 This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts...  Quest - Page 40by Mrs. J. C. Bates - 1864 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1806 - 310 pages
...unable to withstand — For goodness, whose enclosure is but flesh, Holds out oft times but sorrily. This is the state of man ; in prosperous fortune,...passing light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabrick ; in adversity Comes malice with a spunge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character... | |
 | Greek tragic theatre - 1809 - 526 pages
...vindictive rage Hangs o'er my hated murderers, oh avenge me, Though, a poor slave, I fall an easy prey ! This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A shadow, passing light, throws to the ground (59) • .- ' " • Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Comes malice with a spunge moisten'd in gall,... | |
 | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy - Greece - 1817 - 510 pages
...eloquence with which he pourtrays the mis« chiefs of Fortune. Cassandra exclaims with indignation : This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune....fabric : in adversity, Comes Malice with a sponge moistened in gall. And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul... | |
 | English poetry - 1822 - 470 pages
...vindictive rage Hangs o'er my hated murderers, oh avenge me, Though, a poor slave, I fall an easy prey ! This is the state of man : in prosperous fortune A...to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Come malice with a sponge moisten'd in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : ':s More than... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 380 pages
...kind offer was declined, and they parted still more favourably impressed with each other. CHAPTER XIX. This is the state of man ; in prosperous fortune A...in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away. ESCHYLUS. THE weather had now set in wet—every thing without was cheerless, within was dull,—and... | |
 | Susan Ferrier - 1824 - 372 pages
...was declined, and they parted still more favourably impressed with each other. CHAPTER XIX. This i« the state of man ; in prosperous fortune A shadow...to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity Conies malice with a sponge moisten'd in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away. ESCHTLUS. THE... | |
 | Ramses II (King of Egypt), Edward Upham - 1824 - 366 pages
...pride of life, the state of man, in prosperous fortune, firm as he deems himself? A shadow passing by throws to the ground joy's baseless fabric ! In adversity comes Malice with a sponge moistened in gall, and, however bright his conduct, wipes each beauteous character away. To few the... | |
 | Susan Ferrier, Author of Marriage - 1825 - 372 pages
...offer was declined, and they parted still more favourably impressed with each other. . CHAPTER XIX. This is the state of man ; in prosperous fortune A...light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric i in adversity Comes malice with a sponge moisten M in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away.... | |
 | Jean-Jacques Barthélemy - Greece - 1825 - 536 pages
...light, throws to the ground Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity, Comes Malice with a sponge moistened in gall, And wipes each beauteous character away : More than the first this melts my soul to pity.0 * POTTER. In his time no other style was known for heroic composition but that of the epopceia... | |
 | James Silk Buckingham - 1827 - 680 pages
...in gall, soon wipes each flattering trait away.' These sentiments occur in Potter's translation : ' This is the state of man: in prosperous fortune A...Joy's baseless fabric : in adversity. Comes malice in a spunge moistened in gall. And wipes each beauteous character away.' No doubt, had the writer given... | |
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