 | 1794 - 450 pages
...thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, what mean, said I, those great flights...Love, with the like cares and passions that infest hitman life. ' I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...thine eyes off the bridge , said he , and tell me if thou seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up , What mean , said I, those great...arches. These , said the genius , are envy , avarice , super-- z5o THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. stition , despair , love , with the like cares and passions that... | |
 | 1803 - 466 pages
...eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " What mean," said I, " those great...perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon VOL. IL B b it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " What mean," said I,." those great...perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon VOL. II. B b It from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies ravens, cormorants, and among many other... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights...vultures,' harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among among many other feathered creatures several little winded boys, that perch in great numbers upon the... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 pages
...thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights...the like cares and passions that infest human life. I here fetched a deep sigh : Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery and... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 pages
...thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " what mean," said I, " those great flights of birds tliat are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling...harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other leathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches."... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 pages
...of birds tliat are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? 1 see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among...boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle urches." " These," said the genius, " are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...up, What mean, said I, thuse great flights of hirds that are perpetually hovering ahout the hridge, and settling upon it from time to time; I see vultures,...cormorants, and, among many other feathered creatures, sevenl little winged hoys, that perch in great numhers upon the middle arches. These, said the genius,... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 312 pages
...thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights...bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures,harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among many other feathered creatures, several little winged... | |
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Take thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to... 
