| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 páginas
...Lane, and his lines ou the death of Levett, are in his best manner. [From the Vanity of Human W Let , though they discovered her sorrows, were never able...on cushions which her maids brought her; and her wavering man, betrayed by venturous prido, To tread the dreary paths without a guide ; As treacherous... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 páginas
...Vanity of Human Let observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark euch obert Chambers < i'ersprcad with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering man, betrayed by venturous pride,... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 páginas
...Mark yon old mansion | frowning through the trees, Whose hollow turret | woos the whistling breeze." " Remark each anxious toil, | each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes | of crowded life." Q, When is the harmony of verse impaired ? A. When the caesural pause happens nearer the beginning... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 páginas
...HUMAN WISHES.1 AllRIDGED. LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru ;2 Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering man, betrayed by venturous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treacherous... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 580 páginas
...234.— THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. S. JOHNSON. [IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL.] LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind,...snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wav'ring man, betray 'd by vent'rous pride To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treach'rous phantoms in... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 páginas
...pow'r can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky. JOHNSON. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering man, betray'd by venturous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide ; As treacherous... | |
| William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 páginas
...head alone remained to tell The cruel death he died. COWPER. CHAPTER XXIX. VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. LET observation, with extensive view, Survey Mankind,...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze. of fate, Where wavering man, betray'd by venturous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treach'rous... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 páginas
...and his lines on the death of Lcvctt, are in his best manner. [From the Vanity of Human Wielta.] Let observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind,...strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life ; Then вау how hope and fear, desire and hate, O'erepread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering... | |
| Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 páginas
...retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat." IN DOTATION OP THE TENTH SATIRE OP JUVENAL. LET observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering man, betray 'd by venturous pride To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treacherous... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 páginas
...Mark yon old mansion | frowning through the trees, Whose hollow turret | woos the whistling breeze." " Remark each anxious toil, | each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes | of crowded life." Q. When is the harmony of verse impaired ? A. When the caesural pause happens nearer the beginning... | |
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