 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 438 sider
...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 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... | |
 | 1824 - 278 sider
...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... | |
 | 1824 - 348 sider
...to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 12. The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...long enough upon it : take thine eyes off the bridge, says he, and tell me if thou see,st any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon- looking up, what mean,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1827 - 480 sider
...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 sider
...seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...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... | |
 | John Pierpont, Edmund Henry Barker - 1829 - 382 sider
...often, when they thought themselves within the reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sunk. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet nicest any thing thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " What mean," said I, " those great... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1829 - 290 sider
...seeni to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell n>e if thou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, "What mean," said I, "those... | |
 | 1831 - 196 sider
...seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. The genius .seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...Upon looking up, ' what mean,' said I, ' those great flight of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge,and settling upon it from time to time... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1831 - 294 sider
...seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...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... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 sider
...to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. 12. The Genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy...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 1, "those great nights... | |
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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... 
