 Madam, (says he, to the first of them) you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing ! (says she) really I do not know what I have been doing : I desire I may have time given me to recollect.  The British Essayists;: Guardian - Pàgina 182per Alexander Chalmers - 1807Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - 1790 - 482 pàgines
...that day. " Madam " (fays he to the firft that appeared before hi'in) you have livad upon earth about fifty years. What " have you been doing there all this while ?" " Doing, Sir, (fays ihe) really I do not know what " I have been doing ; I delire I may have time given me to... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pàgines
...interrogated each of them feparately. Madam, lays he to the firft of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years ; what have you been doing there all this while ? Doing ! fays me, really I do not know what I have been doing : I defire I may have time given me to recolleft.... | |
 | 1792 - 494 pàgines
...interrogated each of ttum ftparatcly. Madam, fays he to the firft of them, you have been upon the earth about fifty years ; what have you been doing there all this while ? Doing ! fays (he, really I do not know what I have been doing : I dtfire I may have time riven me to recollco.... | |
 | 1797 - 550 pàgines
...knowing what to anfwer. He then interrogated each of them feparately.' Madam/ fays he to the firft of them, ' you have been upon the earth above fifty...have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing,' fays fhe, ' really I do not know what I have been doing : I defire I may have time given me to recollect.'... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 pàgines
...to hear him ask every one of them the same question , namely , What they Ttad been doing? Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly , they...what to answer. He then interrogated each of them «eparately. Madam , says he to the first of them, you have been upou the earth about fifty years :... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 524 pàgines
...question, namely, "What they had been doing?" Upon this question being proposed to the whole as-* sembly, they stared one upon another, as not knowing what...to the first of them, 'you have been upon the earth about fifty years, what have you been doing there all this while?' ' Doing !' My&sfc<v'!iially I do... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 328 pàgines
...to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing I" Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly, they...the first of them, ' you have been upon the earth about fifty years, whathaveyoubeendoing there all this while?' ' Doing !' says she, ' really I do not... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 522 pàgines
...to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, * What they had been doing ?' Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly, they...to the first of them) you have been upon the earth about fifty years : what have you been doing there all this while ?' ' Doing ! (says she) really I... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 628 pàgines
...to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, " What they had been doing I" Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly, they...the first of them, ' you have been upon the earth about fifty years, whathave you beendoing there all this while?' ' Doing !' says she, ' really I do... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pàgines
...to hear him ask every one of them the same question, namely, What they had been doing? — Upon this question being proposed to the whole assembly, they...the first of them, ' you have been upon the Earth about fifty years: what have yon been doing there all this while — f ' Doing,' says she, ' really... | |
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