| Samuel Johnson - 1840 - 334 pages
...In the midst of the current of life was the Gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed...water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation. Within... | |
| Moses Severance - Readers - 1840 - 314 pages
...the midst of the current of Life, was the gulf ot Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed' with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed under water, and the tops covered with Tierbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades, where Pleasure warbled the song... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1842 - 620 pages
...the midst of the current of" life was the gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed under water, and the lops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades, where Pleasure... | |
| Jesse Olney - Elocution - 1845 - 348 pages
...course. Their benevolence was sometimes praised, but their admonitions were unregarded. 10. In the midst of the current of life was the gulph of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed under water, and the tops covered... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...In the midst of the current of life was the gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed...water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation. Within... | |
| David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...the midst of the current of Life was the gulf of Intemperance — a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed...water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades, where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation. Within... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...In the midst of the current of life was the gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed...water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation. Within... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1852 - 800 pages
...In the midst of the current of life was the gulf of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed...water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation. Within... | |
| Jesse Olney - 1852 - 350 pages
...course. Their benevolence was sometimes praised, but their admonitions were unregarded. 10. In the midst of the current of life was the gulph of Intemperance, a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed under water, and the tops covered... | |
| D. Barton Ross - Elocution - 1854 - 566 pages
...the midst of the Current of Life was the Gulf of Intemperance — a dreadful whirlpool, interspersed with rocks, of which the pointed crags were concealed...water, and the tops covered with herbage, on which Ease spread couches of repose, and with shades, where Pleasure warbled the song of invitation. Within... | |
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