages
...now, said he, this sea that it bounded with d.irkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discwerest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst...leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of th.-eescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, whic'.i added to those that were entire,... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...consummation. Examine now , said he , this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends , and tell me what thou discoverest in it ? I see a bridge , said...those that were entire , made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches , the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...consummation. Examine now," said he, " this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." " I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge'thou seest," said lie, " is Human Life : consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said f, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life : consider it attentivelyUpon a more leisurely survey' of' it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it, I see a bridge, said...tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life, consider1 it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...consummation." " Examine now," said he, " this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." " I see a bridge,"'...attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, 1 found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...discoverest in it. I see a hridge, aaid J, standing in the midst of the tide. The hridge thim „-•-', said he, is human life, consider it attentively. Upon...consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with severai hroken arches, which, added to thuse that were entire, made up the numher ahmit an hundred.... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809 - 312 pages
...consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said...consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it,I found that it consisted of threescore and ten arches, with several broken arches, which, added... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 324 pages
...consummation." "Examine now," said he, "this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." " I see a bridge," said...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said...the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said lie, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted... | |
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I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life, consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches,... 
