 I, 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...  The British Essayists - Seite 125herausgegeben von - 1808Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1868 - 444 Seiten
...often when they thought themselves within reach of them, their footing failed, and down they sunk. "Alas!" said I, " man was made in vain ! how is he...mortality ! tortured in life and swallowed up in death !" And consider how frightful it would then be to live, as we are living in a world, in an universe... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 Seiten
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.' ' These,' said the genius, ' are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...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... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 Seiten
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.' ' These,' said the Genius, ' are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...The Genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. ' Look no more,' said he, 'on man in the first stage of his... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 Seiten
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." "These," said the genius, "are envy, avarice, superstition,...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... | |
 | William Stewart Ross - 1869 - 452 Seiten
...VOICE THAN ANT WOKD OR MEMBEE OF THE SENTENCE DOES IN THE ORDINARY GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION. Ex. — I here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas ! " said I, " man...The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. " Look no more," said he, " on man in the first stage of... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1869 - 438 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 Seiten
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." " These," said the genius, " are envy, avarice, superstition,...a deep sigh. "Alas," said I, "man was made in vain I how is he given away to misery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! " The... | |
 | Francis Young (F.R.G.S.) - 1870 - 262 Seiten
...numbers upon the middle arches." "These," said the genius, "are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, and Love, with the like cares and passions that infest Human Life." . I here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas I" said I, " man was made in vain I How is ho given away to misery and mortality, tortured in life... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 Seiten
...lie in their way, and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them. . . . ' 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1871 - 664 Seiten
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.' 'These,' said the genius, 'are envy, avarice. superstition,...the like cares and passions that infest human life.' life, and swallowed up in death ! ' The genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit... | |
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