 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scymetars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way,1 and which 1 The original folio reads — which did not seem to have been laid for them. This... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimitars in their bands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...lie in their way, and which they might have escaped bad they not been thus forced upon them. " The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect,... | |
 | Louis Direy - 1858 - 186 pages
...see a bridge standing in the midst -of the tide. Spectator. I saw some with scimitars in their hands, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way. Spectator. I see, among many other feathered creatures, several little winged boys. Spectator. j* We... | |
 | Salem Town - 1859 - 496 pages
...In this confusion of objects, I observed some with cimeters in their hands, and others with lancets, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. LESSON XLIV. VISION OF MIRZA,— CONCLUDED. 1. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 pages
...In this confusion of objects, I observed some with cimeters in their hands, and others with lancets, 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, toM me I had dwelt long enough... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 pages
...failed, and down they sunk. In this confusion of objects, I observed many with scimitars in their hands, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...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,'... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 712 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimetars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery and... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 696 pages
...this confusion of objects, I observed some with scimetars in théir hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several...which did not seem to lie in their way, and which théy might have escaped, had théy not been thus forced upon thém. I here fetchéd a deep sigh. Âlas,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 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,"... | |
 | Joseph Addison, P.P. - London. - Spectator, 1711-14 - 1864 - 344 pages
...and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which...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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I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced... 
