I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced... The Spectator - Página 381de Joseph Addison - 1856Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 páginas
...the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced...the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, "What mean," said I, "those great flights of birds... | |
| Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 páginas
...the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced...upon them. " The Genius, seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,'... | |
| Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 páginas
..."la might have escaped had it not been thus forced upon them. The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. "Take thine eyes of! the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking... | |
| Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 páginas
...trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been forced upon them. " The genius, seeing me indulge...eyes off the bridge,' said he, 'and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, ' What mean,' said I, 'those great flights... | |
| National reading books - 1871 - 232 páginas
...when they thought themselves within the reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sunk. " The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet scest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, ' What mean,' said I, ' those great... | |
| Kensington series - 1872 - 232 páginas
...in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. The genins, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect,...the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, •' What mean," said I, " those great flights... | |
| School board readers - 1872 - 200 páginas
...nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...thine eyes off the bridge" said he, " and tell me if thoit seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " What mean," said I, " those great... | |
| 1872 - 556 páginas
...the reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sank. The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long...eyes off the bridge,'' said he, "and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, "What mean," said I, "those great flights... | |
| John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 páginas
...the reach of them their footing failed, and down they sank. The genius, seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long...eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up — " What mean," said T, " those great... | |
| John Young Sargent - 1873 - 188 páginas
...it," said I, "and a black cloud hanging on each end of it." 95. The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long...eyes off the bridge," said he, "and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, "What mean," said I, " those great flights... | |
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