 I passed some time in the contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at...  The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator - Page 378by Joseph Addison - 1854Full view - About this book
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...contemplation of this Wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several...in the midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at everything that • that stood by them to save themselves. Some were looking up towards the heavens... | |
 | English instructor - English literature - 1801 - 272 pages
...contemplation of this wonderful structure , and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several...save themselves. Some were looking up towards THE ENGLISH INSTRUCTOR. 249 the heavens in a thoughtful posture , and iu the midst of a speculation stumbled... | |
 | 1803 - 472 pages
...and catching at everything that stood by them to save themselves. Some were looking up towards heaven in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation...stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them : but often when they... | |
 | 1804 - 412 pages
...contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several...stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them; but often when they... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - English prose literature - 1805 - 368 pages
...contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several...stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them ; but often when they... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1809 - 312 pages
...contemplation of this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was filled with a deep melancholy to see several...them to save themselves. Some were looking up towards heaven in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...would hurt the ear by a repetition of the same sound, if this sense of it were, otherwise, allowable. midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every...stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of baubles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them, but often when they... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - Commercial correspondence, Spanish - 1811 - 606 pages
...deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly inthe midst of mirth and jollity, and catehing at every thing that stood by them to save themselves....stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes were very busy in the pursuit of bubbles that glittered in their eyes and danced before them ; but often when they... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 pages
...this wonderful structure, and the great variety of objects which it presented. My heart was tilled with a deep melancholy to see several dropping unexpectedly...them to save themselves. Some were looking up towards heaven in a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of а speculation stumbled and fell out of sight.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...would hurt the ear by a repetition of the same sound, if this sense of it were, otherwise, allowable. midst of mirth and jollity, and catching at every...themselves. Some were looking up towards the heavens dn a thoughtful posture, and in the midst of a speculation stumbled and fell out of sight. Multitudes... | |
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