Examine now, 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 Spectator - Страница 324по Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Пълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 страници
...I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of 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 three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire,... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 страници
..." I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of 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 three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to tho-e that were entire,... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 страници
...consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches,...those that were entire, made up the number -about a hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 страници
...sei a bridge,' said I, ' standing in the midst of the tide.' ' The bridge r.iou seest,' said he, ' is human life ; consider it attentively.' Upon a more...counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consoled at first of a thousand arches ; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 страници
...discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of 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 three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which added to those that were entire,... | |
| Charles F. Beezley - 1891 - 436 страници
..."I see abridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." — "The bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those... | |
| 1891 - 556 страници
...possession is health ; the greatest ease ia sleep. THE BRIDGE OF. The bridge is human life; upon a leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of three-score and ten entire arches. Addison. BUSINESS OF. Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a great part... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1892 - 256 страници
...discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more...up the number about an hundred. As I was counting 10 the arches the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ; but that... | |
| 1892 - 140 страници
...discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life; consider it attentively. Upon a more...were entire, made up the number about an hundred. The archaic style of parts of the Urn Burial suggests a similar pattern, as a glance at this passage... | |
| Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 страници
...I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, " is Human Life ; consider it attentively." Upon a more...added to those that were entire, made up the number to about a hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at... | |
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