 The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the...  English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin - Page 164by William Peacock - 1903 - 379 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Godwin - 1814 - 342 pages
...side beyond the end of the bridge. The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me;...long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide and the arched bridge, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...an'oul to address myself to him n second time; hut f found that he Iwd left me : J then turned ngaiu to the vision which I had been so long contemplating;...instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the Iiappv islands, 1 saw nothing but the long hollow valley cf Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, und camels grazing... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...that he had kft ne: I then turned again to the vision »iach I had been so long contemplating ; lw instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw noting hot the long hollow valley of Bagdat, »ah oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing ^on the aides of... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1816 - 298 pages
...adamant. The genius making no anfwer, I turned about to addrefs myfelf to him a fecond time, but 1 found that he had left me. I then turned again to the vifion which I had been fo long contemplating ; but inftead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge,... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1817 - 594 pages
...side of .the rock of adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned about to addrcuS' myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me...oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. Spectator. The Voyage of Life; an allegory. "Life," says Seneca, "is a voyage, in the progress... | |
 | British essayists - 1819 - 316 pages
...side of the rock of adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me...oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the sides of it.' C. The End tfthe First Vision of Mirza. N° 160. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1711. • Cui mens tliriniur,... | |
 | Albert Picket - 1820 - 314 pages
...other side of the rock of adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me....oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the sides of it. 1. THE Earl of Strafford defended himself against the accusations of the House of Commons, with... | |
 | 1822 - 788 pages
...Genius making me no answer, 1 turned about to address myself to him a second time, but 1 found thai al creatures, which rise up and disappear in such...rudiments of existence here, and afterwards to be it.' of cus The end of the first Vision of Mirza. ADDISON. c. N« 160. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1711. —... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...other side of the rock of adamant." The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me...oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the sides of it.' C THE END OF TIJE FIRST VISION OF MIRZA. No. 160. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1711. — Cui mens dirinior,... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 pages
...side of the rock of adamant. The genius making me no answer, I turned, me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me...rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, 1 saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the... | |
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