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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... "
Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and ... - Page 252
1817
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 16

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...being observed. Sterne. Let observation with extensive view Snirey mankind from China to Peru ; Kemark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of, crowded life. Johnson» Such dupes are raen to custom, and so prone To reverence what is ancient, and can plead A...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 7

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...impunity — -- • they act accordingly. Jwtim. Where wavering man, betrayed by venturous pride To chase the dreary paths without a guide, As treacherous phantoms in the mist delude, Shims fancied ills, or chain airy good. Vamty of Human WiAet. DELVE, ». a. & nt ) Sax. >.• Ip.m...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...and Ыа * On the Death of Levelt,' are in his best manner. From the Vanity of Питай Wishes. Let вау how hope and fear, desire and hate, O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wavering...
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The British Satirist: Comprising the Best Satires of the Most Celebrated ...

Satire, English - 1831 - 790 pages
...jOHNSON, LLD f THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES, tc. LET* Observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind trom China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate, Where wav'ring man, betray'd by vent'rous pride To chase the dreary paths without a guide, As treach'rous...
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Sacred Poetry: Consisting of Selections from the Works of the Most Admired ...

Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...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...O'erspread with snares the clouded maze of fate. Where wav'ring man, betray'd by venturous pride, To tread the dreary paths without a guide ; As treach'rous...
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Sacred poetry: consisting of selections from the works of the most admired ...

Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...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...
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Spain yesterday and to-day. By the author of 'Portugal'.

Spain - 1834 - 300 pages
...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...paths without a guide ; As treacherous phantoms in the mists delude, Shuns fancied ills, or chases airy good. How rarely reason guides the stubborn choice,...
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A Help to Young Writers

President of a college - Composition (Language arts) - 1836 - 156 pages
...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...
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Juvenal

Juvenal - Latin poetry - 1837 - 306 pages
...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...
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The British Cyclopaedia of the Arts, Sciences, History, Geography ...

1838 - 1050 pages
...exhibit his peculiar style of versification, which is much less known than his prose compositions. " Let observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind,...O'erspread with 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...
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