 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 me what thou seest.' 'I See,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it.  The British Essayists: Spectator - Page 357edited by - 1823Full view - About this book
 | William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - 1879 - 508 pages
...the highest pinnacle of the rock, and, placing me on the top of it, " Cast thine eyes eastward," said he, " and tell me what thou seest." " I see," said...I, " a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water running through it." " The valley that thou seest," said he, " is the vale of misery, and the tide... | |
 | Phineas Garrett - 1879 - 784 pages
...the highest pinnacle of the rock ; and placing me on the top of it, " Cast thine eyes eastward," said he, " and tell me what thou seest." " I see," said I, " a hu^e valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it." " The valley that thou seest, said... | |
 | James Moir - 1880 - 204 pages
...placing me on the top of it, " Cast thine eyes eastward," said he, " and tell me what thou seest ". " 1 see," said I " a huge valley, and a prodigious tide...he, " is the Vale of Misery, and the tide of water which thou seest, is part of the great tide of eternity." " What is the reason," said I, " that the... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 414 pages
...the highest pinnacle of the rock, and, placing me on the top of it, " Cast thy eyes eastward," said he, " and tell me what thou seest." " I see," said...huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling throttsrh it." " The valley that thou seest," said he, " is the Yale of Misery, and the tide of water... | |
 | William Davenport Adams - 1880 - 724 pages
...manuscript. Mira goes up to the high hills of Bagdad to pray, and there finds a genius, who shows him a huge valley and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it —the Valley of Misery and the Tide of Time, with the Bridge of Human Life that stretch« across it, and all sorts... | |
 | 1881 - 578 pages
...rock, and placing me on the top of it — " Cast thy eyes eastward," said he, "and tell me what ,hou eud, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?" "What thou secst," said he, "is that portion... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1881 - 426 pages
...to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, "Cast thy eyes eastward," said he, "and tell me what thou seest." — "I see," said...the vale of misery ; and the tide of water that thou scest, is part of the great tide of eternity." — "What is the reason," said I, "that the tide I sec... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1881 - 516 pages
...thehighestpinnacleof the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, ' and tefl me what thou seest.' ' I see,' said I, ' a huge valley,...of Misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is a part of the great tide of eternity.' 'What is the reason,' said I, 'that the tide I see rises out... | |
 | Granville series - 1881 - 376 pages
...the highest pinnacle l" of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, ' Cast thy eyes eastward,' said he, ' and tell me what thou seest.' 'I see,' said I, ' a huge valley, and a prodigious13 tide of water rolling through it.' ' The valley that thou seest,' said he, ' is the Vale... | |
 | 1881 - 602 pages
...to the highest pinnacle of the rock, and placing me on the top of it, cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. I see, said I, a deep valley, and a great tide of water flowing through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is... | |
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