Easy passages for translation into LatinClarendon Press, 1883 - 176页 |
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第54页 - is that portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun, and reaching from the beginning of the world to its consummation. Examine now," said he, "this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it." "I see a bridge," said I, "standing in the midst of the tide.
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第55页 - on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
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书目信息
| 名称 | Easy passages for translation into Latin Clarendon Press Series |
| 作者 | John Young Sargent |
| 版本 | 6 |
| 出版商 | Clarendon Press, 1883 |
| 出处： | 牛津大学 |
| 数字化处理时间 | 2006年9月27日 |
| 页数 | 176页 |
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