 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 462 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...serene peace and ineffable tranquillity which is essential to the permanent enjoyment of positive good. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their...well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have no wish, we wish undone! JUVENAL. It is evidently deducible, said Charles, from the nature and constitution... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 368 pàgines
...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 558 pàgines
...been avoided: but such mistakes are not new: history is full of the errors of states and princes. " Look round the habitable world, how few " Know their own good, or knowing it pursue !" These who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 366 pàgines
...my unlearned reader with another bit of wisdom from Juvenal, by Dryden: ' Look round the hahitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it,...fears! What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, se luckily begun, But, when we hare our wish, we wish undone!' Even the men that are distinguished... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pàgines
...dignoscere possunt I'l'rn bona, atque illis multum diverta, remote Errorii nebula.— ivv. — — — How few Know their own good ; or knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are Our hopes and fears !— — BEYDBH. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pàgines
...NOVEMBER 3, 1750. • Pauet dignotccre possunt Fera bona, atque illis multum diversa, remott Erroris - How few Know their own good ; or knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! >RT»EN. THE iblly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pàgines
...1750. Pauci dignoscere possunt Vera bona, atque illis multum diversa, remold ETTOTIS nebula. JlJT. How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void of reason are our hopes and fears ! DBVDEN. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and declamation,... | |
 | 1821 - 618 pàgines
...almost surpasses the original. What can be more beautifully easy and simple than the opening ? — " Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue." And yet how he warms with his subject as he advances, pouring forth thoughts that breathe, and words... | |
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Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or knowing it pursue. 
