He who has nothing external that can divert him, must find pleasure in his own thoughts, and must conceive himself what he is not; for who is pleased with what he is ? He then expatiates in boundless futurity, and culls from all imaginable conditions... Solitude - Sivu 280tekijä(t) Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1808 - 403 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| Samuel Johnson - 1759 - 184 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he mould moft defire, amufes his defires with impoffible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he Ihould moft defire, amufes his defines with impoflible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he fhould moft defire, amufes his defires with impoffible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he fhould moft defire, amufes his defires with impoflible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to icene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 534 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he fliould moft defire, amufes his defires with impoffible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riors in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1790 - 318 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he fhould moft defire, amufes his defires with impoffible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he fhould moft defire, amufes his defires with impofiible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1799 - 390 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he fhould moft defire, amufes his defires with impoffible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, riots in delights which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 462 sivua
...conditions that which for the prefent moment he mould moft defire, amufes his defires with impofiible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable dominion. The mind dances from fcene to fcene, unites all pleafures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 162 sivua
...himself what he is not; for who is pleased withwhat he is? He then expatiates in boundles fu^ turiky., and culls from all imaginable conditions that which for the present moment he shouldmost desire, amuses his desires with impossible enjoyments, and confers upon his pride unattainable... | |
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