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" I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken... "
The Spanish language, la gramática inglesa, and the English reader - Page 502
by Nicolas Gouin Dufief - 1811
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Appletons' School Readers: (five Book Edition)

William Torrey Harris, Andrew Jackson Rickoff, Mark Bailey - Readers - 1902 - 564 pages
...it." " I see a bridge," said I, " standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge thou seest," said he, '•' is Human Life ; consider it attentively."...leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire,...
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English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin

William Peacock - English literature - 1903 - 408 pages
...it." " I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." "That bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life : consider it attentively." Upon...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of...
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The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments

Albert Stanburrough Cook - 1903 - 152 pages
...cliscoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life; consider it attentively. Upon a...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. The archaic style of parts of the Urn Burial suggests a similar pattern, as a glance at...
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Selections from the Writings of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1905 - 418 pages
...the midst of the tide. The " bridge thou seest, said he, is humane life ; consider it atten" tively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it...arches, which added to those that were entire, made 20 " up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the " arches the Genius told me that this bridge...
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English Essays

Walter Cochrane Bronson - Digital images - 1905 - 426 pages
...The bridge thou seest,' said he, ' is human life; consider it attentively.' Upon a more leisurely 10 survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of...
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Studies in American and British Literature

Inez Nellie Canfield McFee - American literature - 1905 - 614 pages
...in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life; consider it attentively." Upon...leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire,...
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The Home Reader and Reciter

Readers - 1906 - 334 pages
...in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life; consider it attentively." Upon...that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld...
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English Compositon

Hammond Lamont - English language - 1906 - 404 pages
...in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life; consider it attentively." Upon...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of...
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English Composition

Hammond Lamont - English language - 1906 - 394 pages
...in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." "The bridge thou seest," said he, "is human life; consider it attentively." Upon...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of...
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Selections from the Works of Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison - 1906 - 410 pages
...'•I see a bridge,' said I, ' standing in the midst of 10 the tide.' ' The bridge thou seest,' said he, ' is human life; consider it attentively.' Upon...arches, which added to those that were entire, made 15 up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this bridge...
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