 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other 1 " " What thou seest," said he, " is that portion of eternity...its consummation. Examine now," said he, " this sea which is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." " I see a bridge,"... | |
 | John Young Sargent - 1873 - 188 pages
...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...from the beginning of the world to its consummation." 94. " Examine now," said he, "this sea, that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 444 pages
...thé tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at thé other? —What thou seest, said he, is that portion...of eternity which is called Time, measured out by thé sun , and reaching from thé beginning of thé world to ils consummation. Examine now, saidhe,... | |
 | English literature - 1874 - 274 pages
...reason," said I, " that the tide 1 see rises out of a thick mist at one end, aud again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?" "What thou seest," said...from the beginning of the world to its consummation. But examine now this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discovcrest... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1874 - 568 pages
...seest, said he, is that portion of eternity which is called 1 Story ofAbdallafi and offltfpa. VOL. II. H time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of tbe world to its consummation. Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darbies at both... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
...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...the world to its consummation. Examine now,' said lie, ' this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it.'... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 576 pages
...thick mist at the other ?' ' What thou seest,' said he, ' is that portion of eternity which is called o time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the...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,'... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 566 pages
...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 called 10 time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1875 - 584 pages
...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 called 10 time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1876 - 472 pages
...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,...with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discovcrest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest,... | |
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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... 
