 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 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." 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,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 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.' Upon...added to those that were entire, made up the number to about a hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1866 - 442 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.— Upon...to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundrecl. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | Cornelius Walford - Life insurance - 1867 - 868 pages
...had then published his Table) introduces the following allegory : — " The bridge thou seest said he, is Human Life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, 1 t<>uml that it consisted of three score and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 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.' Upon...to those that were entire, made up the number about one hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - English literature - 1869 - 344 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.' Upon...added to those that were entire, made up the number to about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the Genius told me that this bridge consisted at... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1902 - 296 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.' Upon...added to those that were entire, made up the number to about an hundred. As I was counting the arches, the genius told me that this bridge had consisted... | |
 | Edward Everett Hale - English essays - 1902 - 266 pages
...discoverest 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...several broken arches, which added to those that were Qntire, made up the number about an hundred. As I was counting the arches the genius told me that this... | |
 | Sherman Williams - Readers - 1902 - 504 pages
...it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide." " The bridge i thou seest," said he, "is Human Life; consider it attentively." Upon...it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number to about... | |
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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... 
