 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 - Page 125edited by - 1808Full view - About this book
 | William Tenney Brewster - 1895 - 264 pages
...genius, are envy, 25 avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares and passions, that infect human life. I here fetched a deep sigh ; alas, said...mortality ! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! ence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide... | |
 | J. H. Lobban - 1896 - 324 pages
...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 likecares and passions that infest human life.' "I here fetched a deep sigh. 'Alas,' said I, 'man was... | |
 | George Eugène Fasnacht - 1897 - 216 pages
...to lie closer together, se tion. resserrer, or se multiplier. 32. to run, etc., aller et venir. IV. 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,' 5 said he, ' on man in the first stage of... | |
 | 1897 - 282 pages
...genins, are envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love, 20 with the like cares and passions, that infect human life. "I here fetched a deep sigh ; alas, said...tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! The genins, being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. Look no more,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...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." 15 I here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas," said I, " man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 254 pages
...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." 15 I here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas," said I, " man was made in vain ! How is he given away to misery... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...feathered Creatures several little winged Boys, that perch in great Numbers upon the middle Arches, These said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...Love, with the like Cares and Passions that infest humane Life, I here fetched a deep Sigh, Alas, said I, Man was made in vain! How is he given away to... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1897 - 356 pages
...feathered Creatures several little winged Boys, that perch in great Numbers upon the middle Arches* These said the Genius, are Envy, Avarice, Superstition,...Love, with the like Cares and Passions that infest humane Life* I here fetched a deep Sigh, Alas, said I, Man was made in vain! How is he given away to... | |
 | 1898 - 348 pages
...creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." "These,"said the genius, "are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair,...deep sigh. "Alas," said I, "man was made in vain! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death! " The genius, being moved in compassion toward me, bade... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - 1898 - 578 pages
...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 I How is he given... | |
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