 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
 | Richard Garnett - Anthologies - 1890 - 448 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 ! How is he given... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - Sermons, English - 1891 - 394 pages
...decay, •So perish these when those have passed away ; — or we might come down to Addison, "Alas! man was made in vain! how is he given away to misery...mortality! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death!" or, again, to Sir Walter Scott: "And this, I said, is the progress and the issue of human wishes! Nursed... | |
 | Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 436 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." Ï here fetched a deep sigh : "Alas," said I, " man was made in vain! How is he given away to miserv... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - English language - 1891 - 348 pages
...execrated his own wickedness and folly. 3. The scheme that he proposed showed considerable ingenuity. 5. These said the genius are envy avarice superstition...the like cares and passions that infest human life. 6. I observe that men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own and run back... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - English literature - 1892 - 668 pages
...feathered creatures, several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.' 'These,' said the genius, 'are envy, avarice, superstition,...fetched a deep sigh. 'Alas,' said I, 'man was made vain ! How is he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured i life, and swallowed up in death !... | |
 | Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 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." 14. I here fetched a deep sigh. "Alas," said I, " man was made in vain! How is he given away to misery... | |
 | James Baldwin - Allegories - 1893 - 332 pages
...little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches." " These," said the genuis, " are Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with...swallowed up in death ! " The genius, being moved in compassion toward me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. " Look no more," said he, " on man... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 648 pages
...feather'd creatures several little winged boys, that perched in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition,...The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bid-ing quit so uncomfortable a prospect : look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - Literary Collections - 1894 - 674 pages
...feather'd creatures several little winged boys, that perched in great numbers upon the middle arches. These, said the genius, are envy, avarice, superstition,...is he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured irt life, and swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bid me quit... | |
 | George Prentiss Butler - English language - 1894 - 284 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 ! how is he... | |
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