Citations:alas

English citations of alas

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1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
They also think that these fears tend to the spoiling of their faith, when, alas, for them, poor men that they are, they have none at all!

1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
But alas! a few days wore it all off; and, in short, to prevent any of my father’s further importunities, in a few weeks after I resolved to run quite away from him.

At this surprising change of my circumstances, from a merchant to a miserable slave, I was perfectly overwhelmed; and now I looked back upon my father’s prophetic discourse to me, that I should be miserable and have none to relieve me, which I thought was now so effectually brought to pass that I could not be worse; for now the hand of Heaven had overtaken me, and I was undone without redemption; but, alas! this was but a taste of the misery I was to go through, as will appear in the sequel of this story.

But, alas! for me to do wrong that never did right, was no great wonder. I hail no remedy but to go on: I had got into an employment quite remote to my genius, and directly contrary to the life I delighted in, and for which I forsook my father’s house, and broke through all his good advice.

1818 — Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
Such would be my liberty except that in my Elizabeth I possessed a treasure, alas, balanced by those horrors of remorse and guilt which would pursue me until death.

1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
Ever and anon a bright, but, alas, deceptive idea would dart you through. — It's the Black Sea in a midnight gale. — It's the unnatural combat of the four primal elements. — It's a blasted heath. — It's a Hyperborean winter scene. — It's the breaking-up of the icebound stream of Time.

But, alas! the practices of whalemen soon convinced him that even Christians could be both miserable and wicked; infinitely more so, than all his father's heathens.

But avast!" putting her hand in her side-pocket, "here's a key that'll fit, I guess; let's see." And with that, she turned it in the lock; but, alas!

2017 — Tiu, Macario D., Haya (12 July), Bisag Unsa, MindaViews, MindaNews
Alas siyete o alas otso pa lang, ngitngit ug hilom na kaayo ang lungsod.