 | 1729 - 354 pages
...been thus forced upon ' them, 'THE Oeniui feeing me indulge my felf in thii me' lancholy Profpeft, told me I had dwelt long enough ' upon it: Take thine Eyes offthe Bridge, faid he, and • tell me if thou yet fecit any thing thou doft not com' prehend. Upon... | |
 | English essays - 1739 - 346 pages
...been thus forced ' upon them. 'THE Genius feeing me indulge my felf in this me' lancholy Profpeft, told me I had dwelt long enough ' upon it: Take thine Eyes off the Bridge,, faid he, and ' tell me if thou yet feeft any thing thou doft not com' prehend. Upon looking up, What... | |
 | English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...not feem to lie in their way, and The genius feeing me indulge myfelf in this melancholy profpeft, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it; Take thine eyes oft. the bridge, faid he, and tell me if thou feeft any thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon looking... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...die)- not been thus forced upon them. The genius feeing me indulge myfelf in this melancholy profpecl, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : Take thine eyes oft' the bridge, faid he, and tell me if thou feeft any thing thou deft not comprehend. Upon looking... | |
 | Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1794 - 564 pages
...they not thus been forced upon them. The genius feeing me indulge myfelf in this melancholy profpect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it: Take thine eyes off the bridge, faid he s and tell me if thou yet fee'ft any thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon looking up, what... | |
 | English literature - 1797 - 680 pages
...they not been thus forced upon them. The genius feeing me indulge myfclf in this melancholy profpeñ, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it: Take thine eyes off the bridge, faid he, and tell me if thou feeil any thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon looking up, \V'!,-,t mean,... | |
 | Devotional literature - 1797 - 110 pages
...thus forced upon 'them. The genius feeing me indulge myfelf in this melancholy profpect, told me 1 had dwelt long enough upon it; Take thine eyes off the bridge, faid he, and tell me if thou feeft any thing then doft not comprehend. Upon looking up, 'What mean,... | |
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 'The Genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long...eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, what mean, said I, those great flights... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English imprints - 1801 - 364 pages
...they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius feeing me indulge myfelf in this melancholy profpect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it: Take thine eyes off the bridge, faid he, and tell me if thou yet ieell any thing thou doll not comprehend. Upon looking up, what means,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1802 - 582 pages
...might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long...eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, ' what mean,' said I, ' those great... | |
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those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants; and among many other feathered... 
