 | 1840 - 378 страница
...soul the nearest way. THK VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, IN IMITATION OF THI TENTH SATIRE Of JUVENAL. LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind from...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wav'ring man, betray'd by vent'rous pride, To choose the dreary paths without a guide, As treach'rous... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 352 страница
...of Doctor Johnson's, places the unaffected force and freedom of the former in a striking light. Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...watch the busy scenes of crowded life ; Then say, &c. Listen to Glorious John Dryden, and compare his directness with the pompous pleonasms of the author... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 376 страница
...of Doctor Johnson's, places the unaffected force and freedom of the former in a striking light. Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...watch the busy scenes of crowded life ; Then say, &c. Listen to Glorious John Dryden, and compare his directness with the pompous pleonasms of the author... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 страница
...of Doctor Johnson's, places the unaffected force and freedom of the former in a striking light. Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...watch the busy scenes of crowded life ; Then say, &c. Listen to Glorious John Dryden, and compare his directness with the pompous pleonasms of the author... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 страница
...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 betrayed by venturous prido, To tread the dreary paths without a guide ; As treacherous phantoms in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 страница
...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 страница
...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 страница
...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...snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering man, betrayed by venturous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treacherous phantoms in... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 страница
...234.— THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. S. JOHNSON. [IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL.] LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind,...O'erspread with 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... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 страница
...head alone remained to tell The cruel death he died. COWPER. CHAPTER XXIX. VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. LET observation, with extensive view, Survey Mankind,...pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good. How rarely reason... | |
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LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life... 
