 The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery, and the tide of water that 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 loses itself in a...  The Spectator - Page 156de Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1778 - 124 pages
...the other ? What thou feeft, faid he, is that Portion of Eternity which is called Time, and meafured out by the Sun, and reaching from the Beginning of the World to its Consummation. Examine now, faid he, this Sea, that is thus bounded with Darknefs at both •both Ends, and tell me what thon difcovereft... | |
 | John Wesley - 1785 - 718 pages
...mift at the other? What thou feeft faid he, is that portion of eternity which is called Time, meafured out by the Sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its confummation. Examine now, faid he, this fea that is thus bounded with darknefs at both ends, and tell... | |
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...What is the reason, said I, that the title 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,...'which is called time, measured out by the sun, and leaching reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...What is the reason, said I, that the tide I sec rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest,...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... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 pages
...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, said he, is that portion of eternity which is cafled time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation.... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...What is the reason, a* I, that tlK Ode I we rises out of a thick mut at out ' I I. and again luses itself in a thick mist at the other? What thou seest,...portion of eternity which is called time, measured out hy the Mm. and retching from the hegiuning of the world to its conHu-mmatiou. Examine now, said he,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 pages
...end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ?" " What thou seesl," said he, " is tlnit portion of eternity which is called time, measured...by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the work; to its consummation." " Examine now," said he, " this sea that is bounded with darkness at both... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...thick mist at one end, and again, looses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, says he, is that portion of eternity which is called time,...consummation. Examine now, 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... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 508 pages
...thick mist at one end, and again, looses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, says he, is that portion of eternity which is called time,...consummation. Examine now, 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... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811 - 606 pages
...tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one em!, and agam loses itself in a thick mist at the other f What thou seest, said he, is that portion of eternity...out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of w the world to its consummation. — Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at... | |
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