 Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest, is part...  Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and Biographical, of ... - Page 283edited by - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...prodigious tide of water rolling through it." " The valley that thou seest," said he, " is the valley of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest,...and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ?" . 6. " What thou seest," said he, " is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out... | |
 | Andrew Thomson - Readers - 1835 - 302 pages
...and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the valley of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is...reason, said I, that the tide I see rises out of a dark mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ? What thou seest, said he,... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...said he, " is the valley of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest, is part of the great fide of eternity." "What is the reason," said I, "that...and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ?" 6. " What thou seest," said be, " is that portion'of etefni-- ty which is called time, measured... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 292 pages
...prodigious tide of^water rolling through it." " The valley that thou seest," said he, " is the valley of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is...great tide of eternity." "What is the reason," said 1, " that the tide I see rises out of a thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist... | |
 | John Pierpont - Readers - 1835 - 278 pages
...prodigious tide of water rolling through it." " The valley that thou seest," said he, " is the valley of misery, and the tide of water that thou seest is...loses itself in a thick mist at the other ?" " What thou seest," said he, " is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun,... | |
 | English essays - 1836 - 1118 pages
...valley that thou seest,' said he, ' is the Vale oí Misery, and the tide of water that thon «cent thou see«t,' said he, • is that portion of eternity which is called time, measnr«4 out by the sun,... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pages
...see," said I, "a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it." — "The valley that ith which all ages have filled the world, of noble and heroic minds that have resigned this sec rises out of a. thick mist at one end, and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other?—"... | |
 | Joseph Addison - Bookbinding - 1837 - 480 pages
...said I, "a huge valley, and a prodigious titie of water rolling through it." — "The valley j that thou seest," said he, "is the Vale of \ Misery, and...loses itself in a thick mist at the other?' — " What thou seest," said he, " is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun,... | |
 | Jesse Olney - Readers - 1838 - 346 pages
...said I, " a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it." 11. "The" valley that thou seest," said he, "is the vale of misery ; and...and again loses itself in a thick mist at the other ?" 12. " What thou seest," said he, " is that portion of eternity which is called Time, measured out... | |
 | Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - Caricatures and cartoons - 1891 - 342 pages
...thou beholdest is part of the great Railway System." " What is the Reason," said 1, "that the Roadway I see rises out of a thick Mist at one End, and again loses itself in a thick Mist at the other ? " "Monopoly and Muddle freely engender Mists," responded the Genius. Examine now," said he, the Roadwiiv... | |
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