 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 - Page 2091853 - 742 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - 368 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 354 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 - 446 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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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