 Upon looking up, what mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I See vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures, several little...  The Spectator, no. 1-314 - Seite 237von Joseph Addison - 1837Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been...comprehend. Upon looking up, what mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to... | |
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...fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been...thine eyes off the bridge," said he, " and tell me if tbou yet seest any thing thou dost not comprehend." Upon looking up, " What mean," said I, " those... | |
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