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" Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up, 'What mean,' said I, 'those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from... "
The Spanish language, la gramática inglesa, and the English reader - Page 503
by Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811
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The Moral Miscellany: Or, a Collection of Select Pieces, in Prose and Verse ...

English literature - 1773 - 394 pages
...tell me if them feeft any thing thou doit not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, faid I, thofe great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and fettling upon it from time to time? I fee vultures, harpies, raven?, cormorants, and among many other<...
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The Little Female Orators, Or Nine Evenings Entertainment, with Observations

Young women - 1778 - 124 pages
...me, if thou yet feeft any Thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, faid I, thofe great Flights of Birds that are perpetually hovering about the Bridge, and . fettling upon it from Time to Time ? I fee Vultures, Harpies, Ravens, Cormorants, and, among feveral...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...tell me if thou feelt any thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, laid 1, thofe great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and fettling upon it from time to time i I fee vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among many other...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 2

Addison (pseud.) - Anecdotes - 1794 - 564 pages
...yet fee'ft any thing thou ( 217 ) thou doft not comprehend. Upon looking up, what mean, faid I, thefe great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and fettling upon it, from time to time ? I fee vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among many...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ...

Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1796 - 634 pages
...time ? I fee vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among many other feathered creatures, feveral little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. Thefe, faid the genius, are envy, avarice, fuperftition, defpair, love, with the like cares and paffions...
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The English instructor; or, Useful and entertaining passages in prose ...

English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...bridge , said he , and tell me if thou seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up , What mean , said I, those great flights of birds that are...arches. These , said the genius , are envy , avarice , super-- z5o THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. stition , despair , love , with the like cares and passions that...
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The Spectator ...

English essays - 1803 - 466 pages
...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 of birds that...perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon VOL. IL B b it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other...
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The Spectator ...

1803 - 472 pages
...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 of birds that...perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon VOL. II. B b It from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies ravens, cormorants, and among many other...
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1804 - 412 pages
...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 of birds that are...vultures,' harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among among many other feathered creatures several little winded boys, that perch in great numbers upon the...
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A Real Treasure for a Pious Mind

Meditations - 1806 - 118 pages
...and tell if thou feeft any thing thou doft not comprehend. Upon locking up, "What mean, faid I,thofe great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and fettling upon it from time to time ? I fee vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other...
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