As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon further examination perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which... The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 358edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
| John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...that flowed underneath it; and, upon farther examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers...throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, than many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer... | |
| John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...thai flowed underneath it ; and, upon farther examination, peiceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers...disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick ai the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke (hrou-gh the cloud, than many... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pages
...that flowed beneath it; aud upon further examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-iloors g with him into nature; the oilier flies to nature from his fellow-men. In chastity feli through them into the tide, «IK! immediately disappeared. These iiiiMeu pi t fulls were »et... | |
| 1830 - 288 pages
...flowed underneath it; and upon further examination 27 perceived that there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but 2S they fell through them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set... | |
| John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 pages
...that flowed underneath it ; and, upon farther examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers...throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, than many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer... | |
| 1831 - 196 pages
...that flowed underneath it; and upon further examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...that flowed underneath it ; and, upon farther examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers...throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, than many of them fell into them. They grew thinner toward the middle, but multiplied and lay closer... | |
| Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
.... flowed underneath it; and, upon farther examination, perceived there were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers...throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, than many of them fell into them. They grew thinner toward the middle, but multiplied and lay closer... | |
| Andrew Thomson - 1835 - 302 pages
...were innumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trode upon, but they fell through them into the tide, and...throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, than many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer... | |
| Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 pages
...there were ihhumerable trap-doors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner-trod upon, but they fell through them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These Bidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no soont-r... | |
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