| 1794 - 450 pages
...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...green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands on the sea shore;... | |
| English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...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...green before thee , and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see , are more in number than the sand on the sea -shore;... | |
| 1804 - 412 pages
...delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I mi^ht fly away to those VOL. ii. B happy happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no...passage to them, except through the Gates of Death that 1 saw opening every moment upon the bridge. The islands, said he, that lie so fresh and gr$en b^ore... | |
| Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...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...green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands of the sea-shore;... | |
| Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809 - 312 pages
...human voices, Mid 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...green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands on the seashore... | |
| Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...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...green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands on the sea-shore... | |
| Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...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...green before thee, and with which the whole face of the ocean appears spotted as far as thou canst see, are more in number than the sands on the sea-shore... | |
| Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me at the discovery of so delightful a scene. 1 wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly...passage to them, except through the gates of death that 1 saw opening eve: y moment upon the bridge The islands, said he, that lie so ffesh and green before... | |
| Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. 1 wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might Ну away to those happy seats ; but the Genius told me...to them, except through the gates of death that I «aw opening every moment upon the bridge. "The inlands," said he, " that lie so fresh and green before... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me at 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 genins told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every... | |
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