 ... of it, insomuch that I could discover nothing in it ; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I...  The Fourth Reader of the School and Family Series - Page 274by Marcius Willson - 1860 - 360 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sarah Neal Harris - 1891 - 206 pages
...a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glowing habits, and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,...musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the 32 ELOCUTION. discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle that I might fly... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1891 - 348 pages
...trees. I could see them lying down by the sides of the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers. I could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. 628. Long, involved sentences are a severe strain upon the attention. If the clauses are so closely... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - 1892 - 416 pages
...a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habits, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the...in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. 17. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 358 pages
...a thousand little shining 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 the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1892 - 100 pages
...a thousand little shining 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 the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 248 pages
...a thousand little shining 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 the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 464 pages
...a thousand little shining seas that ran among them. I could see persons dressed in glorious habite, with garlands upon their heads, passing among the...voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me at the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1894 - 358 pages
...a thousand little shining 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 the fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 648 pages
...a thousand little shining 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 side of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894 - 674 pages
...a thousand little shining 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 side of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds,... | |
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