| Churchman - 1844 - 396 pages
...reserved for him.' I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, ' Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me. I then turned again... | |
| John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, " Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...him a second time, but I found that he had left me. 1 then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling... | |
| Esq. J. H. JAMES (of London.) - 1847 - 184 pages
...other side. Leaning my head upon ray hand, I began to figure to myself the miseries of confinement. The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time. The genius being moved with compassion, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. I continued my walk,... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1849 - 348 pages
...At length, said I, " Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie under those dark clouds, that cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant." and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdad, with oxen, sheep, and camels,... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...reserved for him.' I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. ' At length,' said I, ' show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds that cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.' The genius making me no answer, I turned... | |
| Charles Jean Delille - French language - 1851 - 506 pages
...reserved for him." 1 gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length said I, " Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...adamant." The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. A t length, said I, show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...him a second time, but I found that he had left me : 1 then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling... | |
| Christian literature, American - 1850 - 790 pages
...reserved for him." I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, " Show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie...adamant." The genius making me no answer, I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again... | |
| Spectator The - 1853 - 558 pages
...pleasure on these happy islands. " At length,'* said I " show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets '.hat lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean...Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myseli to him a second time, but 1 found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision of... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1853 - 196 pages
...Reduce the following to unity by employing the present parThc genius made me no answer, and I turned me about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me. The trecs were cultivated with much care, and the fruit was rich and abundant. The love of praise is... | |
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