 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 - Strana 125úprava: - 1808Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Salem Town - 1855 - Počet stránok 492
...numbers, upon the middle arches." 2. " These," said the Genius, " are Envy, Avarice, Superetftion, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that...tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! " The Gsnius, being moved with compassion toward me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. " Look no more,"... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 524
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition,...despair, love, with the like cares and passions, that infect human life. " 1 here fetched a deep sigh ; alas, said I, man was made in vain ! How is he 'given... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 628
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers npon the middle arches. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition,...despair, love, with the like cares and passions that infect human life. " I here fetched a deep sigh ; alas, said I, man was made in vain ! How is he given... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - Počet stránok 622
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition,...despair, love, with the like cares and passions that infect human life. " I here fetched a deep sigh ; alas, said I, man was made in vain ! How is he given... | |
 | George S. Measom - 1856 - Počet stránok 266
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." "These," said the genius, "are envy, avarice, superstition,...despair, love, with the like cares and passions that invest human life." " I here fetched a deep sigh : " Alas !" said I, " man was made in vain ! how is... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - Počet stránok 780
...Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Lore, with the like cares and payions that infest human lile.' •' I here fetched a deep sigh. ' Alas,' said I, ' man was made in vain '. bow is he given away to nv.fcery and mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in drath !' The... | |
 | Salem Town - 1859 - Počet stránok 496
...creatures, several little winged boys, that perch, in great numbers, upon the middle arches." 2. " These," said the Genius, " are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...tortured in life, and swallowed up in death!" The Gonius, being moved with compassion toward me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. " Look no more,"... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1860 - Počet stránok 368
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch, in great numbers, upon the middle arches." 13. "These," said the Genius, "are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...in death !" The Genius, being moved with compassion toward me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. "Look no more," said he, " on man in the first... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - Počet stránok 458
...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." .... The genius then directed my attention to a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1860 - Počet stránok 354
...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... | |
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