 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
 | 1872 - Počet stránok 556
...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... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - Počet stránok 232
...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... | |
 | School board readers - 1872 - Počet stránok 200
...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... | |
 | Kensington series - 1872 - Počet stránok 232
...little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." " Those," said the genins, " are envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares and passions that iufest human life." The genins then directed my attention to a vast ocean planted with innumerable... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1887 - Počet stránok 92
...»aid, 1, "those great flights of bird*, that .... the bridge, and settling .... time to time? 4. " These," said the genius, "are envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love; with the like cares and pussions that infest human life." 6. 1 here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas," said I, " man was made in... | |
 | Albert Franklin Blaisdell - 1888 - Počet stránok 366
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." "These," said the genius, " are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...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,... | |
 | 1888 - Počet stránok 576
...upon the middle arches." " ' These,' said the genius, ' are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, ftespair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest...mortality, tortured in life, and swallowed up in death 1 ' " The genius, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1888 - Počet stránok 606
...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...swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compaesion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more, said he, on man in the... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1888 - Počet stránok 108
...plunge into the tide beneath. This was a picture of human life. "Alas!" said the beholder, "how is man given away to misery and mortality; tortured in life and swallowed up in death," . The good genius who had attended the dreamer told him to turn his eyes down the stream, and there where... | |
 | Orville T. Bright, James Baldwin - 1890 - Počet stránok 516
...feather'd Creatures several little winged so Boys, that perch in great Numbers upon the middle Arches. These, said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...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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