The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, Volume 1G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 - Anthologies |
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... 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 of the ...
... 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 of the ...
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... thou 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 a more lei- surely survey of it , I found that it ...
... thou 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 a more lei- surely survey of it , I found that it ...
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... thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend . ' Upon looking up , ' What mean , ' said I , ' those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge , and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vul- tures ...
... thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend . ' Upon looking up , ' What mean , ' said I , ' those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge , and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vul- tures ...
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... thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of islands behind those which thou here discoverest , reaching further than thine eye , or even thine imagination can extend itself . These are the ...
... thou canst see , are more in number than the sands on the seashore ; there are myriads of islands behind those which thou here discoverest , reaching further than thine eye , or even thine imagination can extend itself . These are the ...
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... Thou dost thyself need providence to see Thy roll and ruin from the top of doom . Prometheus ( alone ) . O holy Æther , and swift - winged Winds , And River - wells , and laughter innumerous Of yon sea - waves ! Earth , mother of us all ...
... Thou dost thyself need providence to see Thy roll and ruin from the top of doom . Prometheus ( alone ) . O holy Æther , and swift - winged Winds , And River - wells , and laughter innumerous Of yon sea - waves ! Earth , mother of us all ...
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