 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 vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures, several little...  The Spectator, no. 1-314 - Page 237by Joseph Addison - 1837Full view - About this book
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...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... | |
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...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...eyes off the bridge , said he , and tell me if thou seest any thing thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up , What mean , said I, those great flights... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...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... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...indulge myself on this melancholy prospect, told me 1 had dwelt long enough upon it. " Take thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if thou... | |
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...thus forced upon them. ' The genius seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me .1 had dwelt long enough upon it ; ' Take thine eyes...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... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...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... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been...thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if tbou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " What mean," said I, " those... | |
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