 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 ページ
...l)rury Lane, and his lilies on the death of Lcvett, are in his best manner. [From the Vanity of Human euch anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life ; Then say how hope... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 ページ
...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 ページ
...blow. 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 ページ
...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,...paths without a guide ; As treacherous phantoms in the mist delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good. How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice.... | |
 | William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 ページ
...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 ページ
...Lane, and his lines on the death of Lcvctt, are in his best manner. [From the Vanity of Human Wielta.] later вау how hope and fear, desire and hate, O'erepread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering... | |
 | Joseph Guy - 1852 - 458 ページ
...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...snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering man, betray 'd by venturous pride To tread the dreary paths without a guide, As treacherous phantoms in... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1852 - 364 ページ
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 272 ページ
...point, and animate thy page. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL. LET Observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind...hate, O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, 1 ' The king : ' the nation was discontented at the visits made by the king to Hanover. Where wavering... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1855 - 276 ページ
...point, and animate thy page. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL. LET Observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind...scenes of crowded life ; Then say how hope and fear, desjrje and hate, Overspread with jsnares the clouded, maze of fate, i ' The king : ' the nation was... | |
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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... 
