 There is, indeed, no topick on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities, nor any assertion of which our own eyes will more easily discover, or our sensations more frequently impress the truth, than, that misery is the lot of man, that our...  The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 513de Samuel Johnson - 1823Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 328 pages
...patriarchs lamented, that ' the days of thejr pilgrimage were few and evjl.' There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...present state is a . state of danger and infelicity. t When we take the most distant prospect of life,' what does it present us but a chaos of unhappiness,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 336 pages
...lamented, that ' the days of their pilgrimage were few and cvii.' . .• „ .» There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...misery is the lot of man, that our present state is at state of danger and infelicity. When we take the most distant prospect of life, what does it present... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 390 pages
...concluded blest before he die, ADDISOK. THE numerous miseries of human life have extorted in •11 ages an universal complaint. The wisest of men terminated...the lot of man, that our present state is a state of clanger and infelicity. When we take the most distant prospect of life, what does it present us but... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 332 pages
...patriarchs lamented, that ' the days of their pilgrimage were few and evil.' There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...present state is a state of danger and infelicity. AVhen we take the most distant prospect of life, what does it present us but a chaos of unhappiness,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 456 pages
...patriarchs X lamented, that " the days of their pilgrimage were " few and evil." There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...than, that misery is the lot of man, that our present, -J state is a state of danger and infelicity. When we take the most distant prospect of life, what... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 584 pages
...have extorted in all ages an universal complaint. The wisest of men terminated all his experiments i» search of happiness, by the mournful confession, that...prospect of life, what does it present us but a chaos of unhappincss, a confused and tumultuous scene of labour and contest, disappointment and defeat? If we... | |
 | 1823 - 298 pages
...patriarchs lamented that " the days of their pilgrimage were few and evil." There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...a chaos of unhappiness, a confused and tumultuous scorn; of labour and contest, disappointment and defeat? If we view past ages in the reflection of... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 636 pages
...patriarchs lamented, that ' the days of their pilgrimage were few and evil.' There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...prospect of life, what does it present us but a chaos of unhappinesa, a confused and tumultuous scene of labour and contest, disappointment and defeat? If we... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...patriarchs lamented, that " the days of their pilgrimage were few and evil." There is, indeed, no topic d e U pur present state is a state of danger and infelicity. When we take the most distant prospect of life,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...patriarchs lamented, that " the days of their pilgrimage were few and evil." There is, indeed, no topic on which it is more superfluous to accumulate authorities,...what does it present us but a chaos of unhappiness, a contused and tumultuous scene of labour and contest, disappointment and defeat ? If we view past ng... | |
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