 | John Dryden - 1811 - 628 pages
...thefe, it is not much mat* ter what we want be/ides ; for we have already enough to make us happy. JX)OK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good ; or knowing it, purfue. How void of reafon are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 346 pages
...1750. Fauci dignoscere possunt Vera bona, atyue illis muttum diversa, remota JErrorii nebula. jvv. -How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void o£ reason are our hopes and fears ? DRYDEN. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been... | |
 | Michel de Montaigne - 1811 - 562 pages
...timemus Aut cutimus ? Quid tarn dexlro pede amcipis, ut te Conutus non poeniteat, votlque peracli P* f How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the progress of our life appears So well design' d, so dext'rously begun, But, when we have «ur wish,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1812 - 352 pages
...dignoscere possunt Vera bona, atque illis multum diversa, remot4 Erroris nebula. Juv. How few Know thcir own good; or, knowing; it, pursue! How void of reason are our hopes and fears! Dnldcn. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a stasding subject of mirth and declamation;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...November 3, Pauci dignoscere possunt Vera bona, atque illis nm'.tum diversa, remold Erroris nebula. Juv. How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! DRYDEK: has "* HE folly of human wishes and pursuits always been a standing subject of mirth and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pages
...175CK Pauci dignoscere potsunt far a bontt, atque Mis muttttm diversa, remold Erroris nebula. Jvv. • How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! DRYDE> . TPHE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth anc... | |
 | George Crabb - 1816 - 788 pages
...blush at the thought, and регмемте, lest we lose all reverence for ourselves. H AWKKSWORTH. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it, pu-mf. DRYDTO. Will ye not now the pair of sares praise, Who tbe same end /шпи'Л by several ways.... | |
 | Sarah Renou - 1817 - 250 pages
...serene peace and ineffable tranquillity which is essential to the permanent enjoyment of positive good. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their...! What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have no wish, we wish undone! JUVENAL. It is evidently deducible,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 390 pages
...OCTOBER 27, 1753. Quid tarn dextro pede concipit, ut te Conatut nan pceniteat votiquc peracti ? Jur. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd,...begun. But, when we have our wish, we wish undone. DRTDEK. f TO THE ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London. My beginning was narrow,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pages
...dignoscere possunt Vent lama, atque illit mult um diverta, remote JBrrorii nebula, JUT. — - How fewKnow their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ? How void of reason are our hopes and fears ? DaYDEK. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
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LOOK round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! What in the conduct of our life appears So well... 
