Among these writers, the pairing of series-creator Paul Smith with Terry Kyan, ( who had previously collaborated on Not the Nine O ' clock News and Alas Smith and Jones ) is particularly notable.

In the foreword of the 2005 edition of Alas, Babylon, David Brin notes that the book was instrumental in shaping his views on nuclear war and had an effect on his own book, The Postman ( pp. xi-xii, ISBN 0-06-074187-2, Harper Perennial Modern Classics ).

Alas, he was alone, and soon dead .” Lucy Parker, who also had a small child, stopped to argue with her husband Silas, begging him to come with her.

Alas, my beloved, had you not betrayed me I were saved from my pains and my torments, I would have lived life's natural course as a normal woman, I would have died in the normal way, with all the sacraments of the Church, I would have been buried in the church of Notre-Dame de Lusignan and commemorative masses would have been observed for me, as they should.

Alas, he didn't quite beat the chimes, as the clock had been wound the day before, and the chimes ran somewhat faster than their usual 43 seconds because of the extra turn of rope on the drum.

They ate together and talked of Lewis Carroll and the famous " queer " ( 261 ) 1845 tombstone inscription of Robert John Creswell ( Alas that one whose darnthly joy had often to trust in heaven should canty thus sudden to from all its hopes benivens and though thy love for off remore that dealt the dog pest thou left to prove thy sufferings while below ).

Alas, Aryaka replied, Garuda had already declared his intent to devour the comely youth, having previously murdered his father.

The Times reportedly recycled the phrase as " lions led by donkeys " with reference to French soldiers during the Franco-Prussian War: ‘ Unceasingly they French forces had had drummed into them the utterances of the “ Times ”: “ You are lions led by jackasses .” Alas!

The airline was fully owned by Corporacion Alas de Venezuela and had 2, 319 employees ( at March 2007 ).

Alas, it was a lie and she had no heir.

Alas, when she reached the nest the eagle had plucked the child's eyes out.

Alas, we didn't have sufficient dedication or wherewithal to carry through on this ... We had a successful marriage for several years, partly because we each made the decisions on alternate days.

In September 1997 The West Australian published a Dean Alston cartoon entitled Alas Poor Yagan, which criticized that fact that the return of Yagan's head had become a source of conflict among the Indigenous Australians of Western Australia, instead of fostering unity.

Brunner had more interesting details to give to the Bishop: " Alas, the days are so short here in St. Vincent's School and yet rather than complain we give thanks to God that however short they are-we have nearly fifty boys all well disposed and doing nicely.

Alas, neither Scott nor Carbo ever again had the kind of success they had achieved in earlier seasons.

Alas, so it almost proved for us, too.

Alas, it turned out to be too little, too late, but Bridges ' book, " Uttermost part of the earth ", gives a sympathetic insight into the natives ' lives.

Alas, he might not want to do so because he is concerned that the price might fall too far by harvest time.

When Lucien pressed him to “ dare ”, he replied, “ Alas, I have dared only too much already ”.

: Alas it was too late ;

Alas that too went by the wayside eventually.

This is how people encode many entities from varying ontological levels, such as the location of a stapler ; in a desk ; which is in the office .. Alas, layout has its flaws too.

: They got him out and emptied him ; Alas it was too late ; His spirit was gone for to sport aloft In the realms of the good and great.

Alas, they are too late and the note is played, and with the power of four million recorders behind it, everyone in the world ends up defecating in their pants, whether or not they are watching the broadcast.

Alas for Scotland thenceforward.

Alas for Scotland, through the youth ; alas for their books, alas for their bequests. 131.

He is most famous for his work on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O ' Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones.

Alas for the bright cup! Alas for the mailed warrior!

Alas for the splendour of the prince!

" Alas for us!

Alas, immediately after his arrival a dead body turns up in the library, the room is sealed off, and Rhodenbarr has to track down the murderer before he can enter the library again and start hunting for the precious book.

For example, one of the very first entries in Skeat is for the letter A, which begins: "...( 1 ) adown ; ( 2 ) afoot ; ( 3 ) along ; ( 4 ) arise ; ( 5 ) achieve ; ( 6 ) avert ; ( 7 ) amend ; ( 8 ) alas ; ( 9 ) abyss ..." Further in the entry, Skeat writes: " These prefixes are discussed at greater length under the headings Of, On, Along, Arise ... Alas, Aware, Avast ..." It seems likely that these strings of words prompted Joyce to finish the Wake with a sentence fragment that included the words: "... a way a lone a last a loved a long ..."

It is also the setting for the classic post-apocalyptic novel, Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank, under the fictitious name of Fort Repose.

The telegram ends the message with an ominous code: " Alas Babylon ", a Biblical reference that the Bragg brothers employed throughout their lives as a euphemism for disaster.

Alas for him, she meets Rex ( Crocker ), the newly hired tightrope walker.

Verses of The Prophecy of Berchán allude to the murder of another Scottish king: " Alas a king will take sovereignity for four nights and one month ; I think it is grievous that the Gaels will boast, woe to him who celebrates him.

McGrath and Mulville went on to write for shows such as Not the Nine O ' Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones, and they were part of the team of writer / performers behind the Channel 4 comedy sketch series Who Dares Wins.

Alas for Anne, when she knocks Rhoda into the water, she also falls in herself.

After the commercial failure of Alas !, for which she received her highest ever pay being at the height of her career, she decided to abandon the three-decker and to create one volume novels.

'" The Pharisees continue to question him, and he laments " Alas for You ", and calls them hypocrites.

* Alas for You

Its position in the film is directly after " By My Side ," which in turn follows directly on from " Alas for You ," omitting the parable in between.

Alas for his family and his intended bride!