 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 страници
...supplies : Its roots are only here— it blossoms in the skies. VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. [DR. JOHNSON.] LET observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from...clouded maze of fate. Where wav'ring man, betray'd by venturous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide ; As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude,... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 страници
...roots arc only here— it hlossoms in ti.e skies. VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES[DR. JOHNSON.] LET ohservation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to...each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the husy scenes of crowded life ; Then say how hope and fear, desire and hate, O'crspread with snares the... | |
 | Spain - 1834 - 300 страници
...such cheering views; and to form a right judgment we must look on both sides of the tapestry,. ' 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... | |
 | President of a college - 1836 - 156 страници
...yon old mansion | frowning through the trees, Whose hollow turret | woo« 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 ceesural pause happens nearer the beginning... | |
 | Juvenal - 1837 - 306 страници
...more exert his rage, Thy satire point, and animate thy page. SATIRE X. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. LET observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...life: Then say how hope and fear, desire and hate, 5 O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wav'ring man betray'd by vent'rous pride To... | |
 | 1838 - 1050 страници
...exhibit his peculiar style of versification, which is much less known than his prose compositions. " Let observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind,...snares the clouded maze of fate. Where wav'ring man. hetray'd by vent'rous pride To tread the dreary paths without a guide. As Ireach'rous phantoms in the... | |
 | 1840 - 378 страници
...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...Where wav'ring man, betray'd by vent'rous pride, To choose the dreary paths without a guide, As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude, Shuns fancied... | |
 | David Lester Richardson - 1840 - 354 страници
...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 страници
...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 - 352 страници
...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... | |
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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... 
