...the Sultan Segued, mentioned in Lobo's Voyage to Abyssinia. Cf. Introduction, px 1. 1. Ye who, &c. 'Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of Fate.' Vanity of Human Wishes, 1. 3. 'Quid enim ratione timemus Aut cupimus ? Quid tam dextro pede concipis...

...the JAMES BEAT-TIE. ТПЕ VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES. IN IMITATION OF THE TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL. LET ndly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That...Highland Mary ! KOBKRT BURNS. SALLY AV OUR ALLEY. wavering man, betray'd by venturous pride To chase the dreary paths without a guide, As treacherous...

...vacillation, his reason or his obstinacy, his natural gifts or his artificial graces, the result is the same: Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch...fear, desire and hate, O'erspread with snares the crowded maze of fate. Where wavering man, betrayed by venturous pride To tread the dreary paths without...

...159. The opening lines of this poem are perhaps the dramatization par excellence of this stance: Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from...toil, each eager strife. And watch the busy scenes of crouded life. 58 See Rude, Hanoverian London, ch. i; Raymond Williams, The Country and the City (London,...

...point of view discloses. Combining elements of Dryden and Juvenal, Johnson displays an original scene: Then say how Hope and Fear, Desire and Hate, O'erspread...Where wav'ring Man, betray'd by vent'rous Pride, To tread the dreary Paths without a guide, As treach'rous Phantoms in the Mist delude, Shuns fancied Ills,...

...static societies, is usually the mobile rich making a blind blundering visitation on the inert poor. Let Observation with extensive view Survey Mankind, from...Toil, each eager Strife, And watch the busy scenes of crouded Life. The result is frequently maddening to both parties. The visitors wore badges, SAMBA SOUTH...

...accomplish what Samuel Johnson proposes in the opening verses of "The Vanity of Human Wishes": Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...toil, each eager strife And watch the busy scenes of crouded [sic] life. Reality, however, requires a compromise between breadth and precision. Our focus...

...Hyde), and military action. From THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES THK TENTH SATIRE OF JUVENAL IMITATED Let Observation, with extensive view. Survey mankind,...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...

...themes and style were shaped by the Enlightenment. A famous poem by Samuel Johnson starts like this: Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind, from...Where wav'ring man, betray'd by vent'rous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide; As treach'rous phantoms in the mist delude, Shuns fancied ills,...

...called A levels. CLASSROOM OBSERVATION IN ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL COURSES POST-16 Nick Meagher Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind from...strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life. (Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 1749) INTRODUCTION In a programme designed to detect differences...