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... danger . It is a custom always among the Portuguese , absolutely to commit the sailing part , or the navigation of the vessel , to the pilot , who is answerable , with his head , for the safe conduct or carriage of the king's ships , or ...
... danger . It is a custom always among the Portuguese , absolutely to commit the sailing part , or the navigation of the vessel , to the pilot , who is answerable , with his head , for the safe conduct or carriage of the king's ships , or ...
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... danger , beholding , with fearful astonish- ment , that instantaneous death which now stared them in the face ! In this distress , the captain ordered the pinnace to be launched ; into which having tossed a small quantity of biscuit ...
... danger , beholding , with fearful astonish- ment , that instantaneous death which now stared them in the face ! In this distress , the captain ordered the pinnace to be launched ; into which having tossed a small quantity of biscuit ...
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... danger : in short , he was obliged to take up his lodging in one of the tombs without the city , the usual retreat of guilt , poverty and despair . In this mansion of horror , laying his head upon an inverted urn , he forgot his ...
... danger : in short , he was obliged to take up his lodging in one of the tombs without the city , the usual retreat of guilt , poverty and despair . In this mansion of horror , laying his head upon an inverted urn , he forgot his ...
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... danger of an imposition . The chamberlain went ; but when the weavers told him the property of the brocade , he had not courage enough to say that he did not see it , but told the king that the work went on , and that the piece would be ...
... danger of an imposition . The chamberlain went ; but when the weavers told him the property of the brocade , he had not courage enough to say that he did not see it , but told the king that the work went on , and that the piece would be ...
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... danger , and proposed that a guard should be hired by a voluntary contribution ; a proposal to which ( upon a sight of the robbers through the window ) they readily agreed . Spig- got was now secured against pecuniary loss , at all THE ...
... danger , and proposed that a guard should be hired by a voluntary contribution ; a proposal to which ( upon a sight of the robbers through the window ) they readily agreed . Spig- got was now secured against pecuniary loss , at all THE ...
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Page 39 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trapdoors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it : "Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up,
Page 36 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 36 - Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand.
Page 41 - ... of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge.
Page 40 - I directed my sight as I was ordered, and (whether or no the good genius strengthened it with any supernatural force, or dissipated part of the mist that was before too thick for the eye to penetrate) I saw the valley opening at the...
Page 40 - ... vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments.
Page 42 - 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 happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Page 38 - 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 arches, which added to those that were entire made up the number about an hundred.
Page 36 - I had been often told that the rock before me was the haunt of a genius; and that several had been entertained with music who had passed by it, but never heard that the musician had before made himself visible. When he had raised my thoughts by those transporting airs...
Page 38 - As I was counting the arches, the Genius told me that this bridge consisted at first of a thousand arches; but that a great flood swept away the rest, and left the bridge in the ruinous condition I now beheld it: But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it.