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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ... - Page 474
by Joseph Addison - 1854
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The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 7-8

British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...objects, I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro from the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors...forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. "-Take thine eyes off the bridge,"...
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The British Essayists: Spectator

James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...and which they might have escaped had they not been forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had...
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The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index ..., Volume 3

1824 - 278 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their hands,, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it; ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,...
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The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant ...

1824 - 348 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their' hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 12. The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough...
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Examples of English Prose: From the Reign of Elizabeth to the Present Time ...

George Walker - 1825 - 668 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...and which they might have escaped had they not been forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pages
...and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap1 doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus farced upon them. The ganius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me 1I had dwelt...
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The National Reader: A Selection of Exercises in Reading and Speaking ...

John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with cim,eters in their hands, and others with lancets, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors, which did not seeni to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them....
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The English Instructor: Being a Collection of Pieces in Prose, Selected from ...

1830 - 288 pages
...and down they sunk. In this confusion of objects I observed some with scimitars in their hands, whe ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them 4°. The genius seeing me indulge myself in4' this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough...
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The American Manual, Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...In this confusion of objects, I observed some with cimeters" in their hands, and others with lances, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 12. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough...
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The American Manual: Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with cimeters:l in t'j-ir hands, .and others with lances, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...which did not seem to lie in their way, and which the/ might have escaped had they not been thus forced upoii them. 12. The Genius, seeing me indulge...
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