 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 to those that were entire made up the number...  The Oxford Book of English Prose - Page 353edited by - 1925 - 1092 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1817 - 594 pages
...I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely...to those that were entire, made up the number about a hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this biidge consisted at first of... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou aeest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely...it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...bridge." said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, " is Human Life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely...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... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pages
...bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, " is human life; consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 794 pages
...fee a bridge, »aid I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human ll, said I within myself; but I have only just set out upon my travels; arche*, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely surrey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and...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... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1825 - 452 pages
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 | 1826 - 556 pages
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 | 1827 - 404 pages
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 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, " is human life : consider it attentively." Upon a more leisurely...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... | |
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