 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 472 pages
...confcious Satisfaction (no doubt) in acting fight, in feeling himfelf honeft, true, & un-pretending tomere than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fccret, yet fufficient, Contentment. • ••' As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...moments : I-!e had a confcious Satisfaction (no doubt) in licting right, in feeling himlelf honeft, true, & unpretending to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with thatfecret, yet fufficient, Contentment. As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they can be but... | |
 | 1807 - 728 pages
...contempt he bad for all sorts of vanity and parade, never appeared more thasi in his last molt-meats. He had a conscious satisfaction (no doubt) in acting right, in feeling himself honest, true, and unpretending to nnore than was his own. So he died, as he lived, with that secret, yet suiiicient... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 450 pages
...laft moments : He had a confcious Satisfaftion (no doubt) in afting right, in feeling himfelf honeft, true, & unpretending to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fecret, yet fufficient, Contentment. " As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they can be but... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 454 pages
...laft moments : He had a confcious Satisfaction (no doubt) in acting right, in feeling himfelf honeft, true, & unpretending to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fecret, yet fufficient, Contentment. " As to any Papers left behind him,I dare fay they can be but... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...natural to him, andy« great C tempt he had for all sorts of V,anity r.nd Parade, never appeared more tt in his last moments : He had a conscious Satisfaction (no doubt) in act right, in feeling himself honest, true, & un-prctending to more th«n his own. So he dyed, as he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 pages
...laft moments : He had a confcious Satisfaction (no 'doubt) in acting right, in feeling himfelf honeft, true, & unpretending to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fecret, yet fufPcient, Contentment. As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they can be but few... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 536 pages
...laft moments : He had a confcious Satisfaction (no doubt) in acting right, in feeling himfelf honeft, true, & unpretending to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fecret, yet fufficient, Contentment. As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they can be but few... | |
 | Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...was natural to him, andy« great Contempt he had for all »orts of Vanity and Parade, never appeared more than in his last moments : He had a conscious...in acting right, in feeling himself honest, true, & un-pretendirtg to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived with that secret, yet sufficient,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 556 pages
...laft moments : He had a confcious Satisfa&ion (no doubt) in aftiug right, in feeling himfelf honeft, true, & unpretending to more than was his own. So he dyed, as he lived, with that fecret, yet fufficient, Contentment. " As to any Papers left behind him, I dare fay they can be but... | |
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As to any papers left behind him, I dare say they can be but few; for this reason, he never wrote out of vanity, or thought much of the applause of men. 
