IT has been observed in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness ; and that those whom the splendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the summits of... Lives of English poets - עמוד 285מאת Samuel Johnson - 1801תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
| Richard Savage, Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 354 דפים
...JOHNSON'S E OFTHE AUTHO R. VoL. I. OFTHE UTHO R. JLT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little...the promotion of happinefs ; and that thofe whom the fplendor of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, hav« placed upon the fummits of human life,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1777 - 316 דפים
...Fortune have contributed very little to the Promotion of Happinefs ; and that thofe whom the Splendor of their Rank, or the Extent of their Capacity, have placed upon the Summits of Human Life, have not often given any juft Occafton to Envy in thofe who look up to them... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 דפים
...longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. O 2 SAVA TT has . been obferved in iall ages, that the advantages of .nature or of fortune have contributed very little...to envy in thofe who look up to them from a lower ftatJon r whether it be that apparent fuperi* ority incites great defigns, and great defigns are naturally... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 דפים
...longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. . . • SAVAGE. TT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed. very little...fummits of human life, have not often given any juft occafiort to envy tn thofe who look up to them from a lower ftation: whether it be that apparent fuperiority... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 474 דפים
...it deceives. SAVAGE. I SAVAGE. t '97 SAVAGE. TT has been obferved in all ages,- that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little...upon the fummits of human life, have not often given anyjuft occafion to envy in thofe who look up to them from a lower ftation : whether it be that apparent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 258 דפים
...THOMSON, HAMMOND, ANB COLLINS. VOL. IX. -At. SAVAGE. IT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little...the promotion of happinefs; and that thofe whom the fplendor of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the fummits of human life,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 478 דפים
...deceives. SAVAGE. O a I : s A VA xr.k:;',? . .. . TT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little...the promotion of happinefs; and that thofe whom the. Iplendour cf their rank, or the extent of their, capacity, have placed upon the fummits of human life,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1782 - 482 דפים
...little if it is not envied. Idlfr, v. a, f. i55. It has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature, or of fortune, have contributed very little...upon the fummits of human life, have not often given anyjuft occafon to envy in thofe who look up to them from a lower ftation. Whether it be, that apparent... | |
| 1787 - 430 דפים
...that the advantage* of nature, or of fortune, have contributed very little tothe promotion of real happinefs ; and that thofe whom the fplendour of their...given any juft occafion to envy in thofe who look up t» them from a lower ftation. JUSTICE may be defined, that virtue which impels us to give to every... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 332 דפים
...no longer than it deceives. SAVAG E. SAVAGE. IT has been obferved in all ages, that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little...fplendour of their rank, or the extent of their capacity, haye placed upon the fummit of human life, have not often given any juft occafion to envy in rhofe... | |
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