Alas

An earnest preacher, in a very moving sermon, used the phrase Alas! and alack

A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II) Augustus De Morgan 1838

The hateful noise still continued, and he went out of his tent, for he knew any further attempt to sleep would be vain – Alas! the turrets of Rayland Hall were no longer painted on his imagination – instead of them he looked perpendicularly down on a hollow, where the dark knots of cypress seemed, by the dim light of early morning, which threatened storms, to represent groups of supernatural beings in funereal habits; and over them he saw, slowly sailing amid the mist that arose from the swamp, two or three of the birds which had so disturbed him.

The Old Manor House 1793

(Hey Alas, is that you Barry Deutsch, of Alas a Blog, the Pimp who literally was found trafficking the traffic of feminist women to pornographers to make money for yourself?

Matthew Yglesias » When Did American Feminists Stop Beating Muslim Women? 2007

Alas, that is not the way the Culture War is waged.

Behe 2009

Alas, that is also everything that Brown's gutted-and-stuffed party has now come to stand for.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Alas, that is one of the few bright spots to be found.

Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Tron: Legacy (2010) Scott Mendelson 2010

Alas, that is also everything that Brown's gutted-and-stuffed party has now come to stand for.

Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

Alas, that is also how they are treating public interest in NASA.

Only NASA Could Make Space Exploration Boring - NASA Watch 2008

Alas, that is not the case because our appetite for tuna is so voracious, and our willingness to pay for the privilege of eating sushi so great.

Jeff Schweitzer: Seed Corn, Discount Rate and Our Endangered Future 2010

Alas, that is not the case because our appetite for tuna is so voracious, and our willingness to pay for the privilege of eating sushi so great.

Jeff Schweitzer: Seed Corn, Discount Rate and Our Endangered Future 2010