 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 winged boys, that perch in great...  The Spectator - Pagina 2091853 - 742 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 pagina’s
...birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among...perch, in great numbers, upon the middle arches." 13. "These," said the Genius, "are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 372 pagina’s
...birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among...perch, in great numbers, upon the middle arches." 13. "These," said the Genius, "are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1860 - 352 pagina’s
...GRAMMAR. [PABT III. LESSON XXII. RULE XVIII. At that hour, 0 how vain was all sublunary happiness ! Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! — Addison. 0 stretch thy reign, fair Peace, from shore to shore, Till conquest cease, and slavery... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1862 - 324 pagina’s
...are lost, and rove ^, LESSON XXII—RULE XVIII. At that hour, O how vain was all sublunary happiness! Alas, said I, man was made in vain! how is he given away to misery and mortality !—Addison. O Nature, how in every charm supreme! Whose votaries feast on raptures ever new 0 for... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 pagina’s
...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...that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." — 66 These," said the genius, " are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,Despair,Love, with the like cares... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1865 - 354 pagina’s
...GRAMMAR. [PART III. LBS8ON XXII. BULB XVIII. At that hour, 0 how vain was all sublunary happiness ! Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! — Addison. ' 0 stretch thy reign, fair Peace, from shore to shore, Till conquest cease, and slavery... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 448 pagina’s
...entières et en plusieurs arches rompues qui, « avec les autres, faisaient environ cent. Comme je I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas , said I, man was...vain ! How is he given away to misery and mortality I tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! — The genius being moved with compassion towards me,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pagina’s
...shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of the mind.'* See " Studies in English Poetry," p. 126. many other feathered creatures, several little winged...the like cares and passions that infest Human Life.' " 1 here fetched a deep sigh. ' Alas,' said I, ' man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pagina’s
...birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among...he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured in Ufe, and swallowed up in death !" The geniut being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 pagina’s
...variety of objects which it presented; and as I I6oked, my heart was filled with a deep melancholy. "Alas," said I, "man' was made in vain! How is he given away to misery and mortality !" The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. " Look... | |
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