 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is hut a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I was thus musing,...where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, hut who was in reality a being of superior nature. I drew near with profound reverence, and fell down... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1864 - 472 pages
...passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.3' 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. As I looked upon him he applied it to his lips, and began to... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 244 pages
...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... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 442 pages
...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... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1866 - 446 pages
...passing from one thought to another : Surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream. V/hilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit...discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a little musical instrument in his hand. As I looked upon him, he applied it tô his lips, and began... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 170 pages
...Trafalgar, was considered at an end. — Southey. 5. Where'er she turns, the Graces homage pay. — Gray. 6. Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the...where I discovered one in the habit. of a shepherd, but who was in reality a being of superior nature. — Addison. 7. Ye, therefore, who love mercy, teach... | |
 | Hugh George Robinson - 1867 - 458 pages
...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 began to... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1867 - 102 pages
...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. — Addison. PART III.— SYNTAX. 136. Syntax treats of the... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1868 - 526 pages
...profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, surely, paid I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream. Whilst I...him, he applied it to his lips, and began to play. The sound of it was exceeding sweet, and wrought into a variety of tunes that were inexpressibly melodious,... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 pages
...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 began to... | |
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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. 
