 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1810 - 338 pages
...short-sighted presumption, promised themselves immortality ! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some ; the sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins...learns -wisdom, and feels the transience of every sublun$ry possession. Here, he cries, stood their citadel, now grown over with weeds ; there their... | |
 | 1786 - 782 pages
...promifed themtelves immortality ! Posterity can hardly trace the fit«:i;ion of lome. The loi rowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others ; and as he beholds he learns vifilnm, and feels the traniience of every fublunary pofièfiion. ' Hut,' he cries, í ftood their... | |
 | Mr. Addison - 1797 - 642 pages
...prefumption, promife themfelves immortality! Pofterity can hardly trace the fituation of fome; the forrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others ; and, as he beholds, he learns wifdom, and feels the tranfitorinefs of every fublunary pofleffion. Here, he cries, flood their citadel,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1797 - 610 pages
...prefumption, promife themfelves immortality! Poflerity can hardly trace the fituation of fome ; the forrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others ; and, as he beholds, he learns wifdom, and feels the tranfitorinefs of every fublunary poiTeffion. Here, he cries, flood their citadel,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1800 - 258 pages
...prefumption promifed themfelves immortality. Pofterity can hardly trace the fituation of fome. The forrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others ; and as he beholds, he learns wifdom, and feels the tranfience of every fublunarypoffeflion. Here, he cries, flood their citadel,... | |
 | 1804 - 242 pages
...short-sighted presumption promised themselves immortality. Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins...there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stood here, now only an undistinguished heap of ruin. They are... | |
 | 1804 - 174 pages
...short-sighted presumption promised themselves immortality ! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some ; the sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins...their citadel, now grown over with weeds ; there their senate house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stood here, now only... | |
 | 1770 - 790 pages
...prefumption, promifed themfelves immortality. Pofterity can tardly trace the fituation of fome ; the forrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins of others, and as he beholds, he fearns wifdom, and feels the tranfience of every fublunary poffcflion. Here flood their citadel, but... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1812 - 522 pages
...short-sighted presumption, promised themselves immortality. Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins...there their senate-house, but now the haunt of every noxious reptile; temples and the-. atres stood here now only an undistinguished heap of ruin. They... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1816 - 462 pages
...short-sighted presumption, promised themselves immortality. Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller wanders over the awful ruins...there their senate-house ; but now the haunt of every noxious reptile ; temples and theatres stood here, now only an undistinguished heap of ruin. They are... | |
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... and leave a desert in its room. What cities as great as this have once triumphed in existence, had their victories as great, joy as just and as unbounded, and with short-sighted presumption promised themselves immortality. Posterity can hardly trace... 
