 I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death ! The genius being moved with compassion towards me, bade me quit so uncomfortable a prospect....  English Prose from Mandeville to Ruskin - Seite 163von William Peacock - 1903 - 379 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Jesse Olney - 1838 - 346 Seiten
...avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." . 36. I here fetched a deep sigh : " Alas," said I, " man...towards me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a prospect. 27. " Look no more," said he, " on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for... | |
 | Brandon Turner - 1840 - 258 Seiten
...— Shakspeare. LESSON XVIII. RULE XVIII. At that hour, O how vain was all sublunary happiness ! " Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality !" — Addison. ''Ah, whither fled, — ye dear illusions, stay! Lo! pale and silent lies the lovely... | |
 | Franz C F. Demmler - 1842 - 92 Seiten
...envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life," I here fetched a deep sigh ; " Alas," said I, " man was made in vain ! How is he given to misery and mortality ! Tortured in life1, and swallowed up in death !" The genius, being moved with... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1842 - 944 Seiten
...Envy, Avarice, Superstition,Despair,Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." s frugal method of :ifying our pride, we should hardly have m vain! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! tortured in life, and swallowed up in death!"... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 Seiten
...envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." I here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas," said I, " man...prospect. " Look no more," said he, " on man in the first stnge of his existence, in his setting out for eternity ; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 Seiten
...envy, avarice, superstition, despair, love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life. I here fetched a deep sigh. Alas, said I, man was...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 existence,... | |
 | Goold Brown - 1848 - 324 Seiten
...peace. — Cowper. LESSON XXII —RULE XVIII. At that hour, O how vain was all sublunary happiness I Alas, said I, man was made in vain ! how is he given away to misery and mortality ! — Addison. O stretch thy reign, fair Peace, from shore to shore, Till conquest cease, and slavery... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1849 - 348 Seiten
...Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." I here fetched a deep sigh. " Alas ! " said I, " man...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... | |
 | Charles Jean Delille - 1851 - 506 Seiten
...Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life." I here fetched a deep sigh. "Alas," said I, " man...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,... | |
 | 1853 - 756 Seiten
...Envy, Avarice, Superstition, Despair, Love, with the like cares and passions that infest human life.' " I here fetched a deep sigh. 'Alas,' said I, ' man...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... | |
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