 Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me...  The Works of Joseph Addison - Page 236by Joseph Addison - 1842Full view - About this book
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...the vale of misery , and the tide of water that ihou seest , is part of THE EN&LISH INSTRUCTOR. 247 eternity. What is the reason , said I , that the tide...entire , made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches , the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ;... | |
 | English essays - 1803 - 466 pages
...called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its coimimmation. Examine now," said he, " this sea that is bounded...entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the Genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches :... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...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...entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the Genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ;... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...valley that thou scest, said he, is the Vale Vale of Misery, and the tide of water that thou seest 13 part of the great Tide of Eternity. What is the reason,...to 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... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life, consider1 it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it,...entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 322 pages
...the tide I see rises out of it thick mist at ono end, and again loses itself in a thick mr-t at fhe other ?" " What thou seest," said he, " is that portion...entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genins told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches :... | |
 | 1808 - 384 pages
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 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...discoverest in it. I see a hridge, aaid J, standing in the midst of the tide. The hridge thim „-•-', said he, is human life, consider it attentively. Upon...consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with severai hroken arches, which, added to thuse that were entire, made up the numher ahmit an hundred.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 324 pages
...of eternity." " What is the reason," said I, " that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at the one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at...entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches ;... | |
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