 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
 | Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...he, ' this sea that is thus bounded with darkriess 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 entire arches,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 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 entire arches,... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 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 entire arches,... | |
 | Henry Wright Phillott - 1849 - 224 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 entire arches,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 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...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,... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...he, 1 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...said he, ' is human life ; consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches,... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - French language - 1851 - 506 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...said he, " is human life ; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches,... | |
 | Harrow school - 1865 - 374 pages
...with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." " I see a bridge," said 1, " standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge thou...said he, "is Human Life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches,... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 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...said he, "is human life : consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches,... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1852 - 322 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...the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life,—consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore... | |
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