 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 428 pages
...Conaius nan paniteat votique peracti ? Juv. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone. DRVDEW. TO THE ADVENTURER. SIR, I HAVE been for many years a trader in London. My beginning was narrow,... | |
 | 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
...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.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 484 pages
...non pceniteat votique peracti ? Juv. • What in the conduct of our life appear* So well design' dj so luckily begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone. DRYDES. To the ADVENTURER. SIR, T HAVE been for many years a trader in London* My beginning was narrow,... | |
 | Sarah Renou - 1817 - 250 pages
...peace and ineffable tranquillity which is essential to the permanent enjoyment of positive good. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own...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 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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 556 pages
...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!" Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 390 pages
...Conatut nan pceniteat votiquc peracti ? Jur. What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily 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,... | |
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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... 
