Citations:alas


 * 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!

Adverb: "o'clock"

 * 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.