 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, which...  Selections from the Spectator - Pagina 76door Joseph Addison - 1892 - 220 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | John Matthews Manly - 1909 - 578 pagina’s
...bridge,' said I, 'standing in the midst of the tide.' 'The bridge thou seest,' said he, 'isHumanLife: consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it con sisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 pagina’s
...darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. ' 'I see a bridge, ' said) I, 'standing in | δPڿ :p䀿 ; co~ i spirit made up the number about a hundred. As t was counting the arches, the Genius told me that... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 752 pagina’s
...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...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches; but that a... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 744 pagina’s
...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...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches; but that a... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - 1911 - 754 pagina’s
...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...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches; but that a... | |
 | George Lansing Raymond, Post Wheeler - 1911 - 236 pagina’s
...trod down the thistle." — 2 Kings, xiv. 9. Another instance is in Addison's " Vision of Mirzah." " Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the Genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches : but that... | |
 | George Saintsbury - 1912 - 518 pagina’s
...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...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ; but that... | |
 | John Thomson - 1912 - 88 pagina’s
...arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of their last agonies), consisted of " three scare and ten entire arches, with several broken arches,...were entire, made up the number about an hundred." Such a piece of superfine prose would be certain to make a deep impression on Thompson's susceptible... | |
 | Stanley V. Makower, Basil H. Blackwell - 1913 - 614 pagina’s
...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,"...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches : but that... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1914 - 248 pagina’s
...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...to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of... | |
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