 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
 | Marcius Willson - 1863 - 368 pages
...saw opening every moment upon the bridge. 16. " The islands," said he, " that lie so fresh and green before thee, and with which the whole face of the...These are the mansions of good men after death, who, acoording to the degrees and kinds of virtue in which they excelled, are distributed among these several... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 712 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...appears spotted as far 'as thou canst see, are more w number than the sands on the sea shore ; there are myriads o islands behind those which thou here... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 696 pages
...opening every moment upon the bridge. Thé islands, said be, that lie so fresb and green before thée, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more i? number than .the sands on the sea shore ; there are myriads o islands behind those which thou here... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination, can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 344 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...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 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...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination, can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 442 pages
...trappes cachées, où l'on ne mettait le pied « que pour s'enfoncer et disparaître à l'instant. Ces face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands on the sea shore; there are myriads of islands behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching farther... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 446 pages
...trappes cachées, où l'on ne mettait le pied « que pour s'enfoncer et disparaître à l'instant, Ces face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sand? on the sea shore; there are myriads of islaods behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 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...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination, can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 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...behind those which thou here discoverest, reaching further than thine eye, or even thine imagination can extend itself. These are the mansions of good... | |
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