 I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands...  Readings from the Spectator. With notes - Page 59by Joseph Addison - 1884Full view - About this book
 | 1729 - 342 pages
...that I faw opening every Moment upon the Bridge. The Iflands, faid he, that lie fo freth and green before thee, and with which the whole Face of the Ocean appears fpotted as far as thou canft fee, are more in Number than the Sands on the Sea Ihore ; there are Myriads... | |
 | 1773 - 394 pages
...I faw opening every moment •upon the bridge. The iftands, faid he, that lye fo •/refh and green before thee, and with which -the whole face of the ocean appears fpotted as far as thou canft •fee, are more in number than the fand on the fea•Hiore: there are... | |
 | 1778 - 124 pages
...green before thee, and with which the whole Face of the Ocean appear fpotted as far as thou canft fee, are more in Number than the Sands on the SeaShore : There are Millions and Millions of lilands behind thofe which thou here difcovereft, reaching farther than thine... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...faw opening every moment upon the bridge. Tr.e ¡(lands, faid he, that lie x fo lo frtth »nd green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears ipocted as far as thou canil fee, are more in number than the fands on the fea-lhore; there are myriads... | |
 | 1792 - 494 pages
...егау/псцпеа: Ufon the bridge. The ¿Hands faid he, that lie fo freih and green before thee» •und with which the whole face of the ocean appears Spotted as far as thou canil Ice, are more in number than the fands on the feafhorc ; there are myriads of ¡Hands behind... | |
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands, said he, that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the...canst see, are more in number than the sands on the sea shore; there are myriads of islands behind those which thou here discover* est, reaching farther... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - 1794 - 564 pages
...I faw opening every moment upon the bridge. : — The iflands, faid he, that lie fo frefh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears fpotted as far as thou canfl fee, are more in number than the fands on the fea fhore. There are myriads... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. « The islands , said he , that lie so fresh and green before thee , and with which the whole face of the...far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sand on the sea -shore; there are myriads of islands behind those which thou here discoverest , reaching... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...that I faw opening every moment upon the bridge. The iflands, faid he, that lie fo frefh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears fpotted as farasthou canft fee, are more in number than the fands on the fea-fhore : There are myriads... | |
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. "The islands," said he, "that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the...the seashore; there are myriads of islands behind thpse which thou here discoverest, reaching farther than thine eye, or even thine imagination can extend... | |
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