 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 444 pages
...have these, it is not much matter what vie want besides ; for we have already enough to make us happy. LOOK round the habitable world, how few ., Know their...fears! What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone ? Whole houses, of their whole... | |
 | 1821 - 626 pages
...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... | |
 | 1821 - 818 pages
...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 thought that breathe, and words... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1822 - 508 pages
...Give me leave to fortify my unlearned reader with another bit of wisdom from Juvenal by Dryden : ' Look round the habitable world, how few Know their...! What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone !' Even the men that are distinguished... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 316 pages
...want besides; for we have already enough to make us happy. LOOK round the habitable world, how fewKnow their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ! How void...! What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone? VOL. II. B Whole houses, of... | |
 | Thomas Amory - 1823 - 358 pages
...too many doctors in town and country, but by practising upon consistent principles. CHAPTER XXIII. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their...! What in the conduct of our life appears So well design'd, so luckily begun, But, when we have our wish, we wish undone ! The Tenth Satire of Juvenal,... | |
 | 1823 - 466 pages
...3, 1750. Fauci dignoscen possunt Vera bona, atquc illis mnllum diversa, remota Erroris nebula. JOT. How few Know their own good ; or, knowing it, pursue ? How void of reason are our hopes and fears ? !)u VIIKV. THE folly of human wishes and pursuits has always been a standing subject of mirth and... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 278 pages
...pauci dignoscere possunt Vera buna, atque illis inultum diversa, remota Erroris nebula Juv. Sat. x. 1. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue? Hon rarely reason guides the stubborn choice, Prompts the fond wish, or lifts the suppliant voice ?... | |
 | 1824 - 292 pages
...dignoscere possunt VETO, bana, atque Hits multum diversa, remota Erroris nebula Joy. Sat. 10. v. 1. Look round the habitable world, how few Know their own good, or, knowing it, pursue. 1 )n » N.KV In my last Saturday's paper (No. 201,) I laid down some thoughts upon devotion in general,... | |
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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... 
