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" 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 209
1853 - 742 pages
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Essentials of English for Schools, Colleges, and Private Study

Alfred Hix Welsh - 1884 - 346 pages
...but often when they thought themselves in the reach of them their footing failed and down they sank I here fetched a deep sigh alas said I man was made...and mortality tortured in life and swallowed up in death.—Addison. 7. Exhibit by two modes of punctuation, the true and fal«j meanings of the following:...
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The new Royal readers. 6 standards

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1884 - 280 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...that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.' 2. " ' These,' said the Genius, ' are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares...
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John Heywood's Paragon readers

John Heywood (ltd.) - 1884 - 232 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...boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.1 ' These,' said the Genius, ' are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like...
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Chambers's graduated readers, Book 6

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1885 - 266 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...the like cares and passions that infest Human Life.' 2. I here fetched a deep sigh. ' Alas,' said I, ' man was made in vain ! — how is he given away to...
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Swinton's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 6

William Swinton - 1885 - 620 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...Genius, " are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love,5 with the like cares and passions that infest human life." I here fetched a deep sigh.6 "Alas!"...
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The English Essayists: A Comprehensive Selection from the Works of the Great ...

Robert Cochrane - 1887 - 572 pages
...birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? I see of such revolutions that we always see the worst of them at first. Till men Deepair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." I here fetched a deep sigh....
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A Drill Book in the Elements of the English Language

Edward Conant - 1887 - 164 pages
...that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time ? (38) I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and, among...that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." (39) " These," said the Genius, " are envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares...
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First Steps with American and British Authors

Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - 366 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...vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality 1 tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! " The genius, being moved with compassion towards me,...
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The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a ...

1888 - 576 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...said the genius, ' are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, ftespair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.' " I here fetched a deep sigh....
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Harper's First [-sixth] Reader, Book 6

Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - 516 pages
...Vultures, Harpyes, Ravens, Cormorants, and among many other feather'd Creatures several little winged so Boys, that perch in great Numbers upon the middle...away to Misery and Mortality! tortured in Life, and 35 swallowed up in Death! The Genius being moved with Compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable...
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