 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 - Pàgina 285per Samuel Johnson - 1801Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 494 pàgines
...of hunting used in other countries. SAVAGE.* 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 422 pàgines
...longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. SAVAGE *•> J. T has been observed in all ages, that the advanjbages 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 tfreir capacity, have... | |
 | William Butler - 1811 - 548 pàgines
...EFFECTS OF PROFLIGACY. — It has been nbferved in all ages, fays Dr. Johnfon, that the advantages of 'nature or of fortune have contributed very little...happinefs ; and that thofe whom the fplendour of their Mnk, or the extent of their capacity, have placed upon the fuinmits of human life, have not often given... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pàgines
...gratify no longer than it deceives. .SA.VAGE.* J_T has been observed in all ages, that the advantagesof 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 504 pàgines
...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 human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819 - 412 pàgines
...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 human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 414 pàgines
...THE AUTHOR, FROM DR. JOHNSON. LIFE OF SAVAGE. JT 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 430 pàgines
...longer than it deceives. .•• jii! SAVAGE. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 416 pàgines
...can gratify no longer than it deceives. SAVAGE. 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 426 pàgines
...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 human life, have not often given any just occasion to envy in those who look up to them... | |
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