 | William Swinton - 1872 - 238 páginas
...the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater. — Milton. 12. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. — AdB. 1. The gushing flood the tartans dyed. — Scott. 2.... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - 200 páginas
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and, passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream. '...towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, when I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As... | |
 | Kensington series - 1872 - 232 páginas
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream."...towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, when I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1873 - 280 páginas
...ascended the high hills of Bagdad, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. 2. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, on which I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, but who was in reality a being of superior nature.... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1873 - 444 páginas
...said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream. V/hilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards thé summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in thé habit of a sbepherd, wilh a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, lie applied... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 248 páginas
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream. Whilst...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a 30 musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips and began to play... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 páginas
...Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream." 3. While I was musing, I cast my eyes toward the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it to his lips, and began to... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 páginas
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, "Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream."...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it to his lips, and begun to... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1893 - 332 páginas
...from one thought to another, "Surely," said I, "man is but a shadow, and life a dream." While I was musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it to his lips, and began to... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 páginas
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream. Whilst...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to... | |
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I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. 
