| 1794 - 450 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it : but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable...fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand litle shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands... | |
| English instructor - 1801 - 272 pages
...The clouds still rested on one half thereof, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it : but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable...covered with fruits and flowers , and interwoven with a thouTHE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 2-5i sand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean. planted with innumerable...passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling... | |
| Sydney Melmoth - 1805 - 368 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable...their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by th& sides of fountains, or resting upon beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 322 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested ou one half of k, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it : but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable...passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, fulling... | |
| Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...I could discover nothing in it; hut the other appeared to me a vast ocean, planted with iunumerahle islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers,...among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious hahits with garlands upon their heads, passing among Ihe trees, lying down hy the lides or- fountains,... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 312 pages
...couid discover nothing in it : but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innu. merable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers,...thousand little shining seas that ran among them. 1 couid see persons dressed in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees,... | |
| Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811 - 606 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable...passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling... | |
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable...heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the lides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...parts. The clouds still rested on one half of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean, planted with innumerable...passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling... | |
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