 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 me...  Annual Report of the Commissioners ... - Page 651907Full view - About this book
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...said he, this sea that it bounded with d.irkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discwerest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst...said he, is human life, consider .it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of th.-eescore and ten entire arches,... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...said he , this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends , and tell me what thou discoverest in it ? I see a bridge , said I , standing in the midst...said he , is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it , I found that it consisted of three-score and ten entire arches... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...said he, " this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." " I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge'thou seest," said lie, " is Human Life : consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said f, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is Human Life : consider it attentivelyUpon a more leisurely survey' of' it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...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 I, standing in the midst...tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life, consider1 it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809 - 312 pages
...said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst...said he, is human life : consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it,I found that it consisted of threescore and ten arches, with several... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...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 I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said lie, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, sakl he, is human life; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...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 I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou scest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...said he, ' this sea, that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what then discoverest in it.' — ' I see a bridge,' said I, 'standing in the midst of the tide.' — '-The bridge thon seest,' said he, ' is human life ; consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely survey of it,... | |
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