 I want likewise the 25 counsel and conversation of the good. I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into the world to-morrow. The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly...  Rasselas: A Tale - Sivu 68tekijä(t) Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 155 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 sivua
...abstracted devotion should not be encouraged.' Ante, ii. 12. The hermit in Rasselas (ch. 21) says: — 'The life of a solitary man will be certainly miserable, but not certainly devout.' In Johnson's Works (1787), xi. 203, we read that 'Johnson thought worse of the vices of retirement... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 sivua
...furprife, but after a fliort paufe, offered to conduct him to Cairo. He dug up a confiderable treafure which he had hid among the rocks, and accompanied them to the city, on which, a* he approached it, he gazed with rapture* THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE LED ACCORDING TO NATURE. TJ ASSELAS... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 458 sivua
...furprife, but after a fhort paufe, offered to conduct him to Cairo, He dug up a confiderable treafure which he had hid among the rocks, and accompanied them to the city, on which, he approached it, he gazed with rapture. PRINCE OF ABISSINIA, 36! CHAP. XXII. THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 sivua
...furprife, but after a, fhort paufe, offered to conduct him to Cairo, He dug up a confiderable treafure which he had hid among the rocks, and accompanied them to the city, on which, 33 Jie approached it, he gazed with raptyre.. PRINCE OF ABISSINIA. CHAP. XXII. THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE... | |
 | English instructor - 1801 - 272 sivua
...the » evils with the advantages of society , and » resolve to return into the world to-mor» row. The life of a solitary man will be » certainly miserable , but not certainly de« vout ». They heard his resolution with surprise , but after a short pause , offered to conduct... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 sivua
...want likewise the counsel and conversation of the cood. I have Iong been comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into...them to the city, on which, as he approached it, he qazed with rapture. CHAP. XXII, ' *' ' •''.''. THE HAPPINESS OF A LIFE LED ACC.'ORDIXG TO NATURE.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 sivua
...likewise the counsel and conversation of the good. " I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into...certainly devout." They heard his resolution with surprize, but after a short pause, offered to conduct him to Cairo. He dug up a considerable treasure... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 458 sivua
...want likewise the counsel and conversation of the good I have been long comparing the evils with the advantages of society, and resolve to return into...heard his resolution with surprise, but after a short paus'>, offered to conduct him to Cairo. He du2C up a considerable treasure which he had hid among... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 230 sivua
...society, and resolve to return into the world to-m'prrow. The life of a solitary man will be certainty mis*erable, but not certainly devout." They heard his resolution with surprise, but after a shwt pause, offered to conduct him* td Gairou He dug up a considerable treasure which he h&d-hid among... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 194 sivua
...likewise the counsel and conversation of the l;ood. I have been long comparing the evils \vith the advantages of society, and resolve to return into...certainly devout." They heard his resolution with surprize, but, ufter a short pause, offered to conduct him to Cairo. He dug up a considerable treasure... | |
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