 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 time ? I See vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures, several little...  The Spectator, no. 1-314 - Page 237by Joseph Addison - 1837Full view - About this book
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...fro upon the: bridge, thrusting several persons on trap doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...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... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...told me I had dwelt long enough upon it; " Take thine eyesoff the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest any thing VOL. III.— 17 thou dost not... | |
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...often when they thought themselves within the reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sank. The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy...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... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt l'>ng enough upon it. " Take thine eyes off" the bridge," said he, "and tell me if thou yet seest any... | |
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...might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius seeing me indulge myself on thU melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough...the bridge,' said he, 'and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, 'What mean,' said 1, 'those great flights of birds... | |
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...might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. " The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long...eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou seest any tiling thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, what mean, said I, those great flights... | |
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