What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell... The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 357edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
| Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...thick mist at the other ?' ' What thou seest,' said he, ' is that portion of eternity which is called o time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the...consummation. Examine now,' said he, ' this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it.' ' I see a bridge,'... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ?' ' What thou seest,' said he, 'is that portion of Eternity which is called Time, measured out by the...the world to its consummation. Examine now,' said lie, ' this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it.'... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 472 pages
...end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest, said he, is that portion of Eternity which is called Time, measured out by the...with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discovcrest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest,... | |
| Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...again ' loses itself in a thick Mist at the other . What thou seest, ' said he, is that Portion of KTaminA now, said he, • this Sea that is bounded with Darkness at both Ends, and ' tell me what thou... | |
| Henri van Laun - 1876 - 120 pages
...he, " is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, iind reaching from3 the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine...he, " this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends,4 and tell mo what thou discoverest in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing5 in the midst... | |
| Thomas Nelson Publishers - 1879 - 448 pages
...again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? ' ' What thou seest,' said he, ' is that portion of Eternity which is called Time, measured out by the...of the world to its consummation. " ' Examine now,' continued he, ' this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou disco ve... | |
| William Tenney Brewster - 1895 - 268 pages
...portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of 25 the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said... | |
| J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 324 pages
...again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?' 'What thou seest,' said he,__'is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the...consummation. Examine now,' said he, ' this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it.' ' I see a bridge,'... | |
| J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 362 pages
...and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?' 'What thou seest,' said he, 'is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the...consummation. Examine now,' said he, ' this sea that is thus bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it.' 'I see a bridge,'... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1897 - 296 pages
...and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other 1 What thou seest, said he, is that portion of Eternity which is called Time, measured out by the...consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that ia bounded with darkness at both enda, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said... | |
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