 ... human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. 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 British Essayists: Spectator - Page 360edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | David Josiah Brewer - 1902 - 474 pages
...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...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination, can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1902 - 564 pages
...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...are myriads of islands behind those which thou here disco verest, reaching farther than thine eye, or even thine imagination, can extend itself. 15. "... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1902 - 296 pages
...seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates of Death, which I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. " ' The...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye or even thine imagination can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1902 - 504 pages
...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,"said he, "that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean... | |
 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 pages
...love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye or even thine imagination can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | Henry Charles Finch Mason - 1903 - 194 pages
...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. JOSEPH ADDISON. KAI еуш fj,èv ßapv àv аcгт evа%aч, fj,árr¡v âp\ eфт/у, атвpштгoч... | |
 | William T. Vlymen - 1904 - 520 pages
...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...farther than thine eye, or even thine imagination, can extend itself. " These are the mansions of good men after death, who, according to the degree and kinds... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pages
...those happy seats ; but 30 " the Genius told me there was no passage to them, except " through the gates of Death that I saw opening every moment " upon...islands behind those which thou here discoverest, reach" ing further than thine eye or even thine imagination can 5 " extend it self. These are the mansions... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1905 - 426 pages
...away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through 15 the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon...sands on the sea-shore : there are myriads of islands 20 behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination,... | |
 | Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - 1905 - 614 pages
...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," said ha, "that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted... | |
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