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" 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 threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added... "
The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory ... - Page 18
1854
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 354 pages
...it confided of threefcore and ten entire Arches, with ' feveral broken Arches, which, added to thofe that * were entire, made up the Number about an hundred....* As I was counting the Arches, the Genius told me th,-r ' this Bridge confided at fird of a thoufand Arches ; but ' that a great Flood fwept away the...
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The Spectator, Volume 2

English essays - 1753 - 378 pages
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The Spectator: (no. 1-635; Mar. 1, 1710/11-Dec. 20, 1714)

Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - Great Britain - 1778 - 362 pages
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The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with Observations

Young women - 1778 - 124 pages
...Score -and ten entire Arches, with feveral broken Arches, which, added to thofe that were en•tM'e, made up the Number about an Hundred. As I was counting the Arches, the •Gfenius told me, that this Bridge confifted at frft of a thoufand Arches, but that a great Flood...
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The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the ..., Volume 3

1794 - 450 pages
...now, 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...leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of th.-eescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, whic'.i added to those that were entire,...
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A Real Treasure for the Pious Mind

Devotional literature - 1797 - 110 pages
...it confifted of threefcore and ten entire arches, with feveral broken arches, which, added to thofe that were entire, made up the number about an hundred....I was counting the arches, the genius told me that the bridge confifted at firft of a thoufand arches; but that a great flood fwept away the reft, and...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 472 pages
...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 bridge'thou seest," said lie, " is Human Life : consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely survey...
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NL orphan barcodes on file at ReCAP

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...
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Beauties of British Prose

Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...said 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...
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The British Essayists;: Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...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...about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genins told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches : but that a great flood swept...
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