 What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see, rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest...  The British Essayists - Page 123edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...placing me on the top of it, Caft thy eyes eaftward, faid he, and tell me what thou feeft. I fee, faid I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou feeft, faid he, is the vale of mifery, and the tide of water that thou' feeft is part of the great... | |
 | John Wesley - Biography - 1785 - 718 pages
...placing me on the top of it. Caft thy eyes. Eaftward, faid he, and tell me what thou feeft. I fee, faid I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou feeft, faid he, is the vale of mifery, and the tide of ^vater that thou fecft is part of the great... | |
 | Young women - 1778 - 124 pages
...of it, Caft thy Eyes eaftward, faid he, and tell me whatthou feeft. I fee, faid I, a huge V alley, and a prodigious Tide of Water rolling through it. The Valley that thou feeft, faid hej is the Vale of Mifery, and the Tide of Water that thou feeft is Part of the great Tide... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...placing me on the top ofit, Gait thy eyes eaftward, faid he, and tell me what thou fceft. I fee, faid I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou feeir, faid he, is the v.ile of mifery ; and the tide of water that thou feeft, is part of the great... | |
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...thy soliloqu es : foltow me. ' He then led me to the highest pinn cle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and...it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale if misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is part of t! e great tide of eternity. What is the... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1794 - 564 pages
...placed me on the top of it; Caft thine eye Eaftward, faid he, and tell me what thou fee'ft. I fee, faid I, a huge Valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou fee'ft faid he, is the vale of mifery; and the tide of water that thou fee'ft, is part of the great... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...soliloquies : follow me : » He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock , and placing me on the top of it , « Cast thy eyes eastward , » said...what thou seest. « I see , said I , a huge valley , rviid a prodigious iide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest , said he , is the... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...placing me on the top of it, " Cast thy eyes jeastward," said he, " and tell me what thou seest." " 1 see/' said I," a huge valley, and a prodigious tide...thou seest is part of the great tide of Eternity." "What is the reason," said I, " that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...thy soliloquies; follow me. ' He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and, placing me on the top of it, Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell ine what thou sccst. I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...in thy soliloquies ; follow me. He then led me to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placed me on the top of it; Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and...is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that tiion seest is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason, said I, that the tide I see... | |
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