 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...fountains, or resting on heds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing hirds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness...for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to thuse happy seats; hut the Genins told me there was no passage to them, except throngh the gates of... | |
 | 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
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness...in me 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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me at the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for...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... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...harmony of tinging birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me at the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for...that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the gcoius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every... | |
 | Spectator The - 1816 - 372 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness...discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the vings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the Genius told me there was no... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Authors - 1816 - 298 pages
...refting on beds of flowers. Gladnefs grew in me at the difcovery of fo delightful a fcene. I wifhed for the wings of an eagle, that I mi'ght fly away to thofe happy feats ; but the genius told me there was no paflage to them, except through the gates of... | |
 | Nicolas Gouin Dufief - English language - 1817 - 594 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 every moment upon the bridge The islands, said he, that lie so fresh and green before... | |
 | Albert Picket - American literature - 1820 - 314 pages
...Gladness grew in me at the discovery of so delighful a scene. I wished for the wings of an '?tigle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the...passage to them, except through the gates of death that 1 saw opening every moment upon the bridge. 8. The islands, said he,, that lie so fresh and green before... | |
 | Spectator (London, England : 1711) - 1822 - 788 pages
...fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling ousness of the friend, rather than the indiscretion...Discretion does not only show itself in .WO!V5' but in all thatl might fly away to those happy seats; buttheGeniustoldme there was no passage to them, except... | |
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... seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... 
