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 Edinburgh Review - Pàgina 3351841Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
| 1878 - 446 pàgines
...long contemplating : but, instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the sides of it. PEDANTRY. A man who has been brought up among books, and is able to talk of nothing... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 pàgines
...long contemplating ; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it." C GREAT GENIUS. Oui mens divinior, atque os Magna sonaturum, des nominis hujus... | |
| Phineas Garrett - 1879 - 784 pàgines
...long contemplating ; but instead of the rolling tide, .the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long, hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. •—The Spectator. THE PERILS OF INVISIBILITY.— WS GILBERT. Old Peter led... | |
| Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 414 pàgines
...int\»-.\v\ of I tin rolling tide, the arched bridge, and tie happy JOSKl'H ADUISON. inlands, 1 saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels, grazing upon the sides of it. 7Ai)Disox. 'wimitar, a short sword used by the Persians and Turks, "comjirr/icnil,... | |
| William Swinton - 1880 - 240 pàgines
...long contemplating ; but, instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. PEDANTRY. bar, prohibit. cafa-logue (kal'a-log), a list. col-fa'tor, one who... | |
| William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 240 pàgines
...long contemplating; but, instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. PEDANTRY. bar, prohibit. cafa-logue (kat'a-log), a list. col-la'tor, one who... | |
| 1881 - 578 pàgines
...long contemplating ; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw k f :Ala TI:.f Z N]N K~\ 9 l ̮ؖ upon the sides of it ON INCONSISTENCY AND IRRESOLUTION. " Keep one consistent plan from end to end."... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1882 - 558 pàgines
...long contemplating; but instead of the rolling title, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long, hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. I. Verse 1. — " Literary hack," meaning of? II. V. 3. Meaning of " Countess-dowager"... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pàgines
...long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. ADDISON. THE BURIAL OP SIB JOHN MOORE. NOT a drum was heard, not a funeral note,... | |
| Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 328 pàgines
...long contemplating : but, instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it. J. ADDISON. CHRISTMAS BELLS. I HEARD the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar... | |
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